Hailey Heseltine reporter3.riverbendnews@gmail.com The towns we see in North Florida today, such as Live Oak, Madison, Monticello, Perry, Quincy and more, are relatively few when compared to the ones that were originally…
Category: History
Remembering Suwannee: Lewis Thornton Powell
Eric Musgrove Contributor As a historian, I have always believed we should discuss not only the good people and events in our history, but also the bad. As I have told many…
Remembering Suwannee: Live Oak in 1905, Part 7
Eric Musgrove Contributor This week, we will complete an article first published on Nov. 25, 1905, by “The Sun” of Jacksonville. The article describes Live Oak during its heyday, with many interesting…
Remembering Suwannee: Live Oak in 1905, Part 6
Eric Musgrove Contributor Today is the sixth of seven articles from a 1905 newspaper describing Live Oak when it was Florida’s fifth-largest city. “Two banks with a combined capital of $125,000 take…
History’s sports hero: Jim Rice
Mickey Starling reporter3.riverbendnews@gmail.com When we think of an athlete being a hero, it usually means they made an outstanding play that won a game or at least kept a game competitive. However,…
The bound histories of North Florida and South Carolina
Hailey Heseltine reporter3.riverbendnews@gmail.com Any town’s history is always tied to its people, and there are many common threads among the people of North Florida towns. One of those common threads is that…
Remembering Suwannee: Live Oak in 1905, Part 5
Eric Musgrove Contributor This week, we continue an article first published in 1905 by a Florida newspaper describing Live Oak at its height, focusing on some of the many businesses located here…
Juneteenth: Celebrating the path to freedom
Danny Federico reporter3.riverbendnews@gmail.com “My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.” – Desmond Tutu Known as one of America’s oldest holidays, Juneteenth (June 19) annually celebrates…
Remembering Suwannee: Live Oak in 1905, Part 4
Eric Musgrove Contributor This week, we will continue quoting from a 1905 newspaper article entitled, “Live Oak, A Town That’s Alive…” “Two smaller roads, with their terminals here, are of inestimable importance…
Remembering Suwannee: Live Oak in 1905, Part 3
Eric Musgrove Contributor Two weeks ago, I began a series entitled “Live Oak, A Town That’s Alive,” which was published in a leading Florida newspaper in 1905. As I found it interesting…
Remembering Suwannee: Live Oak in 1905, Part II
Eric Musgrove: Contributor This week, we will continue the second of several articles quoting from a 1905 newspaper article about Suwannee County and, especially, Live Oak. “Live Oak, the county seat of…
A middle schooler’s best friend: Corporal Gary Edwards
Jason Futch reporter2.riverbendnews@gmail.com Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) Corporal Gary Edwards served his community in exemplary ways, and his contributions are still felt to this day. His nearly 20-year career with the…
Remembering Suwannee: Mobilization and service in “The War to End All Wars,” Part 5
Eric Musgrove Contributor A few more articles on WWI mobilization and service left to go! In the second week of January 1918, a week after it formed, the new artillery company from…
Remembering Suwannee: Mobilization and service in “The War to End All Wars,” Part 4
Eric Musgrove Contributor Continuing with the mobilization of Suwannee County’s men for service in the Great War… While the first batch of men trained (and sometimes died) out of State, back in…
National Deaf History honors those who innovated American history
Jason Futch reporter2.riverbendnews@gmail.com Ludwig van Beethoven, Thomas Edison and Helen Keller are names synonymous with history, but they also share a unique bond. They were trendsetters who also experienced hearing loss, rendering…
At a loss for words: Middle Age madness
Mickey Starling reporter3.riverbendnews@gmail.com We’ve spent several joyful moments exploring phrases from the 1800s that are still in occasional use, so let’s explore a bit further back. Looking into the Middle Ages, we…
Remembering Suwannee: Mobilization and service in “The War to End All Wars,” Part 3
This week, we will continue the third part of a series of articles on Suwannee County’s mobilization and service in World War I. By the middle of September 1917, orders had been…