Unbeknownst to most, the brewing of beer in Jacksonville goes back much further than the 1914 establishment of the Jacksonville Brewing Company. In fact, historical records suggest beer was brewed locally as early as the end of emancipation. Read More
This video from www.travelfilmarchive.com captures scenes of downtown Jacksonville and the rest of the state in 1950. It is a much watch for anyone who desires to see what our cities looked like before Walt Disney World, interstate highways and suburbia. Read More
Once known as Cow Town and now a SunRail commuter rail system destination, Kissimmee has grown to become the second largest city in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford Metropolitan Statistical Area. Read More
An example of segregation era institutional racism, this video captures Jacksonville's Black Bottom and Hansontown neighborhoods prior to them being razed by urban renewal. Today, this area is characterized by the one way streets of State and Union and the downtown campuses of Florida State Collage at Jacksonville and the Mary L. Singleton Regional Service Center. Read More
