Monthly Archives: March 2021
Why we love Florida History
On this week’s Florida History Podcast, episode 100 we discuss why we love Florida History and why we’ve never had a Floridian elected President or Vice President. You can listen to the Florida History Podcast on Anchor (which hosts our show), Spotify, Google, Apple Podcasts, Radio Public, Breaker, Overcast, Castro or Pocket Casts. Overcast, Castro, Spotify, Radio Public and Breaker have App Store apps for free […]
Tall Cypress Natural Area – 4K Video
Tall Cypress Natural Area in Coral Springs is one of the most unique and bio-diverse natural areas in urban southeastern Florida. The area was preserved in the early 1990’s due in large measure to the efforts of students at nearby Coral Springs High School.
The Florida History Podcast and Documentaries launches Patreon account
We’ve launched a Patreon account to give exclusive access, bonus episodes, more documentary videos and more for history buffs and others interested in the colorful history of our state. Become a Florida History Patreon today by clicking this link and signing up! For every five dollar donation you receive exclusive Never Before Seen content, that […]
Video: Cypress Creek Trail at Fern Forest Park
The Cypress Creek Trail at the Fern Forest Nature Center is an interesting cross-section of vegetation. The land is preserved and provides a glimpse into what this part of southern Florida looked like before human development. It is part of the broader Fern Forest Nature Center which is one of the great urban parks in […]
Real election reform in Florida requires changes to our primaries – Seven reform ideas
Florida Democrats are correct – the sweeping “reform” suggestions of the GOP to stamp out the imaginary “voter fraud” that allegedly (according to Newsmax and OANN) swept the 2020 elections are completely unnecessary and unwarranted. Though it must be stated the GOP may actually be overreaching and ultimately hurting themselves with these “reforms” should they […]
The American Revolution in West Florida
For years it was ignored by history books, but recently scholars of the revolution have begun to emphasize the importance of fighting along the Gulf Coast of North America in discussions about the later years of the Revolutionary War. This week on the Florida History Podcast we discuss the Gulf Coast Campaign by Spain and […]
Spring Break 2021 – what is more important to our political leaders, Florida’s own citizens or outside norm breakers?
I must admit I saw it coming. In recent weeks, I’ve seen on YouTube channels I subscribe to that do City walks and drives a proliferation of videos from Florida – including on some channels, largely focused on large European and American cities that had never aired a video from Florida before. Suddenly around the […]
Video: Long Key Natural Area in Davie
Long Key Natural Area is one of the most recently protected areas of southeast Florida, having been opened in 2008. An area once inhabited by Native Americans, it was eventually the site of a failed amusement park on the edge of the Everglades known as Pioneer City, then the Kapok Tree Restaurant before it was […]
The Florida Squeeze 