Altamonte Springs - Born of a Sci-Fi Script?
The Altamonte Hotel, Altamonte Springs, Florida “Is there no way of obtaining distraction? To live as we are now living, like reptiles...
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citruslandfl
- Aug 7
- 4 min
A Winter Park Nugget - Part Two
Winter Park’s very own James Wren “Zach” Taylor was the first homegrown Florida boy to play Major League baseball. Inducted into...
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citruslandfl
- Aug 4
- 5 min
A Winter Park Nugget
312-316 North Park Avenue, Winter Park A Winter Park Nugget: One for the History Books I have a habit of digging into the past of...
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citruslandfl
- Jul 26
- 4 min
Orlando's Historic Howe-Cheney (Glendonjo) Residence
“The 12-room, four-bedroom, porticoed Victorian house,” said an Orlando Opera Company Designers’ Show House brochure in 1980, “has been...
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citruslandfl
- Jul 21
- 4 min
Orlando, Cheney's Glendonjo, and More!
The House on Lake Conway Part Three: Howe’ Kalorama; Cheney’s Glendonjo; Orlando’s DAR Robert & Hadassah Howe, as established in earlier...
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citruslandfl
- Jul 10
- 4 min
Orlando, GLENDONJO & Women of Lake Concord
Lake Concord, Orlando, Florida. Photo courtesy Florida Memory Project Part Two: Women of Lake Concord John G. Sinclair came to Orlando...
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citruslandfl
- Jul 3
- 4 min
Orlando, GLENDONJO & Much More
715 N. Garland Street, Orange Avenue at the Railroad Tracks A Summer History Series by Rick Cronin Part One: A DAR Picnic at GLENDONJO...
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citruslandfl
- Jun 9
- 4 min
Clay Springs on the Wekiva
Clay Springs courtesy Florida Memory Project Clay Springs was once a vital port of entry for Central Florida. Known today as Wekiwa...
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citruslandfl
- Apr 14
- 3 min
To The Old Dolphin
A transport craft at Chautauqua Landing on Lake Dora To The Old Dolphin A 1913 Poem by Paul Stokley In Honor of Poetry Month 2024...
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citruslandfl
- Apr 8
- 6 min
In Search of Florida's Elusive DAR Founder
Florida history is rarely as easy to write about as referring to prior written accounts of our earliest pioneers. In researching the...
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citruslandfl
- Apr 4
- 3 min
Crocker Memorial Church, Sarasota, FL
The Rest of the April 6th Story! By Richard Lee Cronin On Saturday, April 6, 2024, The Sara De Soto Chapter of The Daughters of the...
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citruslandfl
- Mar 23
- 5 min
South Florida's First Woman Editor
Rose (Phillips) Wilson (1876-1964) Exhibit 42 of To Sarasota, with Love, Orlando Sarasota history which began at Longwood: “Sarasota...
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citruslandfl
- Mar 19
- 3 min
The Lady Architects of Central Florida
Katherine C. Budd (1860-1951) designed not one but TWO historic residences in Lake County. Each built in the 1920s, both homes remain in...
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citruslandfl
- Mar 13
- 2 min
She was One in 63 Million
Women’s History Month Edition Duke Hall, Orlando, Florida Mary (Kerr) Fernandez - Duke of little old 19th century Orlando was selected...
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citruslandfl
- Mar 4
- 3 min
She Founded Florida's DAR
Kate (Livingston) Eagan, Women’s History Month, Special Edition of Florida Trailblazers The Jacksonville Chapter of The Daughters of the...
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citruslandfl
- Mar 1
- 1 min
She named Tallahassee!
Octavia (Walton) Le Vert (1811-1877) Our first Women’s History Month Florida Trailblazer is the lady who named Florida’s Capital! Two...
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citruslandfl
- Feb 27
- 2 min
Trailblazer Lawrence Silas
Lawrence Silas (1887-1974) Portrait Courtesy Osceola County Historical Society He was a Cowboy who became a prominent Cowman in the 1939...
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citruslandfl
- Feb 22
- 2 min
Pine Castle Pioneer Days Special Edition
Cronin Books – Booth 97 Author & Historian Richard Lee Cronin The Ladies Social Club of Orlando, organized by Henrietta (Temple) Clark in...
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citruslandfl
- Feb 20
- 2 min
Zora Neale Hurston
“Zora is young and vibrant and spirited. And exceedingly attractive.” An interview arranged to promote the release of her first-ever...
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citruslandfl
- Feb 12
- 2 min
Trailblazer Dr. Jerry B. Callahan
Read his life story and the word “Trailblazer” immediately comes to mind. Arriving in Orlando at the age of 23, at a time when the city...
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