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Swampy – September 2, 2010

September 2nd, 2010 | by SwampysFlorida
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└ Tags: Florida, Florida web comic, Rob Smith JR, skunk ape, South Florida, swamp, swamp ape, webcomic
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Jupiter: Historical panel OKs name for Jupiter battlefield park

September 3rd, 2010 | by SwampysFlorida
Posted In: Florida Outdoors, Swampy's Florida News

A long overdue designation! A great opportunity for Floridians to know their history and enjoy the great outdoors at the same time!

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From The Palm Beach Post

JUPITER — The skirmish over renaming the town’s battlefield park is almost over.

A recommendation to rename the 63 acres of Riverbend Park at the entrance on Indiantown Road to Loxahatchee River Battlefield Park was approved Tuesday by a county historical board. The remaining 620 acres would remain Riverbend Park if approved by the Palm Beach County Commission.

Click here to read the rest of the story.

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Upcoming Swampy Comic Strip Panel

September 1st, 2010 | by SwampysFlorida
Posted In: Swampy Comic Strip Preview

Here’s a panel from tomorrow’s Swampy comic strip.

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Postcard Wednesday: Orlando – Parliament House

September 1st, 2010 | by SwampysFlorida
Posted In: Cool Signs, Florida Food Stops, Florida Hotels, Florida Postcards, Swampy's Collectibles

News this week came that The Parliament House in Orlando is facing foreclosure. Above is a postcard for it from the 1960s, not long after it opened. The Baron of Beef restaurant was a premiere place for a steak in the 1960s and through the early 1970s. The entire establishment changed it’s focus as the ’70s became the ’80s.

└ Tags: baron of beef restaurant, Florida, Florida cool signs, Florida restaurant, Florida travel, Florida trip, Orlando restaurant, parliament house, parliament house motor inn, parliament house orlando, parliament house resort, Swampys Florida
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Upcoming Swampy Comic Strip Panel

August 30th, 2010 | by SwampysFlorida
Posted In: Swampy Comic Strip Preview

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Swampy’s Travels: Greenwood Cemetery, Orlando – Moonlight Walking Tours

August 29th, 2010 | by SwampysFlorida
Posted In: Florida Outdoors, Florida People, Swampy's Florida Travels

Swampy takes the historic tour of Greenwood Cemetery in Orlando this past Friday. Above is Swampy during the tour with tour guide and cemetery keeper, Don Price, with the City of Orlando. Don gives a lively tour with much history Orlando, Florida and the United States.

For more information about the tours or the cemetery itself click here.

Here’s Swampy and tour guide extrodinaire Don Price.

Below are more photos from Friday’s nonstop rainy night. Swampy had to duck for cover during the rain. The large crowd there wouldn’t have liked to have a wet Swamp Ape around.

└ Tags: Central Florida cemetery, City of Orlando, Don Price, Florida, florida event, Florida travel, Florida trip, Greenwood Cemetery, Orlando cemetery, orlando florida history, orlando funeral, orlando history, Orlando moonlight walking tours, Orlando orlando event, Swampy, Swampys Florida
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Swampy’s Collectibles: St. Petersburg Kennel Club

August 28th, 2010 | by SwampysFlorida
Posted In: Florida Sports, Swampy's Collectibles

Here’s a Season Guest Pass to the St. Petersburg Kennel Club from 1939. These many years later the name has changed to Derby Lane.

└ Tags: derby lane, Floriad dog racing, Florida greyhound track, greyhound track, St petersburg kennel club
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Postcard Wednesday: Port Tampa City

August 25th, 2010 | by SwampysFlorida
Posted In: Florida Postcards, Swampy's Collectibles

Here’s a postcard from the collection of what is known as the Port of Tampa today. All of this developed because of the wealth of Henry B. Plant. He named the area Port Tampa City. The rail lines are also Plants and ran folks from up north to Tampa and other parts of Florida. It’s at Port Tampa City that folks could stay in one of two of Plant’s hotels. The St. Elmo Inn is in the foreground and the Port Tampa Inn is the larger structure. Both buildings are long gone now. There was a trolley that would transport folks from hotels into Tampa itself.

This area is now the bustling Port of Tampa and has long since been annexed into the city of Tampa.

The postcard is postmarked 1909 and was mailed with a penny stamp to “Miss Mable Seavey, Punta Gorda, Fla”. No actual address needed in Punta Gorda at the time, I guess.

└ Tags: city of tampa, Floria railroad, Florida, Florida coast, Florida railroad history, Florida travel, Florida trip, Henry B. Plant, Henry Bradley Plant, Port Tampa City, Rob Smith JR, St. Elmo Inn, Tampa, Tampa hotel, The Plant Line
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