The Friends of King’s Lynn Museum wrote in their Spring 2011 Newsletter they solved the mystery of their “Pocahontas” painting.
WPA-Built Flagler County Jail
During 1938, between the Flagler County Board of Commissioners and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) an agreement to build a new Flagler County Jail building was approved.
Strawn Buildings at Agricultural MuseumFlagler County Historical Society – March 2010
A walk through the buildings at the Florida Agricultural Museum.
PIRATE GOLD?
This is an account of a great Treasure Hunt that occurred in Flagler County for the treasure of a Spanish Galleon wrecked in 1730.
Once upon a time…a princess lived here
Princess Place Preserve is a unique historical and environmental treasure containing the oldest standing homestead in Flagler County.
President Andrew Jackson’s Case for the Removal Act First Annual Message to Congress, 8 December 1830
This speech reflected President Jackson’s views, and Congress passed the removal act. Not all Indians were savages ranging in an unpopulated forest. Many had farms, cattle, homes, and believed the land they were living on was theirs. It gives me…
The Live Oakersas visited by Mr. Audubon
Famous naturalist James Audubon and friends, visited this area in 1831 and wrote about the Live Oak Cutters—here is part of his report which describes our Flagler County area.
Veterans History ProjectSearchable Database
In 2002 the project staff successfully petitioned for Official Partner status in the Library of Congress~Veterans History Project.
Penon Inlet and the Massacre of the French
The slaughter of the French troops by the Spanish forces in Florida in 1565 took place at Penon Inlet rather than at Matanzas Inlet.
A Plantation in Early FloridaMala Compra
Plantations lined the banks of tidal waterways and freshwater rivers in northeast Florida by the late 1700s. Planters sought wealth from rice and indigo and later sea island cotton.
Hernandez Family Items at Holden House Annex
April 17, 2010, Sally Walker French, the great-great-granddaughter of General Jose Mariano Hernandez presented china, wine decanters, and portraits of the Hernandez family to the Flagler County Historical Society.
A Short History of Flagler County Place Names and Our Early Movers and Shakers
Who were the movers and shakers of these towns and settlements and how did they come to be?