Pioneer Village at Shingle Creek (2491 Babb Rd. in Kissimmee, FL) does not represent an actual village but rather is intended to illustrate life in central Florida around 1900. That being said, though, many of the buildings (both original and reconstructed) are buildings which served their time in the pioneer community of Narcoossee, which is [...]
Category: U.S. History
Pioneer Village – Part 1
In addition to the Welcome Center & History Museum, the Osceola County Historical Society also operates an outdoor museum called Pioneer Village. Over the next few blog posts that are not part of the Life of Paul series I will be introducing you to some of the people who's lives are honored and referenced in [...]
History Museum
The Osceola County Welcome Center and History Museum (where I work) tells the story of the cultural and natural history of the county. A few weeks ago I posted some information about the natural history story that we tell. Today, I'm going to share a little about the local human history as portrayed in the [...]
Florida History
The next few "in-between Life of Paul" posts, I'm going to focus on Florida History - not a complete history of the state, but just a few points to familiarize you (especially non-Floridians) with some of the key points. Then after that I'll be doing a series of posts about the History Museum at which [...]
November Social Media Posts for the California Trail Interpretive Center
November 4 – Fridays with the Donner Party This past week the Donner Party left Truckee Meadows (Reno area) and began their travel up the Truckee River canyon into the Sierra Nevada Mountains. At Truckee Lake (now called Donner Lake) they encountered rain and snow, with snow quickly deepening up the pass beyond the lake. [...]
The Watchmaker's Pulse 