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5 months ago

If you haven't scanned any of these codes yet or looked at the website, you should put it on your To Do List right away!

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6 months ago

Do you ever wonder about street names? Many streets in Brooksville are named after early settlers in the area. Howell Avenue is named for the Howell family who owned most of the land where Howell Avenue fronts. From fivay.org: "MARY E. M. HOWELL (c. 1845-1902) was brought to Brooksville from South Carolina in the early 1850s. Her father had died in 1852, when she was 7. Her widowed mother came on alone, bringing Mary, her older sister, two brothers, 11 slaves and the county’s first carriage. The Howell Plantation straddled what was then called Monroe Ferry Road, now Howell Avenue. It extended from Fort Dade Avenue north through Black’s Addition; west to the Hammock Road; and east to Bell’s grove, according to a 1952 column in the Brooksville Sun. On Feb. 14, 1869, she married Thomas B. Law, q.v. The 1870 census shows child, Thomas, age 5 months; he died young. Mary’s husband died later in 1870. In 1874 she married Robert James Mickler. She died on Sept. 22, 1902. Mary had three children by Mr. Mickler: Howell T., Anna Bell (b. July 19, 1877; died young), Mary (also called Marie and Mamie)." ... See more

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6 months ago

Did you know that there was once a Seminole village in Hernando County? Hear the findings of a recent archeological dig at the village site at this evening's meeting. The event is free and open to the public. ... See more

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6 months ago

I give an A+ to the kind soul who wrote this excellent summary of my talk on Florida’s female pioneers. Many thanks to the Historic Hernando Preservation Society for the invitation to speak.

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