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.