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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

1912 Homestead Area Telephone Subscribers

Historic Homestead Town Hall Museum Posted on April 16, 2018 by JeffSeptember 8, 2022

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 →

Posted in Homestead | Tagged Detroit, Homestead, Longview, Naranja, Princeton, Redland, Telephone | 2 Replies

The Glades of Youth

Historic Homestead Town Hall Museum Posted on November 26, 2017 by JeffSeptember 8, 2022

I’m pleased to publish this piece about growing up in Homestead in the 1950s. The author, Paul McHugh, is the son of George and Delphine McHugh and he grew up in an oak hammock not far from South Dade High … Continue reading →

Posted in Homestead, Redland | Tagged Homestead, Redland | 1 Reply

Forgotten Workers of Early Homestead I

Historic Homestead Town Hall Museum Posted on June 4, 2017 by JeffSeptember 8, 2022

A Postcard Tells Its Story by Jeff Blakley Piecing together the small number of remaining fragments of early Homestead history is quite a challenge. I’m writing this post to show how, sometimes, we historians are fortunate to be able to … Continue reading →

Posted in Florida East Coast Railway, Homestead, Maps, Newspapers, Real Estate Speculation | Tagged A.T. Duval, Ezekiel Pherigo, Homestead, Homestead Hotel, J.U. Free, Naranja, Tom Evans | 1 Reply

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

Three African-American Entrepreneurs

Historic Homestead Town Hall Museum Posted on May 11, 2017 by JeffSeptember 8, 2022

by Jeff Blakley The subject of African-American history in general is a difficult subject to tackle, particularly for White historians. For historians working in a Southern city, it is even more difficult. Nonetheless, in this post, I am going to … Continue reading →

Posted in African-Americans, Homestead, Real Estate Speculation | Tagged African-American, Griffin, Logan, McClain, Real Estate Speculation, Southwest Homestead | 2 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

History of the Homestead Town Hall

Historic Homestead Town Hall Museum Posted on May 2, 2017 by JeffSeptember 8, 2022

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 →

Posted in Architecture, Homestead | 5 Replies

Charles H. Gossman – Early Pioneer Tales

Historic Homestead Town Hall Museum Posted on February 15, 2017 by JeffSeptember 8, 2022

The following article appeared in the October 3, 1918 issue of the Homestead Enterprise and is re-published here because it will be of interest to many of you who subscribe to posts. The descendants of Charles H. Gossman married into … Continue reading →

Posted in Homestead, Redland | Tagged Black Point, Brinzell, Cutler, Krome, Pioneers, Redland, Silver Palm | 7 Replies

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