The following excerpt is from Rum Runners and Moonshiners of Old Florida, Volume 2 – a book published by The Florida Squeeze last month. You can purchase your copy here. Illegality comes Naturally to Floridians When we think of Prohibition and the crime wars of the 1920s and 1930s, Florida is never the first thing […]
Fort Caroline National Memorial stands today near the site of where the first French settlement in North America once sat. On this week’s Florida History Podcast we go through the history of Fort Caroline. All photos by Kartik Krishnaiyer 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, […]
As we continue to lament the loss of Jimmy Buffett and the Florida we once knew disappearing in the DeSantis years, it occurs to me Florida’s Democrats once focused on local Florida issues and immersed in Florida culture have become just like national democrats – a toxic brand in Florida- had Florida Democrats of the […]
I decided to have a bit of fun for Labor Day. Governor DeSantis has a unique ability to unite people – I’ve often accused him of being divisive and pitting neighbor against neighbor and family member against family member, but recently he’s proven me wrong. Ron DeSantis has a unique ability to unite politicians of […]
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 in this state during the 1970’s and 1980’s- a unique cross between Caribbean and southern US culture. He was the embodiment of the Florida I […]
Today my home state of Florida lost one of its dearest and truest friends. In a state as divided as ours it’s sometimes difficult to find a unifying presence that everyone could get behind. Jimmy Buffett was such a figure. The poet laureate of beachfront observations, the Lincoln of flip flop melodies. Part buzzed soulful […]
The Brian D. Archer Wilderness trail is a nice surprise tucked in a residential area of Parkland.
My newest book, Florida and the American Revolution which will focus on the unheralded and underappreciated role Florida played in the Revolutionary War is now available for preorder on Kindle and is now available in paperback for immediate shipment. I have already fielded questions about whether this is a “pro British” book. I think it’s […]
It figures the day after we did our last airline route update, news began popping again for new Florida service. Delta is slowly but surely growing Miami as part of its “four corners” strategy (Seattle, Los Angeles, Boston and Miami) now adding nonstops from Miami to Nassau. This is not a completely new route for […]
In 1937 LBJ climbed on the flatbed of an old broken down Ford TT Truck in the hill country of Texas. The Incumbent congressman had just died and Johnson was desperate to fill the seat. “What do you want to talk to us about Lyndon,” an old dirt farmer asked. Johnson pointed to the power lines […]
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