Photos of Swampy visiting De Leon Springs State Park, January 2018. You can plan a hike there by clicking here: https://www.floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/de-leon-springs-state-park . . . . . . . . . #Hike #HikeFlorida #Florida #Gainesville #Trail #HikingTrail #FloridaNature #FloridaOutdoors #Environment #FloridaEnvironment[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a neat view of Downtown St. Petersburg with The Vinoy in the forefront . This postcard was mailed January 1948 from someone calling themselves “552” to Elva Ulrich of Rochester, N.Y. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s friend, Richard Riley of constant chronicler of east Pasco County via a camera or otherwise. Richard writes this photograph was taken from Powerline Road, just west of US 98/301, north of Dade City, over, what is known as, Frazee[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard is from a packet of ‘Charm Spots of Florida’ It was mailed in the 1950s, but can’t read the rest of the date. It was mailed to Dan Emory of Pontiac, Michigan. The message inside from Grace Emory[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s friend, Cherie Dunham visited the Suwannee River and she took this photograph. You can plan a visit to Suwannee River State Park by clicking here: https://www.floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/suwannee-river-state-park . . . . . . . . #Parks #Florida #FloridaParks #Suwannee #Rivers[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Photos of Swampy visiting DeLeon Springs State Park, January 2018. You can plan a hike there by clicking here: https://www.floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/de-leon-springs-state-park . . . . . . . . . #Hike #HikeFlorida #Florida #Gainesville #Trail #HikingTrail #FloridaNature #FloridaOutdoors #Environment #FloridaEnvironment #nature
Greetings from Indian Rocks Beach! This postcard was mailed May 8th, 1970. It was mailed from “Nana” to Mary Hooten in Fairfield, Connecticut. Apparently their Aunt Trudy lived in Indian Rocks Beach. Nana writes that they “take a walk in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This photo is from ‘Osceola County Centennial 1887-1987’ by Centennial Book Committe. To get your copy of this fine book of Osceola County history click here: https://amzn.to/3KnhrG8
Along Lake Adair in College Park in Orlando in December 2021. . . . . . . #Florida #Hike #FloridaHike #Hiking #Nature #FloridaNature #Environment #Cypress #Trees #CypressTrees #Orlando #OrlandoFlorida
Photos of a Swampy hike through part of Alachua County’s Sweetwater Preserve. This hike was taken in 2017. You can plan a hike there by clicking here: https://alachuacounty.us/depts/pcl/landconservation/pages/sweetwaterpreservetrailmap.aspx . . . . . . . . . #Hike #HikeFlorida #Florida[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hats off to ’51! Sounds like this was a heck of a great party! Look at what $5 got you! This advertisement for the Dolphin Restaurant is from the December 29th, 1950, edition of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. #Sarasota #NewYear #NewYears[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…