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Secret Life/Death of the Author of the Greatest Science Fiction Novel–Born in New Smyrna, Died in Daytona Beach

May 25, 2014

Walter M. Miller, Jr. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_M._Miller,_Jr.) This week I took a short drive to two local homes of the author of …

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Traveling Volusia’s Roads and Highways, 1890-1943

May 5, 2014

1911, The Road from DeLand to Pierson, Florida (Double-click to enlarge the image.) (Photographer, Herman Gunter, 1885-1972) State Archives of …

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When Holly Hill Was Only Palmetto Point (Pop. 2)

April 22, 2014

Ross Point (“Palmetto Point”). Double-click the photo to see it enlarged. Photo by Edward G. Harris. Used by permission of Holly …

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Volusia’s Past: A Reprise of This Blog’s First 6 Months

April 12, 2014

3 Women on a Volusia Outing in the 1800’s (State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/31486) For this history “blog” …

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Daytona’s Deadliest Airline Crash, Aug. 10, 1937

April 6, 2014

Eastern Air Lines Crash Wreckage, August 10, 1937. Used by permission of Richard Kebabjian http://www.planecrashinfo.com/. Fifteen-year-old Morning-Journal paperboy Ron Edwards …

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Casey Stengel’s Near “Murderous” Prank and His “Suicide” in 1915 Daytona

March 31, 2014

City Island Ball Park (about 1922). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/34901 Casey Stengel showed up for spring training …

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Zora Neale Hurston: An African American Novelist’s Life in Daytona Beach

March 24, 2014

   Zora Neale Hurston, 1938 and unknown date.  State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/17244. Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/33048. Photographer: Carl …

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Early Bridges over the Halifax River and Why They Were Built

March 15, 2014

The Concrete Bridge to Daytona Beach, Florida (Postcard). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/163424 No one wants to spend …

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Annie Oakley Nearly Crushed to Death Near Daytona

February 21, 2014

   Annie Oakley, 1922, shortly before coming to Daytona. Library of Congress image. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/00651800/ Annie Oakley, 1899. Richard Kyle Fox, …

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Early Daytona’s Forgotten African American Communities–Waycross, Newtown, Midway, and Silver Hill

February 15, 2014

State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/140709  (Young African American Girl Standing on a Daytona Street in 1908) When I …

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  • Secret Life/Death of the Author of the Greatest Science Fiction Novel–Born in New Smyrna, Died in Daytona Beach May 25, 2014
  • Square Dancing 30 Feet High in South Daytona’s Historic “Big Tree”–Florida’s Largest Live Oak May 13, 2014
  • Traveling Volusia’s Roads and Highways, 1890-1943 May 5, 2014
  • When Holly Hill Was Only Palmetto Point (Pop. 2) April 22, 2014
  • Volusia’s Past: A Reprise of This Blog’s First 6 Months April 12, 2014

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Recommended Websites

Florida History Network

Halifax Historical Museum

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New Smyrna Museum of History

Ormond Beach Historical Society

South Daytona Historical Society

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