Timeline: Highlights of the 132-year history of Florida School for the Deaf and Blind
1882: Thomas Hines Coleman graduates as a deaf student from Gallaudet University and urges Florida Governor W.D. Bloxham to help establish a deaf and blind school in Florida.
1883: Governor Bloxham convinces the 1883 legislature...
Pedro Menendez
Pedro Menendez de Aviles y Alonso de la Campa has the recognition in St. Augustine of being this city's founder.
The explorer, born in Aviles, Spain, in 1519, grew up in a foster home after...
Minorcans of St. Augustine
In 2000, the Minorcan Festa and Paseo St. Augustine, commemorating the arrival of the Minorcans in St. Augustine in late summer of 1777, was part of the city's 430th birthday celebration. Kicking off at...
Henry Flagler’s Influence On St. Augustine
Visitors viewing St. Augustine for the first time are frequently astounded by the magnificent structures in the center of town. These former hotels now housing Flagler College, the City Hall complex and Lightner Museum...
Ralph Waldo Emerson came to St. Augustine for treatment
Writer came to St. Augustine in the 1820s for treatment of tuberculosis
The promise of a mild climate and sea airs brought Ralph Waldo Emerson to St. Augustine in the winter of 1827.
However, in those...
St. Augustine Florida, The Nation’s Oldest City
The City of St. Augustine is the nation's oldest permanently occupied European settlement, having been founded by the Spanish in 1565.
On Sept. 8. 1565, Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles came ashore and named a...