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,…
Category: History
Local History regarding Hamilton, Lafayette and Suwannee counties.
Guiding the flock: honoring pastors during Pastor Appreciation Month
Christian Peterson [email protected] “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…
Hamilton County Fair Events Day happening on Oct. 3
Adyson Hammock [email protected] On Thursday, Oct. 3, the annual Hamilton County Fair Events Day will take place at the Hamilton County Arena in Jasper. The day of activities will include a swine…
Quad-County Chick Chain Show is a success
Beth Moore Contributor Thirty-one 4-H members and 40 laying hens from four counties converged at the Madison County Ag Center on Tuesday, Sept. 10, for the Sixth Annual Quad-County Chick Chain Show….
Debby Causes Up to $263M in Farm Losses
Jim Turner Contributor Hurricane Debby caused up to $263.2 million in estimated losses to crops and farm animals when the Category 1 rainmaker swept through North Florida in August. Preliminary findings by…
A family-driven hub for wellness in Live Oak
Danny Federico [email protected] Years ago, David Wood posed an unexpected question to his wife, Rhonda: “How would you like to buy a gym?” Six years later, Wood’s Family Fitness has become a…
Celebrate National Hunting and Fishing Day
Leah Androski [email protected] More than 38 million Americans hunt and fish regularly. On the fourth Saturday of every September, National Hunting and Fishing (NHF) Day is celebrated. In 1972, President Richard Nixon…
At the root of it all
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…
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 [email protected] 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…