STOP 16: FLORIDA: FRANKLIN COUNTY

Monday, September 22, 2014

STOP 16 FLORIDA: FRANKLIN COUNTY

Stop 16: Franklin County Florida
County Seat: Apalachicola
Formed from Gadsden and Washington Counties.

***This county is on the panhandle part of Florida along the Gulf of Mexico.

*** Industries important here are commercial timber and fishing.

*** Creeping up in importance with those just mentioned are tourism and retirement due to several rivers and state parks and islands.

*** Native Americans inhabited here for 12,000  years!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_County,_Florida

*** It was named for Benjamin Franklin.

*** During WWII areas of this county were used for jungle training by the military and the coast was used for amphibious training.

*** This county includes part of Tate's Hell State Forest.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tate%27s_Hell_State_Forest

*** The word Appalachicola comes from the tribe with that name which includes in the word's meaning "people" and "on the other side of the river".

*** In 1827 the county seat was called West Point. In 1831 it received its current name.

*** Tim McGraw's song Southern Voice mentions Appalachicola.

*** During the Civil War Western Florida was occupied by Union Forces.

*** More than 90% of Florida's oysters are harvested from Appalachicola Bay.

*** A major industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was the sponge trade by the Greek immigrants.

*** Dr. John Gorrie has a monument here in his memory. He was the inventor of artificial ice. 

STOP 27 Pennsylvania, Northampton County Bethlehem

The Sisters' House

The Moravian Settlement
Bethlehem

NORTHAMPTON COUNTY
STOP 27 OF THE 3007 U.S. COUNTIES POSTCARD TRIP STOPS IN THIS BLOG.
PENNSYLVANIA

COUNTY SEAT: EASTON
FOUNDED IN 1752 FROM PARTS OF BUCKS COUNTY
NAMED FROM THE ENGLISH TOWN OF HORTHAMPTON
POPULATION: 297,735
377 SQUARE MILES.

STOP 15: FLORIDA: COLUMBIA COUNTY

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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

STOP 15 FLORIDA: COLUMBIA COUNTY

OK... Fellow Postcard Travelers...
Back on our  internet journey to all the counties in the United States.
We are making stop 15 in Columbia County Florida.

Established in  1832.
Formed from Alachua County.
The County Seat is Lake City.

*** Founded in 1958 The Columbia Amateur Radio Society formed and still exists today.

*** Osceola National Forest can be found here.

*** The site of Lake City was a Seminole village: Alpata Telophka (Alligator Village). By 1830 a EuroAmerican town named Alligator could be found in this county. In 1859 incorporated it changed it name because the story goes that the mayor's wife refused to hang her lace curtains in her home (where she had recently moved to ) in a town named Alligator!

*** The only major battle of the Civil War fought in Florida: Battle of Olustee  was fought near Lake City in February 1864.

*** Early in the 20th century Lake City was an important railroad junction.

*** By 1950 turpentine, lumber and pulpwood were a major part of this county's economy.

*** Don't miss Alligator Warrior. They say he was the most famous resident of Alligator Village. Check out the festival held every year..
 http://www.wuft.org/news/2013/10/18/return-to-floridas-1800s-at-alligator-warrior-festival/
*** If you are in this area in February you will get to see the annual Olustee Festival. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_City,_Florida

*** Remember Pat Summerall? the NFL TV sportscaster. 1930-2013. He attended Columbia High School.

STOP 14: FLORIDA: MADISON COUNTY

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

STOP 14 FLORIDA: MADISON COUNTY

Here we are postcard travelers!

Hancock Hotel & Grill 1940 Madison, Florida.

We have arrived at Stop 14 of our 3,007 stops in EVERY COUNTY IN THE UNITED STATES~

*** COUNTY SEAT: Madison (same name as county)

*** Named for the fourth President of the United States, James Madison.

***One of if not the most famous voice in our music spent part of his life here:
Ray Charles 

*** Colin Kelly also grew up here in this county. He was one of the first army officer pilots  in the Far East with the WWII B17. This Flying Fortress pilot flew bombing raids in the first days after the Pearl Harbor attack. He was one of the first American heroes who sacrificed his life to save his crew when they were shot down in combat.  

*** A native of Greenville Geno Hayes is an American football linebacker who has played for the Tampa Bay Bucs and the Jacksonville Jaguars.

STOP 13: FLORIDA: JEFFERSON COUNTY ON OUR POSTCARD TRAVELER JOURNEY

Thursday, August 28, 2014

STOP 13: FLORIDA: JEFFERSON COUNTY

This is our Florida Jefferson County stop #13 of our 3007 United States counties we will be visiting on our Lazy Recliners Postcard tour!
Hope you are enjoying these visits. I sure am! I am learning so much about each of these counties!
This Florida county formed in 1827 out of Leon County.

*** Its county seat is Monticello.

*** It was named for the third President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson.

*** The town Monticello was named after Jefferson's home in Virginia, Monticello. But they are pronounced differently. This town pronounces it:
Mont-i-sel-o.

*** This town has The Perkins Opera House that still features musical performances, theater productions and musicals.

*** Jefferson County is the only Florida county bordering on Georgia and the Gulf of Mexico.

*** Lots of Native American information here at the Letchworth-Love Mounds Archaeoloogical State Park. You will find preserves of Florida's tallest prehistoric Native American ceremonial earthworks mound 46 feet high.
Check this info out here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letchworth_Mounds

STOP 12: FLORIDA: HAMILTON COUNTY

STEPHEN FOSTER STATE FOLK CULTURE CENTER
WHITE SPRINGS
HAMILTON COUNTY,
FLORIDA

Everyone out and take a look at this county in Florida.
Stop #12 of our postcard journey to EVERY COUNTY in the United States! 3007 of them!
Poscard Travelers.

This is our 12th:
HAMILTON COUNTY FLORIDA
Formed in 1827.
County Seat: Jasper
Formed from Jefferson County.


***It was named for the first U. S. Secretary  of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton.

*** It has a total of 519 square miles. Can you find it on the maps below?

*** The Old Hamilton County Jail and the United Methodist Church in Jasper are on the National Register of Historic Places.

*** Its major industries moved through the years from cotton....to turpentine...to lumber...to tobacco...to now phosphate mining.

*** Jasper rests on land thought to be originally the site of the Miccasukee (Mikasukis) Indians. Interesting Indian information on this area:....Check it out... Chief Billy  Bowlegs... Seminole... Treaty of Paynes Landing...  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasper,_Florida

*** Many settlers migrated here 1827 til 1840s from Georgia and South Carolina.

*** Lillian Smith author of Strange Fruit 1944 was born here.



Have a favorite postcard from this county?
Email a copy of it to me at Langley68@aol.com and I will add it to our journey's blog.

OK folks time to go... let's head out to Florida County stop #13 next.

STOP #11 FLORIDA: WALTON COUNTY

Here we are fellow postcard "all US counties" travelers:
STATE: Florida
COUNTY SEAT: DeFuniak Springs
1824
Formed from Escambia and Jackson counties.

*** This county is where the highest natural point in Florida is..Britton Hill @ 345 feet.

***This county  was named for George Walton the Secretary of the Florida Territory from 1821 - 1826.

*** Interesting settlements...Scots migrating down from the Carolinas and an indian named Sam Story...Dominickers...  Check out this link for more interesting details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walton_County,_Florida

*** Here was established one of the first Presbyterian Churches in NW Florida and it is still a functioning parish!

*** Hilly terrain different from a lot of Florida ...As you can see on the map... borders Gulf of Mexico and Alabama.

*** The county seat was founded by railroad officers and was named after vice   president of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad: Frederick R. DeFuniak.
It was settled as a final destination location.

*** And here the Florida Teachers Education Association was formed in 1886!

*** The Walton -DeFuniak Library built in 1886-87 is the oldest structure in Florida built as a library and still serving as one.
    

Ok...after checking out the library we will meet to take off to stop #12 of the 3007 counties left to see! Better bring a sweater.

STOP 10 FLORIDA Postcards Orange County

SWOOSH.!!!!!...HERE WE ARE! STOP #10 OF OUR ALL U.S. 3007 COUNTIES IS:

FLORIDA: ORANGE COUNTY.
ORANGE COUNTY...USED TO BE CALLED MOSQUITO COUNTY TIL 1845.

ITS COUNTY SEAT IS ORLANDO.
IT WAS FORMED IN 1824 OUT OF ST. JOHNS COUNTY.
THE AREA TO THE SOUTH OF  ST JOHNS BECAME MOSQUITO COUNTY IN 1824 AND ENTERPRISE BECAME ITS COUNTY SEAT.
IT WAS RENAMED ORANGE COUNTY IN 1845.

AMERICAN ADVENTURE

EPCOT CENTER

*** Named for its main product : oranges...but severe cold in recent winters  and diseases have destroyed a majority of orange groves . Orlando population growth has moved into a lot of what was orange groves.

*** This county is located along the Interstate 4 corridor which is the "swing part of the state" in elections.

*** Orlando was nicknamed "The City Beautiful"

*** Tourism...Tourism...Tourism:
Disney, Universal, Sea World, Gatorland, Wet'n Wild, ...conferences...conventions to name a few.

*** Orlando is the 7th of 10 most visited theme parks in North America.

*** Many notable athletes and famous other people were born here or have lived here during their lives: Shaquille O'Neal, Wayne Brady , Warren Sapp to mention a few.

*** Metro Orlando has 19 or now maybe more skyscrapers.

*** The University of Central Florida  is here. It was the 2nd largest university campus in 2012 in terms of enrollment according to Internet statistics.

Postcard Traveler All US Counties Postcard Trip Stop 10C

Contemporary Resort

Orlando Orange County

Florida

Ebay: Sandy's Cove

OK...Laziboy.tourists...time to buckle up and swoosh on off to our next  county Stop 11...of our 3,007 United States counties we are visiting.

STOP 10D

UNIVERSITY OF ENERGY

EPCOT CENTER

ORANGE COUNTY

FLORIDA

1982 WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS POSTCARD

HOLIDAY INN 

COLONIAL DRIVE

ORLANDO 

POLYNESIAN VILLAGE

WALT DISNEY WORLD

STOP 9: FLORIDA: NASSAU COUNTY: SOMALI WILD ASSES, OGEECHEE MOUNTS AND MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV

Yes, these three have here our next stop of "Postcards Journey through all 3007 counties in the United States " connections!

Which is our Stop 9: Nassau County in the state of Florida. Fernandina Beach is the County Seat. This county was established in 1824 out of Duval County.

*** It was name for the Duchy of Nassau in Germany.

*** There is lots of tree farming, trucking and pulp production in this county.

*** Lots of interesting topography info here. Ogeechee Mounts which are very large earthwork mounds have been discovered here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassau_County,_Florida

*** Fernandina Beach is known as the "Isle of 8 Flags" because it is the only municipality in the U.S. that has flown 8 different national flags.


*** David Levy Yulee was the first U.S. Senator when it became a state.

*** Amelia Island  was used to film the Pippi Longstocking movie in 1988.

*** The White Oak Plantation has a long interesting history of animal conservation/preservation. There are 200+ animals and 20+ species.The Somali wild ass is only one of MANY animals at this location. This location is private. It was purchased by Mark and Kindra Walter a billionaire and wife  who own the LA Dodgers  in March 2013. It continues to operate as a wildlife preserve. Mikhail Baryshnikov has a home here. President Clinton has visited here.

OK ...animal lovers....as soon as you see it all ...let's head out to Stop #10!

STOP #47: CHARLOTTE COUNTY: PORT CHARLOTTE CULTURE CENTER FLORIDA

Port Charlotte Culture Center

Charlotte County

Florida

Long Ago

Stop #47 of the Postcard Traveler Blog postcard trip to all 3007 US counties.

Ebay: tomantique2002

STOP 8: FLORIDA: LEON COUNTY: COTTON KINGDOM, JUAN PONCE DE LEON AND BRAD DAVIS

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Wednesday, August 13, 2014

STOP 8: FLORIDA: LEON COUNTY: COTTON KINGDOM, JUAN PONCE DE LEON AND BRAD DAVIS

And here we are at
STOP 8 on our United States 3,007 counties postcard journey:

STATE: Florida
COUNTY: Leon
COUNTY SEAT: Tallahassee
ESTABLISHED: 1824
Formed out of Escambia and later Gadsden Counties.

*** This county was named for the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon.

*** Tallahassee is the county seat and state capital.

*** Two of Florida's major universities are here: Florida A & M University and Florida State University.

*** Residents have the highest average level of education among Florida's 67 counties.

*** In the 1850s - 1860s this area was a cotton kingdom.

*** Lots of interesting Geology factoids here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_County,_Florida

*** In 1989 a White Christmas occured.

*** Brad Davis from the movie Midnight Express was born here.

"zip1out" has this nice postcard of the Leon County Court House for sale on Ebay. Check it out:
 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Leon-County-Court-House-Tallahassee-FL-Postcard-/270378835630?pt=Postcards_US&hash=item3ef3d59eae

STOP 6: FLORIDA: MONROE COUNTY: CONCHS, CONCH CATS AND THE CONCH REPUBLIC

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Saturday, August 9, 2014

STOP 6: MONROE COUNTY FLORIDA : CONCHS, CONCH CATS AND THE CONCH REPUBLIC

Here we are:
Stop #6 on our United States 3,007 counties postcard journey ....

STATE: Florida
COUNTY: Monroe
COUNTY SEAT: Key West
ESTABLISHED: 1823
Formed from St. Johns County
Included in it are the islands of the Florida Keys.

*** 87% of the county land area is on the mainland and is part of the Everglades and is virtually uninhabited.

*** 99% of the county's population lives in the Florida Keys!

*** This county was named for the 5th President of the United States.

*** The Monroe County Public Library was South Florida's first public library.

*** Key West is the southern most city in the continental U.S.

*** Immigrants from the Bahamas were called Conchs.
Check this interesting page out on Conchs, Conch cats and the Conch Republic:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West,_Florida

*** Key West was called the Winter White House. Truman, Eisenhower, F.D. Roosevelt, Kennedy and Carter visited during or after their presidencies.

*** Ernest Hemingway worked on/ wrote many of his works while living here.

*** So did Tennessee Williams.

*** Jimmy Buffet made here famous with his music like Margaritaville.Who can think of Key West without hearing that song in their head!

*** 6 or 7 polydactyl cats descended from Hemingway's cat Snowball still live there on the grounds of the house where he resided.

Here is one of my  county postcards. This one is  of the Audubon House still standing as it did in the 1830s:

Ok Parrotheads, time to go to Stop #7. Buckle up!

STOP 5: FLORIDA: GADSDEN COUNTY: SHADE TOBACCO, FULLER'S EARTH AND COCA COLA

Friday, August 8, 2014

STOP 5: FLORIDA: GADSDEN COUNTY: SHADE TOBACCO, FULLER'S EARTH AND COCA COLA

Here we are:
Stop #5 on our U.S. 3007 counties postcard journey...

STATE: Florida
COUNTY: Gadsden
COUNTY SEAT: Quincy
ESTABLISHED: 1823
Formed from Jackson County

*** Gadsden's western border with Jackson County forms the boundary between the Eastern and Central time zones in Florida.

***Gadsden is Florida's only county with an African American majority population.

***This county was named for James Gadsden of South Carolina who served as Andrew Jackson's aide-de-camp in Florida in 1818.

*** Gadsden is often associated with shade tobacco, Fuller's Earth and Coca Cola. Interesting details here: http://www.gadsdengov.net/category/subcategory.php?categoryid=8

*** Jerri Mock resides in Quincy. She was the first woman to fly solo around the world in 1964.





Time to head out to Stop 6. Buckle up!

STOP 4: FLORIDA : DUVAL COUNTY: PAT BOONE, THE ALLMAN BROTHERS AND THE GATOR BOWL!

Here we are... Stop 4 in our Lazychair postcard journey of all 3007 U.S. counties.

Stop 4:
County: Duval County
State: Florida
County Seat: Jacksonville
This county formed from the original county St. Johns.


***Jacksonville is the largest city in Florida by population.
***Jacksonville is the largest city by area in the contiguous U.S.
 *** Jacksonsville is the home of the Gator Bowl on January 1st of each year.
*** Pat Boone is a Jacksonville native.
***The Allman Brothers Band formed here in 1967.

 

 

Time to  head out to Stop #5. Buckle up!

STOP 3 : FLORIDA JACKSON COUNTY: WANKARD POOSER, TWO EGG AND CHATTAHOOCHEE!

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

STOP 3: FLORIDA JACKSON COUNTY: Wankard Pooser, Two Egg and Chattahoochee!

 

Stop #3 on our U.S. all counties postcard traveler journey!
State: Florida
County: Jackson , established 1822
County Seat: Marianna

Check these out:
*** Marianna's nickname is  The City of Southern Charm
*** Chipola College
*** Chattahoochie River
*** Florida Cavern State Park: home of the only air-filled caves accessible to tourists
*** Two Egg, Florida  

OK...time to go....buckle up your Lazy chair... on to our next stop #4...

STOP 2: FLORIDA ST JOHNS COUNTY

SWOOSH!!!....

The Senator Tree

Near the Fountain of Youth

Here near Palm Motor Inn and Restaurant

Ebay store: Sandy's Cove

Landing at stop two on our USA Every County Postcard Traveler Trip!

Unbuckle  your Lazyboy seat belt and check it out!

State: Florida
County: St. Johns

***Founded in 1821 when Florida was ceded to the US from Spain.
***One of Florida's two original counties.
***44 counties came out of this original county.
***St. Augustine is the county seat and is the oldest permament European city in the U.S.
***Home of Flagler College.

Well, on to  stop 3... 
 2 counties viewed and 3005 to go!

THE OLDEST HOUSE

FRANCIS STREET

ST AUGUSTINE

SIGHTSEEING VIA HORSE AND BUGGY

STOP 1 : FLORIDA ESCAMBIA COUNTY

STOP 1: FLORIDA ESCAMBIA COUNTY

A blogger buddy mentioned in one of his blogs today that a friend of his has visited EVERY county in the US.
I emailed back asking if he really meant EVERY county and he said yes.

According to the USGS there are 3007 counties in our country.

Got me thinking... that would be a fun Postcard Traveler trip!
So here we go... you are invited.
Since we are not limited by road travel we can go as the postcards flow!

We're  starting in Florida... :
Escambia County first stop.
Love it over there:
Pensacola is its county seat...established in 1821...One of the two original counties.

We almost moved there before we decided on the Tampa area.
Beautiful beaches.
Don't forget your suntan lotion.

Onto Stop 2! Buckle up!