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Nov 1311 min read
THE POWS of Lake Adelaide
The POW’s of Lake Adelaide Once the location of one of the two springs that gave the name to the Seminole County town of Altamonte...
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Oct 14 min read
Central Florida: America's True Melting Pot
1885 Longwood, Florida, USA The Central Florida we call home today was first established in the latter half of the 19th century by a cast...
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Sep 75 min read
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 74 min read
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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Aug 45 min read
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 264 min read
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 214 min read
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 104 min read
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 34 min read
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 94 min read
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 143 min read
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 86 min read
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 43 min read
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 235 min read
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 193 min read
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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Mar 132 min read
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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Mar 43 min read
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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Mar 11 min read
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 272 min read
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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Feb 222 min read
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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