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Two Historic Houses Lost

Historic Homestead Town Hall Museum Posted on May 27, 2016 by mzhptMarch 28, 2018

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 →

Posted in Homestead, Real Estate Speculation | Tagged Historic Preservation, Kosel, Schaff | 2 Replies

Mapping Homesteads in South Dade

Historic Homestead Town Hall Museum Posted on January 3, 2016 by mzhptMarch 28, 2018

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 →

Posted in Maps | Tagged Google Earth, Homesteads, Maps | Leave a reply

The Krome Survey Overlaid on Google Earth

Historic Homestead Town Hall Museum Posted on January 3, 2016 by mzhptMarch 28, 2018

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 →

Posted in Florida East Coast Railway, Maps | Tagged Krome, Torcise | Leave a reply

Mae Williams and the Good Old Days

Historic Homestead Town Hall Museum Posted on December 24, 2015 by mzhptApril 26, 2024

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged East Glade, Fuchs, Longview Club, Naranja, Williams | Leave a reply

Early Days in the Homestead Country

Historic Homestead Town Hall Museum Posted on November 7, 2015 by mzhptApril 19, 2024

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 →

Posted in Florida East Coast Railway, Homestead, Redland | Tagged Anderson, Cutler, Drake, Eckman, Gossman, Hill, Moody | 3 Replies

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