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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
On this week’s Florida History Podcast, we dive into several topics suggested by listeners. 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 on your iPhone if you do […]
The first addition to our new TFS video series is a quick five minute 4K walk through the Cypress Hammock Boardwalk in Coral Springs. The boardwalk/nature trail connects two separate parks, the natural Orchard Pond Park and the recreational Cypress Hammock Park. When combined with Cypress Park which is on the other side of Coral […]
We’re starting a new series at TFS where we will film natural areas from across the state and upload the videos to our YouTube page. The videos will be HD quality or in some cases (shorter videos) in 4K and without narration. As I travel the state in my new role as the Executive Director […]
This is a deeply personal post and one that might offend some folks. Please understand it is all in the spirit of our society moving forward with bias or baggage. — I must admit I have long found the fascination so many Americans have with the British Monarchy beyond bizarre. Our nation was founded by […]
I-75’s path through Florida was first authorized in 1955. It was completed in 1964 before any other Florida interstate. But then the rapid growth of southwest Florida and the need to link another interstate to southeast Florida set off a long drawn-out process to extend the highway. It was finally completed in 1992. On this […]
The Florida Squeeze 