DO YOU KNOW.WHAT kind of bird was a popular tourist attraction inJacksonville in the early 1900s?(Hint: People didn't come to see it fl y!)WHO performed at the Florida Theatre in 1956 with a localjudg
From the days of the Tequesta Indians to the arrival of the Florida East Coast Railway and beyond, Boca Raton has gone through times of boom and bust to become a thriving city with a vivid history.
Benjamin Bodicott is a gentleman. A man with brilliant blue eyes, flowing hair and a manner of speaking far superior to his peers, Benjamin is "as near a Rhett Butler" as Edisto Isla
DO YOU KNOW.WHY so many people fl ock to Savannah every March 17?(Hint: It's a lucky day!)WHERE you can write with a quill pen while visiting anineteenth century classroom?(Hint: Think fi rst public s
Truth, after all, still remains stranger and more engaging than most legends. And Missouri, of course, leads every other place in truth. Hop aboard Long's dragon boat or take advantage of 1846 wind wa
DO YOU KNOW.WHAT the elephants (and other animals!) at theRiverbanks Zoo and Garden are doing to inspire greaterstewardship of the Earth?(Hint: It's a special kind of "Green Movement!")HOW city planne
DO YOU KNOW.WHAT huge discovery was unveiled in 1907 at theCarnegie Museum of Natural History?(Hint: It was named after the museum's founder!)WHICH letter was offi cially ordered out of Pittsburgh'sna
Such was the wisdom of the Pittsburgh Daily Gazette and Advertiser in 1866 when describing a railway boss's threat to decapitate a former employee. Pittsburgh has many such stories of strange but most
Do you know... HOW Orlando helps animals as it treats much of its waste water? (Hint: Think "Home Sweet Home!") WHAT destroyed most of the citrus crop around Orlando in the late 1800s? (Hint: It was a
Through a combination of player interviews and historical narrative, Red Sox Legends is a tribute to the great players of the past. This book, a partnership between the Boston Public Library and the B
