by Jeff Blakley The existing books about the history of South Dade, which include Jean Taylor’s The Villages of South Dade, Paul George’s A Journey Through Time and Robert J. Jensen’s From Railroad Boom to Sonic Boom, only hint at … Continue reading →
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 marked by … 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 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 Co. and … Continue reading →
