by Jeff Blakley In the spring of 2018, Sheldon Cunningham, a grandson of one of the early settlers in Detroit, Florida (the name was changed to Florida City in 1914), contacted me seeking more information about his grandparent’s time here. … Continue reading →
by Jeff Blakley The Palms Cemetery Once the decision was made to establish a cemetery in Naranja, far away from Homestead but between Modello and Naranja, where fewer people lived, a new struggle broke out, similar to what had happened … Continue reading →
by Jeff Blakley From Homestead to Naranja In Part I of this article, I presented the events leading up to the reservation of a plot of land for a graveyard in Homestead and showed its location. In this continuation of … Continue reading →
by Jeff Blakley From Miami to Homestead The founding of the Palms Cemetery, known by various names over the years and now called Caballero Rivero Palms Woodlawn, has never been fully told. A lot of misunderstanding and conjecture has surrounded … Continue reading →
