Zora Neale Hurston Home

ALTHOUGH BETTER KNOWN FOR HER 1937 NOVEL

THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD,

FLORIDIAN ZORA NEALE HURSTON MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS

TO THE STUDY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN FOLKLORE.

HURSTON, A STUDENT OF NOTABLE ANTHROPOLOGIST FRANZ BOAS AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, WAS ONE OF THE FEW ...

Jakes/Patterson Bus Boycott

On May 26, 1956, Florida A&M University students, Wilhelmina Jakes and Carrie Patterson boarded a Tallahassee city bus and sat in the only seats available -- next to a white female passenger in the front of the bus. The bus ...

Jackie Robinson

MANY ARE AWARE THAT JACKIE ROBINSON BROKE THE COLOR BARRIER IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, BUT HOW MANY KNOW THAT HE DID IT IN FLORIDA?

IN 1945, THE BROOKLYN DODGERS, SECRETLY SIGNED JACKIE ROBINSON TO THE DODGERS’ TOP FARM CLUB, THE ...

Inauguration technologies

Ever since Florida’s first governor under statehood, William Mosely, took the oath of office in 1845, gubernatorial inaugurations have taken place in and around the historic Capitol building in Tallahassee.

In the 20th century, developments in communications technology made it ...

Florida Governor's Mansion

TALLAHASSEE HAS BEEN THE HOME OF FLORIDA’S GOVERNMENT SINCE 1824, BUT ONLY SINCE 1905 HAS THERE BEEN AN OFFICIAL GOVERNOR’S RESIDENCE.

UNTIL THEN, GOVERNORS WERE GIVEN A HOUSING ALLOWANCE AND LEFT ON THEIR OWN TO FIND QUARTERS FOR THEMSELVES AND ...

The Florida Folk Festival

EVERY MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, ON THE BANKS OF THE SUWANNEE RIVER AT STEPHEN FOSTER FOLK CULTURE CENTER STATE PARK IN WHITE SPRINGS, THE FLORIDA FOLK FESTIVAL CELEBRATES THE STATE’S MULTICULTURAL HERITAGE THROUGH MUSIC, DANCE, SONG, CRAFTS AND FOOD.

THE FLORIDA ...

Betty Mae Tiger Jumper

Betty Mae Tiger Jumper spent her early childhood on the Seminole reservation in Dania. With no schools for Native Americans in Florida during the 1930s, she left home at 14, speaking only Creek and Miccosukee, to attend a boarding school ...

Emancipation Proclamation

AT THE CLOSE OF THE CIVIL WAR, FOLLOWING THE SURRENDER OF THE MAJOR CONFEDERATE ARMIES IN APRIL 1865, TALLAHASSEE STOOD AS THE ONLY SOUTHERN STATE CAPITAL EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER STILL UNOCCUPIED BY NORTHERN TROOPS.

THAT ALL CHANGED AS U.S. ...

Camp Gordon Johnston

DURING WORLD WAR II, CAMP GORDON JOHNSTON WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MILITARY INSTALLATIONS IN FLORIDA.

ON THE GULF COAST OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, JUST 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TALLAHASSEE,

THE BASE WAS HOME TO A U.S. ARMY AMPHIBIOUS TRAINING ...

Wakulla Springs

FROM DINING AND SNORKELING TO GLASS-BOTTOM BOAT RIDES AND TRAILS, WAKULLA SPRINGS HAS PROVIDED FUN-FILLED DAYS TO VISITORS SINCE THE 1930S, BUT ITS HISTORY AS A NATURAL ATTRACTION STRETCHES BACK THOUSANDS OF YEARS.

ONGOING RESEARCH AT THIS NATIONAL REGISTER-LISTED ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ...