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If you want to understand Florida politics, you need to understand Sidney Johnston Catts. Known as the “Cracker Messiah,” Catts rose from obscurity to seize the governor’s office in aRead More
At the height of the Great Depression, whole families were uprooted. Many wandered, seemingly aimlessly, about the country searching for work. They were indescribably poor. They were dirty andRead More
Who was Chuck Taylor? A lot of people think the popular Converse sneakers must be named after a famous athlete or specifically after legendary basketball Coach Fred Taylor whoRead More
On May 22, 1856, Congressman Preston Brooks strode onto the floor of the US Senate with malicious intent. Brooks was stalking Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts. The Congressman fromRead More
On Jan. 29, 1882 a young Seminarian from Boston, freshly graduated from Cambridge, stepped off Sandy Bob’s stagecoach onto the dusty streets of his new home, Tombstone Arizona. HisRead More
In 1778, Samuel Slater went to work at the textile mill near his hometown in Derbyshire County, England. He was just 10 years old. In those days there wereRead More
There is this story, and it is probably made up, but it is a good story. The story goes that JP Morgan got his shoes shined every Wednesday atRead More
Jefferson Davis Milton was three years old when his famous father shot himself in the head. John Milton, the father, was the Confederate governor of the State of Florida.Read More
In September 1814, Francis Scott Key huddled below decks on a British warship peering out through a porthole as a great battle raged in Baltimore harbor. The British wereRead More
The presidential election of 1872 featured two candidates whose names are still familiar to us today. One has his face on the 50 dollar bill, the other is remembered forRead More