History of Horne’s Motor Lodge and Restaurants The Beginning Horne’s was a Southern-style restaurant chain primarily found in the Southeastern United States, strategically located along...
History of Horne’s Motor Lodge and Restaurants The Beginning Horne’s was a Southern-style restaurant chain primarily found in the Southeastern United States, strategically located along...
History of the Old Fort Park Ruins The Old Fort Park Ruins in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, have conclusively been around since the 18th century, but their origin remains a mystery. Was it a Spanish or...
History of the New Smyrna Sugar Mill Ruins In 1830, William Kemble entered into a contract to construct a steam-operated sugarcane mill and a sawmill for merchant speculators William DePeyster and...
Braden Castle The Braden Family Dr. Joseph Addison Braden, son of Robert and Elizabeth Stevens Braden, was born around 1811 in Loudoun, Virginia. He had eight other siblings, and he was the youngest...
The Elf Houses of Oak Hill Nestled off the highway in the nearby woods, these crumbling concrete structures stand as relics from another time, affectionately known as “Elf Houses” and...
St. Anne Shrine St. Anne Shrine, located about six miles east of Lake Wales, is but a shadow of its former self. Its weathered stone grotto and tiled altar are among the few aging remnants of its...
Bob’s Cafeteria The Tramor Cafeteria, once an iconic establishment in St. Petersburg, Florida, represents a significant chapter in the city’s mid-20th-century history. This cafeteria was...
Larmon Furniture Company Rubel Isaac Larmon was born on December 31, 1895, in Bowling Green, Kentucky, the son of William Eugene and Mollie H. Murray Larmon. Rubel married Ermine...
The Stewart Homestead Several miles into Green Swamp sits the old homestead of Isham “Isom” and Sarah “Sallie” Browning Stewart, and the site of their murders. The story is...
Sulphur Springs Hotel and Apartments Constructed in 1927 under the supervision of Grover Poole, the Sulphur Springs Water Tower originated as a creation of Grover Poole, providing ample water...
Brandon, Florida History The Galvin-Carl House is a historic home built by Daniel Joseph Galvin, a pioneer merchant and sawmill operator from Brandon, Florida. The community’s history dates...
The Holy Land Experience The Holy Land Experience was a Christian-based theme park in Orlando, Florida, and registered as a non-profit corporation. Weekly church services and bible studies...
Cypress Gardens Cypress Gardens opened on January 2, 1936, as a botanical garden planted by Dick Pope Sr. and his wife Julie, billed as Florida’s first commercial tourist theme park. It became...
Hamilton Disston, c.1870 Hamilton Disston was an industrialist and lesser-known figure in Florida’s history who purchased four million acres of Florida land in 1881. His land purchase and...
Kellogg Mansion Edward Frischkorn Although the Kellogg Mansion is well known to have been owned by W. K. Kellogg, founder of the Kellogg Cereal Company, he was actually not the first owner nor would...
Arthur A. Stivender Arthur Abrehart Stivender was born on June 8, 1842, in Barbour County, Alabama, to Duncan Wright Stivender and Margaret Gillie Ann Lee. After her husband died in 1860, Margaret...
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