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I'll notify the florida historical society to start sending historical notes note that the server address has changed and no longer uses "majordomo" - Paul Pruett ppruett@webengr.com _______________________________________________ Fhsagora mailing list Fhsagora@list.webengr.com http://list.webengr.com/mailman/listinfo/fhsagora From wynne@metrolink.net Tue Sep 19 18:54:07 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e8JIs4621953 for ; Tue, 19 Sep 2000 18:54:05 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.83]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Tue, 19 Sep 2000 14:31:27 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 14:24:17 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: "lewis n. wynne" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20000919183127741.AAA160@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR SEPTEMBER 11-19 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Id: NOTE: I apologize for the "down" cycle of Today in Florida History. Our previous mail-list serv came under outside attack and was "killed" to prevent damage to the Internet Provider's machines. Unfortunately, I could not notify subscribers. Web Engineering's resident guru, Paul Pruett, has addressed an explanation to each of you. Hopefully, we have solved the problem and saved all of us from the possibilities of unwanted ads and malicious viruses.---Nick Wynne, Moderator TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY SEPTEMBER 11 1565 From the account of Pedro Menendez’s expedition to Florida in 1565 by Francisco Lopez de Mendoza Grajales, the chaplain to the expedition. This account is taken from Charles E. Bennett, Laudonniere and Fort Caroline: History and Documents (Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1964). [We will continue with portions of this account in the coming days and will simply cite it as Laudonniere and Fort Caroline.--moderator] "As it began to dawn, the pilot of our Chalupa raised anchor to go over the bar because the sea was increasing with strength. Later, when it was day, and they could see, they found at their backs by the stern of one vessel, two French vessels that had come that night to search it out. If the French had attacked at once when they arrived, it would have been a great capture, because our people were not supplied with arms and were carrying provisions." "As our people recognized by daylight that the vessels were French, they put up a prayer to our Lady of Consolation who was in Utrera, askaing of her the help of a little wind, because already the French came upon them. It appeared that She herself came to the vessel; and, with the little wind that She stirred, the vessel entered the bar in such a manner that the vessel just finished entering as the French arrived. As there is a bank and the bar is shallow and their vessels great, they could not enter. Our people and provisions entered in safety together with those two vessles. As the day opened, they discovered four other vessels of the same enemies, although somewhat further off, and these were the same that we found in their port the night we arrived upon them. They came supplied with people and artillery and came to attack our galleon and the other vessel, along and unprotected. For this Our Lord provided two remedies. The first was that the same night, after we put in the provisions and the people without being sensed by the enemies, the gaalleon and the companion ship that was with her set sail, one returning to Spain and the other going to Havana to bring help, niether being captured." Francisco Lopez de Mendoza Grajales, Laudonniere and Fort Caroline. 1862 A landing party from the U.S.S. Sagamore attacked salt works at St. Andrew’s Bay, Florida. Confederate cannoneers dueled the Federal gunboat, Union, at St. John’s Bluff today. The Florida Milton Light Artillery, under the command of Captain Joseph L. Dunham, hope to block the upper reaches of the St. John’s River from Federal access. After a considerable duel that lasted four-and-one-half hours, the Union, now assisted by a second gunboat the U.S.S. Patroon, is forced to withdraw after suffering some damage. Also included in the battler were troops from the 1st Florida Special Infantry Regiment and the Florida 2nd Infantry Battalion. 1864 Union General Alexander Asboth, headquartered in Pensacola, reported today that Confederate forces under the command of a Colonel Montgomery were fortifying Marianna and other small outposts in Northwest Florida. 1926 Today the City of Miami prepared for a hurricane with winds of more than 135 mph. For more than two weeks, south Florida residents worried about when and where the storm would hit. More than 18,000 homes were destroyed, 5,000 injured, and more than 850 killed when the hurricane finally came ashore on the 17th. 1928 Reubin O’Donovan Askew, Florida’s 37th governor, was born today in Muskogee, Oklahoma. A graduate of both Florida State University and the University of Florida Law School, Askew began his political career as a member of the Florida House of Representatives (1958) and a member of the Florida Senate (1962). Askew was President pro tempore of the Senate in 1969-1970. Askew was elected governor in 1970. Among the many "firsts" in his administration was the appointment of the African-American member of the Florida Supreme Court, the first female member of the Cabinet, and the first African-American member of the Cabinet. Governor Askew also headed a movement to put the "Sunshine Amendment" on the election ballot through a statewide petition campaign. TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY SEPTEMBER 12 1565 Continuing with the observations of Francisco Lopez de Mendoza Grajales, Laudonniere and Fort Caroline. "The second (and what gave us the greatest assurance) was that later the next day (september 12) there came so great a hurricane that the French could not save themselves from destruction by the sea, being close to shore. Our galleon and its companion were not lost because they went out at midnight so that when the storm struck they were more than a dozen leagues at sea with room to maneuver until God provided better weather." 1862 The landing party from the U.S.S. Sagamore spent today destroying the heavy wrought iron boilers of the salt works at St. Andrews Bay. To the east, Confederate General Joseph Finegan ordered artillery reinforcements to bolster the Florida Milton Light Artillery entrenched at St. John’s Bluff. 1863 The captain of the U.S.S. Stars and Stripes reported an unsuccessful attack on the Confederate steamer Spray up the St. marks River. Two Confederate sailors were captured. In the Gulf of Mexico, the Confederate steamer, Alabama, was captured by three Federal ships, the San Jacinto, the Tennessee, and the Eugenie. 1960 Today, President Dwight D. Eisenhower declared the Florida Keys and parts of Central Florida "disaster areas" following the more than $1 billion in damages wrought by Hurricane Donna. TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY SEPTEMBER 13 1597 Father Pedro Corpa, a Franciscan missionary to Florida, was clubbed to death by Indians at Tolomato mission extreme north Florida (now southeast Georgia). 1822 The City of St. Augustine was incorporated un the Territorial Laws of Florida. 1861 The Washington County Invincibles were inducted into Confederate service as Company H, 4th Florida Infantry regiment. The soldiers will be stationed at Fernandina. 1863 The U.S.S. DeSoto captured the British steamer, Montgomery, today after a nine hour chase in the Gulf of Mexico south of Pensacola. 1963 The Air Force Association awards sometime Brevard County resident, astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, the David C. Schilling Trophy for his 22 orbit Project Mercury space flight. TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY SEPTEMBER 14 1843 The town of Port Leon, near St. Marks, was destroyed by a hurricane and a 10 foot storm surge. 1861 The Confederate schooner, Judah, was burned by Federal troops at Pensacola Bay. 1862 Richard Keith Call, third (1836) and fifth (1841) Territorial governor of Florida, died on this date at his Leon County plantation, "The Grove." Call was born in Prince George County, Virginia, on October 24, 1792. He entered service with General Andrew Jackson during the Creek War in 1813. Jackson was som impressed with the young soldier, he made him his aide-de-camp. He first came to Florida with Jackson in 1814, returned with the General in 1821 to set up the new government for the American territory. In 1822, he became a permanent resident of the territory and practiced law in Pensacola. He served in a number of public positions--as a member of the Legislative Council, a delegate to the Congress, receiver of the West Florida land office, a brigadier general commanding troops in the Seminole War, and Territorial Governor. His differences with Federal authorities over the prosecution of the war led to his removal as governor. He supported William Henry Harrison for president and was subsequently appointed to the governorship again in 1842. When Florida became a state, Call ran for governor in 1845, but was defeated. 1898 Julia De Forest Tuttle, the "Mother of Miami," died on this day. Mrs. Tuttle is credited with luring Henry Flagler and his railroad to Miami with a winter bouquet of citrus blossoms and a promise to share her land holdings with him. Mrs. Tuttle came from Cleveland to the Miami area in 1872 with her husband, Frederick. The Tuttles came to reside with her father, Ephraim T. Sturdevant. Mrs. Tuttle was delighted with the area. When her husband died in 1891, she returned to the Miami area and purchased 640 acres on the north bank of the Miami River. This area would later become the very heart of the City of Miami. TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY SEPTEMBER 15 1861 Confederate Brigadier General John B. Grayson embarks on an inspection trip of the defenses along the West Coast, at St. Marks, Apalachicola, Cedar Key and Tampa. 1862 Confederate troops under Brigadier J. Finegan continue to hold their position at St. John’s Bluff despite repeated attempts to dislodge them. 1863 A Federal gunboat, Two Sisters, shelled the town of Bayport today. A large cotton warehouse and a Confederate steamer were destroyed. 1945 The Richmond Naval Air Station, the large blimp base south of Miami, was struck by hurricane winds today. As a result of fires caused by the wind damage and the rapidity with which the flames spread, damage was severe. Three of the world’s largest hangars, 25 blimps, 183 military airplanes, and 150 automobiles were destroyed. An additional 153 civilian planes were destroyed. Overall damage was estimated at $35 million. 1949 Today’s WJXT-TV first signed on the air on this date under the call sign WMBR-TV. 1978 The first Florida House of Representatives impeachment carried through to a Florida Senate conviction was that of Circuit Judge Samuel S. Smith of Lake City. Smith was accused on four articles of impeachment after being twice convicted on charges of conspriacy to sell 1,500 pounds of marijuana TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY SEPTEMBER 16 1565 From the account of Pedro Menendez’s expedition to Florida in 1565 by Francisco Lopez de Mendoza Grajales, the chaplain to the expedition. This account is taken from Charles E. Bennett, Laudonniere and Fort Caroline: History and Documents (Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1964). [We will continue with portions of this account in the coming days and will simply cite it as Laudonniere and Fort Caroline. In today’s account, Father Mendoza recounts the beginning of Menendez’s expedition against the French at Fort Caroline.--moderator] "Sunday, September 16, he [Menendez] departed with 500 men with many arquebuses and pikes, each one of the soldiers carrying a twelve pound sack of bread on his shoulders and a bottle of wine for the road. They took two Indian chiefs who were great enemies of the French, so that they might show the way. According to the practice of those Indians and by the signs they made, we understood that it was five leagues to the fort of the enemies, but one the road it appeared to be more than fifteen and avery bad road in the very hot sun. But all have traveled it, according to the letter we received from the General [Menendez] today, the 19th of said month." 1853 House Speaker A. K. Allison proclaimed himself Acting Governor of Florida when the governor, Thomas Brown, and the Senate Pesident, R. J. Floyd, were both out of the state. Allison served until October 3 when James E. Broome was regularly inaugurated as governor. 1863 The U.S.S. San Jacinto, under the command of Lieutenant Commander Ralph Chandler, seized the Confederate blckoade runner, Lizzie Davis, off the west coast of Florida. She had been bound from Havana to Mobile with a cargo that included quantities of lead. 1864 An expedition from the U.S.S. Ariel, with Acting Master Russell in command, captured over 4,000 pounds of cotton in the vicinity of Tampa Bay. 1928 The Belle Glade and Palm Beaches area was devastated by a hurricane. This was the culmination of the Great Lake Okeechobee Hurricane struck Florida as a Category 4 storm, with winds pushing lake waters to a storm surge of more than 15 feet. The area surrounding the lake’s south end, occupied primarily by migrtant agricultural workers, flooded. The Red Cross’s death toll count reached 1,836, but additional bodies and skeletons were discovered after the end of the Red Cross count. In response to this disaster, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built dikes around the lake to prevent a recurrence. Florida author Zora Neale Hurston recorded the impact on this hurricane on migrants in her novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God. (See September 6 , Today in Florida History) 1968 The first classes convened at Warner Southern College in Lake Wales. The college was founded by the Southeastern Association of the Church of God. TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY SEPTEMBER 17 1574 Pedro Menendez de Aviles died today at age fifty-five. An elaborate funeral was held for him in Avilles, Spain. 1720 Fort Carlos at Pensacola is surrendered by the Sp[anish to beseiging French forces. 1823 The terms and provisions of the Treaty of Moultrie Creek are agreed to. Only the formal acceptance of the treaty and the affixing of signatures await its implementation. 1862 Today the single bloodiest battle of the Civil War was fought at Antietam (Sharpsburg), Maryland. George B. McClellan, the Union commander, possessed superior forces, but failed to effectively marshall his overwhelming forces against the Confederate Army under the command of Robert E. Lee. The first day’s battle ended with the Confederate Army stopping five major Federal attacks, although at a high price. When the day ended, Southern forces still held their position and would hold them until the night of September 18-19. The Federal losses were put at 2,010 killed, 9,416 wounded, and 1,043 missing (out of a total force of 75,000). Lee’s losses were estimated at 2,700 killed, 9,024 wounded, and 2,000 missing (out of 40,000). The following Florida units were involved in the Confederate effort at Antietam: Florida 2nd Infantry Regiment, Florida 5th Infantry Regiment, Florida 8th Infantry Regiment. ` At St. John’s Bluff near Jacksonville, there was a small skirmish between Confederate and Union troops. 1925 The city of Hialeah was incorporated. 1957 Manatee Junior College on Sarasota Bay was established by the Florida Board of Education. TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY SEPTEMBER 18 1823 The Treaty of Moultrie Creek is signed today by 27 Florida Seminole cheifs and U.S. Commissioners near St. Augustine. The Treaty called for the Seminoles to be settled on reservations in Central Florida and near the Apalachicola River. In return, the United States government agrees to pay more than $100,000 in cash and to provide goods and services to the Native Americans for a period of 20 years. 1831 Naturalist John J. Audubon investigates the underwater life off the Florida Keys. 1862 Despite reinforcements of more than 12,000 soldiers and the presence of 24,000 fresh troops, who had seen no action in yesterday’s battle, Union General George B. McClellan refuses to attack the much smaller Confederate army under General Robert E. Lee. Lee withdraws his forces from Antietam (Sharpsburg) late tonight and early tommorrow. The first Confederate invasion of the North has been stopped. 1863 Confederate General Braxton E. Bragg (Army of Tennessee) makes the opening move in the Battle of Chickamauga campaign when he moves most of his forces out of Ringgold, Georgia, into Tennessee. Skirmishes break out all along the line separating Union and Confederate positions. Florida units which participate in this epic battle are: Florida Marion Artillery, Florida 1st Cavalry Regiment, Florida 1st (Reorganized) Infantry regiment, Florida 3rd Infantry Regiment, Florida 4th Infantry Regiment, Florida 6th Infantry Regiment and the Florida 7th Infantry Regiment. The first full day of fighting will commence tommorrow. 1926 Twenty-eight students registered at the University of Miami Medical School, Florida’s first medical school, as the first classes got underway. TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY SEPTEMBER 19 1565 Troops under General Pedro Menendez de Aviles continue their march toward the French outpost in North America, Fort Caroline. 1862 Robert E. Lee continues the evacuation of his Army of Northern Virginia from Maryland following the Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg). 1863 Confederate General Braxton E. Bragg and Union General William S. Rosecrans begin the process of "feeling out" each other’s positions. The Battle of Chickamauga officially begins with the initial conflict between troops of Union General George H. Thomas and those of Confederate cavalry leader, General Nathan Bedford Forrest, which were operating as dismounted cavalry. General Bragg is reinforced tonight by General James Longstreet and his forces from Virginia. 1882 Orange City is incorporated. 1928 The charter for St. Petersburg Junior College, which had first opened its doors to students in 1927, was signed by L. Chauncey Brown on behalf of the school’s founders. St. Petersburg Junior College is the oldest such institution in Florida. From wynne@metrolink.net Wed Sep 20 15:32:28 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e8KFWQ618807 for ; Wed, 20 Sep 2000 15:32:26 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.81]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Wed, 20 Sep 2000 11:09:55 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 11:02:33 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: "lewis n. wynne" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Message-ID: <20000920150955622.AAA238@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by gondor.webengr.com id e8KFWQ618807 Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR SEPTEMBER 11-19 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Id: This day in Florida History NOTE:  I apologize for the "down" cycle of Today in Florida History.  Our previous mail-list serv came under outside attack and was "killed" to prevent damage to the Internet Provider's machines.  Unfortunately, I could not notify subscribers.  Web Engineering's resident guru, Paul Pruett, has addressed an explanation to each of you.  Hopefully, we have solved the problem and saved all of us from the possibilities of unwanted ads and malicious viruses.---Nick Wynne, Moderator TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY SEPTEMBER 11 1565 From the account of Pedro Menendez’s expedition to Florida in 1565 by Francisco Lopez de Mendoza Grajales, the chaplain to the expedition. This account is taken from Charles E. Bennett, Laudonniere and Fort Caroline: History and Documents (Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1964). [We will continue with portions of this account in the coming days and will simply cite it as Laudonniere and Fort Caroline.--moderator] "As it began to dawn, the pilot of our Chalupa raised anchor to go over the bar because the sea was increasing with strength. Later, when it was day, and they could see, they found at their backs by the stern of one vessel, two French vessels that had come that night to search it out. If the French had attacked at once when they arrived, it would have been a great capture, because our people were not supplied with arms and were carrying provisions." "As our people recognized by daylight that the vessels were French, they put up a prayer to our Lady of Consolation who was in Utrera, askaing of her the help of a little wind, because already the French came upon them. It appeared that She herself came to the vessel; and, with the little wind that She stirred, the vessel entered the bar in such a manner that the vessel just finished entering as the French arrived. As there is a bank and the bar is shallow and their vessels great, they could not enter. Our people and provisions entered in safety together with those two vessles. As the day opened, they discovered four other vessels of the same enemies, although somewhat further off, and these were the same that we found in their port the night we arrived upon them. They came supplied with people and artillery and came to attack our galleon and the other vessel, along and unprotected. For this Our Lord provided two remedies. The first was that the same night, after we put in the provisions and the people without being sensed by the enemies, the gaalleon and the companion ship that was with her set sail, one returning to Spain and the other going to Havana to bring help, niether being captured." Francisco Lopez de Mendoza Grajales, Laudonniere and Fort Caroline. 1862 A landing party from the U.S.S. Sagamore attacked salt works at St. Andrew’s Bay, Florida. Confederate cannoneers dueled the Federal gunboat, Union, at St. John’s Bluff today. The Florida Milton Light Artillery, under the command of Captain Joseph L. Dunham, hope to block the upper reaches of the St. John’s River from Federal access. After a considerable duel that lasted four-and-one-half hours, the Union, now assisted by a second gunboat the U.S.S. Patroon, is forced to withdraw after suffering some damage. Also included in the battler were troops from the 1st Florida Special Infantry Regiment and the Florida 2nd Infantry Battalion. 1864 Union General Alexander Asboth, headquartered in Pensacola, reported today that Confederate forces under the command of a Colonel Montgomery were fortifying Marianna and other small outposts in Northwest Florida. 1926 Today the City of Miami prepared for a hurricane with winds of more than 135 mph. For more than two weeks, south Florida residents worried about when and where the storm would hit. More than 18,000 homes were destroyed, 5,000 injured, and more than 850 killed when the hurricane finally came ashore on the 17th. 1928 Reubin O’Donovan Askew, Florida’s 37th governor, was born today in Muskogee, Oklahoma. A graduate of both Florida State University and the University of Florida Law School, Askew began his political career as a member of the Florida House of Representatives (1958) and a member of the Florida Senate (1962). Askew was President pro tempore of the Senate in 1969-1970. Askew was elected governor in 1970. Among the many "firsts" in his administration was the appointment of the African-American member of the Florida Supreme Court, the first female member of the Cabinet, and the first African-American member of the Cabinet. Governor Askew also headed a movement to put the "Sunshine Amendment" on the election ballot through a statewide petition campaign. TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY SEPTEMBER 12 1565 Continuing with the observations of Francisco Lopez de Mendoza Grajales, Laudonniere and Fort Caroline. "The second (and what gave us the greatest assurance) was that later the next day (september 12) there came so great a hurricane that the French could not save themselves from destruction by the sea, being close to shore. Our galleon and its companion were not lost because they went out at midnight so that when the storm struck they were more than a dozen leagues at sea with room to maneuver until God provided better weather." 1862 The landing party from the U.S.S. Sagamore spent today destroying the heavy wrought iron boilers of the salt works at St. Andrews Bay. To the east, Confederate General Joseph Finegan ordered artillery reinforcements to bolster the Florida Milton Light Artillery entrenched at St. John’s Bluff. 1863 The captain of the U.S.S. Stars and Stripes reported an unsuccessful attack on the Confederate steamer Spray up the St. marks River. Two Confederate sailors were captured. In the Gulf of Mexico, the Confederate steamer, Alabama, was captured by three Federal ships, the San Jacinto, the Tennessee, and the Eugenie. 1960 Today, President Dwight D. Eisenhower declared the Florida Keys and parts of Central Florida "disaster areas" following the more than $1 billion in damages wrought by Hurricane Donna. TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY SEPTEMBER 13 1597 Father Pedro Corpa, a Franciscan missionary to Florida, was clubbed to death by Indians at Tolomato mission extreme north Florida (now southeast Georgia). 1822 The City of St. Augustine was incorporated un the Territorial Laws of Florida. 1861 The Washington County Invincibles were inducted into Confederate service as Company H, 4th Florida Infantry regiment. The soldiers will be stationed at Fernandina. 1863 The U.S.S. DeSoto captured the British steamer, Montgomery, today after a nine hour chase in the Gulf of Mexico south of Pensacola. 1963 The Air Force Association awards sometime Brevard County resident, astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, the David C. Schilling Trophy for his 22 orbit Project Mercury space flight. TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY SEPTEMBER 14 1843 The town of Port Leon, near St. Marks, was destroyed by a hurricane and a 10 foot storm surge. 1861 The Confederate schooner, Judah, was burned by Federal troops at Pensacola Bay. 1862 Richard Keith Call, third (1836) and fifth (1841) Territorial governor of Florida, died on this date at his Leon County plantation, "The Grove." Call was born in Prince George County, Virginia, on October 24, 1792. He entered service with General Andrew Jackson during the Creek War in 1813. Jackson was som impressed with the young soldier, he made him his aide-de-camp. He first came to Florida with Jackson in 1814, returned with the General in 1821 to set up the new government for the American territory. In 1822, he became a permanent resident of the territory and practiced law in Pensacola. He served in a number of public positions--as a member of the Legislative Council, a delegate to the Congress, receiver of the West Florida land office, a brigadier general commanding troops in the Seminole War, and Territorial Governor. His differences with Federal authorities over the prosecution of the war led to his removal as governor. He supported William Henry Harrison for president and was subsequently appointed to the governorship again in 1842. When Florida became a state, Call ran for governor in 1845, but was defeated. 1898 Julia De Forest Tuttle, the "Mother of Miami," died on this day. Mrs. Tuttle is credited with luring Henry Flagler and his railroad to Miami with a winter bouquet of citrus blossoms and a promise to share her land holdings with him. Mrs. Tuttle came from Cleveland to the Miami area in 1872 with her husband, Frederick. The Tuttles came to reside with her father, Ephraim T. Sturdevant. Mrs. Tuttle was delighted with the area. When her husband died in 1891, she returned to the Miami area and purchased 640 acres on the north bank of the Miami River. This area would later become the very heart of the City of Miami. TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY SEPTEMBER 15 1861 Confederate Brigadier General John B. Grayson embarks on an inspection trip of the defenses along the West Coast, at St. Marks, Apalachicola, Cedar Key and Tampa. 1862 Confederate troops under Brigadier J. Finegan continue to hold their position at St. John’s Bluff despite repeated attempts to dislodge them. 1863 A Federal gunboat, Two Sisters, shelled the town of Bayport today. A large cotton warehouse and a Confederate steamer were destroyed. 1945 The Richmond Naval Air Station, the large blimp base south of Miami, was struck by hurricane winds today. As a result of fires caused by the wind damage and the rapidity with which the flames spread, damage was severe. Three of the world’s largest hangars, 25 blimps, 183 military airplanes, and 150 automobiles were destroyed. An additional 153 civilian planes were destroyed. Overall damage was estimated at $35 million. 1949 Today’s WJXT-TV first signed on the air on this date under the call sign WMBR-TV. 1978 The first Florida House of Representatives impeachment carried through to a Florida Senate conviction was that of Circuit Judge Samuel S. Smith of Lake City. Smith was accused on four articles of impeachment after being twice convicted on charges of conspriacy to sell 1,500 pounds of marijuana TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY SEPTEMBER 16 1565 From the account of Pedro Menendez’s expedition to Florida in 1565 by Francisco Lopez de Mendoza Grajales, the chaplain to the expedition. This account is taken from Charles E. Bennett, Laudonniere and Fort Caroline: History and Documents (Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1964). [We will continue with portions of this account in the coming days and will simply cite it as Laudonniere and Fort Caroline. In today’s account, Father Mendoza recounts the beginning of Menendez’s expedition against the French at Fort Caroline.--moderator] "Sunday, September 16, he [Menendez] departed with 500 men with many arquebuses and pikes, each one of the soldiers carrying a twelve pound sack of bread on his shoulders and a bottle of wine for the road. They took two Indian chiefs who were great enemies of the French, so that they might show the way. According to the practice of those Indians and by the signs they made, we understood that it was five leagues to the fort of the enemies, but one the road it appeared to be more than fifteen and avery bad road in the very hot sun. But all have traveled it, according to the letter we received from the General [Menendez] today, the 19th of said month." 1853 House Speaker A. K. Allison proclaimed himself Acting Governor of Florida when the governor, Thomas Brown, and the Senate Pesident, R. J. Floyd, were both out of the state. Allison served until October 3 when James E. Broome was regularly inaugurated as governor. 1863 The U.S.S. San Jacinto, under the command of Lieutenant Commander Ralph Chandler, seized the Confederate blckoade runner, Lizzie Davis, off the west coast of Florida. She had been bound from Havana to Mobile with a cargo that included quantities of lead. 1864 An expedition from the U.S.S. Ariel, with Acting Master Russell in command, captured over 4,000 pounds of cotton in the vicinity of Tampa Bay. 1928 The Belle Glade and Palm Beaches area was devastated by a hurricane. This was the culmination of the Great Lake Okeechobee Hurricane struck Florida as a Category 4 storm, with winds pushing lake waters to a storm surge of more than 15 feet. The area surrounding the lake’s south end, occupied primarily by migrtant agricultural workers, flooded. The Red Cross’s death toll count reached 1,836, but additional bodies and skeletons were discovered after the end of the Red Cross count. In response to this disaster, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built dikes around the lake to prevent a recurrence. Florida author Zora Neale Hurston recorded the impact on this hurricane on migrants in her novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God. (See September 6 , Today in Florida History) 1968 The first classes convened at Warner Southern College in Lake Wales. The college was founded by the Southeastern Association of the Church of God. TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY SEPTEMBER 17 1574 Pedro Menendez de Aviles died today at age fifty-five. An elaborate funeral was held for him in Avilles, Spain. 1720 Fort Carlos at Pensacola is surrendered by the Sp[anish to beseiging French forces. 1823 The terms and provisions of the Treaty of Moultrie Creek are agreed to. Only the formal acceptance of the treaty and the affixing of signatures await its implementation. 1862 Today the single bloodiest battle of the Civil War was fought at Antietam (Sharpsburg), Maryland. George B. McClellan, the Union commander, possessed superior forces, but failed to effectively marshall his overwhelming forces against the Confederate Army under the command of Robert E. Lee. The first day’s battle ended with the Confederate Army stopping five major Federal attacks, although at a high price. When the day ended, Southern forces still held their position and would hold them until the night of September 18-19. The Federal losses were put at 2,010 killed, 9,416 wounded, and 1,043 missing (out of a total force of 75,000). Lee’s losses were estimated at 2,700 killed, 9,024 wounded, and 2,000 missing (out of 40,000). The following Florida units were involved in the Confederate effort at Antietam: Florida 2nd Infantry Regiment, Florida 5th Infantry Regiment, Florida 8th Infantry Regiment. ` At St. John’s Bluff near Jacksonville, there was a small skirmish between Confederate and Union troops. 1925 The city of Hialeah was incorporated. 1957 Manatee Junior College on Sarasota Bay was established by the Florida Board of Education. TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY SEPTEMBER 18 1823 The Treaty of Moultrie Creek is signed today by 27 Florida Seminole cheifs and U.S. Commissioners near St. Augustine. The Treaty called for the Seminoles to be settled on reservations in Central Florida and near the Apalachicola River. In return, the United States government agrees to pay more than $100,000 in cash and to provide goods and services to the Native Americans for a period of 20 years. 1831 Naturalist John J. Audubon investigates the underwater life off the Florida Keys. 1862 Despite reinforcements of more than 12,000 soldiers and the presence of 24,000 fresh troops, who had seen no action in yesterday’s battle, Union General George B. McClellan refuses to attack the much smaller Confederate army under General Robert E. Lee. Lee withdraws his forces from Antietam (Sharpsburg) late tonight and early tommorrow. The first Confederate invasion of the North has been stopped. 1863 Confederate General Braxton E. Bragg (Army of Tennessee) makes the opening move in the Battle of Chickamauga campaign when he moves most of his forces out of Ringgold, Georgia, into Tennessee. Skirmishes break out all along the line separating Union and Confederate positions. Florida units which participate in this epic battle are: Florida Marion Artillery, Florida 1st Cavalry Regiment, Florida 1st (Reorganized) Infantry regiment, Florida 3rd Infantry Regiment, Florida 4th Infantry Regiment, Florida 6th Infantry Regiment and the Florida 7th Infantry Regiment. The first full day of fighting will commence tommorrow. 1926 Twenty-eight students registered at the University of Miami Medical School, Florida’s first medical school, as the first classes got underway. TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY SEPTEMBER 19 1565 Troops under General Pedro Menendez de Aviles continue their march toward the French outpost in North America, Fort Caroline. 1862 Robert E. Lee continues the evacuation of his Army of Northern Virginia from Maryland following the Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg). 1863 Confederate General Braxton E. Bragg and Union General William S. Rosecrans begin the process of "feeling out" each other’s positions. The Battle of Chickamauga officially begins with the initial conflict between troops of Union General George H. Thomas and those of Confederate cavalry leader, General Nathan Bedford Forrest, which were operating as dismounted cavalry. General Bragg is reinforced tonight by General James Longstreet and his forces from Virginia. 1882 Orange City is incorporated. 1928 The charter for St. Petersburg Junior College, which had first opened its doors to students in 1927, was signed by L. Chauncey Brown on behalf of the school’s founders. St. Petersburg Junior College is the oldest such institution in Florida. From wynne@metrolink.net Fri Sep 22 01:28:04 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e8M1S4f31307 for ; Fri, 22 Sep 2000 01:28:04 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.82]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Thu, 21 Sep 2000 21:05:37 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 21:11:59 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20000922010537464.AAA228@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR SEPTEMBER 22 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY SEPTEMBER 22 1777 John Bartram, who published his Journal about his exploration of the St. John’s River, died today in Philadelphia. 1862 Floridians reacted to the news that President Abrahama Lincoln has issued an emancipation proclamation that would become effective on 1 January 1863. The proclamation would free all slaves in areas opposing the United States. 1863 The commander of the U.S.S. DeSoto pursued the Leviathan, a Union ship which had been commandeered by Confederates and put to sea in the Gulf of Mexico. The chase extended thirty-five miles into the Gulf. 1864 Despite the recommendation of Major General Sam Jones, the Confederate War Department today rejected the promotion of Captain J. J. Dickinson to major. The reason given was “...there is no position known to which he could be appointed.” 1898 U.S. Navy ships began the task of bringing military personnel, evacuated in August, back to navy installations in Key West. The city had been evacuated because of a yellow fever scare. The feared epidemic did not materialize. 1958 The Florida Institute of Technology (known as Brevard Engineering College and as "Countdown College") --- held its first classes on this day. 154 "missilemen" enrolled for courses. 1959 Petitions to end segregation at Jacksonville’s golf and recreation facilities were presented to the city commission by a delegation of African-American citizens. From ppruett@webengr.com Fri Sep 22 01:29:56 2000 Received: from shire.webengr.com (IDENT:root@shire.webengr.com [199.233.112.52]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e8M1Ttf32634 for ; Fri, 22 Sep 2000 01:29:55 GMT Received: from mail.webengr.com (IDENT:ppruett@mail.webengr.com [199.233.112.2]) by shire.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e8LLYUX29250 for ; Thu, 21 Sep 2000 21:34:31 GMT Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 21:34:30 +0000 (GMT) From: ppruett To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: [Fhstoday] RESEND- TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR SEPTEMBER 11-19 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ ============================= http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/2000-September/date.html ============================== NOTE: I apologize for the "down" cycle of Today in Florida History. Our previous mail-list serv came under outside attack and was "killed" to prevent damage to the Internet Provider's machines. Unfortunately, I could not notify subscribers. Web Engineering's resident guru, Paul Pruett, has addressed an explanation to each of you. Hopefully, we have solved the problem and saved all of us from the possibilities of unwanted ads and malicious viruses.---Nick Wynne, Moderator TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY SEPTEMBER 11 1565 From the account of Pedro Menendez?s expedition to Florida in 1565 by Francisco Lopez de Mendoza Grajales, the chaplain to the expedition. This account is taken from Charles E. Bennett, Laudonniere and Fort Caroline: History and Documents (Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1964). [We will continue with portions of this account in the coming days and will simply cite it as Laudonniere and Fort Caroline.--moderator] "As it began to dawn, the pilot of our Chalupa raised anchor to go over the bar because the sea was increasing with strength. Later, when it was day, and they could see, they found at their backs by the stern of one vessel, two French vessels that had come that night to search it out. If the French had attacked at once when they arrived, it would have been a great capture, because our people were not supplied with arms and were carrying provisions." "As our people recognized by daylight that the vessels were French, they put up a prayer to our Lady of Consolation who was in Utrera, askaing of her the help of a little wind, because already the French came upon them. It appeared that She herself came to the vessel; and, with the little wind that She stirred, the vessel entered the bar in such a manner that the vessel just finished entering as the French arrived. As there is a bank and the bar is shallow and their vessels great, they could not enter. Our people and provisions entered in safety together with those two vessles. As the day opened, they discovered four other vessels of the same enemies, although somewhat further off, and these were the same that we found in their port the night we arrived upon them. They came supplied with people and artillery and came to attack our galleon and the other vessel, along and unprotected. For this Our Lord provided two remedies. The first was that the same night, after we put in the provisions and the people without being sensed by the enemies, the gaalleon and the companion ship that was with her set sail, one returning to Spain and the other going to Havana to bring help, niether being captured." Francisco Lopez de Mendoza Grajales, Laudonniere and Fort Caroline. 1862 A landing party from the U.S.S. Sagamore attacked salt works at St. Andrew?s Bay, Florida. Confederate cannoneers dueled the Federal gunboat, Union, at St. John?s Bluff today. The Florida Milton Light Artillery, under the command of Captain Joseph L. Dunham, hope to block the upper reaches of the St. John?s River from Federal access. After a considerable duel that lasted four-and-one-half hours, the Union, now assisted by a second gunboat the U.S.S. Patroon, is forced to withdraw after suffering some damage. Also included in the battler were troops from the 1st Florida Special Infantry Regiment and the Florida 2nd Infantry Battalion. 1864 Union General Alexander Asboth, headquartered in Pensacola, reported today that Confederate forces under the command of a Colonel Montgomery were fortifying Marianna and other small outposts in Northwest Florida. 1926 Today the City of Miami prepared for a hurricane with winds of more than 135 mph. For more than two weeks, south Florida residents worried about when and where the storm would hit. More than 18,000 homes were destroyed, 5,000 injured, and more than 850 killed when the hurricane finally came ashore on the 17th. 1928 Reubin O?Donovan Askew, Florida?s 37th governor, was born today in Muskogee, Oklahoma. A graduate of both Florida State University and the University of Florida Law School, Askew began his political career as a member of the Florida House of Representatives (1958) and a member of the Florida Senate (1962). Askew was President pro tempore of the Senate in 1969-1970. Askew was elected governor in 1970. Among the many "firsts" in his administration was the appointment of the African-American member of the Florida Supreme Court, the first female member of the Cabinet, and the first African-American member of the Cabinet. Governor Askew also headed a movement to put the "Sunshine Amendment" on the election ballot through a statewide petition campaign. TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY SEPTEMBER 12 1565 Continuing with the observations of Francisco Lopez de Mendoza Grajales, Laudonniere and Fort Caroline. "The second (and what gave us the greatest assurance) was that later the next day (september 12) there came so great a hurricane that the French could not save themselves from destruction by the sea, being close to shore. Our galleon and its companion were not lost because they went out at midnight so that when the storm struck they were more than a dozen leagues at sea with room to maneuver until God provided better weather." 1862 The landing party from the U.S.S. Sagamore spent today destroying the heavy wrought iron boilers of the salt works at St. Andrews Bay. To the east, Confederate General Joseph Finegan ordered artillery reinforcements to bolster the Florida Milton Light Artillery entrenched at St. John?s Bluff. 1863 The captain of the U.S.S. Stars and Stripes reported an unsuccessful attack on the Confederate steamer Spray up the St. marks River. Two Confederate sailors were captured. In the Gulf of Mexico, the Confederate steamer, Alabama, was captured by three Federal ships, the San Jacinto, the Tennessee, and the Eugenie. 1960 Today, President Dwight D. Eisenhower declared the Florida Keys and parts of Central Florida "disaster areas" following the more than $1 billion in damages wrought by Hurricane Donna. TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY SEPTEMBER 13 1597 Father Pedro Corpa, a Franciscan missionary to Florida, was clubbed to death by Indians at Tolomato mission extreme north Florida (now southeast Georgia). 1822 The City of St. Augustine was incorporated un the Territorial Laws of Florida. 1861 The Washington County Invincibles were inducted into Confederate service as Company H, 4th Florida Infantry regiment. The soldiers will be stationed at Fernandina. 1863 The U.S.S. DeSoto captured the British steamer, Montgomery, today after a nine hour chase in the Gulf of Mexico south of Pensacola. 1963 The Air Force Association awards sometime Brevard County resident, astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, the David C. Schilling Trophy for his 22 orbit Project Mercury space flight. TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY SEPTEMBER 14 1843 The town of Port Leon, near St. Marks, was destroyed by a hurricane and a 10 foot storm surge. 1861 The Confederate schooner, Judah, was burned by Federal troops at Pensacola Bay. 1862 Richard Keith Call, third (1836) and fifth (1841) Territorial governor of Florida, died on this date at his Leon County plantation, "The Grove." Call was born in Prince George County, Virginia, on October 24, 1792. He entered service with General Andrew Jackson during the Creek War in 1813. Jackson was som impressed with the young soldier, he made him his aide-de-camp. He first came to Florida with Jackson in 1814, returned with the General in 1821 to set up the new government for the American territory. In 1822, he became a permanent resident of the territory and practiced law in Pensacola. He served in a number of public positions--as a member of the Legislative Council, a delegate to the Congress, receiver of the West Florida land office, a brigadier general commanding troops in the Seminole War, and Territorial Governor. His differences with Federal authorities over the prosecution of the war led to his removal as governor. He supported William Henry Harrison for president and was subsequently appointed to the governorship again in 1842. When Florida became a state, Call ran for governor in 1845, but was defeated. 1898 Julia De Forest Tuttle, the "Mother of Miami," died on this day. Mrs. Tuttle is credited with luring Henry Flagler and his railroad to Miami with a winter bouquet of citrus blossoms and a promise to share her land holdings with him. Mrs. Tuttle came from Cleveland to the Miami area in 1872 with her husband, Frederick. The Tuttles came to reside with her father, Ephraim T. Sturdevant. Mrs. Tuttle was delighted with the area. When her husband died in 1891, she returned to the Miami area and purchased 640 acres on the north bank of the Miami River. This area would later become the very heart of the City of Miami. TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY SEPTEMBER 15 1861 Confederate Brigadier General John B. Grayson embarks on an inspection trip of the defenses along the West Coast, at St. Marks, Apalachicola, Cedar Key and Tampa. 1862 Confederate troops under Brigadier J. Finegan continue to hold their position at St. John?s Bluff despite repeated attempts to dislodge them. 1863 A Federal gunboat, Two Sisters, shelled the town of Bayport today. A large cotton warehouse and a Confederate steamer were destroyed. 1945 The Richmond Naval Air Station, the large blimp base south of Miami, was struck by hurricane winds today. As a result of fires caused by the wind damage and the rapidity with which the flames spread, damage was severe. Three of the world?s largest hangars, 25 blimps, 183 military airplanes, and 150 automobiles were destroyed. An additional 153 civilian planes were destroyed. Overall damage was estimated at $35 million. 1949 Today?s WJXT-TV first signed on the air on this date under the call sign WMBR-TV. 1978 The first Florida House of Representatives impeachment carried through to a Florida Senate conviction was that of Circuit Judge Samuel S. Smith of Lake City. Smith was accused on four articles of impeachment after being twice convicted on charges of conspriacy to sell 1,500 pounds of marijuana TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY SEPTEMBER 16 1565 From the account of Pedro Menendez?s expedition to Florida in 1565 by Francisco Lopez de Mendoza Grajales, the chaplain to the expedition. This account is taken from Charles E. Bennett, Laudonniere and Fort Caroline: History and Documents (Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1964). [We will continue with portions of this account in the coming days and will simply cite it as Laudonniere and Fort Caroline. In today?s account, Father Mendoza recounts the beginning of Menendez?s expedition against the French at Fort Caroline.--moderator] "Sunday, September 16, he [Menendez] departed with 500 men with many arquebuses and pikes, each one of the soldiers carrying a twelve pound sack of bread on his shoulders and a bottle of wine for the road. They took two Indian chiefs who were great enemies of the French, so that they might show the way. According to the practice of those Indians and by the signs they made, we understood that it was five leagues to the fort of the enemies, but one the road it appeared to be more than fifteen and avery bad road in the very hot sun. But all have traveled it, according to the letter we received from the General [Menendez] today, the 19th of said month." 1853 House Speaker A. K. Allison proclaimed himself Acting Governor of Florida when the governor, Thomas Brown, and the Senate Pesident, R. J. Floyd, were both out of the state. Allison served until October 3 when James E. Broome was regularly inaugurated as governor. 1863 The U.S.S. San Jacinto, under the command of Lieutenant Commander Ralph Chandler, seized the Confederate blckoade runner, Lizzie Davis, off the west coast of Florida. She had been bound from Havana to Mobile with a cargo that included quantities of lead. 1864 An expedition from the U.S.S. Ariel, with Acting Master Russell in command, captured over 4,000 pounds of cotton in the vicinity of Tampa Bay. 1928 The Belle Glade and Palm Beaches area was devastated by a hurricane. This was the culmination of the Great Lake Okeechobee Hurricane struck Florida as a Category 4 storm, with winds pushing lake waters to a storm surge of more than 15 feet. The area surrounding the lake?s south end, occupied primarily by migrtant agricultural workers, flooded. The Red Cross?s death toll count reached 1,836, but additional bodies and skeletons were discovered after the end of the Red Cross count. In response to this disaster, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built dikes around the lake to prevent a recurrence. Florida author Zora Neale Hurston recorded the impact on this hurricane on migrants in her novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God. (See September 6 , Today in Florida History) 1968 The first classes convened at Warner Southern College in Lake Wales. The college was founded by the Southeastern Association of the Church of God. TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY SEPTEMBER 17 1574 Pedro Menendez de Aviles died today at age fifty-five. An elaborate funeral was held for him in Avilles, Spain. 1720 Fort Carlos at Pensacola is surrendered by the Sp[anish to beseiging French forces. 1823 The terms and provisions of the Treaty of Moultrie Creek are agreed to. Only the formal acceptance of the treaty and the affixing of signatures await its implementation. 1862 Today the single bloodiest battle of the Civil War was fought at Antietam (Sharpsburg), Maryland. George B. McClellan, the Union commander, possessed superior forces, but failed to effectively marshall his overwhelming forces against the Confederate Army under the command of Robert E. Lee. The first day?s battle ended with the Confederate Army stopping five major Federal attacks, although at a high price. When the day ended, Southern forces still held their position and would hold them until the night of September 18-19. The Federal losses were put at 2,010 killed, 9,416 wounded, and 1,043 missing (out of a total force of 75,000). Lee?s losses were estimated at 2,700 killed, 9,024 wounded, and 2,000 missing (out of 40,000). The following Florida units were involved in the Confederate effort at Antietam: Florida 2nd Infantry Regiment, Florida 5th Infantry Regiment, Florida 8th Infantry Regiment. ` At St. John?s Bluff near Jacksonville, there was a small skirmish between Confederate and Union troops. 1925 The city of Hialeah was incorporated. 1957 Manatee Junior College on Sarasota Bay was established by the Florida Board of Education. TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY SEPTEMBER 18 1823 The Treaty of Moultrie Creek is signed today by 27 Florida Seminole cheifs and U.S. Commissioners near St. Augustine. The Treaty called for the Seminoles to be settled on reservations in Central Florida and near the Apalachicola River. In return, the United States government agrees to pay more than $100,000 in cash and to provide goods and services to the Native Americans for a period of 20 years. 1831 Naturalist John J. Audubon investigates the underwater life off the Florida Keys. 1862 Despite reinforcements of more than 12,000 soldiers and the presence of 24,000 fresh troops, who had seen no action in yesterday?s battle, Union General George B. McClellan refuses to attack the much smaller Confederate army under General Robert E. Lee. Lee withdraws his forces from Antietam (Sharpsburg) late tonight and early tommorrow. The first Confederate invasion of the North has been stopped. 1863 Confederate General Braxton E. Bragg (Army of Tennessee) makes the opening move in the Battle of Chickamauga campaign when he moves most of his forces out of Ringgold, Georgia, into Tennessee. Skirmishes break out all along the line separating Union and Confederate positions. Florida units which participate in this epic battle are: Florida Marion Artillery, Florida 1st Cavalry Regiment, Florida 1st (Reorganized) Infantry regiment, Florida 3rd Infantry Regiment, Florida 4th Infantry Regiment, Florida 6th Infantry Regiment and the Florida 7th Infantry Regiment. The first full day of fighting will commence tommorrow. 1926 Twenty-eight students registered at the University of Miami Medical School, Florida?s first medical school, as the first classes got underway. TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY SEPTEMBER 19 1565 Troops under General Pedro Menendez de Aviles continue their march toward the French outpost in North America, Fort Caroline. 1862 Robert E. Lee continues the evacuation of his Army of Northern Virginia from Maryland following the Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg). 1863 Confederate General Braxton E. Bragg and Union General William S. Rosecrans begin the process of "feeling out" each other?s positions. The Battle of Chickamauga officially begins with the initial conflict between troops of Union General George H. Thomas and those of Confederate cavalry leader, General Nathan Bedford Forrest, which were operating as dismounted cavalry. General Bragg is reinforced tonight by General James Longstreet and his forces from Virginia. 1882 Orange City is incorporated. 1928 The charter for St. Petersburg Junior College, which had first opened its doors to students in 1927, was signed by L. Chauncey Brown on behalf of the school?s founders. St. Petersburg Junior College is the oldest such institution in Florida. From wynne@metrolink.net Sat Sep 23 01:50:19 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e8N1oJo03811 for ; Sat, 23 Sep 2000 01:50:19 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.84]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Fri, 22 Sep 2000 21:27:44 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 21:34:08 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20000923012744668.AAA191@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR SEPTEMBER 23 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY SEPTEMBER 23 1696 Jonathan Dickinson, leader of the Society of Friends (Quakers), was shipwrecked north of Jupiter Inlet while on his way to Philadelphia. Florida Indians allowed him to pass with his party to St. Augustine. 1863 Union General Alexander Asboth and 700 mounted troops attacked the village of Eucheanna in North Florida. The raiding column then struck a hastily prepared Confederate fortification at Marianna, the county seat of Jackson County. Marianna was plundered. Eighty-one prisoners were taken, 200 horses and 400 cattle were rounded up, and 600 Negro slaves were impressed. Asboth and the Federal troops abandoned Marianna that night and returned to Pensacola with their spoils. 1870 Henry Quarles assumed office as Florida’s Superintendent of Education, a post he will keep until replaced by Charles Beecher on March 18, 1871. 1888 One hundred sixty-three yellow fever cases were reported in the epidemic at Jacksonville. Before the epidemic was over, four hundred twenty-seven persons died. 1898 Naval ships, which had evacuated military personnel from Key West in August because of a purported yellow fever outbreak, continued the re-occupation of naval facility there. 1929 W. M. Igou assumed office as Florida’s Secretary of State, a position he holds until he was succeeded on April 12, 1930, by R.A. Gray. 1930 Singer Ray C. Robinson was born in Albany, Georgia. When he was about six months old, his family moved to Greenville, Florida. His father left, leaving the family to struggle. Robinson later recalled in his autobiography that they were so poor that there was "Nothin' below us, 'cept the ground." About age 5, he started losing his sight from glaucoma. Nevertheless, he loved music--from gospel at the Baptist Church he attended to country from listening to the Grand Ole Opry on Saturday nights.Later, at a state school for the deaf and blind in St. Augustine, he was exposed to classical music. At age 15, Robinson's mother died, leaving him alone in the world. He developed his musical talents, learning to play piano, organ, and several other instruments. He began play clubs in Florida and saved enough money to get as far away from Florida as he could--which was Seattle, Washington. Here, he won a talent contest and his career was underway. At this point, he decided to change his name so he wouldn't be confused with boxer Sugar Ray Robinson -- so, Ray Charles stopped using his last name. In 1949, he signed a recording contract--and the rest is history. His list of hits is too long to list, but some of the best-known are "What'd I Say," "I've Got a Woman," and of course the one forever associated with his birth state, "Georgia." 1973 On this day in Miami, Florida’s 30th governor, Fuller Warren, died. Warren’s term of office began on January 4, 1949, and ended on January 6, 1953. Warren was born in Blountstown, Florida, and was educated at the University of Florida and Cumberland College. At age 21, he was elected to the Florida House of Representatives from Calhoun County. In 1929, he moved to Jacksonville and opened a law practice. From 1931-1937, he served on the Jacksonville City Council. A Navy veteran of World War II, Warren was also the author of three books. During his tenure of office, Warren was instrumental in securing the construction of the Skyway Bridge in St. Petersburg, the Jacksonville Expressway system, and for the outlawing of cattle from Florida’s highways. He moved to Miami at the end of his term of office and resumed the practice of law. In 1956, he was defeated in his effort to secure the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. From wynne@metrolink.net Sat Sep 23 01:53:23 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e8N1rNo32531 for ; Sat, 23 Sep 2000 01:53:23 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.84]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Fri, 22 Sep 2000 21:30:56 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 21:37:22 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20000923013056444.AAA201@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] LECTURE ALERT! Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ Bill Belleville, author of River of Lakes: A Journey Down the St. Johns River, will speak at the Tebeau-Field Library, 435 Brevard Avenue, Cocoa, FL, on Saturday, September 23, at 2:00 p.m. Mr. Belleville will have copies of his new book available for purchase and autographing. There is no charge for the lecture. From wynne@metrolink.net Sat Sep 23 22:33:10 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e8NMXAo08679 for ; Sat, 23 Sep 2000 22:33:10 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.81]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Sat, 23 Sep 2000 18:10:33 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 18:17:00 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20000923221033609.AAA68@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR SEPTEMBER 24 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY SEPTEMBER 24 1565 From the account of Pedro Menendez’s expedition to Florida in 1565 by Francisco Lopez de Mendoza Grajales, the chaplain to the expedition. This account is taken from Charles E. Bennett, Laudonniere and Fort Caroline: History and Documents (Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1964), p. 160. In this entry, Friar Mendoza recounts the arrival of Menendez in St. Augustine following his victory at Fort Caroline. So today, Monday the 24th, at the hour of vespers, our good General [Menendez] entered, accompanied by 50 foot soldiers, and they stumbled and were very tired, he and all those who came with him. The news made known, I quickly went to my house and took out a new cassock, the best I had, and a surplice and I took a crucifix in my hands and went out to receive him at a distance before he arrived at this port. He, like a good Christian gentleman, before I reached him, threw himself on his knees with all the rest that came with him, giving thanks to Our Lord for the great mercies received. In this manner he was received with great rejoicing by us and we by him. So great is his zeal and Christianity that all these works are rest for his spirit. Certainly it appears to me that there could not be human strength to endure so much, considering what he did. The fire and desire he has to serve Our Lord in throwing down and destroying this Lutheran sect, enemy of our Holy Catholic Faith, does not allow him to feel weary in the work. 1812 The United States Army left Goodby’s Lake on the Upper St. John’s River for Alachua County, where they engaged a force of Seminoles near Windsor. 1876 Temple Beth El Congregation, Florida’s oldest Jewish Congregation, was founded at Pensacola. From wynne@metrolink.net Sat Sep 23 22:37:59 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e8NMbxo15426 for ; Sat, 23 Sep 2000 22:37:59 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.81]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Sat, 23 Sep 2000 18:15:30 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 18:21:59 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20000923221530216.AAA143@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR SEPTEMBER 20 AND 21(by request) Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY SEPTEMBER 20 1565 Fort Caroline, the French fort on the St. John’s River, is overwhelmed by Spanish forces from St. Augustine under the command of General Pedro Menendez de Aviles. More than 130 [230?] French settlers/soldiers were killed. This account is taken from Charles E. Bennett, Laudonniere and Fort Caroline: History and Documents (Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1964), pp. 131-132. [In today’s account, Pedro Menendez recounts the capture of Fort Caroline in a letter to the Spanish king, Philip II.--moderator] “After walking until nine or ten o’clock at night, on the morning of the twentieth, which is the feast of San Mateo, we arrived in sight of the Fort. Having offered prayers to the Blessed Lord and His Holy Mother, supplicating them to give us victory over these Lutherans, it was agreed that with twenty ladders, which we carried, we would assail the Fort. His Divine Majesty had mercy upon us and guided us in such a way that without losing one man and with only one injured (who is now well), we took the Fort with all it contained, killing about two hundred and thirty men; the other ten we took as prisoners to the forest. Among them were many noble men, one who was Governor and Judge, Called Monsieur Laudonnier, a relative of the French Admiral, and who had been his steward. This Laudonnier escaped to the woods and was pursued by one of the soldiers who wounded him, and we know not what has become of him, as he and others escaped by swimming out to two small boats of the three vessels that were opposite the Fort, with about fifty or sixty persons. I sent them a cannonade and call of the trumpet to surrender themselves, vessels, and arms. They refused, so with the artillery we found in the Fort we sank one vessel; the others taking up the men went down the river where they had two other vessels anchored laden with provisions, being of the seven sent from France, and which had not yet been unloaded. It did not seem to me right to leave the Fort and pursue them until I had repaired three boats we found in the Fort.... As they were so few they took the two best and strongest vessels and sank the other. In three days they had fled. Being informed of this by the Indians, I did not pursue them.” 1863 This was the second day of the Battle of Chickamauga. Confederate forces under the command of General Braxton E. Bragg earned a tactical victory over the forces of Union General William S. Rosecrans. Union General George H. Thomas’s staunch defense of Snodgrass Hill earned him the nickname, “Rock of Chickamauga.” Union forces withdrew toward Chattanooga. Casualty figures were: Union--Total forces 58,000 1,657 killed 9,756 wounded 4,757 missing Confederate--Total forces 66,000 2,312 killed 14,674 wounded 1,468 missing 1935 The first land purchases necessary to establish Fort Clinch State Park were made. Fort Clinch is located at Fernandina. The park opened on this date in 1940. 1957 First successful firing of the THOR ballistic missile from Cape Canaveral was done today. TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY SEPTEMBER 21 1823 Seventeen days after their first arrival at Moultrie Creek, Seminoles departed the area bearing gifts from the American negotiators. The Treaty of Moultrie Creek, signed on September 18, established a reservation system for Florida Seminoles. 1863 The Army of Tennessee, under the command of General Braxton E. Bragg, pursued retreating Union forces to the city of Chattanooga. Deciding not to assault the city itself, Bragg established seige positions around the city. This seige continued throughout September and into November. 1963 The upper stage of the Saturn SA-5 rocket arrived at Cape Canaveral to be test-flown later this year. The SA-5 would be the first Saturn rocket ever flown. From wynne@metrolink.net Mon Sep 25 01:07:39 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e8P17Yo14920 for ; Mon, 25 Sep 2000 01:07:39 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.82]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Sun, 24 Sep 2000 20:44:46 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 20:51:17 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20000925004446742.AAA164@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR SEPTEMBER 25 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY SEPTEMBER 25 1861 The Bartow Artillery was ordered to Brunswick, GA, today by Acting Confederate Secretary of War Judah P. Benjamin. Confederate authorities were fearful of Union raids along the coast of South Georgia and North Florida. 1864 Union General Alexander Asboth continued his movement through the Florida Panhandle. Latest Confederate reports were that he had crossed the Choctawhatchee River today and was proceeding toward Marianna where Confederate forces under Colonel [?] Montgomery were preparing to defend the town. 1946 Spessard L. Holland, former governor, was appointed today to the United States Senate to fill the remainder of the term of the late Charles Andrews. Holland was subsequently elected to four 6-year terms. From wynne@metrolink.net Mon Sep 25 01:12:20 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e8P1CJo23520; Mon, 25 Sep 2000 01:12:19 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.82]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net; Sun, 24 Sep 2000 20:49:47 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 20:56:17 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Cc: fhsagora@list.webengr.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20000925004947414.AAA151@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] LECTURE ALERT! Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ Gilbert A. Tucker, well-known Brevard County rancher and the author of "Before the Timber was Cut: memories of a Florida Cracker," will speak on Saturday, September 30, at the Tebeau-Field Library of Florida History at 435 Brevard Avenue, Cococa, FL. The lecture is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. and is FREE to the public. Refreshments will be served. Call 321-690-1971 for more information. Mr. Tucker will autograph copies of his book, which is available at the Library's bookstore, The Print Shoppe. From wynne@metrolink.net Mon Sep 25 22:14:25 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e8PMEOo16705 for ; Mon, 25 Sep 2000 22:14:24 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.81]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Mon, 25 Sep 2000 17:51:40 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 17:58:13 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20000925215140635.AAA133@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR SEPTEMBER 26 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY SEPTEMBER 26 1810 The territory between the Perdido River in West Florida and the Mississippi River was declared an independent republic by a convention meeting in Baton Rouge. The republic lasted for a mere seventy-four days. 1823 Charged by the Territorial Legislature to find a site for the construction of a capital city, Dr. W. H. Simmons left St. Augustine heading west. He was to make contact with John Lee Williams, who left Pensacola at about the same time. The men were to meet approximately halfway between the two cities and select the site. The site chosen was a small Indian village called Tallahassee. 1861 The U.S. Vice-Consul General in Havana alerted the commander of the Union Naval Base at Key West that two Confederate steamers, the Sumter and the Bamberg, suspected of being blockade runners took on cargo and coal in the West Indies. 1864 Colonel Montgomery organized the “Cradle to the Grave Company” into a defensive force at Marianna. The “Cradle to the Grave Company” was composed of youngsters under sixteen years of age and of older men fifty years of age and older. Opposing this force was approximately 700 Union troops under the command of General Alexander Asboth. 1900 George Franklin Drew, twelfth governor of Florida (January 2, 1877-January 4, 1881) died today in Jacksonville. Drew was born in Alton, New Hampshire on August 6, 1827. In 1847, he opened a machine shop in Columbus, Georgia. In 1865, he built Florida’s largest sawmill at Ellaville in Madison County. Drew’s election marked the end of Reconstruction in Florida. 1928 Health authorities at Belle Glade directed the burying of some 306 bodies of individuals who were killed in the violent hurricane of September 15-16. 1960 The University of South Florida opened to a charter class of 1,997 freshmen today. The new university occupies a 1,672 acre site in northeastern Tampa. John Lott Brown was the first president of USF. 1971 Astronaut and Brevard County resident James A. Lovell was awarded the Gold Space Medal today in Lucerne, Switzerland, for his “courageous achievements and leadership as the Commander of Appolo 13.” Astronauts Fred W. Haise, Jr., and John L. Swigert, Jr., were presented with the V.M. Komarov Diploma for 1970. From wynne@metrolink.net Wed Sep 27 04:35:11 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e8R4ZBo07439 for ; Wed, 27 Sep 2000 04:35:11 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.82]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Wed, 27 Sep 2000 00:12:02 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 00:18:57 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20000927041202181.AAA100@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR SEPTEMBER 27 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY SEPTEMBER 27 1514 Ponce de Leon was named the Military Captain and Adelantado of Florida today by the King of Spain. 1863 The U.S.S. Clyde, under the command of Acting Master A.A. Owens, seized the schooner, Amaranth, near the Florida Keys. The schooner was carrying a cargo of 11,000 cigars and 200 boxes of sugar. The U.S.S. Para arrived today in Fernandina to repair damage done to her masts while on patrol duty off Mosquito Inlet. Mosquito Inlet was the scene of a Union naval attack just a few days earlier. The settlement there was destroyed and several sloops and schooners were burned. 1864 Union forces under General Alexander Asboth attacked the hastily prepared Confederate defenses at Marianna today. The following description of the action is offered by William Watson Davis in Civil War and Reconstruction in Florida (New York: Columbia University, 1913), pp. 311-312. “The raiders come up rapidly. They sweep aside the barricade with artillery and follow this with a determined charge by the 2nd Maine Cavalry. The Confederate force breaks up. Some flee through the town for the Chipola river beyond. Some take refuge in the Episcopal church near the barricade and continue the fight from its windows. A torch is thrown against the church. It takes fire. As it occupants rush from the burning building they are shotdown and fall amid the gravestones of the churchyard. Some of the boys are burned to death in the church. At the bridge across the Chipola a desperate resistance beats back the Federal advance. Marianna is plundered. Eighty-four prisoners are taken, 200 horses, 600 negroes, and 400 cattle. The Federal loss is not recorded. That night the Federal column quits Marianna on its return march to Pensacola. The prisoners and movable booty are carried along.” 1906 The University of Florida’s Gainesville campus was dedicated today in ceremonies marked by an address by Governor Napoleon B. Broward. 1956 Florida athlete, Mildred “Babe” Didrikson Zaharias, born June 26, 1914, died today from cancer. From wynne@metrolink.net Wed Sep 27 23:50:47 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e8RNolo12465 for ; Wed, 27 Sep 2000 23:50:47 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.81]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Wed, 27 Sep 2000 19:27:36 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 19:34:33 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20000927232736499.AAA172@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR SEPTEMBER 28 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY SEPTEMBER 28 1841 Francis P. Fleming, fifteenth governor of Florida (January 8, 1889-January 3, 1893), was born today in Duval County. His father farmed a large plantation in Duval County. Educated a home, the young Francis Fleming entered business prior to the Civil War. When the war came, he enlisted as a private in the 2nd Florida Infantry Regiment, but received a battlefield promotion to 1st Lieutenant. While on sick leave home, Fleming commanded a company of volunteers at the Battle of Natural Bridge. After the war, Fleming practiced law. His administration was noted by the establishment of the State Board of Health. The Fleming Papers are housed at the Tebeau-Field Library of Florida History in Cocoa. 1863 Casualty reports from the Battle of Chickamauga reported that of the 400 Floridians who participated in the action, 284 were killed, wounded, or missing. 1871 Frederick Preston Cone, 27th governor of Florida (January 3, 1937-January 7, 1941), was born in Columbia County. He attended Florida Agricultural College and Jasper Normal College. In 1892, he was admitted to the Florida bar. Cone served in the Florida Senate from 1907-1913, including a term as President in 1911. (For more information, see Today in Florida History for July 28.) 1928 W. V. Knott assumed office as the Treasurer of the State of Florida. He held this office until succeeded by J. Edwin Larson on January 3, 1941. Knott had been Treasurer previously from March 1, 1903, until February 19, 1912.\ 1953 Daniel Thomas McCarty, the 31st governor of Florida (January 6-September 28, 1953) died today. A native of St. Lucie County, McCarty was born in Fort Pierce on January 18, 1912. He attended public schools in St. Lucie County and graduated from the University of Florida in 1934. McCarty was active in the citrus and cattle industries. He represented St. Lucie County in the Florida House of Representatives in 1937, 1939 and 1941. In 1941, he became the Speaker of the House. McCarty was a much decorated hero of World War II and was a participant in the Normandy landing on June 6, 1944. McCarty was the runner-up for the gubernatorial nomination in the 1948 Democratic primary. In 1952, he won the primary and the subsequent general election. He took office on January 6, but served for only nine months. On February 25, 1953, he suffered a disabling heart attack. He died on September 28, 1953, in Tallahassee. 1953 Charley Eugene Johns became the 32nd governor (acting) of Florida (September 28, 1953-January 4, 1955). Johns, the President of the Senate, assumed office on the death of Governor Dan McCarty. He held the office until 1955, when he was replaced by Thomas LeRoy Collins, who had been elected to fill the unexpired portion of McCarty’s term. Johns returned to the Florida Senate and served in that body until 1966. Johns was active in the affairs of state during his tenure in the Senate, and the “Johns Committee,” of the early 1960s earned him notoriety. The “Johns Committee” conducted a McCarthy-like investigation of the influence of Communists and homosexuals in Florida’s educational system. The notorious “Purple Book,” which detailed the practices of homosexuals, became the handbook for Johns supporters and a widely circulated pamphlet in the gay community. 1965 “Freedom Flights” between Cuba and Florida began today. These flights brought a second round of Cuban immigrants to the United States. 1966 Santa Fe Junior College opened its doors to the first students to attend classes. Santa Fe Junior College is located in Gainesville. From wynne@metrolink.net Wed Sep 27 23:52:12 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e8RNqCo15738 for ; Wed, 27 Sep 2000 23:52:12 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.81]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Wed, 27 Sep 2000 19:29:08 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 19:36:06 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20000927232908872.AAA199@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] Fwd: Conference Reminder: C. Vann Woodward and the Idea of a New Sout h, Oct. 6, 2000 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ >Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 17:58:28 -0400 >Reply-To: H-NET List for Southern History >Sender: H-NET List for Southern History >From: "Finnegan, Terence" >Subject: Conference Reminder: C. Vann Woodward and the Idea of a New Sout > h, Oct. 6, 2000 >To: H-SOUTH@H-NET.MSU.EDU > >> A brief reminder about this upcoming conference.... >> >> Randy Patton >> ---------------------------- >> >> "C. Vann Woodward and the Idea of a New South" >> Kennesaw State University, October 6, 2000 >> >> The Historical Society's Georgia-Florida Region, The Consortium for >> Georgia History, and Kennesaw State University's Center for Regional >> History and Culture are pleased to invite you to attend and participate in >> this reexamination of the legacy of Woodward's classic Origins of the New >> South. The conference is free and open to the public. >> >> Friday, October 6, 2000, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw. Georgia >> (Welcome and all sessions held at KSU Student Center, University Room A) >> >> 9:30-10:30 a.m. Coffee and Conversation >> >> 10:30-12:15 p.m. Session I >> >> "From 'Origins' to 'Emergence': Writing About the New South Experience," >> George B. Tindall, Professor Emeritus, University of North Carolina; >> author of The Emergence of the New South, 1913-1945. >> >> "C. Vann Woodward and the Southern Economy Revisited," David L. Carlton, >> Vanderbilt University, author of Mill and Town in South Carolina, >> 1880-1920 and a Woodward graduate student. >> >> 12:30-1:45 p.m. Lunch >> >> The Historical Society's Georgia-Florida regional group will hold a >> business meeting at the luncheon, discussing future plans and electing >> officers for the following year. >> >> 2:00-3:30 p.m. Session II >> >> "John Hope's New South: An African-American Perspective," Leroy Davis, >> Emory University, author of A Clashing of the Soul : John Hope and the >> Dilemma of African American Leadership and Black Higher Education in the >> Early Twentieth Century (winner of the Southern Regional Council's Lillian >> Smith Award). >> >> "The Populists' New South: An Agrarian Perspective." Robert C. McMath, >> Georgia Institute of Technology, author of American Populism: A Social >> History, 1877-1898 and Populist Vanguard: A History of the Southern >> Farmers' Alliance. >> >> The conference is free and open to the public. If you would like to join >> The Historical Society, you may do so at this meeting. There is a $10 >> charge for the luncheon. If you plan to attend the conference or need >> further information, please e-mail your interest to Randy Patton, >> President, The Historical Society Georgia-Florida Region, at >> rpatton@kennesaw.edu or call 770-423-6714. If you would like to attend >> the luncheon, please send your name, address, and a check for $10 to >> Center for Regional History & Culture, Dept. of History and Philosophy, >> 1000 Chastain Road, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw GA 30144 by Oct. >> 2, 2000. The luncheon fee will be waived for graduate students (please >> notify us ASAP via e-mail or telephone if you will be attending). For a >> campus map, see http://www.kennesaw.edu/maps/. Kennesaw State University >> is located just beyond the Atlanta perimeter, off Interstate 75. Take >> Exit 271 off I-75; if you are coming from the south (Atlanta), turn left >> and cross back over the interstate. If you are coming from the north >> (Chattanooga), turn right. In either case, you will now be on Chastain >> Road. Go to the second traffic light and turn right onto Kennesaw State >> University Drive. KSU Drive dead-ends into Cobb Drive; turn left at that >> point, into the visitors parking lot. Tell the attendant that you are >> here for the Historical Society conference. Parking is free. The >> attendant will direct you to the Student Center. >> >> Co-sponsored by The Historical Society, KSU's Center for Regional History >> & Culture, and The Consortium for Georgia History >> >> Randall L. Patton >> Associate Professor of History >> Kennesaw State University >> 1000 Chastain Road >> Kennesaw, GA 30144 >> rpatton@kennesaw.edu > From wynne@metrolink.net Fri Sep 29 14:05:51 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e8TE5jo25686 for ; Fri, 29 Sep 2000 14:05:51 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.82]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Fri, 29 Sep 2000 09:42:30 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 09:35:18 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: "lewis n. wynne" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20000929134230374.AAA196@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR SEPTEMBER 29 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY SEPTEMBER 29 1565 This account is taken from Charles E. Bennett, Laudonniere and Fort Caroline: History and Documents (Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1964), pp. 131-132. [In today’s account, Pedro Menendez recounts the capture and execution of Frenchmen who had not been present at Fort Caroline in a letter to the Spanish king, Philip II. When approached by the group of soldiers about the possibility of arranging a truce so that they could return to Fort Caroline, Menendez was not amenable to their request.--moderator] "...I then told him how we had taken their Fort and hanged all those we found in it, because they had built it without Your Majesty’s permission and because they were scattering the odious Lutheran doctrine in these Provinces, and that I had [to make] war [with] fire and blood, as Governor and Captain-General of these Provinces, against all those who came to sow this hateful doctrine; representing to him that I came by order of Your Majesty to place the Gosepl in these parts and to enlighten the natives...[t]hat I would not give them passage; rather would I follow them by sea and land until I had taken their lives. He begged to be allowed to go with this embassy and that he would return at night swimming, if I would grant him his life. I did so to show him that I was in earnest and because he would enlighten me on many subjects. Immediately after his return to his companions there came a gentleman, a lieutenant of Monsieur Laudonnier, a man well versed and cunning to tempt me. After much talk he offered to give up their arms if I would grant their lives. I told him he could surrender the arms and give themselves up to my mercy, that I might do with them that which our Lord ordered. More than this he could not get from me, and that God did not expect more of me. Thus he returned and they came to deliver up their arms. I had their hands tied behind them and had them stabbed to death, leaving only sixteen, twleve being great big men, mariners whom they had stolen, the other four master carpenters and caulkers---people for whom we have much need, and it seemed to me to punish them in this manner would serving God, our Lord, and Your Majesty...." 1877 Sanford, the site of a U.S. Army garrison in 1836, was incorporated as a city. 1893 The town of Mayo was incorporated by the Florida Legislature. 1922 The town of Riviera Beach was incorporated. 1942 Today is the birthday of the Florida Insurance Commissioner, C. William "Bill" Nelson. Nelson was born in Miami and graduated from Yale University in 1965. He also graduated from the University of Virginia Law School in 1968. During the Viet Nam War, he served as a captain in the United States Army. In addition, Nelson served several terms as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. During his congressional service, Nelson was a strong proponent of the American Space Program. He became the first member of Congress to journey into space aboard a shuttle. 1953 The body of Governor Dan McCarty was placed in the rotunda of the State Capitol to afford state officers, state employees, and the general public an opportunity to pay their final respects. From wynne@metrolink.net Fri Sep 29 14:12:04 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e8TEC3o26494 for ; Fri, 29 Sep 2000 14:12:03 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.82]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Fri, 29 Sep 2000 09:48:49 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 09:41:37 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: "lewis n. wynne" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20000929134849179.AAA202@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Subject: [Fhstoday] CONFERENCE NOTICE Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ The 18th Gulf South History and Humanities Conference--"The Gulf South in the 1930s"--October 12-14, 2000-at the Hampton Inn Pensacola Beach. Full program, featuring J. Earle Bowden as the Introductory Speaker--For more information, call (850) 484-1425 or e-mail rbroxton@pjc.cc.fl.us From wynne@metrolink.net Sat Sep 30 14:26:51 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e8UEQko11175 for ; Sat, 30 Sep 2000 14:26:51 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.84]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Sat, 30 Sep 2000 10:03:22 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 09:56:08 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: "lewis n. wynne" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20000930140322361.AAA219@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR SEPTEMBER 30 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY SEPTEMBER 30 1822 Joseph Marion (Jose Mariano) Hernandez was elected as Florida’s first territorial delegate to the United States Congress. 1863 The United States bark, Gem of the Sea, captured the British schooner, Director, near Sanibel today. The schooner was carrying a cargo of salt and rum. The United States schooner, Two Sisters, arrived at Tampa Bay today, bringing mail and supplies for the U.S.S. Adela. 1967 Catie Bell, a sixteen-year-old from Jacksonville, today set two world swimming records in London, England. Bell’s 1:17:0 for the 110 year breast stroke and 2:46:9 for the 220 breast stroke was the fastest times recorded to that point for these two events. From wynne@metrolink.net Sat Sep 30 17:13:30 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e8UHDTo10265 for ; Sat, 30 Sep 2000 17:13:29 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.82]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Sat, 30 Sep 2000 12:50:06 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 12:42:55 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: "lewis n. wynne" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20000930165006787.AAA220@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR OCTOBER 1 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY OCTOBER 1 1849 William Dunn Moseley, the first governor elected under Florida’s statehood, left office today, and Thomas Brown, the second governor of Florida (October 1, 1849-October 3, 1853), assumed office. Brown was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, on October 24, 1785. He served in the War of 1812. He became the chief clerk of the post office at Richmond, and, while chief clerk, is credited with inventing the postal box. (For more information about Brown, see entry for August 24.) 1862 The Federal Expeditionary Force, under the command of Brigadier General John M. Brannan, landed at Mayport Mills on the St. Johns River. The land troops were accompanied by the Union gunboats Paul Jones, Cimarron, Water Witch, Hale, Uneas and Patroon. 1867 The first post-Civil War voter registration results were filed in Tallahassee. Some 15, 441 African-Americans registered to vote compared to 11,151 whites. 1888 F. W. A. Rankin, Jr. assumed office as the Florida Secretary of State and would hold the job until succeeded by Jno. L. Crawford on January 21, 1881. 1895 The City of Cocoa, originally settled as Indian River City, was incorporated today. 1910 Napoleon Bonaparte Broward, 19th governor of Florida (January 3, 1905-January 5, 1909), died today in Jacksonville at age 53. Broward, an orphan at age 12, worked as a logger, a farm hand, and a steamboat roustabout during his early eyars. In later life, he owned a steam tug, The Three Friends, which he commanded on eight voyages through the Spanish blockade of Cuba. Broward was carrying a cargo of war material. Elected sheriff of Duval County twice, Broward also served as a member of the Jacksonville City Council, a member of the 1901 Florida House of Representatives, and the State Board of Health. The Broward administration reorganized the state’s institutions of higher learning under a Board of Control. In addition, the administration encouraged efforts to drain the Everglades. An unsuccessful candidate for United States Senator in 1908, Broward won the Democratic nomination (and the general election) in 1910, but died before he could assume office. 1949 Long Range Proving Ground (missle testing) was activated at Cape Canaveral. 1965 Floyd T. Christian assumed the office of Superintendent of Public Education. Christian was the last person to hold this office, since the title was changed by the Constitutional Revision of 1968 to the Commissioner of Education. 1966 On this date, former Governor LeRoy Collins resigned his office as the United States Under Secretary of Commerce. 1975 The division of Florida Land Sales, Condominiums and Mobile Homes of the Department of Business Regulation assumed regulatory authority for the condominium industry in the state. Russell McCaughan is credited with creating the first condominium in Florida in Boca Raton. The first legal documents concerning the ownership and operation of this development were filed on November 2, 1962. 1979 Former Governor Reubin O’D. Askew was sworn in as the United States Trade Representative with the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, serving as a member of President Jimmy Carter’s Cabinet. From wynne@metrolink.net Mon Oct 2 14:21:47 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e92ELlo02974 for ; Mon, 2 Oct 2000 14:21:47 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.81]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Mon, 2 Oct 2000 09:58:11 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 09:50:58 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: "lewis n. wynne" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001002135811938.AAA236@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR OCTOBER 2 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY OCTOBER 2 1672 Ground breaking ceremonies were held in St. Augustine for the construction of a coquina fortress capable of withstanding attacks from British colonists in Carolina. 1862 Federal troops landed at Buckhorn Creek, between Pablo and Mount Pleasant Creeks near Jacksonville. Troops under Brigadier General John M. Brannan were attacking Confederate emplacements at St. Johns Bluff. Union gunboats were slowly moving up the river, shelling all houses and barns they encountered. 1863 A Federal detachment from the gunboat, Port Royal, attacked salt works near St. George’s Sound. Six boilers, two large vats and several kettles were destroyed. 1864 The U.S. schooner, O.H. Lee, arrived in Key West today. The schooner was to take up blockade duty off the coast near St. Mark’s. 1874 Green Cove Springs, first settled by loggers in the 1820s, was incorporated. 1885 Florida’s first female representative in Congress, Ruth Bryan Owen, daughter of three-time unsuccessful Democratic candidate for President, William Jennings Bryan, was born in Illinois. Mrs. Owen served from 1929 until 1933 when she was defeated. It is suspected by some observers that her staunch oppoisition to the repeal of Prohibition was the primary reason for this loss. 1900 Florida’s first law school campus, the John B. Stetson University College of Law, opened in Deland. 1972 Dr. Curtis McCray welcomed students to the first day of classes at the University of North Florida. McRay, the first president of UNF, presided over the faculty, staff, and students of the University’s 1,000 acre campus. Florida International University in Miami was also opened in 1972, although classes their began in late September. Dr. Gregory Wolfe was president. From wynne@metrolink.net Mon Oct 2 23:43:45 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e92Nhho28178 for ; Mon, 2 Oct 2000 23:43:43 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.83]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Mon, 2 Oct 2000 19:19:54 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 19:27:02 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001002231954970.AAA157@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR OCTOBER 3 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY OCTOBER 3 1802 John Gorrie, the acknowledged inventor of air conditioning, was born today. Gorrie, a physician, was born in Charleston, SC. The idea for artificially cooling air in limited spaces was recognized by the U.S. Patent office when it granted him Patent Number 8080 on May 6, 1851. A statue of John Gorrie was placed in the Capitol rotunda in Washington, DC, in 1914. Gorrie is one of two Floridians thus honored. 1853 Thomas Brown, the second governor of Florida, left office today and was succeeded by James Emilius Broome. (For more information of Brown, see entry for August 24.)* *Abraham Kurkindolle Allison had proclaimed himself the acting governor of Florida on September 16, 1853, because of the absence from the state of Governor Brown and the President of the Florida Senate, R. J. Floyd. Under the Florida Constitution, which did not allow the governor to leave the state, such a proclamation was necessary. 1862 The Federal attack on Confederate positions along the St. Johns River was halted because of intelligence that three Georgia regiments were being rushed to reinforce Confederate forces. Confederate forces, evacuated from positions at St. Johns Bluff, arrived by train in Baldwin for reorganization and re-equipping. 1887 The State Normal School for Colored Students, now Florida A and M University, began classes today with fifteen students in attendance. 1904 The school for African-American students, destined to become Bethune-Cookman College, opened in Daytona Beach under the direction of Mary McLeod Bethune. 1905 Governor Fuller Warren, the 30th governor of Florida, was born today in Blountstown. For more information on Governor Warren, consult Today in Florida History for September 23. 1962 The Mercury 8 space vehicle was launched today from Cape Canaveral. 1985 The space shuttle Atlantis made its maiden voyage today with astronauts Karol Bobko, Ronald Grabe, Robert Stewart, David Hilmers and William Pailes on board. From wynne@metrolink.net Tue Oct 3 22:53:01 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e93Mqwo18202 for ; Tue, 3 Oct 2000 22:52:59 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.82]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Tue, 3 Oct 2000 18:29:10 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 18:36:19 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001003222910026.AAA143@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR OCTOBER 5 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY OCTOBER 5 1857 Madison Starke Perry, fourth governor of Florida (October, 1857-October 7, 1861), took the oath of office today in Tallahassee. Perry, elected as a Democrat, had represented Alachua County in the 1850 Florida Senate. Perry’s administration was a busy one that saw the settlement of the boundary dispute with Georgia, the expansion of railroads in the state, and the re-establishment of thare Florida militia. Perry was governor when Florida seceded from the Union on January 11, 1861. Perry was succeeded in the governor’s chair by John Milton. Following his tenure as governor, Perry served as the Colonel of the 7th Florida Regiment until illness forced his retirement. He died at his Alachua County plantation in March 1865. 1861 Lt. Seton Fleming assumed the position of Adjutant of the 2nd Florida Infantry. 1862 The City of Jacksonville was occupied today by Federal forces. The city was practically deserted. Union pickets encountered Confederate cavalry two miles east of the city. Confederate units were camped about 12 miles west of Jacksonville. 1863 Major Pleasant W. White, Confederate Commissary Agent for Florida, received a request from General Braxton E. Bragg for Florida cattle to feed the Army of Tennessee. (The White Papers are in the Florida Historical Society Collection at the Tebeau-Field Library of Florida History in Cocoa.) 1894 Cuban exile leader Jose Marti arrived in West Tampa to consult with Fernando Figueredo, one of the leaders of the Cuba Libre movement in Florida. 1931 The first classes begin at the University of Tampa (then called Tampa Junior College) in the Hillsborough High School Building. The University of Tampa would later acquire the Tampa Hotel, built by Henry Plant, on a permanent lease from the City of Tampa. From wynne@metrolink.net Wed Oct 4 23:18:10 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e94NI4o19389 for ; Wed, 4 Oct 2000 23:18:10 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.82]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Wed, 4 Oct 2000 18:53:53 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 19:01:09 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001004225353186.AAA90@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR OCTOBER 4 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY OCTOBER 4 1817 Luis Aury, a reputed general in the Mexican independence movement, raised a flag on Amelia Island and declared himself in possession of an independent republic. 1862 The U.S.S. Somerset, under the command of Lieutenant Commander English, attacked Confederate salt works at Depot Key. The landing party from the Somerset was augmented by a strong force from the U.S.S. Tahoma, under the command of Commander John C. Howell. The salt works were destroyed. Salt was recognized as a “strategic material” for the Confederacy. (See Robert A. Taylor, "Rebel Storehouse: Florida in the Confederacy," University of Alabama Press) 1863 The master of the United States schooner Two Sisters reported that he was unsuccessful in catching a suspected Confederate schooner off the coast of Bayport. 1904 Mary McLeod Bethune opened her school in Daytona, Florida. (See entry for July 10 for more information) 1905 Orville Wright performed the first thirty-minute flight in an airplane. 1922 The Lake campus of Florida Southern College, founded in 1885 and first named the South Florida Seminary, opened. The college is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. 1950 Governor Fuller Warren dedicated the Stephen Foster Memoral at White Springs in formal ceremonies today. 1957 Floridians, like other Americans, were in awe at the Soviet Union’s successful launch of the SPUTNIK I satellite today and very apprehensive about what this meant for the future of the world. From wynne@metrolink.net Fri Oct 6 02:40:55 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e962eso18009 for ; Fri, 6 Oct 2000 02:40:54 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.82]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Thu, 5 Oct 2000 22:17:09 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 22:24:26 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001006021709501.AAA184@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR OCTOBER 6 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY OCTOBER 6 1862 Floridians voted today for state offices (Senate and House of Representatives) under the new Confederate Constitution of Florida. 1863 The sloop, Last Trial, which had sought shelter in Key West because of heavy weather, was searched by Federal officials and 26 sacks of salt discovered on board. With no cargo manifest and no flag on board, the sloop was declared a blockade runner (a fact admitted by the sole crewman on board) and a prize of war. Her captain, George Elliot, was arrested in Key West. 1864 Lieuteneant W. P. Randall of the Federal bark, Restless, reported that men from his ship destroyed salt works at St. Andrews Bay. Fifty boilers, 90 kettles, 31 wagons, 500 cords of wood, and 150 buildings of various kinds. 1873 The Marien Hospital, homes and businesses were devastated in Key West by a violent hurricane. 1891 The 26th governor of Florida, David Scholtz, was born today in Brooklyn, New York. Scholtz received his Bachelor’s degree from Yale in 1914 and a law degree from Stetson University in 1915. In World War I, he served in the U.S. Navy. In 1917, Scholtz was elected to the Florida House of Representatives. From 1919-1921, he was the state’s attorney for Volusia County and then served as a City Judge. Elected as governor in 1933, Scholtz was a strong supporter of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal. He also presided over the creation of the Everglades National Park. In 1938, he ran for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator. Following his defeat, he spent much of his remaining years in New York, although he maintained his legal residence in Florida. Scholtz died on March 21, 1953, while in the Florida Keys. 1990 The shuttle "Discovery," with Richard Richards, Robert cabana, William Shepherd, Bruce Melnick and Thomas Akers aboard, was launched today. 1990 The "Ulysses" probe to study the sun was launched today. 1997 The shuttle, "Atlantis," returned to Earth today following the first joint U.S.-Russian spacewalk. From wynne@metrolink.net Fri Oct 6 22:44:23 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e96MiMo30284 for ; Fri, 6 Oct 2000 22:44:22 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.81]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Fri, 6 Oct 2000 18:20:28 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 18:27:53 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001006222028368.AAA138@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR OCTOBER 7 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY OCTOBER 7 1763 On this date, British Florida was divided into East Florida and West Florida by Royal Proclamation. The dividing line was the Chattahoochee-Apalachicola River. 1861 Madison Starke Perry (see October 5 entry) turned the reins of state government over to Governor John Milton, the fifth governor of Florida (October 7, 1861-April 1, 1865) Milton, who was born on April 20, 1807, in Jefferson County, Georgia, was a lawyer who practiced in Georgia, Alabama, and New Orleans before coming to Florida as the captain of a volunteer company in the Seminole War. In 1846, he moved to Jackson County. In politics, Milton was an powerful Democrat and an ardent states’ righter. In 1850, Milton was elected to the Florida House of Representatives. An early secessionist, Milton was instrumental in leading Florida out of the Union (3rd southern state to do so) and he encouraged Governor Perry to seize Federal military establishments in the state. During the Civil War, Milton cooperated with Confederate authorities, unlike some other southern governors. He worked with Commissary Agent Pleasant W. White to forward Florida catlle and salt to Confederate armies. When the Confederacy collapsed, Milton retired to his home near Marianna, and, on April 1, 1865, he put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger. In his last statement to the Florida Legislature, he stated that “...death would be preferable to reunion.” 1862 A Federal army transport captured the Governor Milton on the St. Johns River near Enterprise. 1864 The C.S.S. Florida was seized today by the U.S.S. Wachusetts in Bahia Harbor, Brazil, after a surprise attack while the Confederate ship was at anchor under the protection of the Brazilian government. The Wachusetts’ was under the command of Commander Napoleon Collins, whose defiance of international law and the expressed prohibitions of the Brazilian government led to his eventual court martial and dismissal from the Union Navy. Secretary Sumner Welles, however, restored Collins to his command. Brazilian protests over this blatant violation of international law continued until 1866. 1889 The Dade County School Board ordered the payment of $12 for the annual rental of a house in Coconut Grove which would be used for a school. 1930 Edmond J. Gong, the first Chinese-American to be elected to the Florida Legislature, was born in Miami. From wynne@metrolink.net Sun Oct 8 00:59:24 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e980xNo02312 for ; Sun, 8 Oct 2000 00:59:23 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.85]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Sat, 7 Oct 2000 20:35:20 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 20:42:46 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001008003520812.AAA231@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR OCTOBER 8 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY OCTOBER 8 1862 Confederate forces under General Braxton E. Bragg engaged a Union army under the command of General Don Carlos Buell outside Perryville, Kentucky (Chaplin Hills). Despite the fact that neither army commander was aware of the importance of this battle and never committed all of their resources to the fight, the Battle of Perryville ended the Confederate invasion of Kentucky. Union forces were 37,000 strong, while the Confederate army had a strength of only 16,000. Union casualties were 845 killed; 2,851 wounded; and 515 missing. Confederate casualties were 519 killed; 2,635 wounded; and 251 missing. Florida units involved in the Battle of Perryville were the Florida 3rd Infantry Regiment and the Florida 1st Cavalry Regiment. 1863 Union Brigadier General Alexander Asboth was named to assume command of Federal forces in West Florida. 1885 The first trees were cleared for streets in Ybor City by workers under the direction of civil engineer Gavino Gutierrez. 1966 The state headquarters for the Florida Bar Association, chartered in 1889, were dedicated in Tallahassee. From wynne@metrolink.net Sun Oct 8 23:29:18 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e98NTIo22578 for ; Sun, 8 Oct 2000 23:29:18 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.81]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Sun, 8 Oct 2000 19:05:10 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2000 19:12:31 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001008230510903.AAA83@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR OCTOBER 9 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY OCTOBER 9 1861 Federal forces on Santa Rosa Island near Pensacola were scattered in a surprise raid by Confederate troops. 1862 A Court of Inquiry, directed by Captain Wilkinson Call, today decided that Lieuteneant Colonel Charles F. Hopkins was not guilty of dereliction of duty in regard to the evacuation of the St. Johns Bluff position on October 2. 1863 The Union schooner, Two Sisters, set sail from Cedar Key after spending three days making repairs to its sail. 1876 The town of Baldwin was incorporated today. 1913 The Secretary of the Navy appointed a board to select a site for naval aviation training. Pensacola was eventually chosen as the site and thus began that city’s long association with naval fliers. So many aviators pass through the training facility, date, and marry local females, that Pensacola is known as “The Mother of the Navy.” 1946 C. M. Gay assumed office as the Comptroller of Florida, a position he held until he was replaced by Ray E. Green in 1955. 1980 James Earl “Jimmy” Carter became the first President of the United States to visit the Capitol in Tallahassee. President Carter spent October 9-10 in Tallahassee, slept overnight in the Executive Mansion, and signed into law (in the Chamber of the House of Representatives) the Congressional Act appropriating $100,000,000 for refugee relief. From wynne@metrolink.net Mon Oct 9 20:13:33 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e99KDXo17815 for ; Mon, 9 Oct 2000 20:13:33 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.81]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Mon, 9 Oct 2000 15:49:26 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 15:42:11 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: "lewis n. wynne" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001009194926373.AAA114@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Subject: [Fhstoday] Samuel Proctor Oral History Prize Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ The Florida Historical Society offers the annual Samuel Proctor Oral History Prize for the best work in the oral history of Florida for they years 1999-2000.  The award is made in honor of long-time Florida Historical Quarterly editor, University of Florida faculty member, and the founder of the state's first and largest oral history program at UF.  The award will be presented at the Society's Annual Meeting May 23-26, 2001, at the Double Tree Oceanfront Hotel in Cocoa Beach.

A committee of three oral historians, chaired by Dr. Julian Pleasants, director of the Samuel Proctor Oral History program at the University of Florida, and including Dr. patrick K. Moore of the University of West Florida and Karen Oleet from the Miami Holocaust Museum, will make the selection.  The award will be given to the individual or group which most effectively makes use of oral history testimony that relates in substantial part to the history or current state of affairs in the state of Florida.

Award criteria are as follow:
  • Interviews used should meet the ethical guidelines and professional standards of the national Oral History Association.
  • The leading interviewer may be from out of state, but the content of the oral history project has to be substantially on Florida.
  • The project should have some lasting value in fostering a better knowledge of and appreciation for the state of Florida.
  • The oral history interviews must be transcribed with appropriate release forms and can be either a published article or a book done primarily through oral history methods; a video; a documentary; a paper given at a conference; a web site; or the organization of a conference centered around oral history.
  • All apllications or nom inations whould be sent to Dr. Julian Pleasants, Box 115215, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 by March 15, 2000.  Queries may be addressed by e-mail (jpleasan@history.ufl.edu) or by telephone [(352) 392-7168.

From wynne@metrolink.net Mon Oct 9 22:58:51 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e99Mwoo21649 for ; Mon, 9 Oct 2000 22:58:50 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.84]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Mon, 9 Oct 2000 18:34:46 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 18:42:19 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001009223446357.AAA188@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR OCTOBER 9 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY OCTOBER 10 1861 General Edmund Kirby Smith, a native of St. Augustine, was named to command the Confederate districts of Middle and Eastern Florida. 1863 The Federal schooner Two Sisters turned a small boat carrying two men back to the shore while on patrol duty off the coast of Bayport. 1896 Cuban patriot leaders L. Figueredo and Martin Herrera spoke at a benefit ball for Cuban refugees in Cespedes Hall in Tampa. The Cuban population in Tampa’s Ybor City and West Tampa were strong supporters of “Cuba Libre.” 1905 President Theodore Roosevelt designated Passage Key in Tampa Bay as a protected breeding reservation for water birds. 1917 Robert N. Dow, Jr., former managing editor of the Jacksonville Journal was born today in Jacksonville. 1963 Emory Bennett Causeway (State Road 528 across the Indian River) was opened today. It was formally dedicated on the 17th by Governor Farris Bryant. Emory Bennett was a native of Volusia County, but a resident of Cocoa when he entered service, who earned the Congressional Medal of Honor in the Korean War. Bennett’s mother cut the ribbon at the dedication ceremonies. Here is the official citation for the Medal of Honor Award: . Rank and organization: Private First Class, U.S. Army, Company B, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3d Infantry Division. Place and date: Near Sobangsan, Korea, 24 June 1951. Entered service at: Cocoa, Fla. Born: 20 December 1929, New Smyrna Beach, Fla. G.O. No.: 11, 1 February 1952. Citation: Pfc. Bennett a member of Company B, distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty in action against an armed enemy of the United Nations. At approximately 0200 hours, 2 enemy battalions swarmed up the ridge line in a ferocious banzai charge in an attempt to dislodge Pfc. Bennett's company from its defensive positions. Meeting the challenge, the gallant defenders delivered destructive retaliation, but the enemy pressed the assault with fanatical determination and the integrity of the perimeter was imperiled. Fully aware of the odds against him, Pfc. Bennett unhesitatingly left his foxhole, moved through withering fire, stood within full view of the enemy, and, employing his automatic rifle, poured crippling fire into the ranks of the onrushing assailants, inflicting numerous casualties. Although wounded, Pfc. Bennett gallantly maintained his l-man defense and the attack was momentarily halted. During this lull in battle, the company regrouped for counterattack, but the numerically superior foe soon infiltrated into the position. Upon orders to move back, Pfc. Bennett voluntarily remained to provide covering fire for the withdrawing elements, and, defying the enemy, continued to sweep the charging foe with devastating fire until mortally wounded. His willing self-sacrifice and intrepid actions saved the position from being overrun and enabled the company to effect an orderly withdrawal. Pfc. Bennett's unflinching courage and consummate devotion to duty reflect lasting glory on himself and the military service. From wynne@metrolink.net Thu Oct 12 12:54:31 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e9CCsUp30011 for ; Thu, 12 Oct 2000 12:54:30 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.83]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2000 19:51:54 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 19:59:28 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001010235154379.AAA123@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR OCTOBER 11 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY OCTOBER 11 1861 Confederate forces in Tampa captured two sloops, the William Batty and the Lyman Dudley, both home based in Key West, and thirteen sailors who were made prisoners and taken to Fort Brooke. 1862 Federal forces evacuated the City of Jacksonville today and returned to Hilton Head, SC. 1887 James E. Hamilton, the famous “Barefoot Mailman,” drowned today near Pompano Beach. Hamilton was responsible for the Jupiter to Miami mail route and died while on duty. 1968 Apollo 7 was launched from Cape Canaveral today. From wynne@metrolink.net Thu Oct 12 12:54:32 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e9CCsWp01652 for ; Thu, 12 Oct 2000 12:54:32 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.81]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Wed, 11 Oct 2000 17:49:48 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 17:57:27 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001011214948767.AAA116@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR OCTOBER 12 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY OCTOBER 12 1565 French Admiral Jean Ribault, along with approximately 200 of his men, was put to death by Pedro Menendez de Aviles and Spanish soldiers on the banks of the Matanazas River near St. Augustine. Only sixteen individuals were spared this slaughter. Of Ribaut, Menendez reported to King Philip II of Spain: “I had Jean Ribaut with all the rest put to the knife, understanding this to be expedient for the service of God our Lord and of Your Majesty; and I hold it very great good fortune that he should be dead; for the King of France could do more with him with fifty thousand ducats that with others with five hundred thousand; and he could do more in one year than another in ten, for he was the most experienced seaman and corsair known, and very skillful in this navigation of the Indies and the coast of Florida.” 1861 The U.S.S. Dale, under the command of Commander Edward M. Yard, captured the schooner Specie off the coast of Jacksonville with a large cargo of rice. 1864 Union troops, operating from Jacksonville, moved south along the eastern bank of the St. Johns River, laying waste to orange groves. Federal Rear Admiral Cornelius K. Stribling arrived in Key West to assume command of the East Coast Blockading Squadron. 1964 Florida residents were busy preparing for Hurricane Isbell which is expected to hit the Florida coast near 10,000 Islands tommorrow. From wynne@metrolink.net Thu Oct 12 19:06:11 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e9CJ6Be07295 for ; Thu, 12 Oct 2000 19:06:11 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.82]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Thu, 12 Oct 2000 18:53:38 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 19:01:19 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001012225338361.AAA207@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR OCTOBER 13 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY OCTOBER 13 TODAY IS FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH! BE SAFE! 1861 The U.S.S. Keystone State captured the Confederate steamer Salvor near the Dry Tortugas Islands with a cargo of cigars, coffee, and munitions. 1862 Union troops occupying St. Augustine were described by the Savannah (GA) Republican as being respectful of the local population and commended for supplying the city’s poor with rations from Federal warehouses. 1863 The U.S.S. Two Sisters was on a reconnaisance mission near Clearwater. The Union gunboat Tahoma joined the other Federal ships (Adela, Stonewall Jackson, and Ariel) on blockade duty at the mouth of Tampa Bay. 1896 The steam tug, Dauntless, captained by Napoleon B. Broward, future governor of Florida, arrived at Cienfuegos, Cuba, with a cargo of arms and ammunition for the Cuban revolutionaries fighting the Spanish army. 1947 The first underwater show was presented to the public at Weeki Wachee Springs. 1960 The Seminary of St. Vincent dePaul at Boynton Beach was incorporated by the state as a non-profit degree granting institution. From wynne@metrolink.net Fri Oct 13 10:49:18 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e9DAnHd07067 for ; Fri, 13 Oct 2000 10:49:17 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.83]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Fri, 13 Oct 2000 10:36:54 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 10:29:36 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: "lewis n. wynne" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001013143654492.AAA281@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Subject: [Fhstoday] A QUESTION FOR OUR MEMBERS Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ My name is Michael Wiesenfelder and I am a Research Assistant for the Brookings Institution which is located in Washington D.C. I am currently doing research on the Bonus March of 1932 which was a World War I Veterans March on Washington D.C. during the summer of 1932. These veterans came from every state in the Union in the hopes of petitioning Congress so that they could secure a bonus that was originally due in 1945 but they needed it to be payable immediately because of the onset of the Depression. I am specifically interested in primary sources i.e. diaries, documents, letters, oral histories etc. and I was hoping that your collection might hold some of these materials or that you may know where I could find them. Any help that you could give to me would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Michael J. Wiesenfelder Research Assistant The Brookings Institution 1775 Massachusetts Ave, N.W. Washington, DC. 20036-2188 mwiesenfelder@brook.edu 202-797-6082 From wynne@metrolink.net Fri Oct 13 20:41:40 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e9DKfd831720 for ; Fri, 13 Oct 2000 20:41:39 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.83]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Fri, 13 Oct 2000 20:29:10 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 20:36:56 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001014002910572.AAA237@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR OCTOBER 14 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY OCTOBER 14 1848 David P. Hogue assumed office as Florida’s Attorney General today. Hogue held this office until April 19, 1853, when he was replaced by Mariano D. Papy. 1861 Confederate General Braxton E. Bragg assumed command of the Department of Alabama and West Florida today. 1862 Throughout Florida efforts were underway to collect used clothing suitable for Virginia winters and funds to purchase the material that cannot be acquired through donations to equip Florida troops for the upcoming winter in the Army of Northern Virginia. 1863 The 8th Florida Infantry Regiment participated today in the Battle of Bristoe Station when General A. P. Hill’s corps struck the retreating rear units of Union General George Meade’s Army of the Potomac. Although Hill’s assault disrupted the Union retreat, it did not break their lines and Meade was able to prepare defensive positions around Centreville, VA. Lieutenant Colonel William Baya of the 8th Florida was listed among the wounded. 1880 The first city council meeting was held in the newly incorporated town of Brooksville in Hernando County. 1894 The Jewish congregation Schaarai Zedek was founded in Tampa. Former mayor Herman Glogowski was named the permanent chairman of the congregation. 1902 The town of Sarasota was incorporated today, although the incorporation did not become effective until January 1, 1903. 1903 Henry Laurens Mitchell, the 16th governor of Florida (January3, 1893-January 5, 1897) died today in Tampa. Mithcell was born in Jefferson County, AL, on September 3, 1831. (See entry for September 3.) 1914 The first town meeting was held today in Pinellas Park in Pinellas County. The community was founded as a sugar cane growing area. From wynne@metrolink.net Fri Oct 13 20:45:21 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e9DKjL812521 for ; Fri, 13 Oct 2000 20:45:21 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.83]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Fri, 13 Oct 2000 20:33:05 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 20:40:52 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001014003305590.AAA133@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] FYI Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ There is a new Museum Director in Valparaiso, Florida. It has been our privilege to work with Holly Beasley at The Old Capitol, Rural Folklife Days, the Florida Folk Festival and countless events at the Stephen Foster State Folk Culture Center, Museum of Florida History sites, and at the Bureau of Historic Preservation. I know she will appreciate, as she says, people who write, call, email, and visit the Heritage Museum in Valparaiso. From wynne@metrolink.net Sat Oct 14 19:52:42 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e9EJqf810547 for ; Sat, 14 Oct 2000 19:52:42 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.82]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Sat, 14 Oct 2000 19:40:06 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 19:47:53 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001014234006366.AAA278@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR OCTOBER 15 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY OCTOBER 15 1862 Crews from the U.S.S. Fort Henry , operating on the Aplachicola River, captured the Confederate sloop, G. L. Brockenborough, with a cargo of cotton. 1863 The U.S.S. Honduras captured the British steamer, Mail, near St. Petersburg. On board were 176 bales of cotton, six barrels of turpentine, and about $2,500. The capture of the Mail followed a three hour chase by the Honduras, which was assisted by thre other Union ships--the U.S.S. Two Sisters, the Sea Bird, and the Fox. It was reported that the Union Navy now had thirty-three ships in its East Gulf Blockading Squadron, based in Key West. 1864 A column of Federal troops raided orange groves south of Jacksonville and east of the St. Johns River. More than 300 barrels of oranges have been captured. Some of the oranges were distributed to Union troops in the area, and the remainder were shipped to the Union stronghold at Hilton Head, SC. 1884 The Florida Dental Association (then referred to as the Florida State Dental Society) was founded in Jacksonville at a meeting in Library Hall. 1889 Edward Aylsworth Perry, 14th governor of Florida (January 6, 1885-January 8, 1889), died today in Pensacola. Born in Richmond, Massachusetts, Perry attended Yale University, taught briefly in Alabama schools, and entered the practice of law in Pensacola in 1853. As the elected commanding office of the “Rifle Rangers,” he entered Confederate service in July 1861. He served as captain, colonel, and brigadier general. He was severely wounded at Frayser’s Farm (June 30, 1862) during the Seven Pines (May 31-July1, 1862) campaign. He commanded Florida troops during the Battles of Fredericksburg (December 13, 1862) and Chancellorsville (May 1-4, 1863). He missed Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863) because of a bout with typhoid, but did participate in the Wilderness campaign where he was again wounded. Following his recovery, Perry was assigned to command the Alabama reserve troops, a task he fulfilled until the end of the war. After the war, Perry resumed the practice of law. Active in state and national politics, he was elected governor in 1885. During his administration, Florida adopted a new Constitution and established the State Board of Education to oversee the public school system. 1926 Francis Houghtaling of Miami registered as the first student enrolled at the University of Miami. 1934 National Airlines began operations in Florida with the inauguration of a 142 mile air mail run between St. Petersburg and Daytona Beach, with stops in Tampa, Lakeland and Orlando. National Airlines began its operations with a second-hand single engine Ryan airplane. 1964 Jacksonville’s Bob Hayes won the Olypic gold medal in the 100 meter dash in the Tokyo games. His time for this event was ten (10) seconds even. From wynne@metrolink.net Sun Oct 15 11:18:07 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e9FBI1816791 for ; Sun, 15 Oct 2000 11:18:06 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.82]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Sun, 15 Oct 2000 11:05:32 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 11:13:21 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001015150532358.AAA206@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR OCTOBER 16 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY OCTOBER 16 1829 Governor William P. Duval today signed the charter documents for the incorporation of Christ Church Parish, an Episcopal congregation in the City of Pensacola. 1861 Confederate Major W. L. L. Bowen, commander of Fort Brooke (Tampa), ordered the two sloops captured recently (see entry for October 11) to be turned over to the Confederate naval commissioner as legal prizes of war. 1863 The U.S.S. Tahoma and the U.S.S. Adela were ordered to seize two Confederate blockade runners, the Scottish Chief (owned by Tampa resident James MacKay) and the Kate Dale. The Union plan was to shell the town and Fort Brooke and, under the cover of darkness, to send men ashore to destroy the blockade runners. The citizens of Tampa held an emergency meeting to form a military company to defend the city against the Union forces. Confederate troops from the 2nd Florida Infantry Battalion were on hand to help repel the Federal invasion. 1963 Twin “Vela Hotel” satellites were launched by the Department of Defense at Cape Canaveral today. The satellites are designed to detect nuclear explosions in space at a maximum range of 100,000,000 miles. Major Donald K. “Deke” Slayton today resigned his commission in the United States Air Force to assume a position as a civilian pilot for NASA. Slayton was one of the original seven Mercury astronauts and would be eligible for further space flights in his new position. On another front, NASA announced its investigation of “possible improprieties” by a contractor which leased automobiles to the Agency. The contractor, Management Services, Incorporated, was accused of selling automobiles which had been used for only two to three years to NASA employees for as little as $50.00. From wynne@metrolink.net Mon Oct 16 11:41:57 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e9GBfp832320 for ; Mon, 16 Oct 2000 11:41:57 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.83]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Mon, 16 Oct 2000 11:29:12 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 11:21:56 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: "lewis n. wynne" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001016152912993.AAA175@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Subject: [Fhstoday] FYI Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ Press Release October 16, 2000 Tebeau-Field Library of Florida History 435 Brevard Avenue Cocoa, FL 32922 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Dr. Nick Wynne wynne@metrolink.net (321) 690-1971 NOTED AUTHOR AND RACONTEUR TO SPEAK AT TEBEAU-FIELD LIBRARY (Cocoa)J. T. “Jake” Glisson, noted author and Florida storyteller, will speak at the Tebeau-Field Library of Florida History at 2:00 p.m. November 4, 2000. The lecture is free to the public. Glisson, who grew up in Cross Creek, was a neighbor of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, the two-time Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Yearling and Cross Creek. “Growing up next to Mrs. Rawlings was a marvelous experience for a young man with artistic and literary ambitions,” said Glisson in a recent interview. “She was willing to take the time to explain to a country boy about the world beyond the rural backwoods of Florida. I was an apt pupil who marveled at the stories she told.” Glisson and Mrs. Rawlings had such a close relationship that the role of “Jody” in The Yearling was largely based on him. “She was always watching and storing up information about events and people of Cross Creek. Marjorie had a love of the area, the inhabitants who struggled to survive in this semi-frontier environment and the subtle nuances of life in Cross Creek.” With Rawlings as a model, Glisson turned his talents to writing after a successful career as an industrial designer and artist. His first book, The Creek, presents an unusual perspective of Rawlings and his Cross Creek neighbors, while his second, Sigsbee, is a one-man, two-person play (which has been optioned by Rip Thorne for Broadway) about the Ocala lawyer who represented Rawlings in her famous libel suit. “A lot of people would think there couldn’t have been much happening in a small community like Cross Creek,” Glisson went on to say, “but they’d be wrong. We had enough happening to provide material for hundreds of paintings and several good books. Just goes to show you how appearances are deceiving.” In addition to his writing, Glisson, a graduate of the Ringling School of Art in Sarasota, is an accomplished watercolorist whose paintings bring $3-5,000 each. He is also a teacher, a businessman, and public speaker. According to Dr. Nick Wynne, the Executive Director of the Tebeau-Field Library, “J.T. is one of our most demanded speaker. He is entertaining and enlightening. I’d encourage anyone interested in learning more about the real, pre-Disney Florida to come to hear him speak.” For more information, call (321) 690-1971. The Tebeau-Field Library of Florida History is located at 435 Brevard Avenue in Historic Cocoa Village. The Library is operated by the Florida Historical Library Foundation and is a 501(c) (3) corporation. The Library receives no funding from the City of Cocoa, Brevard County or the State of Florida. From wynne@metrolink.net Mon Oct 16 20:55:55 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e9GKtt811881 for ; Mon, 16 Oct 2000 20:55:55 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.85]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Mon, 16 Oct 2000 20:43:10 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 20:51:05 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001017004310075.AAA207@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR OCTOBER 17 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY OCTOBER 17 1863 The Union ships, Adela and Tahoma, shelled Tampa today. A number of casualties were inflicted. On land, Federal troops reached the Hillsborough River at about 6:00 a.m. Sighting the Scottish Chief and the Kate Dale, they set both ships on fire. The Scottish Chief had a cargo of 156 bales of cotton, while the Kate Dale carried 11 bales. Confederate forces, under the command of Captain James Westcott, attacked the Federals later in the evening and killed five soldiers, wounded ten, and took seven prisoner. Confederate losses were not reported. The famed “Cow Cavalry” continued its roundup of cattle in the Tampa region for movement to Confederate troops in Virginia and Tennessee. 1887 The disputed claim by the states of Georgia and Florida to some 1,507,200 acres of land from Chattahochee to MacClenny was settled in Florida’s favor today by a Federal court. 1943 The first discovery of oil in Florida was announced by officials of the Humble Oil Company in Fort Myers. After a thirty year search, the company reached an oil reservoir at 11,700 feet while drilling at Sunniland in Collier County. From wynne@metrolink.net Tue Oct 17 18:21:41 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e9HILY815276 for ; Tue, 17 Oct 2000 18:21:39 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.83]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Tue, 17 Oct 2000 18:08:48 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 18:16:45 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001017220848963.AAA182@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR OCTOBER 18 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY OCTOBER 18 1854 George Lindley Taber, pioneer Florida horticulturalist and founder of the Glen Saint Mary Nursery Company (1882) in Glen Saint Mary, was born in Vassalboro, ME. 1863 Federal soldiers wounded in yesterday’s skirmish near Tampa were evacuated to the lighthouse on Egmont Key. In a display of 19th century gallantry, Confederate Captain James Westcott, who commanded the successful action against the Federals, informed the Union soldiers that their dead would be buried with full military honors in Tampa. 1864 Approximately 200 Federal soldiers from Fort Barrancas in Pensacola attacked a small group of Confederate cavalry in Milton. One Union soldier was killed and several others wounded. There is no record of Confederate losses. 1906 A hurricane hit the Florida Keys and 130 men were killed when 120 miles-per-hour wind struck construction sites of Henry Flagler’s Overseas Railroad. Long Key was particularly hard hit. Captain Steve Bravo, a legendary Indian River steam boat captain who had taken a position with Flagler’s company, was one of the individuals caught in the storm. He was the captain of the St. Lucie, which hauled men and supplies to work camps. Here is a description of the 1906 hurricane from Fred A. Hopwood’s book, The Golden Age of Steamboating on the Indian River (Cocoa: Florida Historical Society Press, Reprint Edition, 1998) On October 17, 1906, the St. Lucie left the FEC's terminal dock on 5th Street and headed out of Biscayne Bay on an overnight trip to the Keys. Pushing a barge filled with fresh water for workers and carrying 120 passengers and crewmen, nothing appeared out of the ordinary and the trip was regarded by the St. Lucie's captain, Steve Bravo, as routine. So routine, in fact, that Bravo, having brought the steamer safely out of Biscayne Bay, turned command of the vessel over to the first mate, Robert Blair, and retired to his cabin for the night. Unknown to Bravo, Blair, or FEC officials, a hurricane was battering the Keys and heading directly for Miami. At an inquiry hearing later, Bravo reported that there had been no reason to suspect that anything was out of the ordinary, although "The barometer was showing low, but not more than it had for the past two weeks." The St. Lucie's long and wide steel hull (122' by 24') was considered stable and safe in even stormy conditions. When the steamer encountered the first winds and rain of the hurricane's outer bands, no one was unduly alarmed. At about three o'clock in the morning, Blair had Captain Bravo roused from his sleep. When the captain reached the upper deck, it was apparent that the steamer was caught in a gale, blowing out of the east. Little did Blair or Bravo realize that these winds were part of the counter-clockwise winds of a larger storm. As the barometer continued dropping, Captain Bravo decided to seek safe anchorage at Elliott's Key and to ride out the storm. Dropping anchor in seven feet of water on the leeward side of the island, Bravo felt that his boat was safe from the storm. By daylight, however, hurricane strength winds were blowing, and Elliott's Key was under several feet of water. Waves were washing over the lower deck of the St. Lucie, and parts of the boat's superstructure were beginning to give way. Passengers and crewmen were ordered to don life jackets. Suddenly, about seven o'clock in the morning, the winds died out and the waves receded. Captain Bravo ordered the chief engineer to "get up a full head of steam so that the St. Lucie could make a run for it, if necessary." Despite the lull in the storm, the barometer, which had dropped to a low 28.8 inches of mercury, indicated that there was more bad weather to come. Second Officer J. W. Grant ordered two lifeboats lowered. Ten men climbed aboard to go to the aid of a schooner that tossed at anchor between the St. Lucie and the shore. Before the men could reach the ship, the lull ended and the storm resumed. The temporary reprieve had been the eye of the hurricane, which had passed directly over Elliott's Key. Suddenly 120 m.p.h. winds struck from the west. The men in the two lifeboats were swept ashore by the renewed winds. Caught in the thicket of mangrove trees along the shore, the men clung tenaciously to the roots and managed to ride out the fury of the storm safely. On board the St. Lucie, matters quickly turned worse. Bravo ordered a lifeboat to be lowered into the tossing waves. He placed the steamer's only woman passenger, a Mrs. Pierce, and her six-year-old son aboard the board and then ordered six crewmen to serve as oarsmen. Once released, the lifeboat was grabbed by the waves and hurled ashore, where it came to rest against a building wrecked by the hurricane. Mrs. Pierce, her son, and the six crewmen quickly grabbed hold of the building's structure, an act that saved their lives. Within an hour, all hope for the St. Lucie was gone. The great steamer was being torn to pieces by the unrelenting winds and waves. Bravo reported to the inquiry board that, "We were fighting for our lives." Large pieces of the superstructure were hurled about like tiny matchsticks, and desperate crewmen struggled to find something to hang on to. It was a hopeless cause. When the storm passed, nothing remained of the once-proud St. Lucie but debris floating on the surface of the placid water. In Miami questions were immediately raised about the fate of the St. Lucie and its crew. The Miami Evening Record carried the banner headline, "Where is the St. Lucie?" The paper reported that, "Rumors have persisted that the St. Lucie had been overtaken by the storm and that she had gone down with all on board." The Miami Metropolis headlined its day-after edition, "Steamer St. Lucie is Reported Lost." J. C. Meredith, Flagler's chief engineer, gave credence to the story when he reported that he had traveled from the Keys to Miami on his boat, the Lotus, and had seen no sign of the St. Lucie. The barge the steamer had been pushing, however, was found by Meredith. The question of the fate of the St. Lucie was answered when, on the following Saturday, the steamer Peerless arrived in Miami with fifty-eight badly battered and exhausted survivors. An additional twenty-five survivors had been ordered off the Peerless prior to its arrival in the city to assist the steamer Virginia collect the bodies of the less fortunate. When these weary survivors protested their impressment into service by the captain of the Virginia, he secured their cooperation only after threatening them with violence. The Metropolis reported that "25 or more are dead, their bodies littering the shores and land of Elliott's Key." Several additional bodies were discovered in the vicinity of Soldier's Key. The actual number of persons from the St. Lucie who died in the storm will never be known. Apparently no passenger manifest was kept, and within a few weeks, the public lost interest in the disaster. Miami newspapers, ever willing to cater to public interests, pursued the matter no further. Although some individuals insist that Captain Bravo knew about the hurricane and recklessly proceeded into the storm, an investigation by federal maritime authorities cleared him of any wrongdoing. With no telegraph or telephone communications between Miami and Key West, there simply was no way for any skipper to know about the hurricane in advance. 1989 The shuttle "Atlantis" (STS 34) was launched from Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy Space Center with Donald Williams, Michael McCulley, Ellen Baker, Franklin Chang-Diaz and Shannon Lucid aboard. The Galileo probe to study Jupiter was launched today. 1993 The space shuttle "Columbia" (STS 58) was launched today from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral with John Blaha, Richard Searfoss, M. Rhea Seddon, William McArthur, David Wolf, Shannon Lucid and Martin Fettman aboard. From wynne@metrolink.net Wed Oct 18 18:50:37 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e9IIoV808280 for ; Wed, 18 Oct 2000 18:50:36 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.84]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Wed, 18 Oct 2000 18:37:43 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 18:45:41 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001018223743204.AAA241@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR OCTOBER 19 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY OCTOBER 19 1863 The Chief Commissary officer for General Braxton E. Bragg’s Army of Tennessee, Major J. F. Cummings, today appealed to Florida Commissary Agent Major Pleasant W. White for more Florida cattle for Confederate soldiers fighting in northern Georgia. He informs White that “Captain Townsend, assistant commissary of subsistence, having a leave of absence for thirty days from the Army of Tennessee, I have prevailed on him to see you and explain to you my straightened condition and the imminent danger of our army suffering for want of beef.” (For more information about this subject, see Robert A. Taylor, Rebel Storehouse: Florida in the Confederate Economy (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1995, p. 162.) 1864 Federal raiders, operating along the shores of Escambia Bay, confiscated approximately 1,500 bricks, several doors, and a large amount of window sash for use on Federal fortifications/buildings in the Pensacola area. An expedition made up of men from the U.S.S. Stars and Stripes made its way up the Ocklockonee River in West Florida. Today and tommorrow, this expedition would destroy an extensive Confederate fishery on Marsh’s Island and capture a detachment of Confederate soldiers assigned to guard the fishery. 1928 The first edition of the Jewish Floridian was published. 1976 Campaigning in Miami, Jimmy Carter outlined his proposed health program, which would put more emphasis on preventing disease and injury than in reacting to them. Speaking to the annual convention of the American Public Health Association, Carter said "we've stressed cure and ignored prevention. We've made the hospital the first line of defense instead of the last." FASCINATING FLORIDA FACTS: State Song: Old Folks At Home (Stephen Collins Foster) State Play: Cross and Sword (Paul Green) State Bird: Mockingbird State Fish: Largemouth Bass State Shell: Horse Conch (Pleuroploca gigantea) State Mammal: Manatee State Animal: Florida Panther (Felis concolor coryi) State Tree: Sabal Palm (Sabal palmetto) State Gem: Moonstone State Stone: Agatized Coral From wynne@metrolink.net Thu Oct 19 18:09:50 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e9JI9o828827 for ; Thu, 19 Oct 2000 18:09:50 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.82]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Thu, 19 Oct 2000 17:16:15 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 17:24:18 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001019211615613.AAA166@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR OCTOBER 20 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY OCTOBER 20 1849 The third occupation of Fort Dallas in Miami by the U.S. Army began today. 1863 The U.S. tender Annie captured the British blockade runner Martha Jane near Bayport. On board was a cargo of 26,609 pounds of sea island cotton, $1,206.88 in gold, silver and U.S. currency, and $127.70 in Confederate money. The Confederate schooner Ann of Nassau and another small sloop were captured with cargoes of sea island cotton near Bayport as well. Major J. F. Cummings, Chief Commisary for the Army of Tennessee, continued to press Major Pleasant W. White for more beef for troops in North Georgia. “The army is to-day on half rations of beef and I fear within a few days will have nothing but bread to eat. This is truly a dark hour with us, and I cannot see what is to be done. All that is left for us to do is to do all we can, and then we will have a clear conscience, no matter what the world may say.” (For more information about this subject, see Robert A. Taylor, Rebel Storehouse: Florida in the Confederate Economy (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1995, p. 162.) 1864 The U.S. Navy Department ordered the U.S.S. San Jacinto to report to Key West for blockade duty. 1921 The Tampa Bay-Tarpon Springs area was devastated by a hurricane. The tide in Tampa Bay was 10.5 feet, the barometric pressure was 29.11 inches, and the winds were 100 miles-per-hour. 1995 The shuttle Columbia was launced today. The shuttle crew "threw" the first ball of Game 5 of the 1995 World Series. On board were Kenneth Bowersox, Kent Rominger, Kathryn Thorton, Catherine Coleman, Michael Lopez-Alegria, Fred Leslie and Albert Sacco. From wynne@metrolink.net Thu Oct 19 18:09:51 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e9JI9o819132 for ; Thu, 19 Oct 2000 18:09:50 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.82]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Thu, 19 Oct 2000 17:19:29 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 17:27:32 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001019211929632.AAA88@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] FYI Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ AFRO-AMERICAN HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, ATLANTA START-UP CHAPTER MEETING SCHEDULE Place: Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Central Location 1 Margaret Mitchell Square (Corner Carnegie Way & Forsyth St.) Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Lower Level Pit Area 3:00 P.M. Dates of Upcoming Meetings: Sunday, 29 October 2000 Sunday, 19 November 2000 (3d floor conference room) Sunday, 17 December 2000 (3d floor conference room) * Sunday, 21 January 2001 Sunday, 25 February 2001* * Possible special events. Contact Person: Monica Hackney 404-288-7215 Doris Posey 404-874-5545 From wynne@metrolink.net Fri Oct 20 09:52:33 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e9K9qX818988 for ; Fri, 20 Oct 2000 09:52:33 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.81]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Fri, 20 Oct 2000 09:39:35 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 09:32:14 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: "lewis n. wynne" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001020133935270.AAA214@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR OCTOBER 21 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ NOTE: I will be attending the grand opening of the Citrus County Courthouse today and tommorrow. What a terrific achievement for the people who have worked so hard.--Nick TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY OCTOBER 21 1837 Seminole chief Osceola and his party, camped outside Fort Pepton near St. Augustine under a flag of truce, were taken prisoner by U.S. troops. 1863 The U.S. bark Gem of the Sea captured a small sloop with four men and a single barrel of turpentine. One of the men was Richard Maiers, the former marshal of Key West. 1864 The U.S.S. Sea Bird, under the command of Ensign E. L. Robbins, captured the blockade running British schooner Lucy off Anclote Keys. The Lucy was carrying an assortment of cargo. Confederate and Union troops skirmished today at Bryant’s Plantation in northern Florida. 1905 President Theodore Roosevelt visited Jacksonville during a one day vist. Roosevelt spoke to white students at Central Grammar School and to African-American students at Florida Baptist Academy. 1912 Cohen Brothers, operators of Jacksonville’s oldest department store (founded in 1867), opened a "block square" store in the St. James Building on Hemming Park. 1958 First launching of two USAF Bomarc missiles within less than 10 seconds of each other at Cape Canaveral. From wynne@metrolink.net Sat Oct 21 14:55:05 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e9LEt4829978 for ; Sat, 21 Oct 2000 14:55:05 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.82]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Sat, 21 Oct 2000 14:41:50 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 14:34:27 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: "lewis n. wynne" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001021184150375.AAA104@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR OCTOBER 22 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY OCTOBER 22 1736 James Oglethorpe signed a treaty with Spanish Florida Governor Francisco del Moral Sanchez in which both sides agreed to control their Indian allies and stop molesting each other. 1863 Commander A.A. Semmes of the U.S.S. Tahoma communicated with Captain James Westcott at Fort Brooke in an unsuccessful effort to have the family of Acting Master’s Mate H. A. Crane released. 1884 A post office at Ruby (the forerunner of Jacksonville Beach) opened today. 1957 The Army Jupiter (IRBM) missile was successfully fired at Cape Canaveral. 1992 The space shuttle mission (STS 52) was launched today from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral. From wynne@metrolink.net Sat Oct 21 14:57:49 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e9LEvm821827 for ; Sat, 21 Oct 2000 14:57:49 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.82]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Sat, 21 Oct 2000 14:44:50 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 14:37:28 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: "lewis n. wynne" Subject: Fwd: Re: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR OCTOBER 21 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001021184450634.AAA95@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ >From: "Beal, Jason A." >To: "lewis n. wynne" >Subject: Re: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR OCTOBER 21 >Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 10:31:33 -0400 >Organization: >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 > >I noticed Osceola was described as a "Seminole Chief". I may be wrong, but >from what I have read and learned through literature on the Seminole >Indians, Osceola was never a chief either by descent or election. He became >a famed leader solely through is personal abilities, and it is because of >his accomplishments and leadership abilities that many assumed he was a >chief. > >Please correct me if I'm wrong, or give me more information if you have it. >Thanks. > From wynne@metrolink.net Mon Oct 23 10:13:45 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e9NADi825090 for ; Mon, 23 Oct 2000 10:13:45 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.85]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Mon, 23 Oct 2000 10:00:34 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 09:53:09 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: "lewis n. wynne" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001023140034175.AAA185@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Subject: [Fhstoday] Fwd: request for research info Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ >From: PATBARTLET@aol.com >Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 16:34:45 EDT >Subject: request for research info >To: wynne@metrolink.net >X-Mailer: Windows AOL sub 10 > >Hi, Nick-- can you tell me if you-all have anything on the silkworm industry >in Florida? This owuld have been post Civil War, up until maybe the early >1900s. Ellen Call was one of the movers and shakers-- > >Patti > From wynne@metrolink.net Mon Oct 23 10:16:03 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e9NAG3814195 for ; Mon, 23 Oct 2000 10:16:03 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.85]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Mon, 23 Oct 2000 10:02:55 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 09:55:27 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: "lewis n. wynne" Subject: Fwd: RE: Re: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR OCTOBER 21 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001023140255318.AAA248@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ >From: Eric Thomas >To: "'lewis n. wynne'" >Subject: RE: Re: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR OCTOBER 21 >Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2000 21:38:20 -0400 >X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet E-mail/MAPI - 8.0.0.4211 > >Re: Osceola > >From John K. Mahon's History of the Second Seminole War: > >"Osceola had no hereditary claim to leadership, but was an example of the >fact that the Creek system left room at the top." > >From James W. Covington's The Seminoles of Florida: > >"At the afternoon session [of an October 1834 conference with Indian agent >Wiley Thompson] Osceola spoke opposing emigration, although he had no >authority to do so.... The Fort King meeting may have been the first in >which thirty-five-year-old Osceola demonstrated his powers of leadership to >the other Indians." > >Eric Thomas >Chair, Division of Social Sciences >Associate Professor of History >Jacksonville University >2800 University Blvd. North >Jacksonville, FL 32211-3394 >work: 904-745-7211 >home: 904-743-4329 > From wynne@metrolink.net Mon Oct 23 10:17:11 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e9NAHB808912 for ; Mon, 23 Oct 2000 10:17:11 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.85]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Mon, 23 Oct 2000 10:04:02 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 09:56:38 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: "lewis n. wynne" Subject: Fwd: Re: Re: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR OCTOBER 21 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001023140402855.AAA47@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ >From: "GREY FOX" >To: "lewis n. wynne" >Subject: Re: Re: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR OCTOBER 21 >Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 15:35:10 -0700 >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 > >YOU ARE RIGHT! Osceola was never anything more than a great leader. He >never became a chief. >******************************************************************* >"IN THE SPIRIT OF MENDING THE SACRED CIRCLE" >GREY FOX >www.egroups.com/subscribe/South-East-Creek >A Native American Research Group >(New list members by acceptance only) >******************************************************************* >----- Original Message ----- >From: "lewis n. wynne" >To: >Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2000 11:37 AM >Subject: Fwd: Re: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR OCTOBER 21 > > >> - - - - >> >From: "Beal, Jason A." >> >To: "lewis n. wynne" >> >Subject: Re: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR OCTOBER 21 >> >Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 10:31:33 -0400 >> >Organization: >> >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 >> > >> >I noticed Osceola was described as a "Seminole Chief". I may be wrong, >but >> >from what I have read and learned through literature on the Seminole >> >Indians, Osceola was never a chief either by descent or election. He >became >> >a famed leader solely through is personal abilities, and it is because of >> >his accomplishments and leadership abilities that many assumed he was a >> >chief. >> > >> >Please correct me if I'm wrong, or give me more information if you have >it. >> >Thanks. >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Fhstoday mailing list >> Fhstoday@list.webengr.com >> http://list.webengr.com/mailman/listinfo/fhstoday >> > From wynne@metrolink.net Mon Oct 23 12:16:13 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e9NCGC804304 for ; Mon, 23 Oct 2000 12:16:12 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.83]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Mon, 23 Oct 2000 12:02:52 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 11:55:28 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: "lewis n. wynne" Subject: Fwd: Re: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR OCTOBER 21 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001023160252407.AAA287@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ >To: wynne@metrolink.net >Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 10:35:39 -0400 >Subject: Re: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR OCTOBER 21 >X-Mailer: Juno 1.49 >From: Jan Godown > >Nick - >These questions are so fascinating. >Share with subscribers that Dr. Pat Wickman's "Osceola's Legacy" >published by University of Alabama Press is an excellent reference for >this & all controversies relating to him as a leader, husband, boy, etc.. > >I think she would say that the tribe at that time, using consensus, never >had any chiefs. That was an outsider's term. And they had several >leaders, and for different areas, such as for peace, for war, etc. >Onward, >Jan Godown >jansmedia@juno.com > > > > > > > > > > >On Mon, 23 Oct 2000 09:56:38 -0400 "lewis n. wynne" >writes: >> - - - - >>>From: "GREY FOX" >>>To: "lewis n. wynne" >>>Subject: Re: Re: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR OCTOBER 21 >>>Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 15:35:10 -0700 >>>X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 >>> >>>YOU ARE RIGHT! Osceola was never anything more than a great leader. >>He >>>never became a chief. >>>******************************************************************* >>>"IN THE SPIRIT OF MENDING THE SACRED CIRCLE" >>>GREY FOX >>>www.egroups.com/subscribe/South-East-Creek >>>A Native American Research Group >>>(New list members by acceptance only) >>>******************************************************************* >>>----- Original Message ----- >>>From: "lewis n. wynne" >>>To: >>>Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2000 11:37 AM >>>Subject: Fwd: Re: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR OCTOBER 21 >>> >>> >>>> - - - - >>>> >From: "Beal, Jason A." >>>> >To: "lewis n. wynne" >>>> >Subject: Re: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR OCTOBER 21 >>>> >Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 10:31:33 -0400 >>>> >Organization: >>>> >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 >>>> > >>>> >I noticed Osceola was described as a "Seminole Chief". I may be >>wrong, >>>but >>>> >from what I have read and learned through literature on the >>Seminole >>>> >Indians, Osceola was never a chief either by descent or election. >>He >>>became >>>> >a famed leader solely through is personal abilities, and it is >>because of >>>> >his accomplishments and leadership abilities that many assumed he >>was a >>>> >chief. >>>> > >>>> >Please correct me if I'm wrong, or give me more information if you >>have >>>it. >>>> >Thanks. >>>> > >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Fhstoday mailing list >>>> Fhstoday@list.webengr.com >>>> http://list.webengr.com/mailman/listinfo/fhstoday >>>> >>> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Fhstoday mailing list >>Fhstoday@list.webengr.com >>http://list.webengr.com/mailman/listinfo/fhstoday > >________________________________________________________________ >YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! >Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! >Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: >http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > From wynne@metrolink.net Mon Oct 23 18:33:42 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e9NIXg826805 for ; Mon, 23 Oct 2000 18:33:42 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.82]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Mon, 23 Oct 2000 18:20:16 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 18:28:29 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001023222016908.AAA153@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR OCTOBER 24 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY OCTOBER 24 1785 Thomas Brown, the second governor of Florida (October 1-October 3, 1853) was born in Westmoreland, VA. (For more information about Brown, see entry for August 24.) 1792 Richard Keith Call, the third (March 1836) and fifth (March 1841) territorial governor of Florida was born in Pittsfield, Prince George County, VA. (For more information on Call, see entry for September 14.) 1820 The Adams-Onis Treaty transferring title of Florida to the United States was signed by the King of Spain. 1861 The U.S.S. Rhode Island, under the command of Lieutenant Stephen D. Trenchard, captured the schooner Aristides off Charlotte Harbor. 1864 The U.S.S. Nita, under the command of Acting Lieuteneant Robert B. Smith, captured the schooner Unknown off Clearwater Harbor after her crew had escaped. The U.S.S. Rosalie, under the command of Acting Ensign Henry W. Wells, captured an unidentified blockade running sloop off Little Marco Island with a cargo of salt and shoes. On land, skirmishes broke out between Confederate and Union forces near Magnolia, Fl. Florida units participating were the Florida 2nd Cavalry and the Florida 5th Cavalry Battalion. Cavalry, under the command of J. J. Dickinson, kill ten of the fifty-five Union troops, wound eight, and take twenty-three prisoner. There were no Confederate casualties. From wynne@metrolink.net Tue Oct 24 17:42:55 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e9OHgt805961 for ; Tue, 24 Oct 2000 17:42:55 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.82]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Tue, 24 Oct 2000 17:29:15 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 17:37:29 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001024212915133.AAA119@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR OCTOBER 25 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY OCTOBER 25 1834 A Seminole Council was held today at Fort King (Ocala). Osceola, Micanopy and other chiefs and leaders expressed strong hostility to the policy of removal to lands west of the Mississippi River. 1864 A detachment of 600 Union troops left Fort Barrancas in Pensacola and attacked the town of Milton. Nine Confederates were taken prisoner. Several soldiers on both sides were wounded. The Federal troops captured a small quantity of lumber and timber. The ferry crossing across the river was destroyed by the troops. 1865 The Florida Ordinance of Secession was annulled by a special Constitutional Convetion mandated by Andrew Johnson on this date. 1903 The Germania Club, the pioneering German-American social club, was ogranized in Jacksonville. 1921 Seven people were killed in the Tampa-St. Petersburg area and more than 500 homes in Ybor City were destroyed as the Tampa Bay area was struck by a violent hurricane. 1964 President Lyndon Baines Johnson was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree at dedication ceremonies for Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. The University was organized on July 1, 1962. 1971 Walt Disney World was officially dedicated by Roy D. Disney in ceremonies held at the Lake Buena Vista Resort. 1972 Doyle Elam Carlton, the 25th governor of Florida (January 8, 1929-January 3, 1933), died today in Tampa. (For more information, see entry for July 6.) From wynne@metrolink.net Wed Oct 25 20:08:50 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e9PK8e832208 for ; Wed, 25 Oct 2000 20:08:50 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.85]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Wed, 25 Oct 2000 19:54:58 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 20:03:17 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001025235458079.AAA165@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR OCTOBER 26 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY OCTOBER 26 1861 The Department of Middle and Eastern Florida was been defined as extending from the Atlantic Ocean to the Choctawhatchee River. 1863 The U.S.S. Two Sisters returned to Cedar Key today after a cruise along the Gulf Coast. 1869 Martial law was imposed in Marianna today in an effort to stem racial violence stemming from legislation politically empowering freedmen in Florida. 1894 The town of Sneads was incorporated today. 1999 Golfer Payne Stewart and four other passengers were killed when the Lear jet they were riding to a Dallas, Texas, event experienced a loss of pressure. The plane, which left Orlando International Airport, was last in contact with controllers near Gainesville. Four hours later and 1500 miles away it crashed near Mina, South Dakota. There were no survivors. From wynne@metrolink.net Fri Oct 27 10:36:08 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e9RAa7832016 for ; Fri, 27 Oct 2000 10:36:07 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.81]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Fri, 27 Oct 2000 10:22:16 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 10:14:50 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: "lewis n. wynne" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001027142216934.AAA143@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR OCTOBER 27 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY OCTOBER 27 1785 The Treaty of San Lorenzo was signed between the United States and Spain. The treaty opened the Mississippi River to American commerce and the border between the United States and West Florida was agreed to as the 31 degrees north latitude. 1819 Henry Bradley Plant, pioneer developer of railroads on Florida’s west coast and the founder of the Plant System of railroads and steamships, was born in Branford, CT. During the Civil War, Plant was the southern manager for Adams Express Company, which he renamed the Southern Express Company. Plant’s services were considered so valuable to the Confederate government during the war that he was excused from the requirement that he become a Confederate citizen. After the war, Plant began to assembled the Plant System in the South. In Florida, the Plant System ran from Jacksonville to Palatka and Sanford. Ultimately the Plant System stretched to Tampa and points south. By 1895, Plant had more than 1,400 miles of railroads under his control and about 1,300 miles of steamer routes. (See Edward A. Mueller, Steamships of the Two Henrys (DeLeon Springs: E.O.Painter Printing Company, 1996). Known as the "Father of Tampa," Plant erected the Moorish palace known as the Tampa Bay Hotel, developed Port Tampa as a deep water port, and made possible, through his railroad, the development of West Tampa and Ybor City as cigar producing areas. He also developed the Belleview Hotel in Pinellas County, at the time the largest wooden structure in the world. A friendly rivalry developed between Henry Plant and Henry Flagler. When Plant opened his Tampa Bay Hotel (at a cost of more than $4 million), it is reported that he invited Flagler to attend. When Flagler responded, "Where is Tampa?" Plant answered, "Just follow the crowds, Henry, just follow the crowds!" The Tampa Bay Hotel served as the headquarters for General William Shafter and the American Army during the Spanish-American War. The fame of the hotel was spread nationwide, and Tampa became the destination of America’s wealthy tourists. Tragically, Plant died just a year later 1924 New Port Richey was formally incorporated as a city. 1961 St. John Vianney Minor Seminary was chartered in Miami. From wynne@metrolink.net Fri Oct 27 19:05:08 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e9RJ58813045 for ; Fri, 27 Oct 2000 19:05:08 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.83]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Fri, 27 Oct 2000 18:51:23 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 18:59:46 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001027225123137.AAA170@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR OCTOBER 28 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY OCTOBER 28 1862 The U.S.S. Sagamore, under the command of Lieutenant Commander George A. Bigelow, captured the British blockade running steamer Trier off the coast of the Indian River Inlet. The U.S.S. Montgomery seized the blockade running steamer Caroline off the coast of Pensacola. Union soldier surprised a detachment of Confederate cavalry at Gonzalia (about 20 miles north of Pensacola) early this morning. All but nine of the Confederates were killed or captured. 1865 A constitutional convention, called at the direction of President Andrew Johnson and Provisional Governor William Marvin, met today in Tallahassee to write a new state constitution as a condition for readmission into the Union. The constitution, which was to become effective on November 7 without a vote of the citizens, never became effective because President Johnson lost control of the process of Reconstruction to Congressional Republicans. 1887 Today the 834 registered voters of Punta Gorda voted to incorporate the town. 1927 Today a chartered Fokker F-7 trimotor airplane left the dirt runway at Key West’s Meacham Field to inaugurate Pan American Airways mail service to Havana. Twenty-eight sacks of mail were shipped over the ninety miles of water. Three months later, passenger service was started. Allen Morris notes that “Because of Prohibition, the champagne christening of the maiden flight that day had to take place in Havana rather than in Key West.” 1959 The Broward County Board of Public Instruction approved the financial arrangements for the establishment of Browrd County Community College. From wynne@metrolink.net Sat Oct 28 17:50:46 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e9SHoj808962 for ; Sat, 28 Oct 2000 17:50:46 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.82]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Sat, 28 Oct 2000 17:36:48 -0400 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 17:45:15 -0400 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001028213648569.AAA68@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR OCTOBER 29 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY OCTOBER 29 1864 Brigadier General William S. Walker of Florida assumed command of Confederate toops in Weldon, VA. C.S.S. Olustee, formerly the C.S.S. Tallahassee and under the command of Lieutenant William H. Ward, eluded Union blockaders off the coast of Wilmington today to begin a nine-day cruise against Union shipping in the Atlantic. 1939 The Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Lake City, Florida’s oldest Lutheran congregation (founded in 1859), today celebrated its 139th anniversary. 1940 United States Senator “Connie Mack” was born in Philadelphia, PA today. Mack moved to Florida when he was eleven years old. He graduated from the University of Florida in 1966. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives prior to becoming senator. Mack is currently Florida’s “junior” senator and is a member of the Republican Party. 1959 The United States Air Force launched an Atlas rocket carrying a nose-cone camera today from Cape Canaveral. The purpose of the mission was to photograph earth’s cloud cover from a height of 300+ miles. 1963 An Atlas missile launched today from Cape Canaveral went out of control 2.5 minutes after launch and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. This marked the sixth successive failure of the Atlas missile. 1998 Senator John Glenn took his second trip into outer space today aboard space shuttle, Discovery. Glenn, who became the first American to orbit the Earth on February 20, 1962, also became the oldest American in space at age 77. On board the Discovery with Glenn were astronauts Curtis Brown, Steven Lindsey, Scott Parazynski, Tephen Robinson, Pedro Duque and Chiaki Mukai. From wynne@metrolink.net Sun Oct 29 17:15:33 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e9THFX822039 for ; Sun, 29 Oct 2000 17:15:33 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.81]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Sun, 29 Oct 2000 16:01:38 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 16:10:04 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001029210138332.AAA175@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR OCTOBER 30 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY OCTOBER 30 1558 Tristan de Luna y Arellano named by the Viceroy of Mexico, Luis De Velasco, to head the Spanish expedition to occupy Florida. 1862 Fearing what impact the Union occupation of the Fernandina-Jacksonville-St. Augustine area might have on the slave population of North Florida, Confederate General Finegan authorized Captain J. J. Dickinson and his cavalry to assemble free blacks and slaves with no owners preseent and to move them to the interior of the state where they could be placed in the charge of some responsible white person. 1863 The U.S.S. Annie, under the command of Acting Ensign Williams, seized the blockade-running British schooner, Meteor, off the coast of Bayport, Florida, today. 1926 A skeleton believed to be that of a prehistoric mastodon was uncovered near Venice Beach. Representatives of the Smithsonian Institution were called to the scene to investigate. 1933 The first classes at the Palm Beach Junior College started today in West Palm Beach. 1985 The shuttle Challenger (STS 61-A) was launched today from Cape Canaveral. For the first time, eight persons were included in the crew. The astronauts were henry hartsfield, Steven Nagel, James Buchli, Guin Bluford, Bonnie Dunbar, Reinhard Furrer, Ernst Messerschmid and Wubbo Ockels. The shuttle returned to earth on November 6. From wynne@metrolink.net Mon Oct 30 18:34:48 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e9UIYl808818 for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2000 18:34:48 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.83]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2000 17:20:49 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 17:29:16 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001030222049192.AAA150@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR OCTOBER 31 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY OCTOBER 31 1764 George Johnstone, the first governor of British West Florida, arrived in Pensacola today. 1799 All Spanish and American military officers were ordered out of West Florida today by William Augustus Bowles, the Caucasian Creek chief. Bowles promulgated the order as the “Director General” of the State of Muskogee, which had its capital Mikasukee near present-day Tallahassee. Bowles was eventually taken prisoner by an agent of the United States government who delivered him to Spanish authorities in 1803. He was imprisoned in Havana and died there. 1861 Governor John Milton reported to Confederate authorities at Richmond that Union gunboats had captured the ship, Salvor, owned and commanded by James McKay of Tampa, near Key West with a cargo of “21,000 stands of arms, 10 boxes of revolvers, six rifled cannon, and ammunition.” 1900 Citizens of Jacksonville and North Florida experienced eight distinctive earthquake shocks at about 11:15 a.m. today. The shocks, rated as 5 on the Mercalli Scale, produced broken windows, cracked plaster, and broken dishes. Twice before in 1879 and 1880 Florida experienced earthquakes in the modern age. 1955 The Statutory Board was abolished on this date and replaced by the Board of Bar Examiners, which is charged with the responsibility of examining the moral and technical qualifications of applicants seeking to practice law in Florida. 1957 A Snark Intercontinental missile was launched from Cape Canaveral today and impacted on its target near Ascension Island, more than 5,000 miles away. From wynne@metrolink.net Tue Oct 31 20:04:42 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e9VK4f819132 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2000 20:04:42 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.82]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2000 18:18:55 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 18:27:27 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001031231855403.AAA276@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR NOVEMBER 1 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY NOVEMBER 1 1861 Brigadier General J. H. Tapier assumed command of Confederate forces in Florida. General Tapier informed Governor Milton that he anticipated a force of 7,000 men would be needed to defend Florida. 1862 Eighteen Union ships took up station off the Gulf Coast of Florida to interdict and disrupt the activities of Confederate blackade runners. 1863 Union Admiral Baiely, commander of the East Gulf Blackading Squadron, reported that his naval task force now constituted 33 ships on blockade duty. Major Pleasant W. White, Chief Confederate Commissary Officer in Florida, appealed to the citizens of the state to contribute “food and other supplies” to the Confederate cause. (The Pleasant W. White Papers are housed in the Tebeau-Field Library in Cocoa.) The beginning of November 1863 saw the following Florida units on duty with the Confederate Army of Tennessee which was engaged in siege operations around Chattanooga: Florida Marion Artillery Florida 1st Cavalry Regiment Florida 1st (Reorganized) Infantry Regiment Florida 3rd Infantry Regiment Florida 4th Infantry Regiment Florida 6th Infantry Regiment Florida 7th Infantry regiment 1895 The Florida Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) was organized near Live Oak. Elder Joseph A. West was installed as the first conference president. 1923 Nathan Mayo assumed office as the Commissioner of Agriculture, a position he would hold until his death on April 14, 1960. 1927 WSUN Radio went on the air today in St. Petersburg. 1934 The Florida Nurses Association, founded in 1909, was incorporated today. From wynne@metrolink.net Wed Nov 1 21:28:43 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eA1LSh819869 for ; Wed, 1 Nov 2000 21:28:43 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.84]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Wed, 1 Nov 2000 19:57:46 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 20:06:20 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001102005746178.AAA243@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR NOVEMBER 2 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY NOVEMBER 2 1861 Captain G. W. Parkhill, an ardent opponent of secession, accepted an appointment today in the Army of Northern Virginia. 1863 The following Florida units were on duty with the Confederate Army of Tennessee which was engaged in siege operations around Chattanooga: Florida Marion Artillery Florida 1st Cavalry Regiment Florida 1st (Reorganized) Infantry Regiment Florida 3rd Infantry Regiment Florida 4th Infantry Regiment Florida 6th Infantry Regiment Florida 7th Infantry regiment 1869 A proposal that called for the annexation of Florida lands west of the Apalachicola river into Alabama was approved by a nearly 2-1 margin of West Florida voters. This proposal, one of several similar propositions to be offered in the state’s history, came to naught. Even today there are “secessionist” ideas that occasionally come to the public’s attention in the Panhandle area. 1896 Seven thousand acres of Osceola County were purchased today for $94,500. The purchase of land was for the establishment of a “Shaker” community. 1948 Johnnie Wright of DeFuniak Springs was elected to the Florida State Senate on this date. Wright, age 23 years and 7 months, was one of two members of the Senate at this young age. The other state senator, D. J. O’Grady of Inverness, was 23 years and 3 months old when he was elected in 1967. 1982 Ileana Ros of Miami became the first Hispanic woman elected to the Florida Legislature. Ms. Ros also added her name to the history of the Legislature when she wed a fellow representative, Dexter Lehtinen, in 1984. Ms. Ros-Lehtinen is currently a member of the United States House of Representative from South Florida. From wynne@metrolink.net Thu Nov 2 18:50:27 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eA2IoQ812670 for ; Thu, 2 Nov 2000 18:50:26 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.82]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Thu, 2 Nov 2000 17:36:08 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 17:44:46 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001102223608430.AAA149@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR NOVEMBER 3 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY NOVEMBER 3 1752 Most of the Spanish settlement on Santa Rosa Island was nearly destroyed by a hurricane. 1862 Floridians were appalled by the news that a Federal regiment of Negro troops had landed in Fernandina to replace white troops stationed on Amelia Island. 1863 The U.S.S. Tioga was ordered to duty as part of the Union blockading squadron in the Gulf of Mexico. 1883 The Bank of Tampa opened. 1957 Floridians, along with the rest of the world, were shocked and amazed when the Russians successfully launched SPUTNIK II into orbit. This satellite, which carried a dog named “Laika,” was the first manmade space vehicle to carry a living organism into space. The ramifications of this launch included an expanded United States space program and a considerable increase in jobs and money for Brevard County, the site of the Cape Canaveral Space Center. The increased activity produced a significant increase in the population of Florida’s East Coast. 1994 Space shuttle Atlantis was launched today with astronauts Donald McMonagle, Curtis Brown, Ellen Ochoa, Joseph Tanner, Scott Parazynski and Jean-Francois Clervoy aboard. The mission of the Atlantis was to practice new approach methods for upcoming Mir/shuttle dockings. From egreen@mailer.fsu.edu Wed Nov 1 15:55:32 2000 Received: from mailer.fsu.edu (mailer.fsu.edu [128.186.6.122]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eA1FtW806012 for ; Wed, 1 Nov 2000 15:55:32 GMT Received: from fsu.edu.fsu.edu (jjones.history.fsu.edu [128.186.32.49]) by mailer.fsu.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id OAA26050 for ; Wed, 1 Nov 2000 14:41:27 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <200011011941.OAA26050@mailer.fsu.edu> X-Sender: egreen@mailer.fsu.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 14:43:04 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Elna Green Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: [Fhstoday] Call for Papers Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ Allen Morris Conference
Florida State University

CALL FOR PAPERS


The Allen Morris Conference Committee and the Florida State University History Department are proud to announce the second biennial Allen Morris Conference on the History of Florida and the Atlantic World, to be held at the Florida State University=92s Turnbull Conference Center, Tallahassee, Florida, February 1-2, 2002.

The conference theme is =93Immigration, Migration, and Diaspora in Florida and the Atlantic World.=94  The keynote speaker will be Dr. Louis A. P=E9rez, the J. Carlyle Sitterson Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who will discuss Cuban immigration to Florida.

The Program Committee invites proposals that focus on issues specific to Florida, or that place Florida in a greater Atlantic context.  Recognizing that Florida historically included territory as far west as the Mississippi River and as far north as English settlements in the Carolinas, we seek to include colonial-era papers that cover the Spanish Borderlands, but also those that identify Florida as part of the larger Atlantic world.  Topics such as the slave trade could be expanded to situate Florida in its Caribbean and colonial Spanish background.  Other potential topics might include Native American and indigenous diaspora or investigations of non-traditional ethnic migrations.  In the modern era, papers could address a variety of topics that include Florida in their analysis, such as =93snowbird=94 migration, migrant labor i= n the winter vegetable industry, tourism, and Latin American immigration.

The Program Committee welcomes proposals for individual papers or complete panels.  Interested applicants should submit a proposal of no more than 300 words for each paper and a brief curriculum vitae for each participant. Individuals interested in serving as a chair or commentator should forward a vita as well.   Proposals must be received no later than May 1, 2001.

Papers delivered at the Conference will be eligible for inclusion in a planned anthology on the history of Florida and the Atlantic World.

Paper proposals and inquiries should be addressed to:

Dr. Elna Green
Department of History
The Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida 32306-2200

egreen@mailer.fsu.edu

Please visit our web site at: http://mailer.fsu.edu/~rhererra/allenmorris.htm From wynne@metrolink.net Fri Nov 3 11:37:10 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eA3Bax811877 for ; Fri, 3 Nov 2000 11:37:10 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.84]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Fri, 3 Nov 2000 10:22:42 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 22:24:52 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: "lewis n. wynne" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001103152242051.AAA167@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Subject: [Fhstoday] J.T. Glisson Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ J. T. "Jake" Glisson, author and raconteur extraordinairre, will be the featured speaker at the Tebeau-Field Library of Florida History Saturday November 4 at 2:00 p.m. The free lecture will start at 2:00 p.m. and refreshments will be served. Jake's topic is "More Cross Creek Stories." For those of you who are not familiar with J. T., he was Marjorie Kinnan Rawling's next door neighbor in Cross Creek and served as the model for Jody in The Yearling. Jake is the author of The Creek and Sigsbee, a aone-man two-act play about MKR's attorney in the gfamous libel case. Jake is also a gifted artist and an entrepreneur. I invite everyone to attend this lecture. J. T. is both informative and entertaining. From wynne@metrolink.net Fri Nov 3 19:58:20 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eA3JwK806583 for ; Fri, 3 Nov 2000 19:58:20 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.81]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Fri, 3 Nov 2000 18:44:02 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 18:52:41 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001103234402094.AAA240@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR NOVEMBER 4 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY NOVEMBER 4 1782 John Branch, the sixth territorial governor of Florida, was born today in Halifax County, North Carolina. He died at Enfield, North Carolina, on January 3, 1863. For more information on Branch, see the “Today in Florida History” entry for August 11. 1862 Captain Alfred T. Snell and the crew of the U.S.S. Hale today captured the pilot boat Wave and an unnamed schooner in Nassau Sound, Fl. 1885 Clara Louise Guild enrolled as the first student at Rollins College in Winter Park. 1906 Mrs. Lamar Bledsoe, former Chief Clerk to the Florida House of Representative, was born today in Apalachicola, FL. 1927 The official winter quarters for the Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus were established in Sarasota today. From wynne@metrolink.net Sun Nov 5 11:33:25 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eA5BXPg15173 for ; Sun, 5 Nov 2000 11:33:25 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.83]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Sun, 5 Nov 2000 10:19:00 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 10:27:45 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001105151900224.AAA278@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR NOVEMBER 5 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY NOVEMBER 5 1600 The King of Spain ordered the Governor of Cuba to open an investigation into the worthiness of St. Augustine as a permanent fortress and city in Florida. 1823 The United States War Department ordered the establishment of a military outpost at Tampa Bay. As a result, construction began on Fort Brooke. 1828 The town of Marianna was incorporated under the provisions established by the Territorial Legislature. 1863 The U.S.S. Beauregard today seized the British schooner Volante off Cape Canaveral. The Volante was carrying a cargo of salt and dry goods. 1894 The City of West Palm Beach was incorporated. 1915 The first successful catapult launch of a piloted aircraft from a ship was made today by Lieutenant Commander H. C. Mustin off the deck of the U.S.S. North Carolina in Pensacola Bay. Lieutenant Commander Muslin was flying an AB-2 “flying boat.” From wynne@metrolink.net Sun Nov 5 11:33:30 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eA5BXUg08544 for ; Sun, 5 Nov 2000 11:33:30 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.83]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Sun, 5 Nov 2000 10:19:15 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 10:27:59 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001105151915235.AAA134@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR NOVEMBER 6 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY NOVEMBER 6 1702 Colonel Daniel and British troops from Charleston occupied the town of St. Augustine and laid seige to the Spanish Castillo de San Marcos there. 1861 Colonel Richard F. Floyd, commander of Florida troops at Aplachicola, was ordered by Governor John Milton to remove all guns, troops, supplies, munitions and other war materiel from St. Vincent’s Island to the mainland. 1862 The Confederate schooner, Elia Reed, carrying a cargo of cotton, turpentine, and resin, was captured today off the coast of Florida by the U.S.S. Octorara. 1864 Boats from the U.S.S. Adela today captured the Confederate schooner, Badger, as it attempted to run the Union blockade of St. George’s Sound. 1868 Jonathan C. Gibbs assumed the office of Secretary of State, the first African-American to hold this position. He fulfilled the obligations of this office until January 17, 1873. 1962 Mrs. George W. “Beth” Johnson of Orlando was elected today as Florida’s first womand state senator. 1965 The U.S. operated “Varadero-to-Miami” freedom flights were inaugurated today. Under the terms of an agreement between the United States and the Cuban government of Fidel Castro, these flights would bring 3,000-4,000 Cuban refugees to the United States. 1971 Spessard Lindsey Holland, 28th governor of Florida, state senator, and United States Senator, died today in Bartow (Polk County). A much decorated World War I hero, Holland was a popular Florida politician. For more information, see the “Today in Florida History” entry for July 10. From wynne@metrolink.net Mon Nov 6 19:59:49 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eA6Jxnn16036 for ; Mon, 6 Nov 2000 19:59:49 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.86]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Mon, 6 Nov 2000 18:45:27 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 18:54:14 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001106234527205.AAA191@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR NOVEMBER 7 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY NOVEMBER 7 1814 General Andrew Jackson today took control of Spanish Pensacola. British troops quartered at Fort Barrancas blew up their fort and were evacuated under the watchful eye of more than 3,000 American soldiers. 1854 A referendum to relocate the state capital from Tallahassee to Jacksonville, Ocala, or St. Augustine was rejected today by Florida voters. 1861 Governor and Mrs. John Milton announced the birth of a son today. In keeping with the Milton’s commitment to Southern independence, the boy was named “Jefferson Davis Milton.” 1863 The U.S.S. Annie today captured the British schooner, Paul, today near Bayport. The Paul was carrying an assorted cargo. 1864 The U.S.S. Ottawa, on duty in the St. John’s River, was ordered to assist Union troops evacuating Magnolia. 1884 Parts of downtown Palatka, including several resort hotels, were destroyed by fire today. 1895 Martha Reid Chapter (#19) of the United Daughters of the Confederacy was chartered today in Jacksonville. From wynne@metrolink.net Tue Nov 7 18:47:45 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eA7Ilin30369 for ; Tue, 7 Nov 2000 18:47:44 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.82]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Tue, 7 Nov 2000 17:33:11 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 05:35:24 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: "lewis n. wynne" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001107223311665.AAA212@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR NOVEMBER 8 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY NOVEMBER 8 1814 Spanish Governor Maurique formally surrendered Pensacola to American forces under the command of General Andrew Jackson today, officially acknowledging the reality of Jackson’s defeat of Spanish forces. Jackson soon restored Pensacola to the Spanish, but only after the British forces had been evacuated to the mouth of the Apalachicola River. 1862 Union General Nathaniel P. Banks was appointed to command the Federal Department of the Gulf, which included West Florida. 1876 Eartha Mary Magdalene White, African-American humanitarian and the founder of the Clara White Mission, was born today in Jacksonville. 1904 The City of Umatilla was incorporated. 1958 The third attempt by the United States Air Force to launch a rocket to the moon failed after travelling a mere 1,000 miles. 1962 The United States announced that all Soviet missile bases in Cuba were dismantled, thus ending the Cuban Missile Crisis. 1966 Claude Kirk was elected governor of Florida today. He was the first Republican governor elected since the end of Reconstruction. 1973 Construction started today on the new Capitol building. When finished (August 19,1977), it will be Florida’s fourth capitol building. From wynne@metrolink.net Wed Nov 8 19:09:46 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eA8J9kn05460 for ; Wed, 8 Nov 2000 19:09:46 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.82]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Wed, 8 Nov 2000 17:55:05 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 18:03:57 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001108225505401.AAA301@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR NOVEMBER 9 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY NOVEMBER 9 1702 The civilian population of St. Augustine sought safety behind the walls of the Castillo De San Marcos as British troops from Charleston, under the command of Colonel Daniel, extended their control over the city and the surrounding areas. 1838 Fort Gatlin was established today between the present-day sites of Orlando and Pine Castle. 1868 William H. Gleason, former Lieutenant Governor of Florida, died today in Eau Gallie. Gleason proclaimed himself governor when the Florida Legislature adjourned while the Seante was still debating the question of impeaching the sitting governor, Harrison Reed. The State Adjutant General and the sheriff of Leon County sided with Reed and surrounded the governor’s office to prevent Gleason from occupying the office. On November 24, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that Reed was still the lawful governor and that Gleason’s claim to the office was spurious. Governor Reed then brought charges against Gleason, charging him with having been ineligible for public office since he had been a resident of the state for less than the three years mandated by the Florida Constitution. Governor Reed prevailed, and Gleason was forced from office on December 14, 1868. Following his abbreviated service as lieutenant Governor, Gleason took up residency in Dade County. He served in the Florida House of Representative from 1871 until 1874. Following some reverses in his finances, Gleason moved his family to Eau Gallie into the building that had been previously constructed as a site for the University of Florida. Gradually, the Gleason fortunes were restored and William H. Gleason gained a great deal of prominence in his new home. 1967 NASA sent the Apollo 4 capsule into a succesful orbit today using the Saturn V racket. 1976 William D. “Bill” Gunter assumed the office of Treasurer of the State of Florida today. From wynne@metrolink.net Thu Nov 9 19:49:44 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eA9Jnhn03561 for ; Thu, 9 Nov 2000 19:49:43 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.82]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Thu, 9 Nov 2000 18:34:52 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 18:43:47 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001109233452047.AAA178@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR NOVEMBER 10 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY NOVEMBER 10 1824 Governor William P. Duval delivered his annual message to the legislative council at its first session in the new capital, Tallahassee. 1862 The Union bark, Gemsbok, arrived today at Turtle Bay with orders to “protect the coast schooners.” The Federal schooner, Jos. M. Houston, was at anchor in Turtle Harbor with a cargo of 300 tons of coal. 1863 A public meeting was held today in Tallahassee for the purpose of securing food and other supplies for the families of Confederate soldiers. 1867 The first boat of the Palatka to Leesburg freight and passenger steamboat line docked at Leesburg. 1885 The City of Fort Meade (Polk County) was incorporated. From wynne@metrolink.net Fri Nov 10 22:44:41 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eAAMifn02055 for ; Fri, 10 Nov 2000 22:44:41 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.81]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Fri, 10 Nov 2000 21:29:39 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 21:38:29 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001111022939204.AAA52@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR NOVEMBER 11 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY NOVEMBER 11 TODAY IS ARMISTICE DAY! ON THIS DAY AT 11:00 P.M., WORLD WAR I CAME TO AN END. FLORIDIANS JOINED THE REST OF THE WORLD IN CELEBRATING THE END OF THIS WAR! 1861 Thomas E. Will, the pioneer developer of the Everglades and South Florida, was born today in Illinois. In other news, it was reported that the Union navy now had nine ships blockading the Gulf Coast off the mouth of the Apalachicola River. 1862 The U.S.S. Kensington captured the Confederate schooner, Course, off the coast of Florida today. 1904 Gainesville defeated the Ocala High School football team in its first game by the decisive score of 67-0. 1920 The City of Altamonte Springs was incorporated today. 1966 The Gemini 12 space vehicle was launched today from Cape Canaveral. 1982 The space shuttle, Columbia (STS-5), was launched today from Cape Canaveral as America’s shuttle program began to move into high gear. The shuttle crew--Vance Brand, Robert Overmyer, Joseph Allen and William Lenoir--launched two satellites from the cargo bay. From wynne@metrolink.net Sat Nov 11 19:48:12 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eABJmCn20804 for ; Sat, 11 Nov 2000 19:48:12 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.83]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Sat, 11 Nov 2000 18:33:15 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 18:42:13 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001111233315763.AAA260@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR NOVEMBER 12 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY NOVEMBER 12 1828 Governor William P. Duval, on behalf of the Federal government, was presented with a receipt for $1323.00 for the U.S. government’s payment for the transportation of 2,412 Seminoles from their homes in the southern part of the peninsula to reservations in central Florida and the Panhandle. This was according to the terms of the “Treaty of Moultrie Creek,” signed September 18, 1823. 1828 The City of Magnolia was incorporated today under the aegis of the Territorial government. 1862 The British blockade runner, Maria, was seized today by the U.S.S. Kensington off the coast of Florida. 1864 A Union raiding party, composed of sailors form the U.S.S. Hendrick Hudson and the U.S.S. Nita, attempted to destroy salt works near Tampa Bay today, but were driven off by Confederate cavalry. Union losses were one wounded and five deserted. 1899 - the 2nd destructive fire in City of Miami, destroyed Julia Tuttles' Miami Hotel and Metropolis (newspaper) building. 1921 The Jewish congregation, B’nai Israel, was incorporated in Gainesville. 1926 In public ceremonies today, Miami’s Biscayne Boulevard was dedicated. 1981 Today the space shuttle Columbia (STS-2) was launched from Cape Canaveral. The crew of the Columbia experimented with the shuttle's robotic arm. A two-person crew consisted of astronauts Joseph Engle and Richard Truly. From wynne@metrolink.net Sun Nov 12 13:22:45 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eACDMin01439 for ; Sun, 12 Nov 2000 13:22:44 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.83]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Sun, 12 Nov 2000 12:07:45 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2000 12:16:48 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001112170745057.AAA251@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR NOVEMBER 13 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ Addendum for November 12: 1995 The shuttle Atlantis was launched from Cape Canaveral today with supplies for the Russian Mir space station. On board were Kenneth Cameron, James Halsell, Chris Hadfield, Jerry Ross and William McArthur. TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY NOVEMBER 13 1785 Governor Patrick Tonyn and the British occupants of East Florida evacuate St. Augustine and full control is returned to the Spanish. 1821 Today Andrew Jackson submitted his resignation as governor of Florida to President James Monroe. Monroe officially accepted the resignation on December 31. 1862 Negro troops of the Union army stationed at Fernandina are reported to be cruising along the east coast of Florida looking for and destroying salt works. 1876 The twenty-third governor of Florida (January 4, 1921-January 6, 1925), Cary Augustus Hardee, was born today in Taylor County. Educated in the public schools, Hardee was a school teacher until 1900, when he was admitted to the state bar and began his legal practice in Live Oak. From 1905 until 1913, he served as the State’s Attorney. In 1915 and 1917, Hardee served as the Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives. Hardee’s administration oversaw reapportionment of the Florida Legislature, the amendment of the state constitution to prohibit income taxes and inheritance taxes, and the abolition of “convict leasing” to private corporations and individuals. After his term as governor, Hardee became a banker in Live Oak. In 1932, he sought the Democratic nomination for governor, but was defeated. Cary Augustus Hardee died in Live Oak on November 21, 1957. 1915 Florida’s first F.W. Woolworth store opened today in Tampa. 1934 Today was the first day of dawn-to-dusk air passenger service between Miami and New York inaugurated by Eastern Air Lines. The introduction of DC-2 aircraft eliminated the need for an overnight stay in Jacksonville. From wynne@metrolink.net Mon Nov 13 19:36:54 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eADJasn29488 for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2000 19:36:54 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.83]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2000 18:21:53 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 18:30:58 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001113232153573.AAA219@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR NOVEMBER 14 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY NOVEMBER 14 1821 General Andrew Jackson followed his letter of resignation as governor of Florida with a second letter to President James Monroe urging quick acceptance of his resignation, because “I am truly wearied of public life. I want rest.” 1861 Governor John Milton sent an urgent request to the Confederate War Department seeking the transfer of military supplies brought into Savannah by the blockade runner, Fingal. 1862 A Federal expedition from Pensacola, which included five boats, a special work gang, and sixty U.S. marines, headed along the coast to St. Andrews Bay with orders to destroy all salt works located between the two ports. 1863 It was reported today that Confederate ships had captured two Union coal schooners near Perdido Bay today. One was destroyed by fire. 1868 A three day election was held statewide under U.S. Army supervision to elect representatives to a constitutional convention to write a new governing document for the state in order to meet the requirements of the “Radical” Republican Congress. 1913 Former United States Senator George A. Smathers was born today in Atlantic City, New Jersey. In a bitter campaign against Claude Pepper, Smathers was elected to the U.S. Senate on November 7, 1950. Prior to his senatorial service, he had served as Assistant U.S. District Attorney, as a special assistant to the Attorney General, and as a two-term member of the United States House of Representatives. 1969 Today the Apollo 12 space mission was launched from Cape Canaveral. This was mankind’s second effort to land on the Moon. Apollo 12 astronauts were Charles Conrad, Jr., Richard F. Gordon, Jr., and Alan F. Bean. On November 19, Bean and Conrad had a successful 32-hour stay on the Moon. In recognition of their successful venture and upon the return to Earth, President Richard M. Nixon called them aboard the aircraft carrier Hornet to express his thanks and the gratitude of the people of the United States. He also informed them that had all been given promotions. 1979 Alcee Hastings of Fort Lauderdale was appointed a Federal District Judge by President Jimmy Carter. Hastings was the first African-American to serve in this position in Florida. A controversial figure, Hastings was impeached and removed from office by the United States Senate. he was subsequently elected to the national House of representatives. From wynne@metrolink.net Tue Nov 14 13:30:03 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eAEDU3n21552; Tue, 14 Nov 2000 13:30:03 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.82]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net; Tue, 14 Nov 2000 12:14:45 -0500 Message-Id: X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 00:16:57 -0500 To: fhsagora@list.webengr.com From: "lewis n. wynne" Cc: fhstoday@list.webengr.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: [Fhstoday] (no subject) Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ A patron of the Tebeau-Field Library wanted to find out the number of electoral voters for Florida in the decades of the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s. Surprisingly Allen Morris' handbook does not contain this. Any suggestions or does any one know? Nick From wynne@metrolink.net Tue Nov 14 13:31:09 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eAEDV8n07234 for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2000 13:31:08 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.82]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2000 12:15:54 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 00:18:08 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: "lewis n. wynne" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001114171554494.AAA226@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Subject: [Fhstoday] Fwd: Smathers entry for 11-14-00 Today in Florida History Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ >From: Eric Thomas >To: "'wynne@metrolink.net'" >Subject: Smathers entry for 11-14-00 Today in Florida History >Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 10:32:14 -0500 >X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet E-mail/MAPI - 8.0.0.4211 > >Nick: > Regarding the George Smathers entry (birth, 1913) on the November 14, 2000 >Today in Florida History, Smathers had already won the Democratic primary >over Claude Pepper (in the notorious "Red Pepper" campaign). In November, >1950 he easily defeated the Republican nominee, John P. Booth. > Thanks for keeping up the TIFH mailings. They're always fun and >thought-provoking. > >Eric Thomas >Chair, Division of Social Sciences >Associate Professor of History >Jacksonville University >2800 University Blvd. North >Jacksonville, FL 32211-3394 >work: 904-745-7211 >home: 904-743-4329 > From wynne@metrolink.net Tue Nov 14 14:21:15 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eAEELFn14721 for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2000 14:21:15 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.84]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2000 13:06:03 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 01:08:17 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: "lewis n. wynne" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001114180603440.AAA83@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Subject: [Fhstoday] ELECTORAL VOTE Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ Thanks for the responses. Here is the setup (Thanks to Eric Thomas at Jacksonville University): 1920 -- 6 (for James Cox, Dem) 1924 -- 6 (for John W. Davis, Dem) 1928 -- 6 (for Herbert Hoover, Rep) 1932 -- 7 (for FDR, Dem) 1936 -- 7 (for FDR, Dem) 1940 -- 7 (for FDR, Dem) 1944 -- 8 (for FDR, Dem) 1948 -- 8 (for Harry Truman, Dem) 1952 -- 10 (for Dwight Eisenhower, Rep) 1964 --14 1968 -- 14 1972 -- 17 1976 -- 17 1980 -- 17 1984 -- 21 1988 -- 21 1992 -- 25 1996 -- 25 2000 -- 25 Based on the Year 2000 census, the state should gain another 1-3 votes for 2004 Nick From wynne@metrolink.net Tue Nov 14 14:52:03 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eAEEq2n25367 for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2000 14:52:02 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.83]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2000 13:36:48 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 01:39:02 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: "lewis n. wynne" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001114183648484.AAA153@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Subject: [Fhstoday] REQUEST FOR A PAPER Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ The program chairs of the 2001 Florida Historical Society (May 23-26, 2000) Annual Meeting would welcome a session on disputed presidential elections from a Florida perspective. If anyone is interested in presenting a paper on the election of 1876 or one on the current election, please e-mail Dr. Robert A. Taylor at rotaylor@winnie.fit.edu Thanks From wynne@metrolink.net Tue Nov 14 21:07:39 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eAEL7an30509 for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2000 21:07:39 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.81]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2000 19:52:21 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 20:01:37 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001115005221685.AAA251@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR NOVEMBER 15 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY NOVEMBER 15 1929 The Florida Glider Association was formed today in Fernandina. 1862 The Confederate sloop, G. L. Brockenborough, captured at Aplachicola, was purchased by the Federal government for $900.00. 1864 Confederate Brigadier General J. J. Finley of Florida was severely wounded today in a clash with Union soldiers at Jonesboro, Georgia. 1960 The 1960 census showed that Florida had experienced a 78.7% increase in its population since the 1950 census. As a result, Florida received four additional seats in the United States Congress. 1990 The space shuttle Atlantis(STS-38) was launched today from Cape Canaveral. On its return to Earth on November 20, the Atlantis would make the first landing of a shuttle at Kennedy Space Center since 1985. On board were Richard Covey, Frank Culbertson, Charles Gemar, Carl meade and Robert Springer. From wynne@metrolink.net Wed Nov 15 17:35:11 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eAFHZAK20833 for ; Wed, 15 Nov 2000 17:35:10 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.81]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Wed, 15 Nov 2000 16:19:48 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 04:21:59 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: "lewis n. wynne" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001115211948153.AAA204@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Subject: [Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR NOVEMBER 16 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.webengr.com X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.webengr.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.webengr.com/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY NOVEMBER 16 1862 The U.S.S. Tioga, on duty with the Gulf Blockading Squadron, was enroute to Key West for supplies and repairs. 1863 Colonel J. J. Finley was promoted to brigadier general today and assigned the command of the 6th Florida Infantry Regiment, which is attached to the Confederate Army of Tennessee. The Rachel Seaman was assigned to duty with the Union East Gulf Blockading Squadron. 1864 An expedition of the Union army left Fort Barrancas (Pensacola) today for an incursion to Pine Barren Ridge, Florida. 1888 Doak S. Campbell, former president of Florida State University, was born today in Waldron, Arkansas. Campbell received his doctorate from George Peabody College in 1930. He became president of the Florida State College for Women in 1941 and continued in that position when the university became co-ed in 1948. The football stadium at FSU is named for Doak S. Campbell. 1897 The first edition of the Kissimmee Valley Gazette was published today. 1963 President John F. Kennedy observed the submarine launch of a Polaris missile today off the coast of Cape Canaveral. Kennedy was on a visit to the NASA Space Center. 1973 Skylab 3 was launched today from Cape Canaveral. From wynne@metrolink.net Thu Nov 16 20:33:47 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eAGKXkn08029 for ; Thu, 16 Nov 2000 20:33:46 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.86]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Thu, 16 Nov 2000 19:18:39 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 19:28:00 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Message-ID: <20001117001839922.AAA285@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by gondor.webengr.com id eAGKXkn08029 Subject: [FHStoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR NOVEMBER 17 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY NOVEMBER 17        1698 The first units of a Spanish expedition led by Juan Jordan de Reina arrived in Pensacola Bay with the task of erecting fortifications.  The Spanish effort was aimed at thwarting French colonization efforts in West Florida. 1829 The Bank of Marianna was chartered today. 1856 John Henry Eaton, the second Territorial governor of Florida (1834), died today at his home in Washington, D.C.  Eaton was born on June 18, 1790, in Halifax County, North Carolina.  He practiced law in Nashville and was a member of the United States Senate for eight years.  Andrew Jackson appoint him Secretary of War, which immediately thrust him into the center of a controversy in the Capital.  His wife, Peggy O’Neale, was a former bar maid in a Washington tavern, a situation which led the wives of prominent politicians to boycott functions she attended.  The O’Neale Affair seriously damaged the relationship of Jackson and his Vice President, John C. Calhoun, who refused to force his aristocratic wife to attend such functions.  After serving as governor, Eaton served as American Minister to Spain.  1862 The Florida Legislature convened in Tallahassee today.  Observers reported that the new Legislature is more “moderate” than the one which preceded it.  From wynne@metrolink.net Fri Nov 17 14:41:33 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eAHEfUn09449 for ; Fri, 17 Nov 2000 14:41:32 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.85]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Fri, 17 Nov 2000 13:26:05 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 01:28:16 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: "lewis n. wynne" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001117182605312.AAA83@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Subject: [FHStoday] REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ Return-path: From: Neumluth@aol.com Full-name: Neumluth Message-ID: Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 09:25:06 EST Subject: Inquiry To: TebeauLib@aol.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Windows AOL sub 123 Dear Friends, I am a member of the Florida Historical Society and I am wondering if you could help me find some information about the name of a building here in Mount Dora for which we are seeking a Florida State Historic Marker. The building is owned by the Witherspoon Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, No. 111. It is the name Witherspoon about which I seek information. The Lodge adopted the name Witherspoon back around 1898 and, after it acquired the building it now uses, the name was also used to refer to the building. In searching for the source of the name Witherspoon I have learned that there was a Rev. John Witherspoon who came from Scotland and was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Later he was a delegate to the constitutional convention of the state of New Jersey when it ratified the constitution. He also became President of the educational institution which later became Princeton University. However, the Witherspoon Lodge here in Mount Dora is in the tradition of the African American Prince Hall Masonic Lodges. I have been told that there are a number of African American Witherspoon Lodges in Florida, and in the country at large. Hence it is possible that these lodges took their name from another Witherspoon, perhaps an African American. Do you have any information in the library which would shed light on this? Thank you for any help you can give me. Sincerely, Dr. Sara F Luther, 601 N McDonald St, Apt 410, Mount Dora, FL 32757 From wynne@metrolink.net Fri Nov 17 19:38:40 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eAHJcen08129 for ; Fri, 17 Nov 2000 19:38:40 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.81]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Fri, 17 Nov 2000 18:23:09 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 18:32:33 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001117232309652.AAA162@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [FHStoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR NOVEMBER 18 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY NOVEMBER 18 1847 Henry I. Louttit, Bishop of the Episcopal Church, Divison of South Florida, was elected the first president of the Florida Council of Churches meeting in Jacksonville. 1861 The Florida Legislature opened its session today. Legislators received a request to fund the conversion of the Chattahoochee Arsenal into a military academy of Floridians to “be trained in the art of war.” 1862 The Union gunboat Tioga arrived in Key West today, refueled and resupplied and put back to sea for blockade duty--all within 12 hours! 1863 The Florida Legislature today elected Benjamin J. Allen to serve as the state’s Secretary of State. It also elected James M. Baker as the Confederate Senator from Florida. 1923 Alan Shephard, sometime Brevard County resident and first American in space, was born today. From wynne@metrolink.net Sat Nov 18 19:43:50 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eAIJhon05088 for ; Sat, 18 Nov 2000 19:43:50 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.82]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Sat, 18 Nov 2000 18:28:31 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 18:36:32 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Message-ID: <20001118232831292.AAA303@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by gondor.webengr.com id eAIJhon05088 Subject: [FHStoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR NOVEMBER 19 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY NOVEMBER 19 1810 The first session of the Senate of the “State of Florida”--known as the Republic of West Florida--started today in Francisville, Louisiana. Today’s Florida was still under the control of the Spanish government. 1824 This is the date officially established as the founding of Tallahassee as the Capital of Florida. 1861 Governor John Milton requested 1,000 Enfield rifles and two rifled cannon for the defense of St. Marks and Apalachicola. In addition, the governor requested 1,000 sabers, 1,000 cavalry pistols and “a few hundred bags of buckshot.” 1883 “Tater Hill Bluff,” was renamed Arcadia and received its first U.S. Post Office today. 1927 Florida consumers were delighted when the first Sears, Roebuck and Company store opened today in Jacksonville. 1969 Apollo 12 astronauts walked on the moon and established a research station. [See related story entry for November 14: 1969 Today the Apollo 12 space mission was launched from Cape Canaveral.  This was mankind’s second effort to land on the Moon.  Apollo 12 astronauts were Charles Conrad, Jr., Richard F. Gordon, Jr., and Alan F. Bean.  On November 19, Bean and Conrad had a successful 32-hour stay on the Moon.  In recognition of their successful venture and upon the return to Earth, President Richard M. Nixon called them aboard the aircraft carrier Hornet to express his thanks and the gratitude of the people of the United States.  He also informed them that had all been given promotions.] 1996 Astronaut Story Musgrave made his record setting sixth shuttle flight today as the shuttle Columbia lifted off for outer space. Astronauts Kenneth Cockrell, Kent Rominger, Tamara Jernigan and Thomas Jones were also on board. 1997 The first Japanese astronaut to walk in space, Takao Doi, was on board the shuttle Columbia when it was launched today. Doi was joined by astronauts Kevin Kregel, Steven Lindsey, Kalpana Chawla, Leonid Kadenyuk and Winston Scott. From wynne@metrolink.net Sun Nov 19 19:44:43 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eAJJihn29495 for ; Sun, 19 Nov 2000 19:44:43 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.84]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Sun, 19 Nov 2000 18:29:18 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 18:38:49 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001119232918016.AAA313@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [FHStoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR NOVEMBER 20 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY NOVEMBER 20 1817 The first elections for Representatives of “The Republic of the Floridas” were held at Fernandina. Jared Irwin, former U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, was later elected president of this enterprise. Spanish authorities were “less than thrilled” by this blatant American effort to wrest a portion of Florida from its control. 1854 The Florida Baptist Convention was organized today in Madison. 1861 Floridians learned that 27 members of the crew of the Confederate schooner, Beauregard, were lodged in the Monroe County jail in Key West following the capture on their vessel by the Unions ship, William G. Anderson, on November 12. 1862 The U.S.S. Montgomery captured the Confederate sloop William E. Chester near Pensacola Bay today. 1910 Florida motion picture companies, operating largely in studios around Jacksonville, were heartened today when it was announced that more than 120,000 projectors had been sold nationwide. 1924 The George S. Gandy Bridge between Tampa and St. Petersburg was officially opened today by Governor Cary S. Hardee. 1962 The first legal papers creating a condominium association were filed today in Palm Beach County Clerk of Court’s office. From wynne@metrolink.net Mon Nov 20 20:06:16 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eAKK6Gn18691 for ; Mon, 20 Nov 2000 20:06:16 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.87]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Mon, 20 Nov 2000 18:50:28 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 18:46:42 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001120235028229.AAA119@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [FHStoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR NOVEMBER 21 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY NOVEMBER 21 1828 The City of Quincy was incorporated today. 1829 The City of Webbville was incorporated. 1863 Confederate forces were readying themselves for an attack on the Union forces at Pensacola, which were under the command of General Alexander Asboth. 1864 The Florida Legislature began its 13th session in Tallahassee today. The State Treasurer reported that there was $1,106,622.07 treasury notes in circulation and that the State had an outstanding bond debt of $370,617. 1925 The first Winn-Dixie Stores were opened by the Davis family in Miami. This chain of retail grocery stores was first called, “Table Supply.” 1946 President Harry S. Truman took a ride in a captured German U-boat during American Navy maneuvers off the coast of Key West, thus becoming the first American president to ride in a submarine while in office. 1957 Cary Augustus Hardee, the 23rd governor of Florida, died today in Live Oak. [For more information, see the entry for November 13.] 1969 The first Birtish radio satellite was launched into orbit by a U.S. rocket today from Cape Canaveral. 1985 Hurricane Kate, a Category 2 storm, struck the Florida Panhandle near Port St. Joe. The storm inflicted an estimated $300 million in damages. From wynne@metrolink.net Wed Nov 22 10:40:57 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eAMAeun09821 for ; Wed, 22 Nov 2000 10:40:57 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.81]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Wed, 22 Nov 2000 09:25:13 -0500 Message-Id: X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 19:25:40 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by gondor.webengr.com id eAMAeun09821 Subject: [FHStoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR NOVEMBER 22-23 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY NOVEMBER 22   1828 The Florida Legislature approved an act to create a state banking system and to issue $10,000 in notes, with denominations ranging from 12 1/2 cents to $5.00. 1861 Federal batteries at Fort Pickens opened a barrage against two Confederate ships at anchor near the Navy wharf in Pensacola.  Confederate batteries returned the fire.  Two Federal ships, the Richmond and the Niagara, joined in.  The Confederate Fort McRee sustained heavy damage in the eight-hour artillery duel. 1884 The Fort Myers News-Press was founded today. 1901 In the first intercollegiate football game, Stetson University defeated the the Florida Agricultural College (which became the University of Florida) of Lake City by a score of 6-0 in Jacksonville. 1963 Floridians joined the rest of the world in expressing their anguish, outrage, and confusion about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy today in Dallas.  Kennedy was a popular president among citizens of the state and had just concluded a visit to Florida the day before the Dallas tragedy. 1966 The University of Florida’s popular and controversial football coach, Steve Spurrier, was named the recipient of the Heisman Trophy for his achievements as the quarterback of the University of Florida footbal team.  Spurrier was the first athlete in the state to receive this honor. 1988 Hurricane Keith struck the western shore of Florida between Tampa and Ft. Myers with winds of 65 mph. TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY NOVEMBER 23   1823 The Bank of Florida (Tallahassee) was founded today. 1863 The Battle of Chattanooga started today and would continue through the 25th.  Florida units, attached to the Army of Tennesse commanded by General Braxton E. Bragg, were the:  Florida Marion Artillery Florda First Cavalry Regiment Florida 1st (Reorganized) Infrantry Regiment Florida 3rd Infantry regiment Florida 4th Infantry Regiment Florida 6th Infantry Regiment Florida 7th Infantry Regiment The 1st, 3rd and 6th Regiments were in the main Confederate force of Missionary Ridge, while the 4th and 7th Infantry Regiments and the 1st Florida Cavalry were on picket duty in the Chattanooga Valley. 1864 The Florida Legislature, in a joint resolution, commended the action of Captain J. J. Dickison, and recommended him for promotion. The Confederate War Department reported that of the 18,843 certificates of exemption from military service issued throughout the Confederacy, Governor John Milton had granted only 109. 1883 James Emilius Broome, the third governor of Florida (1853-1857), died today in Deland.  Broome was born in Hamburg, S.C. on December 15, 1808.  He came to Tallahassee in 1837 and engaged in the mercantile business until he retired in 1841.  Governor Richard Keith Call appointed him to the position of Probate Judge of Leon County.  He served in that position until 1848.  He was elected governor in 1852 as a Democrat.  He was an early States-Righter.  Because the Whigs controlled the Legislature during his tenure, he was known as the “Veto Governor.”  After his gubernatorial stint, Broome served as a member of the Florida Senate in 1861.  A large plantation owner, he was very sympathetic to the Confederate cause. James E. Broome was married five times.  In 1865, he moved to New York City.  On a visit with his son in DeLand, Broome died in 1883. 1923 Hialeah Park was incorporated today as Jockey Park. From wynne@metrolink.net Wed Nov 22 10:41:12 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eAMAfBn07348 for ; Wed, 22 Nov 2000 10:41:12 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.81]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Wed, 22 Nov 2000 09:25:23 -0500 Message-Id: Message-Id: X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 09:21:45 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by gondor.webengr.com id eAMAfBn07348 Subject: [FHStoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR NOVEMBER 24-25 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY NOVEMBER 24   1831 The first post office was established at Tampa Bay. 1882 An expedition to explore south Florida, financed by the New Orleans Times-Democrat, departed Palatka enroute to Kissimmee via steam boat. 1988 Hurricane Kate exited the state today between Melbourne and Cape Canaveral. 1991 The space shuttle  Atlantis (STS44) was launched today from Cape Canaveral with a Department of Defense satellite as its payload.  On board were Frederick Gregory, Terence Hendricks, Mario Runco, James Voss, Story Musgrove and Thomas Hennen. Interesting Florida Facts--The Inauguration of Governors: Horse carriages were first used in the Florida gubernatorial inauguration parade in 1901.  Automobiles were first used in the parade in 1917 at the inauguration of Sidney J. Catts.  Catts’ inaugural was also the first to be filmed in Florida with a motion picture camera. Loud speakers were first used in the Inauguration of Doyle E. carlton in 1929. Governor Dave Sholtz’s inauguration in 1933 was the first to be broadcast on radio.  Governor LeRoy Collins’ inauguration was the first to use ministers from the three major religious faiths--Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Jewish--in the ceremony.  Governor Collins also scored another first when his second inauguration  (1957) was the first ever televised.  (Thanks to Allen Morris, The Florida Handbook) TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY NOVEMBER 25        1862 Floridians had a real inkling of the effect the war would have on the home scene.  The Tallahassee Sentinel newspaper reported that a Mr. George H. MeGinniss had three large heavy kettles that he was willing to sell at “war prices.”  1863 Florida units took heavy casualties in the Battle of Chattanooga.  The 4th Florida Infantry, which entered the battle with 172 men, reportedly lost 154 killed, wounded or missing.  The Florida 1st Cavalry (Dismounted) had 200 men listed ready for duty when the battle started and preliminary reports indicate that 167 men are killed wounded or missing.  Florida’s other units, notably the 1st, 3rd and 6th Infantry regiment were among the last to vacate the Confederate battlelines and fall back to the Army of Tennesse winter quarters at Dalton, Georgia. 1885 Scottish settlers leave Glascow bound for Sarasota. 1925 Radio station WFLA (Tampa Bay) was founded today in the Fenway Hotel in Dunedin.  WFLA was the first licensed commercial radio station in Florida and includes historian Hampton Dunn as one of its “on air” newsmen and personalities. 1926 The fabulous “Million Dollar Pier” was dedicated at St. Petersburg. 1941 The first meeting of the Florida Farm Bureau Federation was held today in Winter Haven. 1985 The space shuttle Atlantis (STS 61-B) was launched today from Cape Canaveral.  Featured on this mission were two space walks, totaling 12 hours, during which time new space construction methods were tested.  Brewster Shaw, Bryan O'Conner, Mary Cleave, Sherwood Spring, Jerry Ross, Rodolfo Neri Vela and Charles Walker made up the crew. From wynne@metrolink.net Sat Nov 25 19:03:14 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eAPJ3En22729 for ; Sat, 25 Nov 2000 19:03:14 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.84]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Sat, 25 Nov 2000 17:47:15 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 17:43:45 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001125224715992.AAA270@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [FHStoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR NOVEMBER 26 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY NOVEMBER 26 1722 The Spanish re-established control over Pensacola following the loss of the territory by France as a result of the outcome of the War of the Quadruple Alliance in Europe. Spanish Lieutenant Colonel Alejandro Wauchope received possession of Pensacola from Frecnh Lieutenant Jean Baptiste Reboue. 1862 The Federal ship, U.S.S. National Guard, was ordered to sail to Turtle Harbor, Florida, with a cargo of coal to replenish the supplies of the West Indies Blockading Squadron. 1864 The Florida Legislature approved a special election for sheriff in Duval County. The need for this election was because the previous sheriff, elected in 1863, was captured and imprisoned by Federal troops. 1902 Major George R. Fairbanks was elected president at the organizational meeting of the Florida Historical Society in Jacksonville. Although originally founded in 1856 in St. Augustine, the War Between the States and Reconstruction forced the Society into a hiatus. Fairbanks and others realized the need for the creation of the Society to “collect, preserve and publicize documents relating to Florida history.” Florida did not have a state archive until the 1960s and until that time the Society performed the job of collecting documents. Fairbanks enunciated the need for a Society library, a task that was finally achieved in 1997 when the Tebeau-Field Library of Florida History opened in Historic Cocoa Village. 1925 WJAX, the radio station owned by the City of Jacksonville, went on the air with its first broadcast. From wynne@metrolink.net Sun Nov 26 18:15:26 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eAQIFQn11340 for ; Sun, 26 Nov 2000 18:15:26 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.83]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Sun, 26 Nov 2000 16:59:19 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 16:55:48 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001126215919413.AAA323@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [FHStoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR NOVEMBER 27 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY NOVEMBER 27 1854 James T. Archer assumed the office of Comptroller of Florida today, a position he held until replaced by Theodore W. Brevard on January 24, 1855. 1861 Confederate ordinance inspectors visited the fortifications at Amelia Island and reported that the island had sufficient armaments to repel any Union invasion. 1863 The Union vessel, U.S.S. Two Sisters, captured the British blockade runner, Maria Alberta, as she attempted to run the blockade at Bayport. 1864 Union blockade ships were busy today. The U.S.S. Princess Royal reported that it captured the British schooner Flash with a cargo of cotton in the Gulf of Mexico. The Princess Royal also reported the capture of the sconner Neptune, whose cargo of salt had, according to the ship’s captain, “simply dissolved.” 1891 The Chokoloskee post office was established today. 1912 Today residents of Mt. Pleasant in Gadsden County went to sleep with small flakes of snow falling. When they awoke the next morning, they discovered that a 1/2 inch layer of “white rain” blanketed the ground and trees. 1951 Sixteen year old Hosea Richardson, who weighed 105 pounds, became the first licensed African-American jockey in the State of Florida. 1961 Biscayne College was incorporated today in Miami. From wynne@metrolink.net Mon Nov 27 12:03:15 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eARC3Dn01524 for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 12:03:13 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.85]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 10:47:00 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 22:49:02 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: "lewis n. wynne" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Message-ID: <20001127154700333.AAA209@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by gondor.webengr.com id eARC3Dn01524 Subject: [FHStoday] Re: comment Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ Yep, I am aware of that.  I wanted to close the service after the first year, but new subscribers demanded the continuation.  I welcome new contributions of facts.  Let me hear from you. Nick At 07:03 AM 11/27/00 -0600, you wrote: > > Are you aware that the "Today in Florida History" items are nearly 100% > repeats of last year???? > That's okay if you wish to waste time  . . . but would appreciate it if NEW > items are flagged somehow so that our attention will be focused on them.  > Thanks, Victor. From wynne@metrolink.net Mon Nov 27 12:04:14 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eARC4En09314 for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 12:04:14 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.85]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 10:48:07 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 22:50:11 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: "lewis n. wynne" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001127154807420.AAA193@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Subject: [FHStoday] REQUEST FOR INFORMATION Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ From: LGRANO@aol.com [mailto:LGRANO@aol.com] Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 6:25 PM To: information@florida-historical-soc.org Subject: garden book research I am a writer looking for abandoned historic gardens to be included in a photography art book entitled "Garden Ghosts." Ideally, the gardens will have interesting features (remnants of statues, fencing, fountains, greenhouses, or other structures), original plantings, and a rich history. Often these gardens hug the ruins of estate homes; others are forgotten public spaces. Please contact me via e-mail or phone (847-247-0369) if you can offer any leads. From wynne@metrolink.net Mon Nov 27 16:52:13 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eARGqCn09800 for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 16:52:12 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.83]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 15:35:59 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 03:38:09 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: "lewis n. wynne" Subject: Fwd: Re: [FHStoday] Re: comment Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001127203559786.AAA179@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ >From: "Charles Bebrowsky" >To: "lewis n. wynne" >Subject: Re: [FHStoday] Re: comment >Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 12:55:25 -0500 >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 > >Don't stop the service. After one year I need to be reminded. There is >nothing wrong with redundancy. > >Charlie B. > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "lewis n. wynne" >To: >Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2000 10:49 PM >Subject: [FHStoday] Re: comment > > >> - - - - >> Yep, I am aware of that. I wanted to close the service after the first >year, >> but new subscribers demanded the continuation. I welcome new contributions >of >> facts. Let me hear from you. >> >> Nick >> >> >> At 07:03 AM 11/27/00 -0600, you wrote: >> > >> > Are you aware that the "Today in Florida History" items are nearly 100% >> > repeats of last year???? >> > That's okay if you wish to waste time . . . but would appreciate it if >NEW >> > items are flagged somehow so that our attention will be focused on >them.. >> > Thanks, Victor. >> >> >> >> >> >> =========== LIST SPONSORS ================ >> Web Engineering: Designing, Integrating and Maintaining OpenSource IT >since 1996. www.webengr.com >> * >> ======================================================= >> FHStoday mailing list >> FHStoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org >> http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/mailman/listinfo/fhstoday >> >> > From wynne@metrolink.net Mon Nov 27 16:57:42 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eARGvgn19447 for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 16:57:42 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.85]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 15:41:33 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 03:43:41 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: "lewis n. wynne" Subject: Fwd: Re: [FHStoday] REQUEST FOR INFORMATION Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001127204133396.AAA164@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ >Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 12:24:10 -0500 >From: Richard White >X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (Win95; U) >X-Accept-Language: en,en-GB,en-US,de,de-DE,de-AT,de-CH,nl,nl-BE,da,fr,fr-BE,fr-CA,fr-FR,fr-CH,g a,it,no,gd,es,es-AR,es-CO,es-MX,es-ES,sv >To: LGRANO@aol.com >CC: "lewis n. wynne" >Subject: Re: [FHStoday] REQUEST FOR INFORMATION > > >Goodwood Plantation in Tallahassee has come into public ownership and >local volunteers have been restoring the historic gardens there for a >few years now. They, along with the house, are ante-bellum and received >only minimal maintenance since 1865. > >RW > >"lewis n. wynne" wrote: >> >> - - - - >> From: LGRANO@aol.com [mailto:LGRANO@aol.com] >> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 6:25 PM >> To: information@florida-historical-soc.org >> Subject: garden book research >> >> I am a writer looking for abandoned historic gardens to be included in a >> photography art book entitled "Garden Ghosts." Ideally, the gardens will have >> interesting features (remnants of statues, fencing, fountains, greenhouses, >> or other structures), original plantings, and a rich history. Often these >> gardens hug the ruins of estate homes; others are forgotten public spaces. >> Please contact me via e-mail or phone (847-247-0369) if you can offer any >> leads. > From wynne@metrolink.net Mon Nov 27 16:58:16 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eARGwFn11368 for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 16:58:16 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.85]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 15:42:06 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 03:44:16 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: "lewis n. wynne" Subject: Fwd: Re: [FHStoday] REQUEST FOR INFORMATION Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001127204206694.AAA230@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ > > From: EJON1@aol.com > Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 11:51:27 EST > Subject: Re: [FHStoday] REQUEST FOR INFORMATION > To: wynne@metrolink.net > X-Mailer: Unknown sub 171 > > Are you familiar with McKee Jungle Gardens in Vero Beach? > > Call me if you would like to discuss. > > Eugene J. O'Neill 561-231-1100x115 From wynne@metrolink.net Mon Nov 27 19:38:01 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eARJc0n30584 for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 19:38:00 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.81]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 18:21:47 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 18:18:21 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001127232147440.AAA68@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [FHStoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR NOVEMBER 28 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY NOVEMBER 28 1857 Captain John Parkhill of the Leon Volunteers was killed at Palm Hammock while leading his company in pursuit of a band of Seminole Indians. A monument to Captain Parkhill was erected by the citizens of Leon County in Capitol Center in Tallhassee. 1863 The Tallahassee Floridian and Journal reported a shortage of more than $11,000 in the state paymaster’s account. R. C. Williams could not account for the money which was lost during his tenure of office. 1925 The City of Hollywood was chartered today. 1983 The shuttle Columbia was launched into orbit today from Cape Canaveral. This flight was the first to carry a six-person crew. On board were John Young, Brewster Shaw, Owen Garriot, Robert Parker, Byron Lichtenberg and Ulf Merbold. From wynne@metrolink.net Mon Nov 27 19:41:18 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eARJfIn04152 for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 19:41:18 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.81]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 18:25:03 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 18:21:34 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001127232503042.AAA142@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [FHStoday] REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ To create a fitting tribute to Florida's World War II veterans and those who stayed home to support them, the Florida Department of Veterans Affairs (FDVA) recently announced plans for the Florida World War II Memorial project. In partnership with the Florida Department of State and Florida Department of Education, the FDVA will oversee the development of the multi-faceted project. Among the program components being developed by the Department of State's Division of Historical Resources is the creation of a Florida World War II Heritage Trail publication, scheduled for release in December 2001. The Florida World War II Heritage Trail will be the fifth book in a Department of State - published series which includes Florida Black Heritage Trail, Florida Cuban Heritage Trail and Florida Jewish Heritage Trail. The Florida Women's Heritage Trail is scheduled for publication in spring 2001. In addition, the Florida Maritime Heritage Trail series of six poster/brochures describing the history and maritime importance of coastal sites and environments was also produced by the Division. The Division is seeking your input and assistance to help identify Florida's World War II related sites. If you have information about sites, museums, library or archive collections, monuments or markers, exhibits or programs that should be considered for inclusion in the Florida World War II Heritage Trail publication, please contact research historian David Gregory with the Division of Historical Resources at Dgregory@mail.dos.state.fl.us or telephone 1.800.847.7278. From wynne@metrolink.net Mon Nov 27 19:42:20 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eARJgKn08851 for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 19:42:20 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.81]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 18:26:11 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 18:22:47 -0500 To: FHSTODAY@LIST.WEBENGR.COM From: Nick Wynne Subject: Fwd: Re: [FHStoday] Re: comment Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001127232611490.AAA68@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ >X-WebTV-Signature: 1 > ETAtAhR77NVy5cXBValRHbXTvGj6X9hmgQIVAKm2CP2x5ksUtdavO0mZBGgi/oEr >From: BLLMRLSUIT@webtv.net (William Suiter) >Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 17:53:20 -0500 (EST) >To: wynne@metrolink.net (lewis n. wynne) >Subject: Re: [FHStoday] Re: comment > >Please don't close down the service. I look for it each day. > > Regards, Bill Suiter > From wynne@metrolink.net Mon Nov 27 19:42:43 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eARJggn21059 for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 19:42:42 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.81]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 18:26:33 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 18:23:09 -0500 To: FHSTODAY@LIST.WEBENGR.COM From: Nick Wynne Subject: Fwd: Re: Re: [FHStoday] Re: comment Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001127232633882.AAA232@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ >From: "William Wright" >To: "lewis n. wynne" >Subject: Re: Re: [FHStoday] Re: comment >Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 17:55:36 -0800 >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 > >Please keep doing the Today in Florida History! I don't care if their the >same I don't have them memorized and I enjoy the service very much. >William Wright > From wynne@metrolink.net Mon Nov 27 19:43:44 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eARJhin22691 for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 19:43:44 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.81]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 18:27:10 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 18:23:45 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Subject: Fwd: Re: [FHStoday] Re: comment Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001127232710194.AAA220@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ >From: JB3294@aol.com >Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 16:10:54 EST >Subject: Re: [FHStoday] Re: comment >To: wynne@metrolink.net >X-Mailer: Windows AOL sub 114 > >I agree - this is a wonderful site please don't stop or change......... > >Jeanne Brown > From wynne@metrolink.net Mon Nov 27 19:43:56 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eARJhnn26967 for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 19:43:55 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.81]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 18:27:40 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 18:24:11 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Subject: Fwd: Re: Fwd: Re: [FHStoday] Re: comment Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001127232740698.AAA214@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ >To: wynne@metrolink.net >Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 15:49:17 -0500 >Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: [FHStoday] Re: comment >X-Mailer: Juno 4.0.11 >From: ltmyers@juno.com > >l agree... repetition is the key to remembering :) It is a new school yr >and it is nice to have this info without having to have it all printed >out from last yr. I appreciate the service. >L Myers > >On Mon, 27 Nov 2000 03:38:09 -0500 "lewis n. wynne" >writes: >> - - - - >> >From: "Charles Bebrowsky" >> >To: "lewis n. wynne" >> >Subject: Re: [FHStoday] Re: comment >> >Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 12:55:25 -0500 >> >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 >> > >> >Don't stop the service. After one year I need to be reminded. There >> is >> >nothing wrong with redundancy. >> > >> >Charlie B. >> > >> > >> > >> >----- Original Message ----- >> >From: "lewis n. wynne" >> >To: >> >Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2000 10:49 PM >> >Subject: [FHStoday] Re: comment >> > >> > >> >> - - - - >> >> Yep, I am aware of that. I wanted to close the service after the >> first >> >year, >> >> but new subscribers demanded the continuation. I welcome new >> contributions >> >of >> >> facts. Let me hear from you. >> >> >> >> Nick >> >> >> >> >> >> At 07:03 AM 11/27/00 -0600, you wrote: >> >> > >> >> > Are you aware that the "Today in Florida History" items are >> nearly 100% >> >> > repeats of last year???? >> >> > That's okay if you wish to waste time . . . but would >> appreciate it if >> >NEW >> >> > items are flagged somehow so that our attention will be focused >> on >> >them.. >> >> > Thanks, Victor. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> =========== LIST SPONSORS ================ >> >> Web Engineering: Designing, Integrating and Maintaining >> OpenSource IT >> >since 1996. www.webengr.com >> >> * >> >> ======================================================= >> >> FHStoday mailing list >> >> FHStoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org >> >> http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/mailman/listinfo/fhstoday >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> =========== LIST SPONSORS ================ >> Web Engineering: Designing, Integrating and Maintaining OpenSource >> IT since 1996. www.webengr.com >> * >> ======================================================= >> FHStoday mailing list >> FHStoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org >> http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/mailman/listinfo/fhstoday > From wynne@metrolink.net Mon Nov 27 19:47:20 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eARJlJn17994 for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 19:47:19 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.81]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 18:31:07 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 18:27:43 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Subject: Fwd: Re: Re: [FHStoday] Re: comment Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001127233107946.AAA307@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ >From: "William Wright" >To: "lewis n. wynne" >Subject: Re: Re: [FHStoday] Re: comment >Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 17:55:36 -0800 >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 > >Please keep doing the Today in Florida History! I don't care if their the >same I don't have them memorized and I enjoy the service very much. >William Wright > From wynne@metrolink.net Mon Nov 27 19:44:26 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eARJiPn07239 for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 19:44:25 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.81]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 18:28:04 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 18:24:40 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Subject: Fwd: Re: Fwd: Re: [FHStoday] Re: comment Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001127232804903.AAA204@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ >X-Sender: dondia@pop.gate.net >X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.2 >Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 15:37:34 -0500 >To: "lewis n. wynne" >From: Donna Dial >Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: [FHStoday] Re: comment > >I agree with Charlie B. >Donna Dial > >At 03:38 AM 11/27/00 -0500, you wrote: >> - - - - >> >From: "Charles Bebrowsky" >> >To: "lewis n. wynne" >> >Subject: Re: [FHStoday] Re: comment >> >Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 12:55:25 -0500 >> >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 >> > >> >Don't stop the service. After one year I need to be reminded. There is >> >nothing wrong with redundancy. >> > >> >Charlie B. >> > >> > >> > >> >----- Original Message ----- >> >From: "lewis n. wynne" >> >To: >> >Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2000 10:49 PM >> >Subject: [FHStoday] Re: comment >> > >> > >> >> - - - - >> >> Yep, I am aware of that. I wanted to close the service after the first >> >year, >> >> but new subscribers demanded the continuation. I welcome new contributions >> >of >> >> facts. Let me hear from you. >> >> >> >> Nick >> >> >> >> >> >> At 07:03 AM 11/27/00 -0600, you wrote: >> >> > >> >> > Are you aware that the "Today in Florida History" items are nearly 100% >> >> > repeats of last year???? >> >> > That's okay if you wish to waste time . . . but would appreciate it if >> >NEW >> >> > items are flagged somehow so that our attention will be focused on >> >them.. >> >> > Thanks, Victor. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> =========== LIST SPONSORS ================ >> >> Web Engineering: Designing, Integrating and Maintaining OpenSource IT >> >since 1996. www.webengr.com >> >> * >> >> ======================================================= >> >> FHStoday mailing list >> >> FHStoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org >> >> http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/mailman/listinfo/fhstoday >> >> >> >> >> > >> >>=========== LIST SPONSORS ================ >>Web Engineering: Designing, Integrating and Maintaining OpenSource IT >>since 1996. www.webengr.com >>* >>======================================================= >>FHStoday mailing list >>FHStoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org >>http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/mailman/listinfo/fhstoday > From wynne@metrolink.net Mon Nov 27 19:47:53 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eARJlqn07930 for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 19:47:53 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.81]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 18:31:44 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 18:28:20 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Subject: Fwd: Re: [FHStoday] Re: comment Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001127233144018.AAA287@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ >X-WebTV-Signature: 1 > ETAtAhR77NVy5cXBValRHbXTvGj6X9hmgQIVAKm2CP2x5ksUtdavO0mZBGgi/oEr >From: BLLMRLSUIT@webtv.net (William Suiter) >Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 17:53:20 -0500 (EST) >To: wynne@metrolink.net (lewis n. wynne) >Subject: Re: [FHStoday] Re: comment > >Please don't close down the service. I look for it each day. > > Regards, Bill Suiter > From wynne@metrolink.net Tue Nov 28 10:54:36 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eASAsan07026 for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 10:54:36 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.81]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 09:38:21 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 21:40:25 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: "lewis n. wynne" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001128143821468.AAA243@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Subject: [FHStoday] Request Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ From Richard White (rw@pone.com): Can anyone out there say whether Palm Hammock is the same as Royal Palm Hammock... and/or exactly where Captain Parkhill met his fate? The monument is still there, on the east side of the old capitol. RW From wynne@metrolink.net Tue Nov 28 10:56:18 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eASAuHn12233 for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 10:56:17 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.81]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 09:40:05 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 21:42:10 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: "lewis n. wynne" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001128144005367.AAA253@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Subject: [FHStoday] Comment Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ From: "Margo Pope" To: "lewis n. wynne" Subject: Re: [FHStoday] Re: comment Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 15:08:48 -0500 Message-ID: <01c058ad$da67dc00$6f4fd8cd@Margo.aug.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1712.3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.71.1712.3 NICK: perhaps some of Florida's historians might want to contribute items periodically to add to the list. As for the repeatedness of this, it is a quick and easy way to get some of Florida's history into the mindset. I think this should be in every Florida newspaper. We certainly run The AP list daily at The Record and it is repeats except for the 10 and 5 years ago. Mike Gannon has lamented for years that the state university system does not require the Florida History course that he and Dr. Proctor so ably have taught as an elective. I think about that even more as my Florida-born son has to take the madated-Ga. History course before he graduates from Ga. Southern University next spring. Fortunately, he grew up in St. Augustine where you cannot escape the history of the first settlement, etc. The point of the above is that if the Today in Florida History is widely circulated, it can become a mini history course for the millions in this state who have come in the last 10 years and don't know about our past and aren't likely to encounter Gannon, Proctor or a university elective history course. Well, that's enough for now. Thanks again for all your efforts. MARGO POPE Senior Writer, The St. Augustine Record. From wynne@metrolink.net Tue Nov 28 10:57:33 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eASAvWn32461 for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 10:57:32 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.81]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 09:41:20 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 21:43:26 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: "lewis n. wynne" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001128144120575.AAA216@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Subject: [FHStoday] Comment Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ From: Maryp5243@aol.com Message-ID: Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 00:58:08 EST Subject: Re: [FHStoday] Re: comment To: wynne@metrolink.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Windows AOL sub 40 My 81 year old Uncle looks forward to your daily column. I believe we've already been through the entire year.....but still enjoy the history. We're never too old to learn.....thanks to columns like yours. Mary PHillips Orlando, FL From wynne@metrolink.net Tue Nov 28 10:58:20 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eASAwIn31214 for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 10:58:19 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.81]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 09:42:02 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 21:44:08 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: "lewis n. wynne" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001128144202405.AAA323@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Subject: [FHStoday] Comment Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ From: "Losak Patricia" To: Subject: Today in Florida History Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 01:17:40 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 I'm looking forward to another year, including repeats, as a new opportunity to see items that I had to quickly pass by in the past. Sure hope the messages can continue. From wynne@metrolink.net Tue Nov 28 10:59:22 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eASAxLn00409 for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 10:59:21 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.81]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 09:43:08 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 21:45:14 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: "lewis n. wynne" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001128144308851.AAA258@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Subject: [FHStoday] Comment Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ From: GOGETTYGAM@webtv.net (Dolores DOBSON) Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 08:13:34 -0500 (EST) To: wynne@metrolink.net (lewis n. wynne) Cc: GOGETTYGAM@webtv.net Subject: Re: [FHStoday] Re: comment Message-ID: <4863-3A23AF7E-4091@storefull-628.iap.bryant.webtv.net> In-Reply-To: "lewis n. wynne" 's message of Sun, 26 Nov 2000 22:49:02 -0500 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Multipart/Mixed; Boundary=WebTV-Mail-28445-2200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit MIME-Version: 1.0 (WebTV) 11/28/00 Hey Guys! I'm one of those 'new subscribers' and I didn't have this information and I'm very pleased to have access to every bit of it. I didn't know it was same as last year and I'm happy I have the information. >>> Should I, at any time, received something I've had before, I'll just hit my "discard " button. <<< NO problem here>>>. Keep up the good work !!! Thanks, Dolores From wynne@metrolink.net Tue Nov 28 13:45:05 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eASDj4n31243 for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 13:45:05 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.81]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 12:28:51 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 00:30:56 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: "lewis n. wynne" Subject: Fwd: RE: [FHStoday] Comment Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001128172851798.AAA173@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ >From: "Crankshaw, Joe" >To: "'lewis n. wynne'" >Subject: RE: [FHStoday] Comment >Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 10:00:26 -0500 >X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) > >We run it every day in The Stuart News, keep it up. Joe C. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lewis n. wynne [SMTP:wynne@metrolink.net] >> Sent: November 27, 2000 9:42 PM >> To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com >> Subject: [FHStoday] Comment >> >> - - - - >> From: "Margo Pope" >> To: "lewis n. wynne" >> >> Subject: Re: [FHStoday] Re: comment >> Date: Mon, 27 >> Nov 2000 15:08:48 -0500 >> Message-ID: >> <01c058ad$da67dc00$6f4fd8cd@Margo.aug.com> >> MIME-Version: 1.0 >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; >> charset="iso-8859-1" >> >> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >> X-Priority: 3 >> X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >> >> X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1712.3 >> X-MimeOLE: Produced By >> Microsoft MimeOLE V4.71.1712.3 >> >> NICK: perhaps some of Florida's historians might want to contribute items >> periodically to add to the list. >> As for the repeatedness of this, it is a quick and easy way to get some of >> >> Florida's history into the mindset. >> I think this should be in every Florida newspaper. We certainly run The AP >> >> list daily at The Record and it is repeats except for the 10 and 5 years >> ago. >> Mike Gannon has lamented for years that the state university system does >> not >> require the Florida History course that he and Dr. Proctor so ably have >> taught as an elective. I think about that even more as my Florida-born son >> >> has to take the madated-Ga. History course before he graduates from Ga. >> Southern University next spring. Fortunately, he grew up in St. Augustine >> where you cannot escape the history of the first settlement, etc. >> The point of the above is that if the Today in Florida History is widely >> circulated, it can become a mini history course for the millions in this >> state who have come in the last 10 years and don't know about our past and >> >> aren't likely to encounter Gannon, Proctor or a university elective >> history >> course. >> Well, that's enough for now. >> Thanks again for all your efforts. MARGO POPE >> Senior Writer, The St. Augustine Record. >> >> >> =========== LIST SPONSORS ================ >> Web Engineering: Designing, Integrating and Maintaining OpenSource IT >> since 1996. www.webengr.com >> * >> ======================================================= >> FHStoday mailing list >> FHStoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org >> http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/mailman/listinfo/fhstoday > From wynne@metrolink.net Tue Nov 28 13:47:08 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eASDl8n09844 for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 13:47:08 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.81]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 12:30:55 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 00:33:02 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: "lewis n. wynne" Subject: Fwd: Re: [FHStoday] Comment Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001128173055847.AAA241@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ >From: Sandibeare@aol.com >Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 10:28:10 EST >Subject: Re: [FHStoday] Comment >To: wynne@metrolink.net >X-Mailer: Windows AOL sub 112 > >Margo, I agree - history is an understudied issue in Florida. I am >forwarding your email to the governor in the hopes that he will send it to >appropriate parties. >Sandi Beare >Havana, FL > From wynne@metrolink.net Tue Nov 28 13:47:37 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eASDlbn14537 for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 13:47:37 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.81]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 12:31:24 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 00:33:32 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: "lewis n. wynne" Subject: Fwd: Re: [FHStoday] Re: comment Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001128173124888.AAA183@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ >From: PenNInc@aol.com >Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 10:33:51 EST >Subject: Re: [FHStoday] Re: comment >To: wynne@metrolink.net, fhstoday@list.webengr.com >X-Mailer: AOL for Macintosh sub 147 > >I agree. I need the updates and the older information, as I am always adding >new stories to my repertoire, some of those seemingly redundant facts may tie >into a current project. > >Ada Forney >Storytree Productions > From PenNInc@aol.com Tue Nov 28 11:50:16 2000 Received: from imo-d07.mx.aol.com (imo-d07.mx.aol.com [205.188.157.39]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eASBoGn22097 for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 11:50:16 GMT Received: from PenNInc@aol.com by imo-d07.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v28.33.) id j.df.cf613d8 (7359); Tue, 28 Nov 2000 10:33:51 -0500 (EST) From: PenNInc@aol.com Message-ID: Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 10:33:51 EST Subject: Re: [FHStoday] Re: comment To: wynne@metrolink.net, fhstoday@list.webengr.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL for Macintosh sub 147 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ I agree. I need the updates and the older information, as I am always adding new stories to my repertoire, some of those seemingly redundant facts may tie into a current project. Ada Forney Storytree Productions From tvgidus@earthlink.net Tue Nov 28 13:39:41 2000 Received: from harrier.prod.itd.earthlink.net (harrier.prod.itd.earthlink.net [207.217.121.12]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eASDdZn16464 for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 13:39:36 GMT Received: from earthlink.net (dialup-209.244.149.164.Orlando1.Level3.net [209.244.149.164]) by harrier.prod.itd.earthlink.net (EL-8_9_3_3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA11790; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 09:23:16 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <3A23E68E.BA9F5429@earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 12:08:30 -0500 From: Tom Gidus X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Nick Wynne CC: fhstoday@list.webengr.com Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: [FHStoday] Re: comment References: <20001127232710194.AAA220@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ Please do not discontinue this wonderful service! I have been on the listserv for less than a year. I am a historic shipwreck salvor based in Oviedo, Florida and have found some of the information regarding shipwrecks very valuable. which may one day lead to the discovery of some of these vessels. Regards, Tom Gidus Nick Wynne wrote: > - - - - > >From: JB3294@aol.com > >Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 16:10:54 EST > >Subject: Re: [FHStoday] Re: comment > >To: wynne@metrolink.net > >X-Mailer: Windows AOL sub 114 > > > >I agree - this is a wonderful site please don't stop or change......... > > > >Jeanne Brown > > > > =========== LIST SPONSORS ================ > Web Engineering: Designing, Integrating and Maintaining OpenSource IT since 1996. www.webengr.com > * > ======================================================= > FHStoday mailing list > FHStoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org > http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/mailman/listinfo/fhstoday From wynne@metrolink.net Tue Nov 28 18:55:24 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eASItN506141 for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 18:55:24 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.81]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 17:38:57 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 17:35:34 -0500 To: fhstoday@list.webengr.com From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001128223857462.AAA214@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [FHStoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR NOVEMBER 29 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY NOVEMBER 29 1845 James C. Ballard and Adeline Beall were issued the first marriage license in Marion County. 1861 Confederate President Jefferson Davis assured Governor John Milton that Florida and its defense against a Union invasion was a prime consideration of the Confederate national government. 1863 Union general Alexander Asboth was authorized to raise a regiment of cavalry in West Florida, if he could. 1890 Delegates of the National Farmer’s Alliance, a cooperative economic union of farmers, met in convention at the Ocala House, built by Henry Bradley Plant. 1963 In the immediate aftermath of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, President Lyndon Baines Johnson ordered the name of Cape Canaveral be changed to Cape Kennedy and to also rename the space facility in honor of the slain president.. From wynne@metrolink.net Wed Nov 29 10:49:00 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eATAmx502858 for ; Wed, 29 Nov 2000 10:48:59 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.84]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Wed, 29 Nov 2000 09:32:46 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 21:34:51 -0500 To: FHStoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org From: "lewis n. wynne" Subject: Fwd: Re: [FHStoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR NOVEMBER 29 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001129143246443.AAA320@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ >>From: Toteo53@aol.com >>Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 19:13:39 EST >>Subject: Re: [FHStoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR NOVEMBER 29 >>To: wynne@metrolink.net >>X-Mailer: Windows AOL sub 109 >> >>Please do not stop this service. I read it with my teenage son almost >>everyday, it is a great benefit. >> From wynne@metrolink.net Wed Nov 29 10:57:20 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eATAvJ502026 for ; Wed, 29 Nov 2000 10:57:20 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.84]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Wed, 29 Nov 2000 09:41:06 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 21:43:08 -0500 To: FHSToday@list.florida-historical-soc.org From: "lewis n. wynne" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001129144106252.AAA322@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Subject: [FHStoday] A Final Comment Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ This is the final forwarded comment on "Today In Florida History." Some good news, maybe. Perhaps a suggested co-sponsorship between the Florida Historical Society and the Bureau of Historic Preservation will come to fruition and we can expand the offerings. From: LERivers55@aol.com Message-ID: Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 06:26:32 EST Subject: Re: [FHStoday] Comment To: wynne@metrolink.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Windows AOL sub 114 Nick I am on the same page with Margo Pope. I think this service should be continued. In fact, I strongly believe that a course in Florida history should be required of all students at State Supported Institutions of Higher Learning. I came from Pennsylvania to the Fort Valley State University many years ago, and had to take a state-mandated Georgia history course. It did me a lot of good!!! With so many people entering the Sunshine state with no knowledge of Florida history, they should be required to take a care before they graduate. May be we might have people looking at Florida as a state with a dynamic history instead of simply a Mickey Mouse place where we can't count ballots!!! Larry E. Rivers From wynne@metrolink.net Wed Nov 29 12:13:17 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eATCDH513606 for ; Wed, 29 Nov 2000 12:13:17 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.82]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Wed, 29 Nov 2000 10:57:03 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 22:59:09 -0500 To: FHSToday@list.florida-historical-soc.org From: "lewis n. wynne" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001129155703885.AAA265@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Subject: [FHStoday] Fwd: Re: Adeline Beal Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ >From: "Beal, Jason A." >To: "Nick Wynne" >Subject: Re: Adeline Beal >Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 09:52:18 -0500 >Organization: >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 > >In re the first historical note in Today in Florida History - November 29. I >had an ancestor by the name of Adeline Beal who lived in Marion County >around 1845. I haven't yet found in my research a marriage to a James C. >Ballard. If anyone has any more information on the Adeline Beall noted in >today's email, please let me know. > >Thanks > From wynne@metrolink.net Wed Nov 29 19:38:01 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eATJbx503830 for ; Wed, 29 Nov 2000 19:38:00 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.84]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Wed, 29 Nov 2000 18:21:36 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 18:18:18 -0500 To: FHSToday@list.florida-historical-soc.org From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001129232136364.AAA276@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [FHStoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR NOVEMBER 30 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY NOVEMBER 30 1817 Fifty-nine soldiers and settlers were killed or wounded in an attack by Indians on the Apalachicola River. 1862 Confederate General Joseph J. Finegan reported that the districts of East and Middle Florida had 2,160 men under his command to provide for the defense of the state. 1863 The Florida Legislature today designated December 24 as a day of “fasting, humiliation and prayer.” 1904 The City of Dania was incorporated today. 1925 The City of Miami received a record 14.1 inches of rain during a 12 hour period today. 1982 Today, eleven of twelve of Florida’s African-American legislators organized the state’s first “Black Caucus.” Senator Carrie Meek of Miami was elected chairperson, and representative John Thomas of Jacksonville was elected vice chairperson. From wynne@metrolink.net Thu Nov 30 13:21:33 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eAUDLW504742 for ; Thu, 30 Nov 2000 13:21:33 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.81]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Thu, 30 Nov 2000 12:05:12 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 00:07:17 -0500 To: FHSToday@list.florida-historical-soc.org From: "lewis n. wynne" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001130170512287.AAA329@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Subject: [FHStoday] REQUEST FOR IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ Dear Agorites: The Brevard Heritage Council, the Tebeau-Field Library and the Florida Historical Society is applying for a Bureau of Historic Preservation grant for a "cutting edge" historical project--the creation of a low-power, limited range FM station (radius of 3-5 miles) to use as a walking-driving tour carrier for Historic Cocoa Village. The FM station would also be used to broadcast special historical programs and PSAs. This proposed project will be unique in the United States. The broadcast would also be "streamed" on the internet. It would be used as a source of programming for other historical societies, a system of immediate communications with the Bureau of Historical Preservation, and a positive outlet for heritage tourism. Historical and preservation organizations from around the state would be invited to prepare digital programming for inclusion on the radio-internet site. The only cost would be the actual cost of preparing the material. We are requesting a grant of $10,000 to pay for programming. Because of the limited time (this opportunity became available just now and has a 90 day application period) to get approval for the radio station, we decided to move forward. In order to meet the December 15 deadline for the next BHP grant cycle, I urge those of you who have a not-for-profit organization, a business, or who are interested in seeing this experimental project develop and succeed (perhaps we can extend it to more communities later) to send a letter of support to me at: Nick Wynne, 435 Brevard Avenue, Cocoa, FL 32922 or FAX it to me at (321) 690-4388 not later than December 12. Please address your letter to (but send them to me): Dr. Janet S. Matthews Bureau of Historic Preservation R.A. Gray Building 500 South Bronough Street Tallahassee, FL Please stress in your letter, the (1) innovative approach to this project (2) the lost cost of operation and the high returns for preservation and tourism (3) the tremendous publicity outlet (4) the high level of educational offerings and (5) the opportunity for the State of Florida and the Preservation Grants Review Panel to take a unique and "cutting edge" step toward new concepts in the 21st Century. Thank you very much for your support. Remember, time is of the essence here. Nick Wynne, PhD Executive Director web moderator From wynne@metrolink.net Thu Nov 30 19:43:10 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eAUJhA510175 for ; Thu, 30 Nov 2000 19:43:10 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.83]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Thu, 30 Nov 2000 18:26:41 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 18:23:25 -0500 To: FHSToday@list.florida-historical-soc.org From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001130232641781.AAA179@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [FHStoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR DECEMBER 1 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY DECEMBER 1 1845 David Levy Yulee and James D. Westcott, Jr., took their seats in the United States Senate today as the first senators from Florida. Yulee was from St. Augustine, while Westcott was from Tallahassee. David Levy Yulee won the long term of office, which ended on March 3, 1851, while Westcott’s term expired on March 3, 1849. The decision was made by lot. Yulee later served in the Senate of the Confederate States of America and Westcott became the Attorney General of Florida in 1868. Yulee, who had previously served as the delegate from Florida in the 27th, 28th and 29th Congress, was a large land owner and entrepreneur. He was the force behind the first cross-peninsula railroad that ran from Fernandina on the Atlantic Coast to Cedar Key on the Gulf of Mexico. The railroad opened in 1860, but was almost immediately shut down with the outbreak of the War between the States. 1861 Confederate General Braxton E. Bragg reported that he had approximately 3,000 men under his command in Pensacola, but arms for only about 600 of them. 1862 The Union ship, the U.S.S. Sagamore, today captured the blockade runner, By George, off the coast of the Indian River. The captured vessel was carrying a cargo of coffee and salt. The United States gunboat, Tioga, captured the schooner Nonsuch, after a four- hour chase. Although the Nonsuch was flying British colors, she was carrying a cargo of coffee and cartridge paper. She was taken to Key West for adjudication. 1864 The Florida Methodist Conference began its annual meeting in Madison today. The Conference had 8,641 white members and 5,169 African-American members. The Florida Legislature today approved an appropriation for $60,000 to care for the sick and wounded soldiers of the state. 1928 The first air line service between Miami and New York was inaugurated today by Pitcairn Airlines (later known as Eastern Airlines). 1945 Delta Airlines began operating in Florida today with DC-3 service from Miami to Jacksonville. 1969 Eckerd Drugs of Florida, Incorporated, was reincorporated as Jack Eckerd Corporation today. The first Eckerd drug store opened in Clearwater in 1952. From wynne@metrolink.net Fri Dec 1 19:28:49 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eB1JSm508856 for ; Fri, 1 Dec 2000 19:28:49 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.82]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Fri, 1 Dec 2000 18:12:07 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 18:08:50 -0500 To: FHSToday@list.florida-historical-soc.org From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001201231207320.AAA52@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [FHStoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR DECEMBER 2 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY DECEMBER 2 1839 Robert Raymond Reid, the fourth Territorial governor of Florida (December 2, 1839-August 11, 1844), took office today. Reid was born in Prince William Parish, South Carolina on September 8, 1789. He was educated in Augusta, Georgia, and practiced law there. At age 27, Reid became the judge of the Burke County (GA) Superior Court. In 1832, President Andrew Jackson appointed him the United States Judge of East Florida. He continued in this office until he was appointed governor by President Martin Van Buren on December 2, 1839. Reid presided over the Constitutional Convention at St. Joseph (See entry for December 3). He died in Leon County on July 1, 1841. 1862 Colonel William G. M. Davis of the 1st Florida Cavalry received his appointed today as a Brigadier General and was assigned to command Confederate forces at Knoxville and parts of East Tennessee. The Florida Comptroller, Walter Gwynn, reported that the state expended $958,260.76 during the fiscal year that ended on october 31. The state received $1,068,397.58 in taxes and other revenues. 1863 As of this date, Federal naval authorities reported that thirty-four Union ships were attached to the East Gulf Blockading Squadron, which enforced the naval blockade of Florida from Cape Canaveral on the East Coast to St. Andrews Bay on the Gulf Coast. Men from the Federal bark, Restless, laying at anchor at St. Andrews Bay, marched inland to Lake Ocala. At Lake Ocala, they destroyed three separate salt works belonging to a Mr. Kent. The operations, which could produce 130 pounds of salt per day, were worked by a force of seventeen men, who were captured and paroled. In addition to the boilers, two flatboats, six oxcarts and other equipment were destroyed. A large quantity of salt was thrown into the lake. 1910 Charles E. Bennett, former congressman from Jacksonville, was born today in Canton, New York. Bennett has the distinction of being the member of Congress with the record of casting the greatest number of consecutive roll-call votes in U.S. history. 1925 The Florida Cattle Tick Eradication Committee, founded in 1916, formally changed its name today to the Florida State Chamber of Commerce at a meeting in St. Petersburg. 1957 Atlantic Beach, first incorporated in 1926, was re-chartered today as a city. 1988 The shuttle Atlantis was launched today from Kennedy Space Center on its third mission for the Defense Department. On board were Robert Gibson, Guy Gardner, Richard Mullane, Jerry Ross and William Shepherd. 1990 The shuttle Columbia was sent soaring into space today with a cargo of telescopes for space study. Vance Brand, Guy gardner, Jeffrey Hoffman, John Lounge, Robert Parker, Ronald Parise and Samuel Durrance made up the crew. 1992 Shuttle Discovery made the last Department of Defense flight into space today. David walker, Robert Cabana, Guion Bluford, James Voss and Michael Clifford were on board. 1993 Shuttle Endeavor (Crew: Richard Covey, Kenneth Bowersox, Story Musgrave, Jeffrey Hoffman, Kathryn Thorton, Tom Akers and Claude Nicollier) was sent into space to make repairs to the Hubble telescope. From wynne@metrolink.net Sat Dec 2 18:38:37 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eB2IcW525028 for ; Sat, 2 Dec 2000 18:38:32 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.84]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Sat, 2 Dec 2000 17:21:53 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 17:18:39 -0500 To: FHSToday@list.florida-historical-soc.org From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001202222153112.AAA288@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [FHStoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR DECEMBER 3 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY DECEMBER 3 1825 President John Quincy Adams confirmed the selection of Pensacola as the site for the construction of a United States Navy Yard. 1838 Florida’s first constitutional convention opened today at St. Joseph [near present-day Port St. Joe]. Fifty-six representatives from Florida’s 20 counties gatered to write a constitution in anticipation of statehood. The convention lasted until January 11, 1839. Interestingly, the document drafted by these men prohibited bank officers, clergymen, and duelists from being elected to the Legislature, governor’s office, or United States Senator. The convention’s efforts were for naught, since statehood was delayed for another six years. When Florida became a state on March 3, 1845, the document drafted at St. Joseph served as the basis for the first state constitution. 1863 Governor John Milton signed the legislative bill today incorporating the Monticello and Thomasville railroad Company. 1864 A Federal task force, using men from the U.S.S. Nita, Stars and Stripes, Hendrick Hudson, Ariel, and Two Sisters destroyed a large salt works at Rocky point, near Tampa Bay today. Seven boilers and other equipment were destroyed. There were no casualties. 1963 The St. Lucie County Historical Commission was created at Fort Pierce today. From wynne@metrolink.net Sun Dec 3 18:24:06 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eB3IO5512645 for ; Sun, 3 Dec 2000 18:24:06 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.82]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Sun, 3 Dec 2000 17:06:41 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2000 17:03:21 -0500 To: FHSToday@list.florida-historical-soc.org From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001203220641298.AAA314@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [FHStoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR DECEMBER 5 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY DECEMBER 4 1765 Zephaniah Kingsley, pioneer land owner at Fort George Island, was born today in Scotland. Kingsley Pantation, near Jacksonville, is open to visitors each day. 1862 Colonel Caraway Smith of the 2nd Florida cavalry was assigned to command the coastal defenses of Florida from Dead Man’s Bay west to Dickerson Bay. Smith’s headquarters were at Camp Leon near Tallahassee. 1864 Brigadier General Robert Bullock of the 7th Florida infantry regiment was severely wounded today in fighting near Murfeesboror, Tennessee. Jacob A. Lash, major, took over command until a replacement arrived. The blockade runner Peep O’Day was captured today by boats from the U.S.S. Pursuit near the Indian River. The Peep O’Day was carrying a cargo of cotton. 1925 Newspapers reported today that more than 600,000 persons were living in tents as migration outstripped the ability of builders to construct new homes during the “Florida Boom.” Gilchrist County, Florida’s 67th county, was established today by the Florida Legislature. Named for Albert Waller Gilchrist, the 20th governor of Florida (January 5, 1909-January 7, 1913). The county seat is Trenton. Gilchrist was a descendant of both george washington and James Madison. A bachelor, he left his estate of $500,000 to charity. 1925 J. B. Johnson assumed office as the Attorney General of Florida today. He served until June 4, 1927, when he was replaced by Fred H. Davis. 1925 Justice Rivers H. Buford assumed a position on the Florida Supreme Court. By the end of his tenure on March 1, 1948, he had written more opinions (by name) than any other justice. The 2,657 opinions he wrote under this own name were supplemented by an additional 300-400 written anonymously on behalf of the entire court. 1959 “Sam,” a NASA test monkey, survived a trip into outer space and returned to Earth, paving the way for humans to travel in space. 1964 Nova University was incorporated today. Privately operated and headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Nova University is one of the fastest growing higher education institutions in Florida. From wynne@metrolink.net Mon Dec 4 11:57:49 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eB4Bvm525798 for ; Mon, 4 Dec 2000 11:57:48 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.81]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Mon, 4 Dec 2000 10:41:04 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2000 22:43:07 -0500 To: FHSToday@list.florida-historical-soc.org From: "lewis n. wynne" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Message-ID: <20001204154104536.AAA283@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by gondor.webengr.com id eB4Bvm525798 Subject: [FHStoday] SPEAKER Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ RETIRED EDUCATOR AND AUTHOR TO SPEAK (Cocoa)Mr. Frank Thomas, a retired educator and author of the book, Images of America:  The history of Melbourne beach and Indialantic, will present a free lecture on the history of these Brevard County communities on December 9 at 2:00 p.m. at the Tebeau-Field Library in Historic Cocoa Village.  Mr. Thomas, who taught history in the Brevard County school system until his retirement, is a well-known local historian.  He has been very involved in a number of community projects to save or restore historical buildings in the Melbourne Beach community and has been a frequent speaker on local history topics. Mr. Thomas’ book will be available for sale at The Print Shoppe, the Library’s bookstore, and he will autograph them. Refreshments will be served. For more information, call (321) 690-1971. The Tebeau-Field Library is located at 435 Brevard Avenue in Historic Cocoa Village.  The Tebeau-Field Library is a private research library for Florida history.  The Library receives no funding from city, county or state authorities. From wynne@metrolink.net Mon Dec 4 17:31:03 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eB4HUo519921 for ; Mon, 4 Dec 2000 17:30:50 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.82]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Mon, 4 Dec 2000 16:13:53 -0500 Message-Id: X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 01:39:14 -0500 To: FHSToday@list.florida-historical-soc.org From: "lewis n. wynne" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: [FHStoday] [FHSagora] FEBRUARY CONFERENCE Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ On February 16 and 17, the Florida Historical Society, the Tebeau-Field Library and the Florida Bureau of Historic preservation will present a two-day seminar on "Historical Architecture, Preservation and the National register Process." Walter Marder, State of Florida Historical Architect, will present the Friday session on historic architecure. Carl Shiver, staff member of the national Register Review Staff at the Bureau of Historic Preservation, will take a step-by-step approach to identifying sites and filing a National register nomination. In addition, Mr. Shiver will discuss the benefits of heritage tourism to local economies. Government officials and Community Develpment staff members are also encouraged to attend. The seminar will be held from 9:00 until 4:00 p.m. each day at the Tebeau-Field Library, 435 Brevard Avenue, Historic Cocoa Village (Cocoa), FL. The cost will be $50.00 and will include lunch and materials. Space is limited and the seminar will also be limited to the first 60 persons. Please call (321) 690-1971 to confirm you spot. A pre-registration fee of $20.00 is required to hold your space. This is an important seminar for owners of historic properties, government officials, those who are involved in tourism promotions and for historians, archaeologists and genealogists. _______________________________________________ FHSagora mailing list FHSagora@list.florida-historical-soc.org http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/mailman/listinfo/fhsagora ================================= Sponsored in part by: * Web Engineering, www.webengr.com * =================== From wynne@metrolink.net Mon Dec 4 21:16:34 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eB4LGX504004 for ; Mon, 4 Dec 2000 21:16:34 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.82]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Mon, 4 Dec 2000 19:59:41 -0500 Message-Id: X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 19:56:21 -0500 To: FHSToday@list.florida-historical-soc.org From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by gondor.webengr.com id eB4LGX504004 Subject: [FHStoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR DECEMBER 5 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY DECEMBER 5   1862 The Florida Treasurer announced today that the State of Florida had issued $1,886,640.15 in treasury notes as of this date.  Of these notes, $1,486,601.28 were in circulation. 1863 Federal General Alexander Asboth reported that Confederate forces were fortifying a position at Fifteen-Mile Station.  Asboth also reported that large numbers of deserters were coming through his lines to take the oath of allegiance to the Union. 1864 Governor John Milton signed into law a bill that created special courts for trying slaves, free Negroes, and mulattos accused of capital offenses.  Milton also signed a bill that placed all white male inhabitants of Florida between the ages of 16 and 55 into militia service. 1883 Citizens of Tallahassee held a public meeting today to develop a plan for financing the city’s first public library. 1886 Citizens of Pensacola woke up this morning to a blanket of snow on the ground.  More than one-half inch of the “white rain” fell on Florida’s second city.  1918 The Florida House of representatives rejected statewide suffrage for women by a vote of 31-37. From wynne@metrolink.net Mon Dec 4 21:16:44 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eB4LGg516220 for ; Mon, 4 Dec 2000 21:16:42 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.82]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Mon, 4 Dec 2000 19:59:46 -0500 Message-Id: X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 19:43:30 -0500 To: FHSToday@list.florida-historical-soc.org From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by gondor.webengr.com id eB4LGg516220 Subject: [FHStoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR DECEMBER 4 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY DECEMBER 4   1765 Zephaniah Kingsley, pioneer land owner at Fort George Island, was born today in Scotland.  Kingsley Pantation, near Jacksonville, is open to visitors each day.  1862 Colonel Caraway Smith of the 2nd Florida cavalry was assigned to command the coastal defenses of Florida from Dead Man’s Bay west to Dickerson Bay.  Smith’s headquarters were at Camp Leon near Tallahassee. 1864 Brigadier General Robert Bullock of the 7th Florida infantry regiment was severely wounded today in fighting near Murfeesboror, Tennessee.  Jacob A. Lash, major, took over command until a replacement arrived. The blockade runner Peep O’Day was captured today by boats from the U.S.S. Pursuit near the Indian River.  The Peep O’Day was carrying a cargo of cotton. 1925 Newspapers reported today that more than 600,000 persons were living in tents as migration outstripped the ability of builders to construct new homes during the “Florida Boom.” Gilchrist County, Florida’s 67th county, was established today by the Florida Legislature.  Named for Albert Waller Gilchrist, the 20th governor of Florida (January 5, 1909-January 7, 1913).  The county seat is Trenton.  Gilchrist was a descendant of both george washington and James Madison.  A bachelor, he left his estate of $500,000 to charity. 1925 J. B. Johnson assumed office as the Attorney General of Florida today.  He served until June 4, 1927, when he was replaced by Fred H. Davis. 1925 Justice Rivers H. Buford assumed a position on the Florida Supreme Court.  By the end of his tenure on March 1, 1948, he had written more opinions (by name) than any other justice.  The 2,657 opinions he wrote under this own name were supplemented by an additional 300-400 written anonymously on behalf of the entire court. 1959 “Sam,” a NASA test monkey, survived a trip into outer space and returned to Earth, paving the way for humans to travel in space. 1964 Nova University was incorporated today.  Privately operated and headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Nova University is one of the fastest growing higher education institutions in Florida. 1999 The shuttle Endeavor, with a crew made up of Robert Cabana, Frederick Sturckow, nancy Currie, jerry Ross, james newman and Sergei krikalev, was launched today on the first International Space Station assembly mission. From wynne@metrolink.net Tue Dec 5 21:48:31 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eB5LmU524828 for ; Tue, 5 Dec 2000 21:48:30 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.82]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Tue, 5 Dec 2000 20:31:28 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 20:28:21 -0500 To: FHSToday@list.florida-historical-soc.org From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001206013128257.AAA205@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [FHStoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR DECEMBER 6 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY DECEMBER 6 1822 Eberhard Faber, the pencil manufacturer whose purchase and clear cutting of hundred of thousands of acres of cedar both fueled the economy of Cedar Key and ultimately led to its economic demise, was born in Germany. 1861 Governor John Milton today signed the bill changing the name of New River County to Bradford County in honor of Captain Richard Bradford, who was killed in the Battle of Santa Rosa Island on October 9, 1861. 1862 Governor John Milton signed a bill today suspending the collection of taxes in counties under Union control. 1864 The U.S.S. Sunflower today captured the Confederate sloop, Pickwick, along the Gulf Coast near St. George’s Sound. Governor John Milton called for the restoration of 3-days-a-week mail service between Gainesville and Tampa. The service had been reduced to a once-a-week run. 1947 Today, President Harry S. Truman dedicated the Everglades National Park in ceremonies held in the town of Everglades. 1957 Today the test satellite Vanguard exploded two seconds after it was launched at Cape Canveral. 1965 In an unusual experiment, astronaut James Lovell, aboard Gemini 7, became the first person to fly in space without protective gear, wearing only his underwear! From wynne@metrolink.net Wed Dec 6 15:52:02 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eB6Fq1518167; Wed, 6 Dec 2000 15:52:01 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.85]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net; Wed, 6 Dec 2000 14:35:08 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2000 02:37:06 -0500 To: FHSToday@list.florida-historical-soc.org From: "lewis n. wynne" Cc: FHSAgora@list.florida-historical-soc.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001206193508051.AAA46@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Subject: [FHStoday] CANCELLATION OF A REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ The call for letters of support for the proposed low powered FM radio station has been cancelled. According to our FCC attorney, the proposed use of such stations has been opposed by the Republican-dominated Congress (defined as such by the attorney, who is a Republican) to such an extent that a rider has been attached to the District of Columbia funding bill that would halt the allocation of low powered frequencies. This comes from the opposition of large corporations who hold multiple-licenses and who view the creation of such "public good educational" stations as competition. The FCC has halted the published rotation of alloting frequencies and, if they resume in the future, would make allocations in Florida available at that time. The idea of low powered public/educational/historical radios to further the mission of state and local historical agencies should not be abandoned. We will monitor the situation. In the meantime, let me suggest that interested parties consult the overall requirements at www.fcc.gov (click on the Low Powered FM Stations section of its home page) and check out the estimated costs of putting such a station on the air at www.3abn.or/radio/lpfm/cost.html I can envision a statewide network of such stations. Thank you again for your letters of support. I'll hold them in reserve. Nick Wynne From wynne@metrolink.net Wed Dec 6 18:57:27 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eB6IvR514163 for ; Wed, 6 Dec 2000 18:57:27 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.82]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Wed, 6 Dec 2000 17:40:27 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2000 17:37:27 -0500 To: FHSToday@list.florida-historical-soc.org From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001206224027480.AAA198@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [FHStoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR DECEMBER 7 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY DECEMBER 7 TODAY IS PEARL HARBOR DAY. ON DECEMBER 7, 1941, AMERICAN NAVAL AND LAND FORCES WERE SURPRISED BY A MASSIVE AIR RAID BY JAPANESE CARRIER BASED PLANES. THIS “DAY OF INFAMY” SIGNALED THE UNITED STATES’ ENTRY INTO WORLD WAR II. TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY SALUTES THOSE MEN AND WOMEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES AT PEARL HARBOR AND IN THE YEARS OF WARFARE TO COME. 1821 Pensacola’s First United Methodist Church was established as a Methodist mission in this Panhandle city. 1861 John K. Mitchell was appointed Commander in the Confederate Navy, while Henry K. Stevens received a commision as Lieutenant. Both men were Floridians. 1863 The commander of the U.S.S. Sagamore received orders to proceed to the mouth of the Suwanee River and to capture two river pilots stationed there. The pilots were suspected of having piloted three Confederate steamers carrying contraband up the river at the end of their voyages to Havana. 1864 The Federal blockade at Fernandina was lifted by order of Union President Abraham Lincoln. Ships of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron were ordered by Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgreen to obey this order, but to carefully screen the incoming ships to ensure they had not visited other ports which were still blockaded. 1918 Sidney J. Catts, Florida’s only Prohibition governor, called the Legislature into session to ratify the amendment to the U.S. Constitution which prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages. 1941 Some 360 Japanese planes attacked Pearl Harbor. Five American battleships were sunk, 14 smaller ships were destroyed, 200 aircraft were obliterated. Tagically, more than 2,000 seamen were killed, along with 400 civilians. More than 1,300 were wounded. Japanese losses were 29 airplanes, five midget submarines, and 100 killed. 1969 Testimony continued today in the murder trial of Miami native, Lieutenant William Calley, charged with killing Vietnamese civilians at Mylai, in Songmy Province, South Vietnam, on March 16, 1968. 1972 Apollo 17 was successfully launched from Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy Space Center. This was the last manned moon shot in the NASA moon series. Eugene A. Cernan and Harrison H. Schmitt land edon the moon’s surface, while Ronald E. Evans remained in the command ship. The astronauts spent a total of 75 hours on the lunar surface, and, in additon to collecting specimens, left a permanent plaque, signed by President Richard M. Nixon and the astronauts, on the part of their space ship that remained behind. From wynne@metrolink.net Thu Dec 7 11:06:34 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eB7B6Y524167 for ; Thu, 7 Dec 2000 11:06:34 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.82]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Thu, 7 Dec 2000 09:49:19 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2000 21:51:22 -0500 To: FHSToday@list.florida-historical-soc.org From: "lewis n. wynne" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001207144919854.AAA319@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Subject: [FHStoday] Fwd: Methodist history Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ >From: EFDIB@aol.com >Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 19:17:42 EST >Subject: Methodist history >To: Wynne@metrolink.net >X-Mailer: AOL for Macintosh sub 28 > > The December 7, 2000 "TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY" contains the statement >that "1821 PENSACOLA'S FIRST UNITED CHURCH WAS ESTABLISHED AS A METHODIST >MISSION IN THIS PANHANDLE CITY." I think this statement is slightly >misleading. > > On December 7, 1821, Alexander Talley was assigned as an itinerant >circuit rider to cultivate a very large area, which included "Pensacola, >Mobile, Blakely and adjoining area." (Charles T. Thrift, Jr., THE TRAIL OF >THE FLORIDA CIRCUIT RIDER, p. 27). Pensacola was an adjunct to the >Conference' move into the Lower Mississippi and Alabama. I know of no >evidence that Talley even reached Pensacola in 1821. > > Besides, it was the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1821, not United >Methodist Church. It took long after the split into northern and southern >Methodist churches in 1845, and long after the Civil War, for the United >Methodist Church to be created. > > This may seem to belabor a minor point to some. Other sources are >available on request. I am sending this just to you, (I think) Nick, to pass >on if you wish. > >Regards, >Ernie Dibble > From wynne@metrolink.net Thu Dec 7 19:42:41 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eB7Jgf521567 for ; Thu, 7 Dec 2000 19:42:41 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.84]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Thu, 7 Dec 2000 18:25:30 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 18:22:34 -0500 To: FHSToday@list.florida-historical-soc.org From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001207232530828.AAA55@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [FHStoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR DECEMBER 8 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY DECEMBER 8 1824 The first presbyterian Church in Florida was incorporated at St. Augustine. 1862 The Pensacola and Georgia Railroad was opened to Gee Gee’s Trunout, four miles from Quincy. 1863 The Florida Sentinel suspended publication today because of a lack of paper. Former State paymaster, R.C. Williams, was cleared of charges made in November that he had defaulted with $11,400 in state funds. 1886 The City of Arcadia was incorporated today. 1891 Marcellus Lovejoy Stearns, the eleventh governor of Florida (acting) died today at Palatine Bridge, New York. He served from March 18, 1874 until January 2, 1877. Stearns was born at Lovell, maine, on April 29, 1839. He was educated at Waterville (now Colby) College. He left college to join the Union army in 1861. Stearns lost an arm at the Battle of Winchester. Achieving the rank of First Lieutenant, he transferred to the Freedman’s Bureau and was stationed at Quincy, Florida. In 1868, he served in the constitutional convention and was elected to the Florida House of Representatives from 1868 until 1872. In 1869, Stearns was elected Speaker . In 1869, he was appointed the United States Surveyor-General for Florida by Ulysses S. Grant, a position he held until 1873. In 1872, Stearns was elected Lieutenant Governor and became Governor upon the death of Governor Ossian Bingley Hart. Defeated in his bid for election to a regular term, Stearns was appointed United States Commissioner at Hot Springs, Arkansas, a position he held until 1880. 1928 Dale Van Sickle, an end on the University of Florida football team, was named to the Associated Press’ All-American football team. From wynne@metrolink.net Fri Dec 8 10:54:04 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eB8As2501148 for ; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 10:54:02 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.83]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 09:36:54 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 21:38:57 -0500 To: FHSToday@list.florida-historical-soc.org From: "lewis n. wynne" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Message-ID: <20001208143654599.AAA152@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by gondor.webengr.com id eB8As2501148 Subject: [FHStoday] Fwd: Searching for Political Healing : The Great Commoner Revisited Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ > > From: FLagbiz@aol.com > Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 08:40:51 EST > Subject: Searching for Political Healing : The Great Commoner Revisited > To: wynne@metrolink.net > CC: web@beautifulcity.net > X-Mailer: Unknown sub 171 > > Dear Friend of Florida History: > > No matter how Election 2000 finally turns out, the country is in need of > political healing. So where will we find a leader to soothe the aching body > politic? After a canvass of active politicians and those recently retired we > are left with an hollow, empty feeling. Perhaps we should consult history and > > recall some of our greatest, if unheralded, peacekeepers for solace?  One who > > jumps to mind is the Great Commoner, William Jennings Bryan, (1860-1925) who > lived his last years in Coral Gables. > > Bryan's silver-tongued oratory and crusades for the farmer and worker brought > > him three nominations  for president from the Democratic Party (1896, 1900 > and 1908) > and later he became Wilson's first secretary of state (1913-15). Many of the > issues and concepts he championed became the law of land, including Women's > suffrage, the Department of Labor, direct election of senators, the Federal > Reserve System, > Prohibition, Food Safety and others. > > A special project has been established, with help from the Florida > Agribusiness Council (FL/ABC), and a counterpart program in Illinois, > memorializing William Jennings Bryan and his achievements for the Nation - > click : > www.agribusinesscouncil.org/ > bryan.htm  - Hope you will check it out > and alert some of your history-minded friends. It is times like these that we > > need to remember our heritage and the peacekeepers who helped build our > country. If we can work together, we can win together! Check out our Heritage > > Preservation Committee site to learn about other important peacekeepers who > fought for reconciliation, at www. > agribusinesscouncil.org/heritage.htm) > > Best for the Season, > > Nicholas E. Hollis > Senior Advisor > Florida Agribusiness Council (FL/ABC) > > www.agribusinesscouncil.or > g/florida.htm From wynne@metrolink.net Fri Dec 8 19:26:10 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eB8JQ8508066 for ; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 19:26:09 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.81]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 18:08:58 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 18:06:03 -0500 To: FHSToday@list.florida-historical-soc.org From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001208230858197.AAA263@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [FHStoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR DECEMBER 9 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY DECEMBER 9 LOCAL HISTORIAN FRANK THOMAS WILL GIVE A FREE LECTURE ON THE "HISTORY OF MELBOURNE BEACH" SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, AT 2:00 P.M. AT THE TBEAU-FIELD LIBRARY OF FLORIDA HISTORY. CALL (321) 690-1971 FOR MORE INFORMATION. 1825 The City of Tallahassee was incorporated today. 1825 Washington County, Florida’s twelfth county, was established today. The county was named in honor of President George Washington. The county seat of Washington County is Chipley. 1861 The Calhoun rangers, activated by Special State Order 83, reported for duty today at Camp Milton, near Apalachicola. 1863 The Federal Navy reported the the U.S.S. Circassin would serve as a supply ship operating between Cape Canaveral on the Atlantic Coast of Florida and the coast of Texas. 1864 The Florida Brigade, consisting of the 2nd, 5th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th Florida Infantry regiments attacked Federal positions at Bellfield, Virginia, today after a two-day march. Federal units refused to become involved in combat and the Florida units returned to their camp. 1933 WMBR Radio, founded in Tampa in 1927, was licensed to operate in Jacksonville. 1943 Dennis J. Patrick O’Grady, reputed to be the youngest ever member of the Florida Seante, was born today in Brooklyn, New York. O’Grady was elected in 1967, following a special court-ordered statewide apportionment general election. When elected, O’Grady was 23 years and 3 months old. 1960 The New River Tunnel, the first in Florida open to vehicular traffic, was opned today. 1985 Polls released today show Floridians joined other Americans (47%) who thought President Ronald Reagan lied about his knowledge of the diversion of funds from the sale of arms to Iran to fund the Contra movement in Nicaragua. Special prosecutor Lawrence E. Walsh, former president of the American Bar Association, conducted an investigation of the Iran-Contra affair. Reagan’s public approval rating dropped from 67% to 46% as a result of the investigation and congressional hearings on the matter. From wynne@metrolink.net Sat Dec 9 18:54:46 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eB9Isk511787 for ; Sat, 9 Dec 2000 18:54:46 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.82]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Sat, 9 Dec 2000 17:37:34 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 17:34:37 -0500 To: FHSToday@list.florida-historical-soc.org From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001209223734325.AAA173@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [FHStoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR DECEMBER 10 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY DECEMBER 10 1810 The sixth (acting) governor of Florida (April 1, 1865-May 19, 1865), Abraham Kurkindolle Allison, was born today in Jones County, Georgia. Allison had earlier served a brief term as Acting governor (September 16-October 3, 1853) when Governor Thomas Brown and Senate President R. J. Floyd were both out of the state at the same time. (For more information of A. K. Allison, see the entry for July 8.) 1842 The Florida Journal for today announced the start of the 1843 race season at Tallahassee would begin on January 10. 1861 General Braxton E. Bragg, on duty in Pensacola, reported that he was having great diffuclty persuading his troops to reenlist for the “duration of the war.” Many of the initial 90 day terms of enlistment were expiring and some troops were ready to abandon their units and go home. 1862 The Federal ship, U.S.S. Sagamore, reported the capture of the British blockade runner, Alicia, near the Indian River on the Atlantic Coast. 1862 The M. Sandford, a Federal transport steamer, was reported aground near the Turtle Harbor Lighthouse. A contingent of the 156th New York Volunteers were aboard. The 500 men and officers of the unit were evacuated by the U.S.S. Gemstock and the U.S.S. Blackston. 1863 Officers and men from the Union steamer, Bloomer, reported the destruction of salt works near St. Andrews Sound this morning. Twenty-seven buildings, 200 kettles, 2,000 bushels of salt, and warehouses containing enought supplies for three months’ operations were destroyed. The value of the materiels destroyed was estimated at $500,000 (US). 1864 The U.S.S. O.H. Lee captured the British blockade runner, Sort, off Anclote Key today. The Sort was carrying a cargo of cotton. 1941 On this day off the coast of Luzon, Philippine Islands, Madison resident Captain Colin Kelly, Jr. was killed in action while piloting an American bomber against attacking Japanese ships. Although the remainder of his crew managed to bail out of the bomber, Kelly remained at the controls to ensure their safety. Kelly and his crew were the first American to inflict damage on a Japanese battleship in World War II. From wynne@metrolink.net Sun Dec 10 14:08:51 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eBAE8o517198 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2000 14:08:50 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.85]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2000 12:51:28 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 12:48:42 -0500 To: FHSToday@list.florida-historical-soc.org From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001210175128058.AAA234@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [FHStoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR DECEMBER 11 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY DECEMBER 11 1862 In action near Fredericksburg, Virginia, today the 8th Florida Infantry Regiment suffered losses. Twenty men were lost in battle, while an addition 2 were captured. 1862 The Florida Methodist Conference was meeting today in Tallahassee. 1863 The United States bark, Restless, with the assistance of two other Federal ships, the Bloomer and the Caroline, began shelling Confederate works in the town of St. Andrews today. Confederate forces in the area were stationed there to protect the valuable salt works in the area. 1886 Horticulturalist Lue Gim Gong settled in DeLand on this day. Gim Gong’s experiments with producing a hardy and commercially viable orange led to the development of a fruit that today bears his name. 1941 Floridians were still reeling at the horror of the Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor and other American installations in the Pacific. They were gearing up for a long and extended battle on two fronts as the United States Congress responded to the declarations of Adolph Hitler and Benito Mussolini by declaring war on Italy and Germany. This titanic struggle would be a seminal watershed for the people of Florida. Here are some of the results of World War II on the state. During the next four years, Floridians would: *construct 1,560 miles of new highways *build the only fully powered concrete ships in the world *drill the first producing oll well in the state in Collier County *be invaded by a small force of German saboteurs at Ponta Vedra Beach *see the state’s permanent population rise from 1,897,144 in 1940 to 2,771,305 in 1950 *become home to more than 4,000 German prisoners in 16 sites around the state From wynne@metrolink.net Mon Dec 11 14:05:33 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eBBE5W526204; Mon, 11 Dec 2000 14:05:32 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.81]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net; Mon, 11 Dec 2000 12:48:08 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 00:50:08 -0500 To: FHSToday@list.florida-historical-soc.org From: "lewis n. wynne" Cc: FHSAgora@list.florida-historical-soc.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001211174808768.AAA229@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Subject: [FHStoday] NEW OPERATING HOURS FOR TEBEAU-FILED LIBRARY Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW OPERATING HOURS FROM: Nick Wynne, PhD Executive Director For the past three years, the Tebeau-Field Library has maintained a six-day-a-week schedule. Because of special meetings or events, this schedule has frequently been expanded to a seven-day-a-week schedule. Our volunteers are tired. As of January 1, 2001, the Tebeau-Field Library will be opened from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. TUESDAY-Saturday. Please make a note of these new hours of operation. We have always appreciated your patronage. We look forward to serving you in the future. Thanks for understanding. From wynne@metrolink.net Mon Dec 11 19:51:20 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eBBJpI527872 for ; Mon, 11 Dec 2000 19:51:18 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.82]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Mon, 11 Dec 2000 18:33:48 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 18:31:01 -0500 To: FHSToday@list.florida-historical-soc.org From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001211233348551.AAA278@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [FHStoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR DECEMBER 12 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY DECEMBER 12 1853 Plataka’s First Presbyterian Church was organized today. 1861 Under Special Orders No. 264, issued by the Confederate War Department in Richmond, General Braxton E. Bragg’s command (the Florida Panhandle) was extended westward to include the Pascagoula Bay and the part of the state of Mississippi that lies east of the Pascagoula River. 1863 The Union steamer, Bloomer, continued its operations against Confederate salt works on the Gulf Coast. The Bloomer was continuing operations in the West Bay area. 1891 The first Elk’s Lodge (#221) was organized today in Jacksonville. 1932 Elizabeth J. Johnson, the first republican woman in the Florida Senate, was born today in Catskill, New York. Ms. Johnson was elected in 1966 from Cocoa Beach. 1978 Mario P. Goderich, a Cuban exile, was appointed to the position of Circuit Court Judge today by Governor Reubin O’D. Askew today. Goderich became the first Cuban exile to assume such a position in Florida. 1979 Maria Marinello Korvick, who became the first Hispanic woman to become a Circuit Judge on August 1, 1981, today was appointed a County Judge for Dade County by Governor Bob Graham (See entry for August 1). 1998 Governor Lawton Chiles, born April 3, 1930, in Lakeland, died today of an apprarent heart attack while exercising in the gym at the executive mansion in Tallahassee. Chiles, who was educated at the University of Florida (B.S., 1952-LL.B., 1955), served 18 years as United States Senator and 8 years as governor, following service in the Florida House of Representatives (1959-1966) and the Florida Senate (1966-1970). Chiles gained national fame in his campaign for United States senator when he canvassed the entire state on foot. "Walking Lawton" Chiles was a Democrat. Twice he defeated Republican candidates for governor. In 1990, he handily defeated Bob Martinez of Tampa, and in 1994, he narrowly defeated J. E. "Jeb" Bush. He was survived by his wife, Rhea, and four children. From wynne@metrolink.net Tue Dec 12 20:04:39 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eBCK4d513506 for ; Tue, 12 Dec 2000 20:04:39 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.83]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Tue, 12 Dec 2000 18:47:11 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 18:44:28 -0500 To: FHSToday@list.florida-historical-soc.org From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001212234711082.AAA278@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [FHStoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR DECEMBER 13 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY DECEMBER 13 1861 Polk County** was created today by the Florida legislature from lands that had previously constituted parts of Brevard and Hillsborough Counties. Named for president James Knox Polk, the eleventh president of the United States, Polk County is the 39th Florida County. (*This citation is taken from Samuel Proctor, Florida A Hundred Years Ago. This document, published by the Florida Civil War Centennial Commission, is contradicted by Allen Morris, Florida Handbook, which cites February 8, 1861, as the date for the county’s creation.) 1861 The Florida Legislature approved a one-year moratorium on the payment of taxes for the year 1860-1861. 1862 The Florida 1st and 3rd Florida Regiments returned to Chatanooga today from the Confederate campaing in Kentucky. Because of the high casualty rate the units suffered, they will to be re-organized as the 1st and 3rd Consolidated Regiment. 1862 On the Virginia front, the 2nd Florida Infantry Regiment suffered casualties of four killed and 34 wounded. 1863 The Union bark, Roebuck, today captured a Confederate sloop off the coast of the Indian River. The sloop had a crew of two men and was carrying a cargo of 16 bags of salt and one box of “notions.” 1864 The Confederate Bureau of Conscription today issued General Circular No. 36, which authorized the impressment of free Negroes and slaves into the Confederate Army. Florida’s quota of such impressments was fixed at 500. 1977 State Senator Ralph R. Poston, Sr., of Miami, was reprimanded and fined $500 by the Florida Senate at a Special Session. Poston was charged with violating laws and rules relating to standards of conduct, to wit, he had used his public office to seek business. Poston was not allowed to take his seat in the Senate until he paid the fine, which he promptly did. From wynne@metrolink.net Wed Dec 13 19:33:29 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eBDJXR520803 for ; Wed, 13 Dec 2000 19:33:27 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.82]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Wed, 13 Dec 2000 18:15:49 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 18:13:11 -0500 To: FHSToday@list.florida-historical-soc.org From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001213231549215.AAA209@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [FHStoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR DECEMBER 14 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY DECEMBER 14 1860 Robert C. Williams assumed office today as the Comptroller of Florida. He held this office until May 26, 1863, when he was replaced Walter Gwynn. 1861 More than 1,000 Federal troops arrived to reinforce the Union garrison holding Fort Pickens and Santa Rosa Island in Pensacola Bay. 1916 Today is the birthday of Hampton Dunn, historian, newsman, and raconteur. Dunn, the former editor of The Tampa Times was born in Floral City, Florida. He was educated at Mercer University and the University of Tampa. A well-known newsman, Dunn won the coveted Spot News Prize awarded by the American press Association for his coverage of the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings trial (see below). 1953 Pulitzer Prize Winner Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings ( born August 8, 1896) died today. Ms. Rawlings, who resided in the small village of Cross Creek, was famous for her novels, South Moon Under, The Yearling, and Cross Creek, and a myriad of short stories and other works. Salty, acerbic, gracious and stylish, “Miz” Rawlings took the backwoods people of Central Florida to heart and used them to illustrate the very best and worst of people. In 1945, Rawlings was sued for “invasion of privacy” when she wrote an accurate, though mean, description of one of her neighbors. In a famous trial which featured the legal maneuverings of attorney Sisbee Scruggs, she was found guilty, but fined only a penny. 1962 The Mariner 2 spacecraft gave mankind its first close-up observations of another planet today as it flew by Venus and beamed close-up pictures of that planet’s surface over 36 million miles of space to Earth. Mariner 2, launched from Cape Canaveral 109 days ago, flew to within 21,000 miles of the surface of Venus for more than 40 minutes. 1970 In the trial of Miami native Lieutenant William G. Calley on charges of murdering civilian inhabitants of the village of Mylai in Songmy Province in Viet Nam, today, Sergeant L. G. Bacon testified that Captain Ernest Medina, Calley’s commanding officer, gave the order to exterminate everyone in the village, including women and children. The trial continues at Fort Benning in Columbus, Georgia. From wynne@metrolink.net Thu Dec 14 19:01:37 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eBEJ1Y530541 for ; Thu, 14 Dec 2000 19:01:37 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.82]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Thu, 14 Dec 2000 17:43:53 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 17:41:19 -0500 To: FHSToday@list.florida-historical-soc.org From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001214224353657.AAA246@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [FHStoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR DECEMBER 15 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY DECEMBER 15 1780 The Spanish, French and American military authorities, led by General George Washington, were planning a combined raid against British held Pensacola and the three colonies/states of Florida, Goergia and South Carolina. 1808 James Emilius Broome, the third governor of Florida October 3, 1853-October 5, 1857) , was born today in Aiken County, South Carolina. (For more information, see th entry for October 3). 1855 Liberty County, Florida’s 32nd county, was created by the Legislature today. It is named for the people who founded and built the United States. Its county seat is Bristol. 1903 Nelson Poynter, editor and publisher of the St. Petersburg Times, was born today in Sullivan, Indiana. 1920 Florida’s first Lions’ Club was organized today at Orlando. 1926 The Miami Beach Woman’s Club was formed today. 1926 Ben F. Overton, long-time member of the Florida Supreme Court, was born today in Green Bay, Wisconsin. From wynne@metrolink.net Fri Dec 15 10:42:53 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eBFAgr512656 for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 10:42:53 GMT Received: from wynne ([199.233.112.83]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 09:25:10 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 21:27:09 -0500 To: FHSToday@list.florida-historical-soc.org From: "lewis n. wynne" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001215142510808.AAA255@post.metrolink.net@wynne> Subject: [FHStoday] Fwd: About Lt. Calley Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ >From: EFDIB@aol.com >Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 20:39:10 EST >Subject: About Lt. Calley >To: Wynne@metrolink.net >X-Mailer: AOL for Macintosh sub 28 > >In your December 14, 2000 TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY article you mention that >Lt. William Calley's trial "continues at Fort Benning, in Columbus, Georgia". > This is a case of real interest to me because I was teaching at Fort Benning >for the American University of the NE Acceditation Association,from 1964 to >1968, a carpetbagger university because the U. of Ga pulled out of Fort >Benning before allowing a black to enter a classroom based on the argument >that professors would not stand for it! At the time I taught there Lt. >Calley was under house arrest for the My Lai incident. The Fort Benning >community was, of course, up in arms in support of Lt. Calley. My >understanding is that his first conviction of life was reduced to 10 years. >Then in 1974 his conviction was overturned by a federal district court and he >was released from prison. I may be wrong, but this is my remembrance. > > In my viewpoint, objective of course, this My Lai incident was a bit like >Pearl Harbor and other military investigations. If you can't find a buck >private to blame for the orders of superior officers, then find yourself a Lt. > >Objectively Yours, >Ernie Dibble > >(Pass it on if you wish) > > > From wynne@metrolink.net Fri Dec 15 18:37:52 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eBFIbp510045 for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 18:37:52 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.84]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 17:20:05 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 17:17:30 -0500 To: FHSToday@list.florida-historical-soc.org From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001215222005857.AAA304@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [FHStoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR DECEMBER 16 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY DECEMBER 16 1840 Miltiary operations, under the command of Major Fauntleroy, continued today near Everglades, Florida, as units of Companies A, B, D, F, H and K of the 2nd Dragoons and Companies D, H, I and K of the Third Artillery, along with Negro guides, confronted Semonle warriors. This campaign, which would conclude on December 24, produced over 363 wounded casualties. 1861 General Robert E. Lee ordered a regiment of Mississippi troops, under the command of Colonel William F. Dowd, to supplement the 1,300 Confederate soldiers at Fernandina. 1861 The State Comptroller reported that Floridians have paid $227,374.11 so far this year. This was Florida’s assigned quota of the Confederate Direct Tax. 1862 Confederate General Joseph J. Finegan established his headquarters at Lake City. 1889 The first post office in Farmdale, now part of Tyndall Air Force Reservation, was established. 1896 Cigar magnate Don Vincente Martinez-Ybor was mourned today by 5,000 cigar workers who surrounded his home at 1409 11th Avenue during funeral rites. 1924 The first trip over the cross-state highway was completed today from West Palm Beach to Tampa-St. Petersburg. 1930 C. W. “Bill” Young, member of Congress from the 8th District, was born today in Hamarville, Pennsylvania. 1950 Floridians, like other Americans, were taken by surprised when President Harry S. Truman proclaimed a “state of emergency” in the United States following the entry of Chinese Communist troops into the Korean War. Included in the government’s action were wage and price controls. 1962 Explorer 16 was launched today from Cape Canaveral. Explorer 16 was the first satellite dedicated to the study of meteors and other space debris. From wynne@metrolink.net Fri Dec 15 18:40:16 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eBFIeG530817 for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 18:40:16 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.84]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 17:22:30 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 17:19:57 -0500 To: FHSToday@list.florida-historical-soc.org From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001215222230695.AAA192@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [FHStoday] JOB ANNOUNCEMENT Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ The Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation, a non-profit cultural center in Vicksburg, Mississippi, dedicated to preserving the diverse cultural heritage of Vicksburg, the Mississippi Delta, and the American South, is seeking a full-time program coordinator. Responsibilities of the position include planning and implementing public and educational programming. Requirements include a bachelor's or advanced degree in history, education, museum studies, or a related field; expertise in utilizing computer technology; excellent writing and communication skills; experience in event planning, development, and implementation; and experience working with volunteers and children in an educational setting. Creativity with graphic arts and knowledge of desktop publishing a plus. Salary, $24,000-$26,000 plus benefits. Qualified candidates should submit resume and references in writing by January 19, 2001, to: Ted J. Smith, Executive Director, SCHF, 1302 Adams Street, Vicksburg, MS, 39180. Phone: 601-631-2997. For more information about the SCHF, visit us online at www.southernculture.org. From wynne@metrolink.net Sat Dec 16 19:52:04 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eBGJq3514602 for ; Sat, 16 Dec 2000 19:52:03 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.85]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Sat, 16 Dec 2000 18:34:07 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 18:31:38 -0500 To: FHSToday@list.florida-historical-soc.org From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001216233407080.AAA322@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [FHStoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR DECEMBER 17 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY DECEMBER 17 1825 The Cape Florida Lighthouse was completed. (Thanks to Susan Weiss) 1840 Fighting continued in the Everglades as units of the American Army under Major Fauntleroy continued their pursuit of Seminole warriors. 1861 The Florida Legislature appropriated $10,000 for the purchase of cloth to be given to patriotic women’s societies to manufacture uniforms. 1861 The Legislature authorized the City of Pensacola to print $25,000, to be issued in small bills, for which the city’s resources will pledged to redeem. 1861 The Legislature, meeting since November 18, adjourned today. 1863 The U.S. bark, the Roebuck, reported the capture today of the British blockade runner, Ringdove, and its five-man crew off the Indian River Inlet. 1897 The town of LaCrosse was incorporated today. 1897 Steamship service from Miami to Nassau and Cuba was inaugurated today by Henry M. Flagler. 1928 Doyle Edward Conner, the seventh Commissioner of Agriculture of the State of Florida, was born in Starke. Conner was elected to the House of Representatives in 1950, while he was a sophomore at the University of Florida. He was only 21 years old at the time. Conner was subsequently re-elected for four more terms, and in 1957, served as the Speaker of the House at age 28. He was elected Commissioner of Agriculture in 1960. 1957 The United States succcessfully launched an Atlas ICBM today on a 500-mile flight from Cape Canaveral. 1981 Leah Aleice Simms was appointed County Judge of Dade County by Governor Bob Graham today. She was the first African-American woman to hold a judgeship in Florida. Judge Simms was educated at Howard University and the Willamette University School of Law. From wynne@metrolink.net Sun Dec 17 20:51:45 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eBHKpj532430 for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2000 20:51:45 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.84]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2000 19:33:43 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 19:31:12 -0500 To: FHSToday@list.florida-historical-soc.org From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001218003343470.AAA47@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [FHStoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR DECEMBER 18 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY DECEMBER 18 1861 Brigadier General R. F. Floyd, commander of Confederate forces at Apalachicola, reported that he had 612 men under his command. 1863 Federal soldiers destroyed salt works around St. Andrews Bay today. An estimated 500 “works,” 33 wagons, 12 flat boats, two sloops, six ox-carts, 4,000 bushels of salt, 700 buildings, and more than 1,000 kettles and iron boilers were destroyed. Union officials estimate the combined productive capacity of the destroyed works at 15,600 bushels a day. 1917 The Key West Naval Air Station was commissioned into service in cermeonies today. 1920 The first W. T. Grant store in Florida opened today at 903 Franklin Street in Tampa. 1956 The University of South Florida opened today with a charter class of 1,997 students. Dr. John Lott Brown, president, supervised the creation of the first major state university created from scratch in the United States in the 20th Century. USF now has more than 35,000 students located on the 1,672 acre Tampa campus and the 11 acre St. petersburg campus. In addition USF operates branches in Polk County and Sarasota. USF is also responsible for the operation of New College in Sarasota. Former Florida legislator and Secretary of Education Betty Castor is president currently. USF offers a number of advanced degrees in a variety of professional fields. In 1997, USF fielded its first football team, the Brahma Bulls. From wynne@metrolink.net Mon Dec 18 19:10:18 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eBIJAH529652 for ; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 19:10:18 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.84]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 17:52:03 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 17:49:42 -0500 To: FHSToday@list.florida-historical-soc.org From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001218225203985.AAA160@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [FHStoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR DECEMBER 19 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY DECEMBER 19 1832 Today was the opening day of the first annual race meeting at the Tallahassee Jockey Club. A $300 purse was the top prize in the three-mile heat. 1837 Colonel Zachary Taylor lead a force of 1,000 men against the warring Seminoles in southern Florida. 1862 Major A. A. Canova was appointed Confederate Chief of Subsistence today in Florida. 1863 Several “exiled” Union men left St. Augustine today for Port Royal aboard the federal steamer Maple Leaf. 1864 A federal expedition from Barrancas and consisting of the 97th U.S. Colored infantry reached Pollard today. A supply depot, filled with military clothing and equipment, was destroyed. Several bridges and miles of railroad track over the Little Escambia River were destroyed. 1971 The nine-year strike against the Florida East Coast Railroad, which started on January 23, 1963, was settled in Federal court today. The strike was over pay and work rules. Workers received a 37% pay raise, and the Unions representing them received $1.5 million in damages. 1972 America’s Apollo moon program came to an end today when Apollo 17 splashed down in the Pacific Ocean. Eugene A. Cernan, Harrison H. Schmitt and Ronald E. Evans were the crew for this historic journey. Schmitt and Cernan actually walked on the moon, while Evans remained in the command module. From wynne@metrolink.net Tue Dec 19 18:58:17 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eBJIwF517266 for ; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 18:58:15 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.84]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 17:40:08 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 17:37:48 -0500 To: FHSToday@list.florida-historical-soc.org From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001219224008283.AAA222@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [FHStoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR DECEMBER 20 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: This day in Florida History List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://list.florida-historical-soc.org/pipermail/fhstoday/ 1840 Major Fauntleroy and his party continued operations against the Seminoles in the Everglades. 1841 A detachment of Company D of the 4th United States Infantry and Company I of the 8th United States Infantry engaged in fighting with Seminole warriors today at Big Cypress Swamp. A sergeant of the 8th Infantry and a private of the 4th Infantry were wounded. 1855 First Lieutenant G. L. Hartsuff was wounded today in action against Seminoles at Billy’s Town, near Forty Myers. Hartsuff was leading a detachment of 10 men from the 10th United States Artillery. 1862 Florida Commissioners J. M. Chambers and J. F. Bozeman reported the completion of underwater obstructions on the Apalachicola River. 1863 The Union steamer Fox attacked a Confederate steamer aground at the mouth of the Suwannee River. The crew abandoned the ship after the Fox fired howitzers and dispatched an armed boarding party. It is thought the Confederate steamer is the Little Lilly. The Federals, unable to operate the engine, set fire to the vessel. 1864 Floridians watched the approach of General William T. Sherman’s army on Savannah and the evacuation of that city by the Confederate army. Some Confederate military officials feared that Sherman would now turn his attention to the State of Florida. 1865 David Shelby Walker, Florida’s eighth governor (December 20, 1865-July 4, 1868), took office today. Shelby was born in Russelville, Kentucky, on May 2, 1815. After attending private schools in Kentucky and Tennessee, he settled in Leon County, Florida, in 1837. Walker was a member of the first Legislature under statehood as a Senator from Leon County (1845) and a Representative from Leon County in 1848. From 1849 until 1854, he served as the Register to Public Lands and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. He was Mayor of Tallahassee, and in 1860, became a Justice on the Florida Supreme Court, a position he held until he became governor. Althoguh Walker opposed secession, he supported Florida when it left the Union. Walker’s administration had the difficult task of restoring civil government during reconstruction. He returned to the practice of law in 1868 and was appointed Circuit Court judge in 1876, a position he held until his death on July 20, 1891. 1879 Jacksonville’s Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company was chartered today. 1908 Francis Philip Fleming, the 15th governor of Florida (1889-1893), died today. Fleming, who was the son of Lewis and Margaret Seton Fleming, was born at Panama Park in Duval County. Educated by tutors on his father’s plantation, Fleming engaged in business prior to the Civil War. He entered service and received a battlefield promotion to first lieutenant while on duty with the Army of Northern Virginia. While convalescing in Tallahassee, Fleming commanded a company of irregulars in the Battle of Natural Bridge, which stop a Union advance on Tallahassee. Following the war, he studied law and became a widely respected attorney. He died in Jacksonville. The Francis P. Fleming Papers, covering much of his Civil War correspondence and the postwar years, is in the Florida Historical Society Collection at the Tebeau-Field Library in Cocoa. 1954 The Fontainebleau Hotel on Miami Beach opened. 1979 Floridians watched with mixed feelings today as the Congress voted to guarantee a loan of $1.5 billion to save Chrysler Corporation from bankruptcy. Supporters of the measure argued that government action was necessary to save more than 700,000 American jobs, while opponents argued against a government bailout of a private company. In a related story on decmber 19, 2000, the newly merged Daimler-Chrysler Corporation reported that Chrysler's expected losses for the fourth quarter of 2000 will be $1.25 billion. From wynne@metrolink.net Wed Dec 20 18:53:23 2000 Received: from post.metrolink.net (post.metrolink.net [216.53.131.191]) by gondor.webengr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eBKIrH506369 for ; Wed, 20 Dec 2000 18:53:22 GMT Received: from compaq-computer ([199.233.112.84]) by post.metrolink.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-63482U5500L500S0V35) with SMTP id net for ; Wed, 20 Dec 2000 17:34:59 -0500 X-Sender: wynne@post.metrolink.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 17:32:41 -0500 To: FHSToday@list.florida-historical-soc.org From: Nick Wynne Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <20001220223459360.AAA193@post.metrolink.net@compaq-computer> Subject: [FHStoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR DECEMBER 21 Sender: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org Errors-To: fhstoday-admin@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-BeenThere: fhstoday@list.florida-historical-soc.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: ,