We preview why we’re doing the new series on Jeffersonian Florida. So much of Florida’s political, social and economic history for better and worse was molded by Jeffersonian philosophy.

On Saturday this past week, the 1838 Battles of the Loxahatchee were reenacted at Battlefield Park in Jupiter Farms. Here is a photo gallery of the event, and I would encourage all those interested in Florida History to attend a future reenactement at the site which is managed by Palm Beach County.

Excerpt from The American Conquest of Florida In terms of Florida, Jeffersonian’s saw the area as a perfect place to expand the plantation slave-based economy and eventually bring into the union as a slave state. Spain’s desperation to repopulate the colony led to incentives to new settlers from the American south. This also meant Spain […]

Dr. Angela Zombek of UNC-Wilmington joins us to discuss the history of a unique place that sits at the mouth of Tampa Bay – Egmont Key. 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 […]

Fort Myers came of age during the Third Seminole War (1855-1858), the often forgotten about conflict that capped almost fifty years of war in Florida.