Here’s a crowd at the Palms Theater in West Palm Beach in 1962 showing the epic ‘How the West was Won”. This photo is from ‘Pioneers in Paradise’. You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below.: https://amzn.to/34Clfio
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Here are the shuffleboard courts that still sit in Downtown St. Petersburg today. In the background is The Coliseum, which also still stands today. In 1923 the first of the shuffleboard courts opened and still thrive today as a new[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s friend, Paula Mendoza, who visited Homosassa Springs this past week and took this enchanting photo of a spot at the wonderful Homosassa Springs State Park. You can plan a visit and learn more by clicking here:https://www.floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/ellie-schiller-homosassa-springs-wildlife-state-park
Swampy found the unmarked, unpacked hiking trail in the park. Here are photos of both trails and more scenes from along the trail. To plan a trip to the park, you can learn location and more here:https://www.pinellascounty.org/park/08_Seminole.htm
Hilochee Wildlife Management Area, Polk County A view along a couple mile hike along the trail of the Hilochee Wildlife Management Area in Polk County. Here’s the website of where the park area is and much more information:https://myfwc.com/recreation/lead/hilochee/
A trip to visit a friend in Ridge Manor had me wander the large natural area around the home. A light rain began, which is caught in this photograph. The property is very near and somewhat connect to the Withlacoochee[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A view of Lake Padgett off US 41 in Land O’Lakes. Lake Padgett connects to the east with Saxon Lake. All of which has many boaters, skiers, fishermen and jet skiers busy during weekends. This view is from the back[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is a photo taken along the one mile trail in Pine Forest Park, west of DeLand, in 2013. Since then the park has had a ton of money dumped on it. The trail was expanded from one mile to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s friend, Les Singleton shared these photos of his father, Jack Singleton, in Miami in 1936. Les writes of his father:“When he was 24, he and his sister Lillian traveled by car from her home in the rural panhandle of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What you are not hearing of why the City of Weeki Wachee is no more: I’ve been following this story for many, many years. Two stories attached below hint at what’s really going on, but never state what was happening[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida thoughts: Great idea, but he has a location problem. The location for, what the owner is calling, the world’s largest drive-in theater is being proposed just off State Road 19 and along County Road 44, across form the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…