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The Princeton Bottling Works

Historic Homestead Town Hall Museum Posted on May 18, 2017 by JeffSeptember 8, 2022

Last December, Mike Emery, who is writing a book on the Coca-Cola Bottling Company in Florida, contacted the Town Hall Museum, asking what information we had about the Coca-Cola bottling plant here in Homestead. We have almost nothing – only … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Homestead | Tagged Hector Supply, Homestead, Ice Cream, Kahl, Princeton, Soft Drinks, Woodbury | 5 Replies

Rambles

Historic Homestead Town Hall Museum Posted on May 7, 2017 by JeffSeptember 8, 2022

A Miamian Visits Homestead in 1923 Article transcribed by Jeff Blakley This article came from the July 31, 1923 issue of the Miami Herald and I thought it was a delightful piece that captured a sense of what Homestead was … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Homestead, Maps | Tagged Businesses, Homestead, Homestead Hotel, Miami Herald | 1 Reply

The Campbell Furniture Building

Historic Homestead Town Hall Museum Posted on May 5, 2017 by JeffSeptember 8, 2022

by Jeff Blakley The building which once stood on the southeast corner of Krome and N.W. 1st Street was built in 1921 by J. W. Conner for Archie J. Campbell, one of Thomas Alexander Campbell’s sons, for whom Campbell Drive … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Business, Homestead | Tagged Architecture, Buildings, Business, Campbell, Homestead, Krome Avenue | 2 Replies

Grossman Hammock

Historic Homestead Town Hall Museum Posted on May 11, 2016 by JeffMarch 28, 2018

By Jeff Blakley Did you ever go out to Grossman’s Hammock before it became part of Everglades National Park to see the sulphur spring? Did you ever wonder where it got its name? Did you wonder if perhaps the name … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Maps, Parks | Tagged Everglades National Park, Grossman | 7 Replies

William C. Norwood

Historic Homestead Town Hall Museum Posted on May 16, 2015 by JeffMarch 28, 2018

By Jeff Blakley William C. Norwood, a merchant, came to Florida City from West Palm Beach in 1910 and homesteaded in sections 25 and 26. Searching the Bureau of Land Management records yielded the information that he was granted patent … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Florida City | Tagged Feaster, Froescher. Brevard, Lagrange, Norwood | Leave a reply

James Rufus Dorsey

Historic Homestead Town Hall Museum Posted on April 16, 2015 by JeffMay 20, 2021

by Jeff Blakley I am indebted to Ed McMichael for much of the information in this post. Without his help, it couldn’t have been written. Or, perhaps I should say, a much leaner version with much less information in it … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Homestead, Pioneers, Telephone | Leave a reply

The Florida East Coast Railway

Historic Homestead Town Hall Museum Posted on April 4, 2015 by JeffMarch 28, 2018

By Jeff Blakley In this post, I’m going to detour from my previous posts about pioneering families so that I can bring the role of the Florida East Coast Railway into the picture. Because history is not a popular subject … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Florida East Coast Railway, Real Estate Speculation | Tagged FEC, Flagler, Overseas Railroad | Leave a reply

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