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 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 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,...
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...
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...
