SPARKS FLY OVER HISTORIC SPAN'S FATE
In a city that exhales history, on a venerated bridge condemned as a barrier to commerce and hazard to safety, athletes young and old showed their vigor on a recent Saturday night and their hope, too.
COUPLE RECOUNTS FOUNDING OF ORMOND BEACH
Join Mary Jean Adams as she is transported to the 1800s, back when John Andrew Bostrom boated along the Halifax River through wilderness to found a settlement that eventually became Ormond Beach.
SPANISH KING, QUEEN VISIT FLORIDA
In the City of Five Flags, it was the red and yellow of the Spanish banner that dominated as King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia helped celebrate the history Pensacola shares with their country.
MAJOR SHIPWRECKS SOMEDAY WILL BE REVEALED
Four hundred Septembers past, and more, the first recorded hurricane in Northeast Florida raked the coast where we live, leaving violent death and crushed hopes of empires scattered along the sandy beaches where we play.
OWNER WANTS TO DEMOLISH OLD CITRUS PACKINGHOUSE
In a continuing struggle to save a unique historic and sentimental landmark, preservations are ready to oppose the owner’s latest request to demolish the citrus packinghouse.
SKIRMISH HIGHLIGHTS DELEON RE-ENACTMENT
Near the dead end of a rutted road through tannin-stained cypress swamp, a group of men in boots and tricorn hats stand along the shore of the St. Johns River and take turns firing muskets.
FERRYBOAT CAPTAIN FINDS NEW LOVE, NEW DIRECTION IN LIFE
A quiet serenity hypnotizes passengers at Walter Pyster steers the ferry across the St. Johns River in DeLand.
OLD VOLUSIA OAK ROOTED IN HISTORY
Imagine the splashing oars and shouts of the first Spaniards here, whose 16th-century boats were halted near this place by angry natives brandishing arrows and spears and yelling death threats.
WINTER AT BLUE SPRING
The crystal clear spring run at Blue Spring State Park changes personality with the seasons.
BOAT TOUR REVEALS SECRETS OF ST. JOHNS RIVER
It’s the perfect end to a three-day eco-heritage boat trip.
A TALE OF TWO TRIBES
Timucuans greeted French and Spanish explorers on the St. Johns River near Jacksonville and Palatka, and were generally friendly and willing to trade. But things were decidedly different when Pedro Menendez and 50 soldiers crossed Lake George in 1566.
ST. AUGUSTINE LANDMARKS SHOW NEED FOR REPAIRS, UPGRADES
Two of this historic city's most cherished landmarks are in need of refurbishing.
EXCAVATION SITE BEING MONITORED
An archaeologist from St. Augustine has been hired to monitor further digging at a site where human bones were found earlier this month.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
After paddling for 310 miles, braving winds, waves and alligators, Daniel Robison landed at Huguenot Park at the mouth of the St. Johns River just after 1 p.m. Tuesday, setting a new record for paddling the entire river.
MAN'S TENACITY YIELDS RARE ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIND
The preliminary excavation here of a prehistoric settlement that could be as much as 3,000 years old has archaeologists rethinking old ideas about how American Indians lived.
TREASURE HUNT: LOCAL PIRATE CRUISE SETS A COURSE FOR FUN
Yes, there are pirates sailing the local waters —- Spruce Creek in Port Orange, to be specific.
ARCHAEOLOGIST SEEKS ANSWERS TO THE PAST
For more than a year, archaeologist Ted Payne has been asking questions and seeking answers about former plantations in the Tomoka Basin area.
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