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 →
Paul McHugh wrote these recollections about growing up in Homestead in the 1950s. The son of George and Delphine McHugh, he grew up in an oak hammock not far from South Dade High School. His father, George, was a general … Continue reading →
This article from the September 27, 1912, issue of the The Miami Metropolis amplifies the information provided by Jean Taylor in her book Villages of South Dade about the development of Goulds. Taylor notes that the village was named for … Continue reading →
A Miamian Visits Homestead in 1923An article from the Miami Herald dated July 31, 1923, written by Edgar Hay, describes the early town of Homestead, Florida. Gussie Joiner, former wife of Jim English, owned the Seminole Cafe, which was adjacent … Continue reading →
by Jeff Blakley The Town of Homestead was incorporated on January 27, 1913 but its officials had no municipal building in which to meet. They met at two different buildings before the Town Hall was built in 1917: Tatum’s Real … Continue reading →
The following article written by Charles H. Gossman appeared in the Homestead Enterprise on October 3, 1918. The descendants of Charles H. Gossman married into the Caves, Chambers, Aman and Vihlen families, among others. “Uncle Nick” is Lilburn R. Nixon, … Continue reading →
This document was transcribed from a very fragile typescript at the Town Hall Museum. The context indicates that it was written prior to 1927, the date that the Seaboard Railroad arrived in Homestead. George Washington Kosel was born on August … Continue reading →
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 →
The house that stood west of Florida City at the northwest corner of Tower Road and Palm Drive across from Robert is Here was the original Longview Schoolhouse. After the Florida City school opened in 1916, the building was used … Continue reading →
An article that appeared in the Homestead Enterprise on July 16, 1914, provides a history of the Women’s Industrial Club in Detroit (later known as Florida City), Florida. Organized on October 29, 1911, to promote social interaction and the civic … Continue reading →