Category: History

Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. Today, when you want a fresh look in your wardrobe, it’s only a matter of shopping at your local boutique or visiting a thrift store. Clothing is…

Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. Today, when neighbors, enemies or political rivals argue, it isn’t common for the dispute to devolve into a gun-toting standoff. But there was a time, not that…

Aucilla Research Institute Contributor In the decade preceding the American Civil War, Middle Florida was not at a loss for energetic, capable and interesting men, but perhaps none were more remarkable or…

Gene Hall Contributer Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. (John 8:32). “Quentin Tarantino’s Oscar winning Western, Django Unchained, is one of relatively few Hollywood films…

Story Courtesy of the Aucilla Research Institute as submitted by Dr. Willet Boyer. Jefferson County, Fla., has had humans living here for more than 14,000 years – and leaving behind traces of…

Jan. 10, 1940 The Katherine Theater is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Town officials have been re-elected. There were only 16 votes cast in election last week. Richard Simpson is the mayor; Martha…

Catherine Daingerfield Willis Gray Murat (August 17, 1803 – August 6, 1867) was an American socialite. She was married to Prince Achille Murat, an exiled Napoleonic prince living in America, from 1826…

Susie Reams ECB Publishing, Inc. In 1958, Steve Andris, a Georgia native from Savannah, built a greyhound track in Monticello. Andris had never been to a race before, and he didn’t know…

Susie Reams ECB Publishing, Inc. Before the American Civil War of 1861-1865, most of the salt consumed by the people of the southern states of American was shipped from Europe to the…

Susie Reams ECB Publishing, Inc. Beginning near Thomasville, Ga., close to the Florida state line, is the mighty Aucilla River. On the banks of this river, historians have documented some of the…

Susie Reams ECB Publishing, Inc. The Dixie Plantation is 9,100 acres located in the heart of the Red Hills Region in Jefferson County. When Gerald Livingston bought the plantation before the name…

Susie Reams ECB Publishing, Inc. On Feb. 23, 1945, Ernest Thomas, also known as “Boots”, with 40 brave Marines and surrounded by enemies firing, climbed on Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima, Japan…

Remembering the man who brought beauty to Jefferson County Susie Reams ECB Publishing, Inc. He was born on Oct. 6, 1886, in Dodge City, Kan., and died on March 12, 1960, in…

Susie Reams ECB Publishing, Inc. In Jefferson County, there once was a plantation that was its own town… The plantation was located in Capps, Fla., just a couple of miles south of…

Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. July 4, 1054 – The brightest known supernova – SN 1054 – is reported by Chinese astrologers. The remnant of the supernova is now known as the…

Mickey Starling Columnist Being raised in the South means certain things come with the territory. Sweet tea, cane syrup and grits are considered staple items. However, it is a little known fact…

June 14, 1775 – The first U.S. Military service, the Continental Army consisting of six companies of riflemen, was established by the Second Continental Congress. The next day, George Washington was appointed…