Floridiana Magazine

Fort Christmas Historical Park

doriskeeler@gmail.com — Sun, 21 May 2017 16:40:46 +0000

The last time I visited Fort Christmas in Orange County was when my children were in elementary school and that was – well, let’s just say that was a long time ago. As with all historical places, I have found I appreciate them more the older I get. Fort Christmas Historical Park is located on...

Wood and Swink General Store and Post Office Evinston, Florida

doriskeeler@gmail.com — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 13:00:21 +0000

When the Evinston post office opened in 1882, the cost to mail a first class letter was just three cents! Since then, stamp prices have increased, the landscape of the town has changed (although not drastically) and the hours of the post office have been cut back. But one thing has never changed: the importance...

Dudley Farm Historic State Park

doriskeeler@gmail.com — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 08:00:56 +0000

Growing up in the 70s, I remember watching “Little House on the Prairie” and reading books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. The amount of work it took to run their farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota seemed foreign to me. I couldn’t imagine how families could survive. Visiting the Dudley Farm Historic State Park in Newberry rekindled...