Eric Musgrove Contributor Three weeks ago, we began looking at the life of John Fletcher White, a prominent Suwannee County judge of the late 1800s. White was born in Tennessee, served during…
Category: History
Remembering Suwannee: 1882 description of Luraville
Eric Musgrove Contributor While performing research online for Suwannee County-related office matters, I sometimes come across fascinating tidbits of information that have little to do with my original scope of work. Sometimes,…
Guiding the flock: honoring pastors during Pastor Appreciation Month
Christian Peterson reporter.riverbendnews@gmail.com “Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching” 1 Timothy 5:17 (ESV). Pastor Appreciation Month is celebrated…
Remembering Suwannee: 1922 Branford fires, Part 2
Eric Musgrove Contributor In the Wednesday, Oct. 9, edition of the Riverbend News, we began looking at disastrous fires that occurred in the town of Branford in 1922. Today, we complete our…
Remembering Suwannee: 1922 Branford fires, Part 1
Eric Musgrove Contributor As we recover from the effects of Hurricane Helene, I am reminded that few and far between are the communities that have not seen some sort of catastrophe in…
At the root of it all
Hailey Heseltine reporter3.riverbendnews@gmail.com Many people think of English as one of several Romance languages, a group of languages that emerged from Late Latin in Europe, some of which are Spanish, Italian, French…
Remembering Suwannee: The Suwannee Hotel, Part 2
Eric Musgrove Contributor In the Wednesday, Sept. 18, edition of the Riverbend News, we began discussing the well-known Suwannee Hotel. This week, we will finish taking a look at this iconic building…
Remembering Suwannee: The Suwannee Hotel, Part 1
Eric Musgrove Contributor By 1905, Live Oak was the fifth-largest city in Florida. Several railroads crisscrossed the landscape, meeting in the county seat. Visitors from all around the world traveled to Suwannee…
Remembering Suwannee : County site selection drama, Part 9
Eric Musgrove Contributor This week, we will complete our multi-part discussion of how the current location of the Suwannee County Courthouse came to be. In this final article, we will finish looking…
Behind the name
Hailey Heseltine reporter3.riverbendnews@gmail.com What’s in a name? Names are words we choose to call a specific person, place or thing by, and names are usually not chosen without reason. Most things have…
Remembering Suwannee: County site selection drama, Part 7
Eric Musgrove Contributor This week, we begin the final topic of how the current location of the Suwannee County Courthouse came to be. In this article and the next two, we will…
Remembering Suwannee: County site selection drama, Part 6
Eric Musgrove Contributor This week, we near the end of our discussion of how the current location of the Suwannee County Courthouse came to be. Compared to how Live Oak became the…
Remembering Suwannee: County site selection drama, Part 4
Eric Musgrove Contributor This week, we will continue our multi-part discussion of how the current location of the Suwannee County Courthouse came to be. We have seen politics, shady dealings, blackmail and…
Remembering Suwannee: County Site Selection Drama Part 4
Eric Musgrove Contributor This week, we will continue our discussion of the events that led to the location of the Suwannee County Courthouse. In the Wednesday, July 31, edition of the Riverbend…
Remembering Suwannee: County site selection drama, Part 3
Eric Musgrove Contributor This week, we will continue our discussion of Live Oak’s selection as the county seat and the events that led to today’s location of the Suwannee County Courthouse. We…
Remembering Suwannee: County site selection drama, Part 2
Eric Musgrove Contributor In the Wednesday, July 17, edition of the Riverbend News, we began a multi-part series on how Live Oak became the county seat and how the present location of…
60 years of the Civil Rights Act
Hailey Heseltine reporter3.riverbendnews@gmail.com As of Tuesday, July 2, it has been 60 years since the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law. This act was the result of a struggle…