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 →
A Postcard Tells Its Story by Jeff Blakley Piecing together the small number of remaining fragments of early Homestead history is quite a challenge. I’m writing this post to show how, sometimes, we historians are fortunate to be able to … Continue reading →
By Jeff Blakley The following article was generously shared with us by Robert Fuchs, the owner of RF Orchids in Homestead, Florida. In it, Margaret Mae Stull Williams, Robert’s maternal grandmother, relates how she and her husband came to Homestead … Continue reading →
