by Jeff Blakley I was saddened to learn from Karon Buckley that two of our historic houses were recently demolished: the Kosel home at the northwest corner of Redland and Plummer and the Schaff house, on Krome at 273rd St. … Continue reading →
By Jeff Blakley When I started researching the early settlers of Florida City and Homestead in April of 2015, I soon wanted to know exactly where they had claimed their homesteads. The links on the sidebar entitled BLM Tract books … Continue reading →
by Jeff Blakley After David Torcise performed his magic with the original homesteads in South Dade, I discovered Krome’s 1903 Cape Sable Expedition Survey and wondered if it might be possible to overlay it on a satellite view of the … Continue reading →
Robert Fuchs, owner of RF Orchids in Homestead, Florida, provided the following article. In it, Margaret Mae Stull Williams (September 20, 1894-December 8, 1993), Robert’s maternal grandmother, describes how she and her husband came to Homestead in 1919. Jean Taylor … Continue reading →
This transcribed article that was found at the Town Hall Museum. It was written by Flora Harvey Anderson (Flora Hill Connelly), sister of Will Anderson of Anderson’s Corner. Born on September 9, 1875, in Martin County, Indiana, Flora died … Continue reading →