Florida’s history is full of interesting people. Since I discussed a hotel at Suwannee Springs last week, I thought it would be appropriate to discuss someone interesting who was associated with that…
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Remembering Suwannee: Suwannee Springs
Eric Musgrove Contributor In past articles, I have spoken about the various resort hotels that were once located at Suwannee Springs (also known as Gadsden Springs, Lower Mineral Springs, and Suwannee Sulphur…
Remembering Suwannee: Convict leasing system, Part 10
Eric Musgrove Contributor This week, we complete our multi-part series on the convict lease system in Florida. Although Section 1 of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution allows “slavery” and…
Women have now been voting for 105 years
Kathy Egan reporter3.riverbendnews@gmail.com In 1787, the U.S. Constitution was drafted, establishing the government of the United States. By 1788, all the necessary states had ratified it, so, in 1789, it became effective,…
Two-step trauma: The Dancing Plague of 1518
Mickey Starling reporter3.riverbendnews@gmail.com In my search for interesting moments in history to share, I may have stumbled upon the inspiration for the song “Dancing the Night Away,” which was a Leo Sayer…
Remembering Suwannee: Convict leasing system, Part 6
Eric Musgrove Contributor This week, we will continue looking at some of the more interesting stories in the book “American Siberia” by J. C. Powell, captain of the convict camp for many…
Remembering Suwannee: Convict leasing system, Part 5
Eric Musgrove Contributor This week, we will continue looking at some of the more interesting stories in the book “American Siberia” by J. C. Powell, captain of the convict camp for many…
On this day in history…
• 1918 – First woman enlists in the United States Marines: After joining the Marine corps, Opha May Johnson was assigned desk duty at the Marine Corps headquarters in Arlington, Va. •…
Remembering Suwannee: Convict leasing system, Part 4
Eric Musgrove Contributor This week, we will continue looking at some of the more interesting stories in the book “American Siberia” by J. C. Powell, captain of the convict camp for many…
Remembering Suwannee: Convict leasing system, Part 3
Eric Musgrove Contributor This week, we will continue looking at some of the stories related to the convict lease system and Suwannee County. The main source of this material is the book…
Remembering Suwannee: Convict leasing system, Part 2
Eric Musgrove Contributor Last week, we began looking at the convict leasing system, especially as it related to Suwannee County. We ended the article with a look at the first paragraph of…
The history of tattoos
Leah Androski reporter3.riverbendnews@gmail.com Tattoos have been around for approximately 5,000 years, with the oldest documented tattoos found on an iceman named Otzi who scientists say lived during 3,300 B.C. Here is some…
Henry B. Plant, “The King of Florida”
Hailey Heseltine reporter3.riverbendnews@gmail.com Henry B. Plant was dubbed “The King of Florida” by a magazine called Success in 1898 for his tremendous impact on the development of Florida’s transportation and tourism industries…
From boom to bust
Hailey Heseltine reporter3.riverbendnews@gmail.com It was the Roaring Twenties, and the postwar world seemed to be finding new life with its economic prosperity. That decade, Florida entered an era which transformed the state…
On this day in history…
• On July 23, 1923, John Herbert Dillinger joins the Navy in order to avoid charges of auto theft in Indiana, marking the beginning of America’s most notorious criminal’s downfall. • On…
Remembering Suwannee: Convict leasing system, Part 1
Eric Musgrove Contributor While writing about various facets of Suwannee County’s history, I long ago realized that some events, systems, and so on, must be explained in more detail to fully understand…
Remembering Suwannee: William Forsyth Bynum, MD
Eric Musgrove Contributor Doctors have held an important position in the history of Suwannee County. The frontier life was hard on the early Suwannee Countians, and doctors were often the difference between…