by THS | May 17, 2020 | Blog, Local History, Neighborhoods, People, Sports
By Brendan Crellin One thing I’ve learned from the past few months is that I really like my neighborhood. These days, our walks up and down our street are frequent. With no through traffic, our street is perfect for a 4 year-old who is mastering the art of scootering....
by THS | May 14, 2020 | Blog, History Tidbits
By Betty Ashler As we reflect on the current pandemic that we are currently living through at the moment, it may be wise to look at some of the stories that are being passed along to us from the stones in our historic cemeteries. The history researchers in...
by THS | Apr 20, 2020 | Books
By Bob Holladay Florida Bookman This pandemic stopped being fun when they deemed Tallahassee’s bookstores “non-essential” and closed their doors. It’s not just the economics of it, which (cross myself) could severely damage my favorite places in town; it is what...
by THS | Apr 20, 2020 | Families, People
By Virginia Perkins In 1837, Florida was still a territory and it was the northern part of the state, near Tallahassee, that Thomas James Perkins, age 20, came to seek his fortune. His work with the railroad brought him from Queen Anne County, Maryland and he...
by THS | Apr 9, 2020 | Books
By Bob Holladay Florida Bookman In 1920, four years before Tallahassee celebrated its centennial, Miami already had more than 24,000 residents, nearly four times that of the state capital. Despite that, there was still a kind of uncertainty about what kind of...
