Part of my job with the Osceola County Historical Society (Osceola History) is to educate the public about some of the natural, wilderness areas in our County. We have quite a few! Here's a map I put together of the specially preserved areas throughout the county. By the way, where I work and live is [...]
Category: U.S. History
St. Augustine Trip (Part 2)
It's a little late for this title to be applicable because the trip was 2 months ago, but I wrote the first post related to it then with the intent to follow up with a few more. So here's (finally) the second one. While in St. Augustine (Florida), a can't-miss attraction is Castillo De San [...]
St. Augustine Trip (Part 1)
Hi everyone. I've recently fallen behind on my Life of Paul series and my Universe Just for Us series. Both of those require extra research and thought and I just have had other things going on lately. This past weekend, though, Darlene and I were able to get away for a few days and make [...]
Dining with the Departed
This past weekend was the annual fund-raising event for Osceola History - an event called Dine with the Departed. It is a catered dinner with multiple options for making financial donations to the Osceola County Historical Society. The event takes place in Rose Hill Cemetery, which is the historic cemetery in Kissimmee where many of [...]
Florida’s Alafia River Rendezvous
One of my sons pointed out to me that this weekend was the Alafia River Rendezvous in Polk County, Florida. Neither of us had heard about it before and so we decided to check it out, along with my daughter-in-law and my other son. The Rendezvous is hosted by the Florida Frontiersmen and has just [...]
The Watchmaker's Pulse 