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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

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

Mae Williams and the Good Old Days

Historic Homestead Town Hall Museum Posted on December 24, 2015 by JeffMarch 28, 2018

By Jeff Blakley The following article was generously shared with us by Robert Fuchs, the owner of RF Orchids in Homestead, Florida. In it, Margaret Mae Stull Williams, Robert’s maternal grandmother, relates how she and her husband came to Homestead … Continue reading →

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

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