Miami Women’s Club, c. 1940. Courtesy of HistoryMiami Museum The Married Ladies’ Afternoon Club was organized in 1900, just four years after Miami was incorporated, and was presided...
Miami Women’s Club, c. 1940. Courtesy of HistoryMiami Museum The Married Ladies’ Afternoon Club was organized in 1900, just four years after Miami was incorporated, and was presided...
Off of US Hwy 1 in Sebastian, overgrown and invested with bees, are the remains of a Spanish-style building known as the Okie Bland House. From my searches, there isn’t much information about...
Early History of Gulf Hammock, Florida Gulf Hammock is an extremely small community located near the west coast of Florida that once rivaled Gainesville in terms of size. According to residents, the...
The campground of Lake Chekika Chekika was first purchased by Samuel Grossman back in 1917 where he attempted to grow tomatoes and then tried drilling for oil on the site. While drilling for oil, the...
In 1990, Palm Beach County Sheriff Richard P. Wille proposed the plan for a county-run prison farm for drug offenders. Wille promoted the prison farm idea to provide drug treatment to small-time...
Samuel I. Davis Cigar Company Samuel I. Davis was a native New Yorker who learned the cigar trade at a young age in his hometown. After being a salesman for Julius Ellinger Co., he founded the Samuel...
Located on Jupiter Island Park is an underground parking garage which is known to many locals as the “Jupiter Dungeon”. The parking garage was part of a hotel and retail project which...
Completed in 1972, this 16-story former office building was first known as the 1100 Building located just on the outskirts of downtown Clearwater. Espacio USA, an arm of the wealthy Spanish real...
History Homer Harvey and its Beginnings Located just south of Crawfordville, Pat Harvey’s unique collection of rusted Ford cars and trucks sits in a field overgrown with vines and grass, neatly...
Early History Florida Prison Farm No. 2 The Glades Correctional Institution was established in 1932 as Florida Prison Farm #2, located between Belle Glade and Pahokee. The prison was described as...
Undated photograph of the bat tower on Sugarloaf Key History The Sugarloaf Key Bat Tower, frequently referred to as the Perky Bat Tower, stood for decades as a unique monument to early biological...
ATLAS Hovercraft Inc. Founded in 2005, the vision for Green Cove Springs-based company ATLAS Hovercraft Inc. was to construct commercial hovercraft, also known as an “over the beach”...
The Tragedy of Theodore Weiss On April 5, 2014, 74-year-old Theodore T. Weiss took off from Marion County Airport for a routine flight to Zephyrhills. He never arrived. After discovering his empty...
Rowers pass by Annie the Dragon, date unknown Located on Merritt Island, the Dragon Point Mansion was built in 1961. The estate featured three fireplaces, wraparound cedar decks, teak parquet...
History of Glades General Hospital Glades General Hospital is a former hospital located in the city of Belle Glade, Florida, which cared for the residents and agricultural workers living in this...
Established in 1992, Wings Aviation was a business located in Building 903 at Miami International Airport and repaired aircraft and heavy equipment. The services they provided are described below:...
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