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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

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

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

George W. Kosel

Historic Homestead Town Hall Museum Posted on February 10, 2017 by JeffSeptember 8, 2022

I transcribed this document from a very fragile typescript that I found in the Town Hall Museum. Judging from the context, it appears that it was written prior to 1927, when the Seaboard Railroad arrived in Homestead. George Washington Kosel … Continue reading →

Posted in Redland | Tagged Anderson, Cast, Frederick, Jenkins, Nixon, Redland, Roberts, Seaboard Rail Road | 5 Replies

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