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Coral's Gables, A Marianna House With a Civil War Story

Published in History of Marianna Florida
Written by Pat Crisp
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Monday, 02 March 2015 18:45

The following is an excerpt from a 1973 article written by the late Retilla Miller Leitch, longtime society editor of The Jackson County Floridan. It describes a home named Coral’s Gables and a Civil War story about “Marianna Day”. – Pat Crisp The house is said to have been built…

What Happened To All The Trees???? Part two

Published in Jackson County History
Written by Pat Crisp

We are remembering again of the beauty of the west entrance to Marianna before the “Man-made Hurricane” hit Lafayette Street. Since we aren’t sure exactly when the “Man-made Hurricane” came through, we will say early 60’s. Someone may have a memory which will place an exact date on “the happening.”…

What Happened To The Trees?

Published in History of Marianna Florida
Written by Pat Crisp
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Thursday, 12 February 2015 20:07

Being often asked this question, this writer will attempt to remind us all of the Russ Street to Caledonia Street canopy that existed prior to the early 1950’s when the canopy disappeared and she will reminisce about the beautiful homes which were so famously framed by the wonderful trees. The…

School Board Building Is Gone!

Published in Jackson County History
Written by Pat Crisp

It was 1:30 on March 26, 1968, a typical Marianna spring afternoon when there was a most unexpected event in downtown Marianna. While working on a bus in the bus barn area of the Jackson County Board of Public Instruction Building on Clinton Street, as the bus mechanics were using…

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church ( Continued)

Published in St Lukes Episcopal Church
Written by Staff
Thursday, 22 January 2015 20:00

By Mary Robbins, Archivist In our last article we told of events during the first one hundred years of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Marianna. We told about three church sanctuaries: one of inferior limestone built in 1850 and used until 1859, the second a Gothic style frame building consecrated…

St. Luke's Episcopal Church

Published in St Lukes Episcopal Church
Written by Staff
Friday, 16 January 2015 20:31

By Mary Neale Robbins, Archivist Parishioners of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church Marianna began their anniversary celebration of 175 years in March 2013. The church was organized in 1838 as the result of a visit from The Right Reverend Jackson Kemper, Bishop of Missouri and Indiana. Bishop Kemper had been called…

Sneads Still Growing

Published in History Stories
Written by Pat Crisp
Saturday, 10 January 2015 22:19

The history of Sneads is so interesting that it is hard to determine where to start and about what to write! The new strip malls, the wonderful ball field/sports complex, the school consolidation, sports teams continuing to excel, good schools with extremely bright, well-rounded young people, a strong community feeling,…

Sneads Continued to Grow

Published in History Stories
Written by Pat Crisp
Saturday, 10 January 2015 22:08

It is difficult for us to envision this North Florida area totally overgrown with tall pine trees and large hardwoods which had never been cut. There were very few fields as we know today where you would see acres and acres of cleared land. The soil in this area has…

Sneads, a River Town With a Rich History

Published in History Stories
Written by Pat Crisp
Saturday, 10 January 2015 22:00

Due to its location on the river the land on which Sneads is located may be the oldest area settled in this part of Florida. The Indians left many relics which have been uncovered by archeologists over the years. Sadly, many of the Indian settlements are now in Lake Seminole…

Jackson County Schools Story continued

Published in History Stories
Written by Pat Crisp
Saturday, 10 January 2015 21:44

This writer has always wondered how several of the school buildings in Jackson County were built in the late 1920’s and early 1930’s. The question seems to be answered in Jerrell Shofner’s Jackson County, Florida, A History, and in J. Randall Stanley’s History of Jackson County. You will recall from…

The Jackson County School Story Continues

Published in History Stories
Written by Staff
Saturday, 10 January 2015 21:37

“I used to walk two miles to school……barefooted! By: Sue Tindel and Robert Earl Standland Continuing with the “Jackson County School Story”, we pick up where Sue Tindell and Robert Standland left off with the listing of the 127 schools in Jackson County in 1916. That seems like a ridiculous…

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