Carrabelle today is far different than the tiny fishing village in panhandle Florida of 1942. While the year round population is currently less than 3,000, at the beginning of World War II the inhabitants’ numbers had barely reached a thousand. Chartered in 1893, fishing, logging and subsistence farming sustained the residents during those early and…Read more
North of Tallahassee, Florida, there is a remnant of the territorial era which remains as a link to a time now long past. Meridian Road once extended from the state’s prime meridian in the capital north to the Georgia state line. Now designated as County Road 155, this canopy road still has many stretches where…Read more
Classified as a “first magnitude spring”, Wakulla Springs is a world-class liquid resource which is expelling water from the Floridan aquifer on to the surface of north Florida’s coastal plain. Within the confines of the Edward Ball State Park, the spring and the first few miles of the resulting river are protected in a tightly…Read more
The State of Florida is known worldwide for its natural resources and hospitable environment. In the range of 26 to 30 degrees north latitude on this planet, most land masses are barely inhabitable and devoid of water. On the tropical edge, Florida is a lush land with forest, beaches, lakes and rivers. Unfortunately, in the…Read more
