Monthly Archives: August 2022
Florida counties population rank: 1970 and 2020
This exercise helps show how the population centers of the state have shifted since Florida first became a major population center in the late 1960’s. You’ll note many counties that today have a large suburban or exurban population were less-populated in 1970, than traditional rural counties that have hardly grown in the last 50 years. […]
Podcast: The History of Disney’s Reedy Creek Improvement District
Wrapping up our seven day, look at the Walt Disney Company’s Reedy Creek Improvement District (RCID), this week’s Florida History Podcast focuses on the district’s history. 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 which […]
A visit to the Disney Wilderness
As we discussed yesterday, The Nature Conservancy’s Disney Wilderness preserves critical land along Reedy Creek as well as having restored extensive wetlands in Osceola and Polk Counties. Here are some videos from the wilderness.
The Florida Squeeze 