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The Palms Cemetery – Part II

Historic South Dade Posted on October 28, 2018 by JeffMarch 3, 2020

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 →

Posted in Florida East Coast Railway, Genealogy, Homestead, Maps, Naranja, Real Estate Speculation, Redland | Tagged Cemeteries, Model Land Co., Naranja, Real Estate Speculation | Leave a reply

The Palms Cemetery – Part I

Historic South Dade Posted on October 28, 2018 by JeffMarch 1, 2020

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 →

Posted in Florida East Coast Railway, Genealogy, Homestead, Maps, Naranja, Pioneers, Redland | Tagged Cemeteries, F.E.C. Railway, Homestead, Model Land Co. | 2 Replies

Forgotten Workers of Early Homestead II

Historic South Dade Posted on May 6, 2018 by JeffOctober 28, 2019

A Look at the Uses of Oral History by Jeff Blakley In this post, I am continuing to explore the lives of ordinary working stiffs in early Homestead. The subject of this post is Willie Alonzo King. Susan Dryer, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Homestead, Pioneers, Silver Palm | Tagged Farming, Hendersonville, Homestead, Oral History | 15 Replies

1912 Homestead Area Telephone Subscribers

Historic South Dade Posted on April 16, 2018 by JeffDecember 28, 2020

By Jeff Blakley I was recently sent a series of photographs taken in Detroit in 1911. I’ve managed to identify some of the people in the photographs. One of them, I think, is that of Alice M. Graves, wife of … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Homestead, Telephone | Tagged Detroit, Homestead, Longview, Naranja, Princeton, Redland, Telephone | 3 Replies

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