href=”http://swampysflorida.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/20130321-161622.jpg”> Stopped at the original Gabriel’s Sub Shop in Orlando and just learned that two weeks ago Paul Gabriel died. He started the Orlando institution back in 1958 on Edgewater Drive in the area of College Park in Orlando. Over[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Just learned that long time figure in Florida politics, Doyle Conner died Sunday. He served under seven governors. As Agriculture Commissioner from the ’60s until 1991, he shaped our vast agriculture business to what it is today. http://www.tampabay.com/news/obituaries/longtime-florida-agriculture-commissioner-doyle-conner-dies-at-83/1266416
It’s morning exercises at Miami Beach for these Army/Air Force trainees during World War II.
Here’s another photo saluting Memorial Day and our military service personnel: Here is reaction at the Key West port on V.J. Day in 1945 on the USS submarine Seadragon.
Sorry to write that we’ve just learned of the death of a friend of Swampy’s, Elaine Sevin. Fellow Florida native, Elaine has been creating coloring and educational books about Florida’s water issues for more than 25 years. She worked very[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the first graduating class of Pensacola’s naval training station in 1915. (From Yesterday’s Florida by Nixon Smiley)
Swampy visited Polk County’s newest park last weekend, Marshall Hampton Reserve along Lake Hancock near Lakeland and the Circle B Bar Reserve. Riding the newly built trails Bob and Lee Julius encounter the elusive Swampy. Bob’s very happy to have[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s an early brochure for the Edison Home in Fort Myers. Click here to plan a trip to see the Edison House yourself!
This Friday, April, 1st, is the debut of the new Swampy’s Florida: Lakeland coloring book at The General Store as part of Downtown Lakeland’s First Friday event. The coloring book has lots to color and learn about Lakeland’s history and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Above is part of Swampy’s Florida record album collection, Glenn W. Turner’s “You Can Better Your Best”. Glenn W. Turner based his motivational speaking, ‘Dare to be Great’, & product business in Florida as it and he became huge celebrities[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy visits the Venice Train Depot, at 303 E. Venice Avenue., historic site. Not surprisingly the depot is home to the Venice Historical Society. Click here for more information about the historical society. The railroad station was active until 1991[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…