This French Colonial style house was built in 1905 or 1906 by master carpenter Burdick for James A. McLean. The house was constructed of the finest heart pine lumber with a hip roof and broad central chimneys that accent its square dimensions. James McLean considered it the “best spot on… Continue reading
This Queen Ann design house was built about 1900 by one of the Graves brothers who were lumbermen. Later Albert Fletcher Bullard, who was also a prominent lumberman and banker, purchased the house. The Bullard family lived there for many years. The house was later purchased by Dr. Richard Thomas,… Continue reading
This Colonial Home was built in 1887 for Edward D. Holton. During the years 1894 to 1908, it was owned by four different families. The Thomas Industrial Institution, an early educational facility, purchased the house for its president in 1915. In 1919, Mr. and Mrs. M. E Savage purchased the… Continue reading
Mixon Strickland joined the Civilian Conservation Corps on April 10, 1937, and was discharged upon the expiration of his term on September 30, 1937. Strickland took his guitar to the CCC camp with him and is pictured with it below at the entrance to the CCC camp. The Walton County… Continue reading
DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, FLA., March 12, 1890. Leaving home on Christmas day, which in old St Clairsville was ushered in by the roar of Jackson crackers and the hurrying and scurrying and the hilarity of the small boy, which may not have been in honor of our leaving, but simply, I… Continue reading
Little is known of this undated G. W. Shear photograph. It states on the cardboard backing that it was taken in DeFuniak Springs. Reversing the photo shows the ink notation: “State insane Asylum Chattahoochee Head quarters”. [Accession No. 2002-1-1: Donor Unknown; reversal contributed by Michael Strickland]
1901 Malcolm McCaskill 1903 John Ward 1905 N. C. Morrison 1906 M. J. McKee 1908 C. N. Jeffries 1910 E. D. Wester 1915 John M. Laird 1921 Robert Bell 1924 J. S. Gaston 1925 C. E. Hewitt 1927 E. D. Wester 1941 W. J. Richards 1943 D. L. Morris 1945… Continue reading
The Armistice Day Parade in DeFuniak Springs on November 11, 1950, featured the Buick that had been owned by Alice May Campbell Catts, the former First Lady of Florida. These photographs were donated by the Estate of Billie Dove Casey Brundage.
James Bowers Campbell, the eldest son of Angus L. Campbell, and Mary Octavia Burch. He was a judge in Jackson County and Fort Myers. They are buried together in the Euchee Valley Cemetery in Eucheeanna.
Nancy McLean Campbell was the wife of Daniel Douglass Campbell. She was born in North Carolina in 1808 to Donald McLean and Nancy Gunn McLean. Her brother was Daniel G. McLean who was a signer of the first Florida Constitution in 1838 at Port St. Joe and served as the… Continue reading
