Remembering Suwannee: Some interesting facts about Suwannee County, Part 2

Eric Musgrove County Historian This week, we will continue our look at some of the most interesting (to me, at least) points in Suwannee County’s history. These run the gambit of good, bad and ugly. Live Oak was the site of not one, but two schools of higher learning for African Americans, although only one opened here (Florida Institute, a.k.a. Florida Memorial College). The other, Brown University, moved to Jacksonville before completion and became Edward Waters College. Live Oak was incorporated as a town on April 24, 1878. On that date, a group of 39 citizens met to create a seal and government for the town. Among the five ordinances passed at the meeting w