That's a good old Greek proverb above. In Florida there are trees everywhere. Of course it's possible to have a very old site with young ...

. . . So says the Tampa Bay Times and we are inclined to agree. Look at these beauties from around GatorTown Know anyone with jalousie...

We keep finding axes, sledgehammers, and more axes. No reason to think any of these are particularly old, but who can tell at a glance? ...

The restoration of this house was definitely worthy of the magazine covers it garnered. https://www.oldhousedreams.com/2022/05/01/1971-in...

Old homes, we know, are not the easiest. Anyone who has watch Tom Hanks cry in The Money Pit can picture quite easily how buying an aged...

Below is the first-ever page of automobile registrations in the state of Florida. Reminds us of a quote about history that we just love:...

The US Military built more than 150,000 Quonset huts during WWII, and sold off most after VJ day. They became inexpensive housing or...

Driving down the streets of Gainesville you might not expect to find WWII barracks still in use. You may already know that the amazing...

This Gainesville Sun article describes the interesting history of Ice Production in GatorTown. Due to the Club's preference to meet in...

Florida was not too many years from this level of disaster when the tide turned. Happy Earth Day! "Through the 1960s, fires were common...

There have been multiple Shilohs in Florida, one of which got incorporated into the the land that is now Kennedy Space Center. But this...

Well, there was still tourist entertainment to be had in Florida before the Mouse. It was just really . . . different.

The Club convened at a site that would have seen a lot of traffic years ago. The Suburbia Center Drive-In opened in 1952 with parking...

Built 1971 Named in honor of a distinguished Alachua County educator who had died a few years previous. "Frederick "Fritz" William...

https://ufdc.ufl.edu/MH00001274/00001 From the 1927 Gainesville City Directory https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3934gm.g3934gm_g012731922/?s...

When you detect, probably 90% of the non-trash items you find will be fasteners or small hardware of some sort. Judging the age of a nail...

Florida has long been the capital of hyperbole 1898: https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3931p.ct000145/?r=-0.316,0.212,1.451,0.82,0

Anticipating the need for coastal facilities following the outbreak of WWII, the govt bought 165,000 acres of beach and dense woodland in...

I don't know about you, but after a day of hands-on history learning I often wake up the next morning with hands that are swollen and...

"China and ceramic knobs were imported from Europe and popular from the mid-1800’s until the early 1900’s. " - A Brief History of Door...