Maggi Hall’s Blog
“Wild in the Woods” by Maggi Hall
“Wild in the Woods” By Maggi Smith Hall South Carolina The Sandlapper, Fall 1996 Learning’s gone WILD! That’s because the “hands on” approach to teaching land ethics and ecology has moved outside. In the past decade environmental education centers...
Images of America: St. Augustine
Images of America: St. Augustine By Maggi Smith Hall Published by Arcadia Press, SC St. Augustine conjures up images of Spanish architecture, a massive fort, splashes of color against a backdrop of river and ocean, and always, always the omnipresent tourist. The...
The Campus History Series: Stetson University
The Campus History Series: Stetson University By Maggi Smith Hall Published by Arcadia Press, South Carolina Stetson University, founded in 1883 in historic DeLand, Florida, has been educating students for over a century thanks to the passionate vision of the town’s...
Images of America-DeLand
Images of America: DeLand By Maggi Smith Hall, Justin Holder, and the West Volusia Historical Society Published by Arcadia Press, South Carolina Nestled in Central Florida between the northerly flowing St. Johns River and the alluring beaches of the Atlantic Ocean,...
Fork Retch Wildlife Refuge Environmental Education Center, Marion County SC
Wildlife Action, Inc. a non-profit organization of hunters, fishers, and eventually environmentalists, received its charter in 1977. As the old saying goes, “You’ve come a long way baby” since the days when a group of hunters and fishers got together for revelry. When...
The Value of a Porch Swing: Sweet Florida Living in the 1950s
We had a creaking wooden swing hanging on the wraparound porch of our 1915 Four-Square Arts & Crafts Home at 4554 St. Johns Avenue, Jacksonville. That swing had moved from the Avondale area of Jacksonville in 1935 to the location that I called home, my childhood...
In Honor of ONYX
More often than humans realize, extraordinary animals are born whether domesticated or wild. When people find these amazing creatures they are surprised like - “Wow an animal can think or feel or care or have compassion or do something totally unexpected and amazing?”...
Saving the Little Pee Dee River in South Carolina
Excerpts from Southern Living, by Dianne Young, July 1994 Ten years after she and her husband moved from North Carolina, Maggi Hall discovered Wildlife Action and the Little Pee Dee River Project. Activists to the core, Maggi and her husband Ron, had spent six...
Flavors of St. Augustine: An Historic Cookbook
Maggi Hall’s book, Flavors of St.Augustine: An Historic Cookbook, is not simply a collection of recipes, but rather a walk through history. The book includes periods of time in St. Augustine spanning from the British, through to the early American territory and ends...
Tips for Becoming a Historic Preservationist
Is historic preservation your career or just a beloved hobby? In either case there are a multitude of opportunities to learn from professionals. It is an exciting and interesting pursuit with never-ending possibilities. Training and Learning The National Park Service...