A useful read below: https://www.wusf.org/environment/2024-05-06/theres-a-panther-problem-in-the-florida-wildlife-corridor

On this past week’s Florida History Podcast, we discussed the failed tenure of Michael Ovitz as President of Disney as well as the changes at the Magic Kingdom in the 1990’s. 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 […]

The depression tested Jeffersonian principles versus those of an activist government.

Halpatiokee Park is in Martin County

The following is an excerpt from my book The American Conquest of Florida. In 1804, US Secretary of State Madison attempted to correspond with France on the matter of Florida. French Foreign Minister Talleyrand had this reply: France, in giving up Louisiana to the United States, transferred to them all the rights over that territory […]

We look at the era between Reconstruction and the Depression when Florida led the nation in per capita lynchings and state government was inactive except in fostering business.

Convoy Point is a short walk from the Dante Fascell Visitors Center.

In a special joint-Tropical Depression/Florida History Podcast release, Kartik Krishnaiyer and Ryan Ray discuss the great Bob Graham who passed away last week at 87. 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 enable […]

We lost both Jimmy Buffett and Bob Graham in the last several months, so we’re re-running a piece I wrote when Buffett passed last September. Jimmy Buffett’s passing on Friday is symbolic of the Florida we once had and have now lost. Buffett was the greatest symbol of the unique Florida culture we had created […]