A quick internet search finds no sign of the ‘New Fort Pierce Hotel’ and with no address on the matchbook, don’t know where this is or was. We do know to stay there was “Delightful but Inexpensive”. Below is the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is an ad for the attraction that once existed at the corner of Interstate 4 and US 27 in Polk County, Circus World. Circus World was declining at this point in attendance and in another few years would close.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s friend Susan Green is at the Wakulla Springs Lodge and took this photo of the tour boat taking off into the river for one of it’s fantastic trips earlier today. She and her husband were fortunate to take the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s the Grahamville ready to take passengers across the Ocklwaha River. The community of Grahamville is now gone from signs and maps. The area is along the Ocklawaha River and Salt Springs Highway in Marion County northeast of Silver Springs.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy visits with Butch Wilson, who runs the fantastic Clewiston Historical Museum. The museum displays the vast history of the area from prehistoric to the sugar industry to present. Butch showed a series of recent amazing improvements to the museum.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Orange Blossom Cafe is no longer with us in this form. It is now Orange Blossom Catering and you can learn and plan a party with them by clicking here. Below is a photo of their location today. […]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a preview of the Swampy’s Florida webcomic coming up Sunday. The subject is about our weather. Want to guess what the specific subject is about?
The Catalina Inn opened at 33rd Street and Interstate 4 connected to the Catalina Isles neighborhood that still sits between the hotel and Clear Lake behind it. Since it’s opening in the late 1960s the hotel has had many names.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s friend Dan Christian with one of his special Florida books available in the A. Parker Books, Sarasota, spot at the Florida Antiquarian Book Fair in The Coliseum in Downtown St. Petersburg. Come on down! The event runs through Sunday.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You can read about Fred Karl at the Tampa Tribune site by clicking here.
Below is what inside the matchbook – Below is the full matchbook –
Here’s a postcard showing the Rainbow Queen which took folks out from the park itself out along the Rainbow River to see the natural sites. Rainbow Springs is the site this year for the Marion County Springs Festival that Swampy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…