The following item appeared in The Pensacola Journal on March 27, 1908: Daughters and Veterans at DeFuniak. “A large excursion came to DeFuniak Springs on Veterans’ Day, in spite of the inclement weather Friday night, and were rewarded by having an unusually delightful weather and a strong program. The morning
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National Forest Headquarters
This item appeared in the Bradford County Telegraph (Starke, Florida) on September 30, 1910: The headquarters of the [Choctawhatchee] and Ocala National Forest will be moved from DeFuniak Springs to Pensacola and the supervisor in charge of these forests is making preparations to [transfer] the office. This will be done
Continue readingFunding for Waterworks, Sewerage, and a Public School Building
The following is from Acts and Resolutions Adopted by the Legislature of Florida at Its Eleventh Regular Session (April 2 to May 31, 1907) Under the Constitution of A.D. 1885. The Walton County representative was J. F. Richbourg of Laurel Hill. [Contributed by Robert Daniel]
Continue readingHearing to Fund the Courthouse in DeFuniak Springs
From Hearings Before a Special Subcommittee of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, House of Representatives, on Bills for Public Buildings at [among other places] De Funiak Springs, Fla. (Statement of Mr. Kehoe), February 5 , 1919, Washington, D.C., page 50-52. According to the Preface of this volume of
Continue readingEarly Plans for St. Agatha’s Episcopal Church
The following is from the “Report of the Archdeacon of the Western Convocation” from the Journal of the Forty-sixth Annual Council of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Florida, held in Fernandina, Florida, May 1 – 4, 1889, page 22. The Archdeacon was P. H. Whaley. The DeFuniak
Continue readingPeach Farm with Pecan Trees
The following note appeared in the American Nut Journal, published in Rochester, New York, in January 1921: [Contributed by Robert Daniel]
Continue readingSan Jose Scale on Deciduous Fruit Trees
The following report appeared in The San Jose Scale: Its Occurrences in the United States by L. O. Howard and C. L. Marlatt, published in Washington by the Government Printing Office, 1896, pages 19-20. Prof. Rolfs was in charge of the experiment station in DeFuniak Springs when he discovered the
Continue readingProposed Gulf, De Funiak & Northern Railroad
This proposed railroad was reported in Railway Age Gazette, published in New York, on January 28, 1910. [Contributed by Robert Daniel]
Continue readingPoultry Farms
This was in Poultry Success magazine, November 1921. McCaskill used advertisements similar to this for many years. [Contributed by Robert Daniel]
Continue readingOut of the Mouths of Babes
William Jennings Bryan was one among many nationally famous people who spoke at the Florida Chautauqua. [Contributed by Robert Daniel]
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