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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

Frederic M. Vermilye

Historic South Dade Posted on September 28, 2023 by JeffSeptember 29, 2023

By Jeff Blakley The most significant obstacle to historians striving to tell the story of South Dade is the fact that in this area, as is still true of all of South Florida, the demographics were very fluid. People came … Continue reading →

Posted in Real Estate Speculation, Silver Palm | 11 Replies

Flippers in Paradise

Historic South Dade Posted on June 5, 2019 by JeffJanuary 10, 2022

by Jeff Blakley South Dade County has a rich and complex history that has not been explored as much as that of Miami or the Florida Keys. Jean Taylor, in her book The Villages of South Dade, did a lot … Continue reading →

Posted in Genealogy, Pioneers, Real Estate Speculation, Redland, Silver Palm | Tagged Homesteading, Pioneers, Real Estate Speculation, Silver Palm | 2 Replies

Daniel M. Roberts – Early Pioneer Tales

Historic South Dade Posted on September 2, 2018 by JeffSeptember 14, 2020

by Jeff Blakley I transcribed this article from the October 17, 1918 issue of The Homestead Enterprise and added links and footnotes to explain some of the events mentioned in the article. Dan Roberts married Annie Margaret Fitzpatrick, the daughter … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Cutler, Pioneers, Redland, Silver Palm | Tagged Dan Roberts, L. R. Nixon, Redland, Silver Palm, Will Anderson | 13 Replies

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