by Jeff Blakley Introduction In April of 1976, Update, the magazine of the Historical Association of South Florida (now HistoryMiami), published a short article by Jean Taylor entitled Sawmills in South Dade. In it, she wrote that one of the … Continue reading →
by Jeff Blakley In this article, I am going to provide details of George W. Moody’s life that are not generally known. George was an early settler in South Dade County who claimed the southwest quarter of section 21, township … Continue reading →
In 1918, The Homestead Enterprise published a series of articles authored by pioneers of their reminiscences. There were to be twelve articles but only six were published. The influenza pandemic in the fall of 1918 interrupted the publication of the … Continue reading →
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 →