Share List The Homestead Enterprise published a series of articles, authored by pioneers, of their reminiscences in 1918. There were to be twelve articles but only six were published. The 1918 influenza pandemic in the fall of 1918 interrupted the … Continue reading →
Share List 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 … Continue reading →
Share List by Jeff Blakley This postcard, owned by the Florida Pioneer Museum, depicts the Walton Home in Homestead, Florida: Courtesy of the Florida Pioneer Museum Like many others, I have always known the Walton House to be the one … Continue reading →
Share List by Jeff Blakley While conducting research in the Model Land Company’s papers at the University of Miami’s J. I. Kislak Archive, I found a very important map of the land holdings of the F.E.C. Railway, the Model Land … Continue reading →
