Up until the early 1930s, South Florida was mostly inhospitable swampland. It wasn’t until after the 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers set out to build a levee...
Up until the early 1930s, South Florida was mostly inhospitable swampland. It wasn’t until after the 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers set out to build a levee...
Homestead UFO House Located deep south in the city of Homestead, just a couple of miles from the Everglades entrance is a rather odd-looking house. Locals called it the ‘Alien House’...
In the late-1800s, Hamilton Disston embarked on a large-scale project to drain the Everglades, using the reclaimed land for agricultural purposes. He partially succeeded, having reclaimed much of the...
Photo Credit: Florida Photographic Collection, 1920s – The Brewster power plant The town of Brewster was founded in 1910 to accommodate the workers at the time who spent the day working at the...
Grumman designed the aircraft to be used for anti-submarine warfare(ASW), with a large high-wing monoplane with twin Wright Cyclone radial engines with the idea to combine the roles the Avenger and...
Riverside Motel & St. Mary’s Liquors The Riverside Motel and St. Mary’s Liquors were located near the Florida/Georgia border, but to start, a bit of context before we delve into the...
The Depot Union Hotel was for sale for years but never attracted any buyers to try and restore it, 2008. Photo by Bill Rogers The Union Hotel and Cafe, better known as the Old Union Depot Hotel...
A roadside fruit stand along US 441 In 1914, a train station was established at this location, north of Fort Drum along the Kissimmee Valley Extension of the Florida East Coast Railroad and several...
Photo Credit: Jim Dourney, 2014 In late 1837, Colonel Zachary Taylor departed Tampa under orders to pursuit and capture hostile native Americans and in the process establish forts along a supply line...
Photo by 808shirts, 2014 Originally known as Camp Panama, Craig Key was a wide spot off of the Overseas Railroad right-of-way. It was originally a flag spot for the railroad before the early 1930s...
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