This is a postcard post marked March 1907 of one of the structures on the Santa Lucia Plantation built in the 1880s. ‘Choco Chulee’ is the name of this building on the property that still exists today on State Road[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a matchbook for Eglin Air Force Base in Fort Walton Beach.
It’s 1980 and, television programs, ‘M*A*S*H’ and ‘Starsky and Hutch’ are in syndication to local television stations. At the time, there weren’t fifty billion channels and this was an inexpensive way for local stations to run programming. Local Channel 6,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sorry to learn of the death of Lilly Pulitzer today. Her extremely popular clothing line, that sparked a trend seen today by other clothes makers, was all the result of our orange groves. A spill of orange juice created a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Historic Derby Street Chapel is just south of the Historic Cocoa Village in Brevard County. The structure was built between 1919 and 1924 for the Seven Day Adventist Church. The building changed hands amongst a number of faiths over[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Pirates and Buried Treasure on Florida Islands by Jack Beater My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is a very good collection of supposedly true pirate stories that took place along the Florida coast. Jack Beater is a good[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Brett Sauce is an incredible artist living along Miami Beach and has depicted areas of Dade County in his air brush creations. Above is one of his fantastic images. Check out the detail of the painting! Please go to his[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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…
Presidential Deal by Les Standiford My rating: 5 of 5 stars My favorite and most fun book read this year so far. It just jettisons from page 1 in an exciting and enthralling 400+ pages. Good guys John Deal and[…]↓ 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…