In the New River near Fort Lauderdale a group of Seminole go hunting, 1904. They would later sell what they caught at the Stranahan Store in what is now Downtown Fort Lauderdale. From ‘Pelts, Plumes and Hides – White Traders[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a wonderful mural in Okeechobee! It’s at 204 North Parrott Avenue, Okeechobee, FL. A Sprint cell phone store fronts the building. Here’s another part of the mural. Here’s the plaque that goes with it that gives a list of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy took The Historic Jungle Trail last week in Indian River County. Swampy took the trail from the entrance at the Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge and headed south. The Pelican Island refuge is the first designated in the United[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Old Scandia sat right in Downtown Opa-Locka right beside the moorish City Hall. The City Hall building still stands. Unfortunately the restaurant and the building is gone. Click here to read a review of the restaurant from 1950. Here’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Florida History text book is available now for homeschool teachers or, as I’ve been told, for anyone who’d like to read a short version of Florida’s history! Just $6 each and includes questions, projects and even my phone number[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Who remembers what these were for? Many of us old enough collected many, many of these and stuck them in a stamp book. Then we went to a store and traded them for toasters and lamps. Publix had the Green[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Orlando Chamber of Commerce tacked ‘Orlando – The Action Center’ to advertising in the mid-’70s. Here’s an early brochure from that time. The top 2 of the collage of photos is of Lake Eola. The next is of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is a terrific image of Jupiter Florida! I’ve not seen one at this angle before! You can really see how the two sides once connected. Looks almost like a puzzle piece is missing. 🙂 You can spot the lighthouse[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s Juniper Springs July 14th after Swampy’s Rob Smith Jr. gave a talk about water and Florida history as part of Juniper Springs summer lecture series.
Above is the back cover of ‘Music’ magazine, Tampa Bay edition, published in May 1986. It’d be tough to pull off a radio promo like that these days. Below is the front cover with jazz artist chick Corea. In today’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the first of a series of 5 original watercolor paintings that were offered in a drawing at the Florida Parent Educators Association convention Memorial Day weekend. It was a POWERFUL weekend for Swampy’s Florida and we have been reeling[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Coming soon is a Florida History book mad especially for home school families. Updates start next week. Here’s a teaser of the cover. The book will be available in July. At the Florida Parent Educators Association convention Swampy’s Florida had[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…