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Andrew J. Poplin

Historic South Dade Posted on March 7, 2025 by JeffMarch 26, 2025

by Jeff Blakley Andrew Jackson Poplin (A. J.) is a name unknown to anyone except his descendants – no one currently living in South Dade knows who he was. He shared a trait with many other people in South Dade, … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Florida East Coast Railway, Goulds, Homestead, Ku Klux Klan, Redland, Silver Palm | Tagged Farming, Goulds, Homestead, KKK | 7 Replies

John S. Frederick

Historic South Dade Posted on February 22, 2024 by JeffMarch 21, 2024

by Jeff Blakley The Town of Homestead, which was surveyed and platted by J. S. Frederick, C. E., in June, 1904, was the next to the last community created by the arrival of the Florida East Coast Railway on mainland … Continue reading →

Posted in Florida East Coast Railway, Homestead | 5 Replies

The Cedars

Historic South Dade Posted on January 27, 2024 by JeffJanuary 28, 2024

By Jeff Blakley The Cedars, South Dade’s earliest farming venture, was named for the Australian pine (casuarina equisetifolia), commonly referred to as a cedar. 1912, Charles T. Simpson wrote this about the tree: “A strange tree is casuarina equisetifolia or … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Florida City, Homestead, Pioneers, Princeton | 14 Replies

The House That McNeill Built

Historic South Dade Posted on August 29, 2023 by JeffAugust 30, 2023

by Jeff Blakley If you turn west on NW 6th St. from Krome Avenue, you will see a two-story New England style house on the right, at 77 NW 6th St. It is an unusual house for Homestead, with its … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Churches, Homestead | 17 Replies

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