Category Florida History
Why is the panhandle so different than the peninsula? It’s hundreds of years worth of reasons.
On this week’s Florida History Podcast, Ryan Ray and Kartik Krishnaiyer spend an hour sifting through history discussing why the Florida Panhandle and specifically the areas west of the Apalachicola River developed so differently from the peninsula and even the Big Bend region. You can listen to the Florida History Podcast on Anchor (which hosts our show), Spotify, Google, Apple […]
Metrojet and Delta Express – Florida-centric “Airlines within Airlines”
On September 24, 2001, US Airways announced it was shutting down its successful MetroJet subsidiary in the wake of the attacks of September 11. From a Florida perspective this is significant, because with the shuttering of MetroJet, outside a later attempt to make Fort Lauderdale an international hub, US Airways ceded much of its dominant […]
La Florida conversation – part 2
La Florida, the new book by Kevin Kokomoor, represents a comprehensive look at Colonial Florida. The work focuses on the central role Florida played in the origin of the United States. The book proves an indispensable work about Florida. Here is the second part of our two-part conversation with Kokomoor. You can listen to the […]
Gulf Islands Seashore
Gulf Islands National Seashore is managed by the National Parks Service and contains seven different pockets in Florida and Mississippi. Below is an overview of the Florida areas in Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and Escambia counties. Also included in the area are two historic forts, Fort Barrancas and Fort Pickens as well as several batteries used […]
A conversation with Kevin Kokomoor about Colonial Florida, Part 1
La Florida, the new book by Kevin Kokomoor, represents a comprehensive look at Colonial Florida. The work focuses on the central role Florida played in the origin of the United States. The book proves an indispensable work about Florida. Today, we released the first part of a two-part conversation with Kokomoor. You can listen to […]
Fort Clinch
On last week’s Florida History Podcast we discussed, Fort Clinch and the history of Fernandina Beach around the Civil War. 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 you to subscribe and listen […]
1970’s Florida growth and how two Florida-based airlines contributed
The 1970’s were a glory era in Florida politically and economically. Tourism and job growth exploded while the economy diversified. With visionary leaders like Governor Reubin Askew, the state projected an image of efficiency, smart growth, environmental consciousness and most of all paradise to the rest of the country. One company that benefited from Florida’s […]
The Jacksonville Expressway System – a 1967 map of the toll areas
Really cool – Jacksonville by the way was the first city in Florida to fully embrace an urban expressway highway system. Tolls were removed from all Jacksonville roads in the 1980’s.
Eastern v Delta – the battle of the 1980’s Florida
Florida had two airlines that competed hard and dominated the aviation landscape of the state from the 1950s until the late 1980s. Those two airlines were Delta, based in Atlanta and Eastern which moved its headquarters from New York to Miami in 1975. Both airlines competed vigorously on routes to/from the Sunshine State and both […]
Fort San Carlos and the Patriots War
On last week’s Florida History Podcast we discussed Fort San Carlos in Fernandina Beach and its critical role in the Patriots War. 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 you to subscribe […]
The Florida Squeeze 