Category: History

Eric Musgrove Contributor In my research, it is interesting to find period articles dealing with Suwannee County and the surrounding area. Today, we have television, the internet, and a host of other…

Hailey Heseltine [email protected] As February begins, along with it comes the beginning of another notable time—Black History Month. Black History Month exists as a time to recognize history and culture that has…

Eric Musgrove Contributor   I have spoken of Nancy Parshley in previous articles. She and her husband, John, were instrumental in establishing downtown Live Oak as we now know it after the…

Eric Musgrove Contributor It is very interesting to read through old documents and newspapers to see how people lived before us. One of the most fascinating aspects of this research is to…

Eric Musgrove –  Contributor We live in a society and time in which 341 million Americans own close to 283 million vehicles. For as long as any living person can remember, there…

Christian Peterson [email protected] “I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to…

Eric Musgrove Contributor   Last week, we began a discussion of one of my relatively obscure ancestors, Wiley Lee. Today, we’ll finish this look into some of my own family’s past. Despite…

Eric Musgrove Contributor My family has lived in Suwannee County for at least seven generations, eight if you include my children. As such, in my work as a historian and records manager,…

Suwannee County has a long tradition of celebrating the Christmas holidays. Old newspaper articles and scattered records give us a glimpse of how our forefathers celebrated the holiday. Today, in honor of…

Mickey Starling [email protected] As we are ramping up for the Christmas holidays and kicking off a month-long shopping spree, it’s a great time to take a look at Christmas traditions from the…

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…

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,…

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…

Hailey Heseltine [email protected] 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…