Category: History
Prominent women of American history
Elizabeth Glover (c. 1600-1643) Elizabeth owned the first printing company in America. Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672) Anne was a poet of the 17th Century. Henrietta Johnston (c. 1633-1729) Henrietta was an artist. Abigail…
People Making History
Hernando Cortes Hernando Cortes was born in 1485 into a noble family in Spain (he is sometimes called Hernan). Cortes was an educated man and for a time he studied law at…
Way Back When
October 26, 1938 Mr. and Mrs. Rutherford Shuman moved into their new home on N. Jefferson, the recently purchased Stephens duplex. October 26, 1948 Jefferson County has 46 students enrolled at Florida…
History for May
Aboriginal History for May May 14, 1607: Jamestown, VA, the first permanent English colony in North America, is founded in the heart of the Powhatan chiefdom. At first, the colonists, decimated by…
WAY BACK WHEN
May 2, 1938 Gift and flower store Gelling’s Flower Shop opened to the community for the first time. May 2, 1958 Tom Braswell, Monticello postmaster, was elected vice president of the Florida…
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