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Forgotten Workers of Early Homestead II

Historic Homestead Town Hall Museum Posted on May 6, 2018 by JeffSeptember 8, 2022

A Look at the Uses of Oral History by Jeff Blakley In this post, I am continuing to explore the lives of ordinary working stiffs in early Homestead. The subject of this post is Willie Alonzo King. Susan Dryer, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Florida City, Homestead, Silver Palm | Tagged Farming, Hendersonville, Homestead, Oral History | 7 Replies

Edward Stiling

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

By Jeff Blakley It is often noted that history is told by the victors. Those who don’t tell their stories are forgotten but those who do assume out-sized importance in the historical record. Such is the case with Edward Stiling, … Continue reading →

Posted in Florida City, Florida East Coast Railway, Pioneers, Real Estate Speculation | 2 Replies

The Longview Women’s Club

Historic Homestead Town Hall Museum Posted on September 18, 2016 by JeffSeptember 8, 2022

by Jeff Blakley If you stop at Robert is Here, at the corner of Tower Road and Palm Drive west of Florida City to buy a milkshake or some of their other offerings and if you look very closely at … Continue reading →

Posted in Florida City, Parks | Tagged Longview, Loveland, Royal Palm State Park | 2 Replies

The Women’s Industrial Club of Detroit

Historic Homestead Town Hall Museum Posted on September 18, 2016 by JeffSeptember 8, 2022

By Jeff Blakley I ran across an article that appeared in the Homestead Enterprise on July 16, 1914, giving a history of the Women’s Industrial Club in Detroit. It was organized for social reasons as well as to promote the … Continue reading →

Posted in Florida City | Tagged Detroit, Women's Clubs | Leave a reply

Rev. Joseph A. Kahl – Part 2

Historic Homestead Town Hall Museum Posted on June 14, 2016 by JeffSeptember 8, 2022

By Jeff Blakley In part 1 of this series on the Reverend Joseph A. Kahl, I explored the early lives of Joseph and his future wife, Harriet Woodbury. I ended that post with their marriage, on August 20, 1908. After … Continue reading →

Posted in Churches, Florida City, Homestead, Newspapers | Tagged Burton, Free, Horne, Kahl, Krome, South Florida Banner, Tatum | 1 Reply

Rev. Joseph M. Cormack

Historic Homestead Town Hall Museum Posted on February 20, 2016 by JeffMarch 28, 2018

By Jeff Blakley In this post, my goal is to draw a better picture of the Reverend J. M. Cormack, whose name appears in other stories written about the early history of the Florida City and Homestead areas. In those … Continue reading →

Posted in Churches, Florida City | Tagged Cormack, Ewing, Sturgis | Leave a reply

A Very Short History of Florida City

Historic Homestead Town Hall Museum Posted on December 29, 2015 by JeffMarch 28, 2018

By Jeff Blakley At the turn of the 20th century, Florida City (originally known as Detroit) was marketed by its developer, the Miami Land & Development Company, as a planned agricultural community. While Homestead, to the north, had its roots … Continue reading →

Posted in Florida City, Real Estate Speculation | Tagged Detroit, Florida City, Longview, Sottile, Stiling, Tatum | 1 Reply

Camp Longview

Historic Homestead Town Hall Museum Posted on December 20, 2015 by JeffMarch 28, 2018

By Jeff Blakley Anyone who starts to delve into the early history of this area soon reads about William J. Krome’s survey of a proposed route for the extension of the Florida East Coast Railway from Homestead to Key West … Continue reading →

Posted in Florida City, Florida East Coast Railway | Tagged Cape Sable, Detroit, Krome, Longview | Leave a reply

Orville Whitford Calkins

Historic Homestead Town Hall Museum Posted on May 31, 2015 by JeffMarch 28, 2018

by Jeff Blakley I subscribed to Genealogy Bank the other day, at the suggestion of Larry Wiggins, and I’ve found it to be an invaluable source of information about the early days of this area. As I was reading newspaper … Continue reading →

Posted in Florida City, Homestead, Real Estate Speculation | Tagged Calkins, Camp Jack, Hainlin, Heinlein, Longview, Redland Fruit & Spice Park, Tower | Leave a reply

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

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