The Glades of Youth
I’m pleased to publish this piece about growing up in Homestead in the 1950s. The author, Paul McHugh, is the son of George and Delphine McHugh and he grew up in an oak hammock not far from South Dade High … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Redland
Charles H. Gossman – Early Pioneer Tales
The following article appeared in the October 3, 1918 issue of the Homestead Enterprise and is re-published here because it will be of interest to many of you who subscribe to posts. The descendants of Charles H. Gossman married into … Continue reading →
George W. Kosel
I transcribed this document from a very fragile typescript that I found in the Town Hall Museum. Judging from the context, it appears that it was written prior to 1927, when the Seaboard Railroad arrived in Homestead. George Washington Kosel … Continue reading →
Lilburn R. Nixon – Early Pioneer Tales
The following article, by Lilburn R. Nixon, appeared in the Homestead Enterprise on September 26, 1918. In March of 1902, Nixon claimed John Brinzel’s relinquishment of his homestead, which ran south and west from the intersection of Newton Rd. and … Continue reading →
Telephone Companies in Early Homestead
By Jeff Blakley In my earlier post about Walter A. Frazeur, I relied on Jean Taylor’s information about how the People’s Telephone Company was established. She wrote that J.U. Free bought the three circuits that belonged to Walter Frazeur in … Continue reading →
Early Days in the Homestead Country
By Jeff Blakley I found the following article recently at the Town Hall Museum in Homestead. It was written by Flora Harvey Anderson, who was a sister of Will Anderson, of Anderson’s Corner fame. She was born on September 9, … Continue reading →