Roddey Burdine, founder of Burdines Burdines was a department store chain operating in Florida with its flagship store located in downtown Miami. Its origin dates back to 1897 when Henry Payne and...
Roddey Burdine, founder of Burdines Burdines was a department store chain operating in Florida with its flagship store located in downtown Miami. Its origin dates back to 1897 when Henry Payne and...
Central Hershey Milton Snavely Hershey, the founder of The Hershey Company, first visited Cuba in January 1916. He fell in love with the country and its people, describing the country as an eternal...
Flashlights illuminate the dark passages of Lundy’s Cave Lundy’s Cave was a show cave that was a byproduct of an attempt to search for money that was said to have been thrown into a...
The building has been boarded up since its closure in 2007. The Rader Memorial United Methodist Church was founded in 1923 and is one of the oldest congregations in Miami-Dade County. The church in...
History of Havana’s Frontón Jai Alai Jai alai was brought over to Cuba in 1898 by the Basques, the indigenous people of the Basque Country in Spain. In April 1898, the Mazzatini brothers made...
The Homestead station has been boarded up for years. The Homestead Seaboard Air Line Railway Station is a historic depot constructed by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad in Homestead. It is the...
Gaston Drake, Lumber Magnate Silver Green Cemetery, called Carver or Princeton Colored Cemetery in some records, has a history that traces back to Gaston Drake, founder of the community of Princeton...
The church was built around 1885 with some of the original pews built out of tree stumps. The small town of Island Grove was established in 1882 by W.J. Moore and built the first post office there...
Photos Courtesy of Tim Gilmore, www.jaxpsychogeo.com The following writing comes from Tim Gilmore, the Richmond Hotel / DeLoach Furniture at jaxpsychogeo.com. Terry DeLoach walks across the ruined...
The bridge hasn’t been used since the 1960s The site where the Bellamy Bridge now stands was purchased by Dr. Edward C. Bellamy in 1836 and moved there with his wife, Nancy Ann Croom Bellamy...
Decades ago, Jacksonville was filled with many of these types of homes which many know as “shotgun houses.” There is a bit of a debate on how these homes got their name. The most well...
The main lobby of the high school. Photo courtesy of sergioisevil Bridgeprep Academy of Arts and Minds Charter High School (BAAM) was a performing and visual arts public charter...
The ‘World of Orchids’ sign that welcomed passersby and visitors. World of Orchids was a working greenhouse located in Kissimmee. It included over thousands of orchids, including rare and...
Patrons at Regency Square Mall on its opening day March 2, 1967. Florida Times-Union Opening on March 2, 1967, the Regency Square Mall in Jacksonville initially featured three anchor stores:...
Students and teachers at Martha Perry Institute, 1901. Courtesy of the State Archives of Florida. The community of Rochelle was originally known as Perry Junction, named after Governor Madison...
Salem Motel postcard, date unknown Between the towns of Perry and Cross City and along U.S. Route 19 is the small unincorporated community of Salem. The post office in Salem opened on April 16...
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