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 ...

Florida Southern College/ Frank Lloyd Wright buildings

FLORIDA IS HOME TO THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF BUILDINGS ON A SINGLE SITE DESIGNED BY REKNOWNED ARCHITECT, FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT. LUDD M. SPIVEY, THEN-PRESIDENT OF FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE, CONTACTED WRIGHT IN 1938 TO CREATE A PLAN FOR THE PRIVATE SCHOOL ...

Eatonville, Florida

THE CIVIL WAR BROUGHT AN END TO SLAVERY

AND HUGE CHANGES TO THE LIVES OF AFRICAN AMERICANS.

BY 1882, BLACKS WERE ATTEMPTING TO ESTABLISH

HOMES AND BUSINESS VENTURES IN WHITE AREAS,

OFTEN MEETING GREAT RESISTANCE.

ONE BLACK BUSINESSMAN, JOSEPH E. ...

Florida Wine Making/ Mission San Luis

ALTHOUGH CALIFORNIA IS CONSIDERED A PREMIER DESTINATION FOR WINE TASTING TODAY, WINE WAS BEING PRODUCED IN FLORIDA THREE HUNDRED YEARS BEFORE CALIFORNIA BECAME A STATE. AROUND 1565, FRENCH HUGUENOTS NEAR JACKSONVILLE REPORTEDLY CONVERTED FLORIDA’S WILD MUSCADINE GRAPES INTO THE FIRST ...

Establishment of Tallahassee, Capitol of Florida

EVER WONDER WHY TALLAHASSEE IS FLORIDA'S CAPITAL?

IT GOES BACK TO WHEN FLORIDA BECAME

AN AMERICAN TERRITORY IN 1821.

THE UNITED STATES ACQUIRED WHAT HAD BEEN

TWO COLONIES, EAST AND WEST FLORIDA,

WITH CAPITALS IN ST. AUGUSTINE AND PENSACOLA.

THE ...

Museum of Florida History

The Museum of Florida History collects, preserves, exhibits, and interprets evidence of past and present cultures in Florida. As the state history museum, it focuses on artifacts unique to the role Florida has played in America's history.

Florida's First People ...

Florida Department of State, R.A. Gray Building

The Florida Memory Project presents a selection of historical records that illustrate significant moments in Florida history, educational resources for students of all ages and archival collections for historical research. Among the collections are the Spanish Land Grants, the confirmed ...

High Springs, Florida

The northwest region of Alachua County was probably first settled on a permanent basis by English speaking people during the late 1830s. One of the earliest settlements in the vicinity was Crockett Springs, located about three miles east of present ...

Hawthorne, Florida

In 1774, noted botanist William Bartram travelled across what is now the southeastern corner of Alachua County following an old Indian and trading trail. In Florida's territorial period, English-speaking settlers used the same route as a frontier road. By 1840, ...