Jane's History Nook

Seminole children & teacher,Dania c. 1930 Florida State Archives By Jane Feehan Seminoles did not attend school regularly in Florida unt...

  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 ...

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

  Posted by Jane Feehan The story below, in language we’d consider way off the politically-correct charts, describes a trip Seminoles took b...

Perrine home, 1840 By Jane Feehan Henry Edward Perrine  (1797-1840) received the first U.S grant for plant introduction and testing in 1...

  Seminoles 1913, near Miami State of Florida Archives By Jane Feehan A federal initiative to integrate the American Indian population wit...

Colee Hammock Park today Marylander and one time Key West resident William Colee (or Cooley) and his family were among the first set...

By Jane Feehan Broward County can boast about a few female firsts . Below are several of these "first women" who made s...

Two gators in search of a meal, picture courtesy of Steve Kantner According to a New York Sun Times news story datelined Fort Lauderda...