A lot of national and international businesses got their start in Florida. Chico’s is one of those. Back in 1983 the first store, above, opened on Sanibel Island selling gifts and island clothing. That original store is still open amongst[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for Swampy’s Florida Travels
A photo I took along the Withlacoochee Trail heading towards the Withlacoochee River.
Recovering today from a multi-day travel schedule carrying the gang through Orange, Osceola, Marion, Pasco, Hernando, Hillsborough, Polk, Lake, Alachua, Sumter, Clay, Duval, Pasco, Bradford and Sumter Counties. Little sleep and lots of work has conked out the gang. The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I posted the photo above last week while in Lakeland on Facebook. It’s the new Tax Collector’s office. Promising to post more photos, i add them now below. It’s an amazing restoration of an early Publix Supermarket. Publix is based[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Sleuth Books has lots of Florida goodies in their booth at this years 33rd Annual Florida Antiquarian Book Fair goons on now and Sunday in St. Petersburg!
The oranges are being picked and soon to hit the shelves!
Here’s the Las Olas Apartments just north of Downtown Fort Lauderdale. The structure style is an odd combination. Love how the sign reflects the structure style.The fencing around the pool area is unfortunate. The website has no historical information about[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Travels: Along the Silver River…
A short set of photos I took last week of the Silver River by Silver Springs This is where the Jungle Cruise launch was. Also known as the Sea Hunt TV series set was. As i took photos a guy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Dubsdread Golf Course opened in 1924 in College Park in Orlando. Here are some photos at this pits top on the way to Pinellas County.
Here’s Swampy visiting Montverde in Lake County. He’s at the prestigious private school, the Monverde Academy.