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12:00 am
Mon October 10, 2011

Historians write book about Civil War naval blockade

Drawing of a Confederate blockade runner

Authors Nick Wynne and Joe Crankshaw say the results of the blockade against shipping to the Confederacy were mixed, at best.

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Floridays
12:00 am
Thu September 15, 2011

Oldest house of worship in Martin County is a 'church, not a museum'

Credit Janie Gould
All-Saints Episcopal Church in Jensen Beach

All-Saints Episcopal Church in Jensen Beach dates back to 1899. Long-time member Joyce Fletcher has written a history of it.

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Floridays
12:00 am
Thu September 8, 2011

Seven Gables House once held family of 11

Credit Janie Gould
Elodie McCready, seen here, her parents and eight siblings grew up in this house that her father bought for $10 in 1930.

Elodie McCready remembers sharing a bathroom with six sisters, all of whom had to get ready for school at the same time.  

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Floridays
12:00 am
Wed September 7, 2011

Zora Neale Hurston's final decade chronicled

Zora Neale Hurston

Here, Hurston biographer Lynn Moylan talks about the writer's relationship with the Smathers family of Miami. George Smathers was a U.S. senator.  

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Floridays
12:00 am
Sun September 4, 2011

Vero retiree went to first Super Bowl

Green Bay won Super Bowl 1

He bought his ticket in the middle of the game, for "$10 or $15," and said the stadium had a lot of empty seats.

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Floridays
12:00 am
Fri August 5, 2011

John's Island once was mulled as site for a new state university

Credit Janie Gould
Alma Lee Loy at sign dedicating A1A to Robert Spillman

Alma Lee Loy tells the story.

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Floridays
12:00 am
Sat July 16, 2011

Jupiter native remembers town's pioneer days

Carlin White, a former mayor of Jupiter,  was 104 when he spoke to Janie Gould in 1911. 

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