↓
 

Historic South Dade

  • Home
  • Articles
  • Books
    • Biography of A. C. Graw’s Father
    • Detroit, Florida, in 1911
    • Lest We Forget
    • Wilderness on the Edge
  • Contact
  • Historic Homestead Newspapers
  • Index to Articles
    • African-American
    • Cutler
    • Detroit – Florida City
    • Goulds
    • Homestead
    • Longview
    • Modello
    • Naranja and Princeton
    • Redland
    • Settlement of South Dade
  • Resources
    • Automobile Owners in 1923
    • Census Spreadsheets
      • Agricultural Labor Resources
    • Directories
      • Business Directories
      • Telephone Directories
    • Dr. John B. Tower’s Birth Records
    • Finding Aid for Isabelle B. Krome Papers
    • Maps
    • Naranja Cemetery
      • Cemetery Index
      • Obituary Index
      • Section & Plot Maps
    • Research Aids for Homestead Claims
    • School Yearbooks
    • South Dade High School Integration
    • State Archive Resources
    • Town and City of Homestead Council Minutes, 1913-1965
Home→Categories Government

Category Archives: Government

Russell F. Tatum – Homestead’s 1st Mayor

Historic South Dade Posted on August 5, 2020 by JeffSeptember 8, 2022

By Jeff Blakley The Town of Homestead was incorporated on January 27, 1913 and Russell “Russ” Fleming Tatum was elected as its first mayor. The published histories of this area offer little or no information about who he was, though. … Continue reading →

Posted in Government, Homestead, Pioneers, Real Estate Speculation | Tagged Homestead | 6 Replies

History of the Homestead Town Hall

Historic South Dade Posted on May 2, 2017 by JeffMarch 20, 2021

by Jeff Blakley The Town of Homestead was incorporated on January 27, 1913 but its officials had no municipal building in which to meet. They met at two different buildings before the Town Hall was built in 1917: Tatum’s Real … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Government, Homestead | 1 Reply

Bryan H. Edwards

Historic South Dade Posted on May 25, 2015 by JeffJanuary 16, 2022

By Jeff Blakley Bryan Hastie Edwards, the third mayor of the Town of Florida City, served from 1922 until his death in August of 1934. In 1945, a municipal park was established on land the Town had acquired through tax … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Florida City, Government, Parks, Pioneers, Real Estate Speculation | Tagged Brooker, Edwards, Florida City, Parks | 4 Replies

Walter Jackson Tweedell

Historic South Dade Posted on May 8, 2015 by JeffAugust 1, 2020

By Jeff Blakley In my article about telephone subscribers in Homestead in 1912, Walter Tweedell’s store is listed as being one of the subscribers. In the article about early workers in Homestead, it was mentioned that J. U. Free had … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Cutler, Government, Homestead, Pioneers | Tagged Commissioner, Cutler, Moody, Royal Palm Park, Tweedell | Leave a reply

Subscribe to New Articles

* indicates required

Random Quote

A lot of history is just dirty politics cleaned up for the consumption of children and other innocents.

— Richard Reeves

Recent Posts

  • The Story of Epmore Drive
  • William C. Norwood
  • William A. King
  • Walter A. Frazeur
  • John Ulric Free – Part II
  • John Ulric Free – Part I
  • Edward Stiling
  • Russell F. Tatum – Homestead’s 1st Mayor
  • Detroit Before Edward Stiling – Part II
  • The Tatum Brothers
  • Detroit Before Edward Stiling – Part I
  • The Detroit Ice, Light & Power Co.
  • The Miami Land & Development Co.
  • The Beginnings of Detroit, Florida
  • Telephone Companies in Early Homestead

Archives

Categories

Links

African-American History
  • African-American
  • Dr. Marvin Dunn
  • Low Country Africana
Agriculture
  • Florida State Horticultural Society
  • USDA Search Engine
Genealogy
  • Dade County Marriages 1905-1911
  • Palm Beach County Marriages 1909-1913
Government Resources
  • Early Automobile Registrations
  • Florida Railroad Commission Reports
  • Florida State Library
  • Historical County Boundaries
  • IIF Minutes
  • USGS Topo Maps of S. Dade
Homesteading Records
  • BLM Homesteading Records
  • BLM Tract Books at Family Search
  • Miami-Dade Clerk of Courts
  • Township Range Locator
Magazines
  • Tequesta Magazine
  • The Tropic Magazine
Miscellaneous
  • History of Florida, 1923
  • Marion Post Wolcott WPA Photographs
  • Upper Keys Historical Society
South Dade Resources
  • Buncombe County, NC Deeds
  • Hopkins Plat Book – 1957
  • Polk’s Directory of Homestead – 1918
  • Sanborn Fire Map of Homestead – 1920
University Resources
  • Aerial Photographs of South Dade – 1938
  • Everglades Digital Library
  • FIU Digital Archive
  • Florida Historical Quarterly
  • PALMM
  • UF Digital Library
  • UM Special Collections
©2023 - Historic South Dade - Weaver Xtreme Theme
↑