Jane's History Nook

  Lillie and the Roseada Florida State Archives By Jane Feehan Canals, lakes, and rivers comprised key transportation networks throughout So...

  Baggage at Florida East Coast Railway Depot 1921 Florida State Archives Newspapers played a big part in promoting Florida during the boom ...

By Jane Feehan Though Florida ties North Dakota for fewest earthquakes in the nation, they do occur in the Sunshine State. Also, several sig...

By Jane Feehan A building boom hit Fort Lauderdale after World War II. According to realtors in 1951, the growth was fueled by America...

Florida tourist camp 1928  Florida State Archives/Florida Memory By Jane Feehan Florida tent cities served as lodging for workers, refugees...

  Florida State Archives By Jane Feehan A few modern-day Seminoles have taken the name Billy Bowlegs in honor of Chief Billy Bowlegs of the ...

  Water Hyacinth                                                   By Jane Feehan Once called “America’s most deadly flower,” the water lily...

Seminole making coontie,  1960  Courtesy of  State Archives of  Florida, Florida Memory By Jane Feehan One of the earliest industries in Sou...

Disston dredge Saint Cloud Canal circa 1890 Florida State Archives/Florida Memory  By  Jane Feehan Draining the Everglades, a project often ...

Guevara, Castro (r) 1961 By Jane Feehan With a wary eye cast south to Fidel Castro’s communist encampment in Cuba, Florida’s state legislatu...

Searching for bodies in Upper Matecumbe Key, 1935 Florida State Archives By Jane Feehan For many today, Hurricane Katrina established a refe...