Located at 3401 South Conway Road in Orlando, Florida, the Conway United Methodist Church (UMC) was formed in 1870 as the Prospect Methodist Episcopal Church, South (MECS). In 1874, Morgan Montgomery Mizell and his wife donated two acres of land to build a church for the congregation. One acre was designated for the cemetery and a log cabin-like structure was constructed on the other acre, which was located at the corner of Conway Road and Anderson Road. Reverend James D. McDonald was the first to lead the church. In 1881, a new wood-frame building was constructed and was used by the Prospect MECS until it was replaced by Callaway Hall in 1959. A new sanctuary was completed in 1973. The hall was remodeled in 1994 and currently serves as the administration building. The cemetery includes graves of several members of the English Colony, which was platted in 1892 as the East Conway Churchyard Cemetery.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> Thomas Cook Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only. ]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only. ]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only. ]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only. ]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only. ]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only. ]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> color digital image by Dwight Anderson.]]> Epinal American Cemetery Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> color digital image by Dwight Anderson.]]> Epinal American Cemetery Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
Viking Cemetery is one of the last remaining pieces of the small town of Fort Pierce, Florida. The area was first settled in 1892 by Major B. Daniels (1860-1947), who used the land largely to grow pineapple, a significant crop in Florida at the time. By 1895, Norwegian immigrant Jens Helseth (1858-1944) moved to the area and also grew pineapple on his 80-acre farm. From these early homesteads, the tiny village of Viking grew, named so due to the abundance of Scandinavian families who settled there. Helseth granted a portion of his homestead to serve as the community cemetery by 1905, the date of the first interment. It has since then served the descendants of Helseth, his family, and friends in the small community. The cemetery is today privately owned by the great-great grandchildren of Helseth, who maintain the site.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only. ]]>
Viking Cemetery is one of the last remaining pieces of the small town of Fort Pierce, Florida. The area was first settled in 1892 by Major B. Daniels (1860-1947), who used the land largely to grow pineapple, a significant crop in Florida at the time. By 1895, Norwegian immigrant Jens Helseth (1858-1944) moved to the area and also grew pineapple on his 80-acre farm. From these early homesteads, the tiny village of Viking grew, named so due to the abundance of Scandinavian families who settled there. Helseth granted a portion of his homestead to serve as the community cemetery by 1905, the date of the first interment. It has since then served the descendants of Helseth, his family, and friends in the small community. The cemetery is today privately owned by the great-great grandchildren of Helseth, who maintain the site.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only. ]]>
Viking Cemetery is one of the last remaining pieces of the small town of Fort Pierce, Florida. The area was first settled in 1892 by Major B. Daniels (1860-1947), who used the land largely to grow pineapple, a significant crop in Florida at the time. By 1895, Norwegian immigrant Jens Helseth (1858-1944) moved to the area and also grew pineapple on his 80-acre farm. From these early homesteads, the tiny village of Viking grew, named so due to the abundance of Scandinavian families who settled there. Helseth granted a portion of his homestead to serve as the community cemetery by 1905, the date of the first interment. It has since then served the descendants of Helseth, his family, and friends in the small community. The cemetery is today privately owned by the great-great grandchildren of Helseth, who maintain the site.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only. ]]>
Viking Cemetery is one of the last remaining pieces of the small town of Fort Pierce, Florida. The area was first settled in 1892 by Major B. Daniels (1860-1947), who used the land largely to grow pineapple, a significant crop in Florida at the time. By 1895, Norwegian immigrant Jens Helseth (1858-1944) moved to the area and also grew pineapple on his 80-acre farm. From these early homesteads, the tiny village of Viking grew, named so due to the abundance of Scandinavian families who settled there. Helseth granted a portion of his homestead to serve as the community cemetery by 1905, the date of the first interment. It has since then served the descendants of Helseth, his family, and friends in the small community. The cemetery is today privately owned by the great-great grandchildren of Helseth, who maintain the site.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only. ]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only. ]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only. ]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only. ]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only. ]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only. ]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only. ]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only. ]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only. ]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only. ]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only. ]]>
St. Luke's Church is located at 5555 North Tropical Trail in Courtenay, an unincorporated community in Merritt Island, Florida. In the 1870s, the church founding families of LaRoche, Porcher, and Sams migrated from Charleston and John's Island of South Carolina and settled in Courtenay, Florida. The Carpenter Gothic-style church was erected in 1888, with funding from Lucy A. Boardman and land from Edward Porcher. The first resident Vicar of St. Luke's, Reverend Paul A. Perrine Jr., was appointed in 1962 and the congregation began to grow steadily. On November 15, 1974, the church was admitted as a Parish in the Diocese of Central Florida, with Father Perrine as the first rector. The church and cemetery were added to the National Register of Historic Places under the name "Old St. Luke's Episcopal Church and Cemetery" on June 15, 1990.]]> St. Luke's Episcopal Church Collection, Merritt Island Collection, Brevard County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> St. Luke's Episcopal Church and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
Viking Cemetery is one of the last remaining pieces of the small town of Fort Pierce, Florida. The area was first settled in 1892 by Major B. Daniels (1860-1947), who used the land largely to grow pineapple, a significant crop in Florida at the time. By 1895, Norwegian immigrant Jens Helseth (1858-1944) moved to the area and also grew pineapple on his 80-acre farm. From these early homesteads, the tiny village of Viking grew, named so due to the abundance of Scandinavian families who settled there. Helseth granted a portion of his homestead to serve as the community cemetery by 1905, the date of the first interment. It has since then served the descendants of Helseth, his family, and friends in the small community. The cemetery is today privately owned by the great-great grandchildren of Helseth, who maintain the site.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only. ]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only. ]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only. ]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only. ]]>
The Alliance for Truth and Justice (ATJ) is a volunteer-based organization that engages with the community to promote education concerning the truth of local history and to advocate justice for those who have been harmed by inequities born of prejudice. ATJ builds on the work of Montgomery-based Equal Justice Initiative as well as the local efforts of Democracy Forum, the West Orange Reconciliation Task Force, and the Ocoee Human Relations Diversity Board. This project is rooted in acknowledging the 1920 Election Day Massacre in Orange County and all of the violence committed in the name of white supremacy. Their mission statement says that they are "working to create a more hopeful, collaborative, and just society for every person in Orange County, Florida."]]> Alliance for Truth and Justice, Orange County, Florida.]]> RICHES]]> Alliance for Truth and Justice Collection, RICHES.]]> RICHES.]]> Alliance for Truth and Justice, Orange County, Florida, and is provided here by RICHES for educational purposes only.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only. ]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only. ]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only. ]]> Epinal American Cemetery Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only. ]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only. ]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=56372930&PIpi=94648893.]]> Epinal American Cemetery Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only. ]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only. ]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only. ]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only. ]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only. ]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only. ]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only. ]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only. ]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only. ]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only. ]]> Find A Grave]]> Epinal American Cemetery Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Find A Grave.]]> Find A Grave and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> color digital image by Dwight Anderson.]]> Epinal American Cemetery Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> color digital image by Dwight Anderson.]]> Epinal American Cemetery Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=56372546&PIpi=90134237.]]> Epinal American Cemetery Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> color digital image by Dwight Anderson.]]> Epinal American Cemetery Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Find A Grave]]> Epinal American Cemetery Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Find A Grave.]]> Find A Grave and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Find A Grave]]> Epinal American Cemetery Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Find A Grave.]]> Find A Grave and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> color digital image by Dwight Anderson: Private Collection of Dwight Anderson.]]> Epinal American Cemetery Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> color digital image by Dwight Anderson: Private Collection of Dwight Anderson.]]> Epinal American Cemetery Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> color digital image by Dwight Anderson.]]> Epinal American Cemetery Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> color digital image by Dwight Anderson.]]> Epinal American Cemetery Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
Viking Cemetery is one of the last remaining pieces of the small town of Fort Pierce, Florida. The area was first settled in 1892 by Major B. Daniels (1860-1947), who used the land largely to grow pineapple, a significant crop in Florida at the time. By 1895, Norwegian immigrant Jens Helseth (1858-1944) moved to the area and also grew pineapple on his 80-acre farm. From these early homesteads, the tiny village of Viking grew, named so due to the abundance of Scandinavian families who settled there. Helseth granted a portion of his homestead to serve as the community cemetery by 1905, the date of the first interment. It has since then served the descendants of Helseth, his family, and friends in the small community. The cemetery is today privately owned by the great-great grandchildren of Helseth, who maintain the site.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only. ]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only. ]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only. ]]> color digital image by Dwight Anderson.]]> Epinal American Cemetery Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> color digital image by Dwight Anderson.]]> Epinal American Cemetery Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Epinal American Cemetery Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> color digital image by Dwight Anderson.]]> Epinal American Cemetery Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> color digital image by Dwight Anderson: Private Collection of Dwight Anderson.]]> Epinal American Cemetery Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> color digital image by Dwight Anderson.]]> Epinal American Cemetery Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network , Division of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network]]> Viking Cemetery Collection, Florida Historic Cemenetery Recording Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network.]]> Florida Public Archaeology Network and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only. ]]> The Florida Star, a newspaper founded by his son, Captain Charles Henry Coe (1856-1954). In April of 1879, Coe was appointed Deputy Collector of Customs for the port at New Smyrna. Just a few months later, on October 23, Coe died of silicosis, likely a result of his work as a copper miner in Illinois during the 1840s. The headstone in this photograph was a replacement for the original, which had been lost over 120 years prior.]]> Captain Charles Henry Coe Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Heathrow Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> ]]> The Seminole Herald]]> The Seminole Herald: Cities/Towns-Sanford Collection, Orange County Regional History Center, Orlando, Florida.]]> The Seminole Herald.]]> Orange County Regional History Center, Orlando, Florida.]]> Milane Theatre Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Sanford: Our First 125 Years, page 77.]]> The Seminole Herald.]]> The Seminole Herald and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]> Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida]]>
Located in the Parramore/Lorna Doone neighborhood of downtown Orlando, Jones High School was the first area public school for African-Americans. The original building was located on the corner of Garland Avenue and Church Street, but the school was renamed the Johnson Academy and moved to a new building on the corner of Chatham Avenue and West Jefferson Street. In 1921, the school was renamed in honor Principal L. C. Jones and a brick colonial revival building was constructed on the corner of Parramore Avenue and Washington Street. The school was finally moved to its current location at 801 South Rio Grande Avenue in 1952.]]> Jones High School]]> Jones High School Historical Museum, Orlando, Florida.]]> Jones High School]]> Jones High School Historical Museum Collection, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES.]]> Jones High School.]]> Jones High School and is provided here by RICHES for educational purposes only.]]>
The Naval Air Station (NAS) Sanford was commissioned on November 3, 1942 as a naval aviation training facility during World War II. The Navy continued to train pilots at NAS Sanford throughout the Korean and Vietnam Wars. NAS Sanford was temporarily decommissioned after World War II in 1946 and then recommissioned as the Naval Auxiliary Air Station (NAAS) Sanford in 1950 due to the outbreak of the Korean War and the ongoing Cold War. Soon afterward, the station was renamed NAS Sanford and redesignated as a full naval air station. On February 6, 1959, NAS Sanford was dedicated as Ramey Field in honor of Lieutenant Commander Robert W. Ramey. In 1968, due to lack of funding caused by the Vietnam War, Congress directed the closure of NAS Sanford. The City of Sanford assumed authority over the former NAS Sanford facility the year after it closed and renamed it the Sanford Airport, which was managed by Commander J. S. "Red" Cleveland. The airport underwent various name changes over the next several decades: Sanford Regional Airport, Central Florida Regional Airport, Orlando-Sanford Regional Airport, and its current name, Orlando-Sanford International Airport. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, several Naval buildings were demolished and new buildings were constructed.]]> Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.]]> Sanford Museum]]> Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.]]> Naval Air Station Sanford Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Sanford Museum and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.]]> Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.]]> Henry L. DeForest Collection, Sanford Collection,, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Sanford Museum and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.]]> Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.]]> Belair Collection, Citrus Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm.]]> Chase Collection is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.]]> Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. RICHES of Central Florida has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.]]>
Henry Sanford made his last trip to Belair Grove during the winter of 1890-1891. Most of Sanford's visit was spent in Charles Armory's vacation home because of his poor health. This photograph and several others were taken of Sanford and his family to commemorate his last visit to Belair Grove. Sanford along with his wife and daughter left Florida in mid-May. Just days later Sanford died on May 21, 1891, in Healing Springs, Virginia. In 1870, Henry Shelton Sanford purchased 12,547.15 square acres of land, known as the Sanford Grant. The acreage included an experiment station called Belair Grove, located just three miles southwest of the city named after Sanford. By 1889, Sanford extended his land purchase to 145 acres and contained mainly orange and lemon trees. In Belair alone, Sanford introduced over 140 varieties of citrus plants. All were tested to determine if Florida citrus growers could introduce new varieties into the growing citrus market. Sanford also grew exotic plants acquired from Central and South America, many of which survived the 1886 freeze. Sanford mainly used Belair as his own experiment station, but ultimately the findings and reports would be used by other citrus growers throughout Florida. Eventually, following Sanford's death in 1891, his wife, Gertrude Sanford, handed over the operations of Belair to Sydney and Joshua Chase. ]]> Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.]]> Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.]]> Belair Collection, Citrus Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm.]]> Chase Collection is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.]]> Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. RICHES of Central Florida has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.]]>
Aside from his diplomatic career, Sanford was also a businessman and investor. He made several real estate investments in Florida in the late 1860s and early 1870s, the most notable being the purchase of the "Sanford Grant" in May 1870. The grant encompassed over 20 square miles and provided the basis for the town that eventually bore Sanford's name. Sanford was convinced that Florida would prove a profitable place to invest. Anticipating significant traffic and commerce by waterway, Sanford bought a land grant positioned on Lake Monroe along the St. Johns River. The city of Sanford thus became deemed the "Gate City of South Florida" - the southernmost stop along the river. During the 1870s, Sanford invested significant amounts of money to the development of his city - he built a wharf, several hotels, a general store, and a sawmill - all of which he hoped would spur investment and growth in the city. Sanford also developed several experimental citrus groves in his Florida city. The first was St. Gertrude's Grove. The second and more successful grove was Belair, developed in the early 1870s. Though Sanford never lived in Florida, he did visit occasionally from the late 1860s until his death in 1891. His diplomatic and business duties kept him preoccupied abroad, and most of his development in Florida was undertaken by representatives and confidants. Following the "Great Freeze" of 1888, Sanford's Belair grove was destroyed. Sanford was committed to rebuilding the grove and, in the late stages of his life, he committed his energies to his Florida investments. He died several years later though, and his wife Gertrude, in an effort to settle debts owed in Europe and elsewhere following his death, sold many of Sanford's properties in Florida.]]> Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.]]> Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.]]> Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Fearless in 1900 and began working for the FEC as a fireman around 1915. He worked for the FEC for 32 years before retiring in 1947. Wells also owned and operated a drug and grocery store that was located at Northwest 2nd Court and 17th Street in Miami. Wells married Mary Ellen Knowles Wells (1892-1948) in 1916 and had one daughter, Berdina Wells (b. 1930). This item was contributed by Cary Marshall Felton, the great grandson of Wells.]]> Miami Collection, Miami-Dade County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Fearless in 1900 and began working for the FEC as a fireman around 1915. He worked for the FEC for 32 years before retiring in 1947. Wells also owned and operated a drug and grocery store that was located at Northwest 2nd Court and 17th Street in Miami. Wells married Mary Ellen Knowles Wells (1892-1948) in 1916 and had one daughter, Berdina Wells (b. 1930). This item was contributed by Cary Marshall Felton, the great grandson of Wells.]]> Miami Collection, Miami-Dade County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Fearless in 1900 and began working for the FEC as a fireman around 1915. He worked for the FEC for 32 years before retiring in 1947. Wells also owned and operated a drug and grocery store that was located at Northwest 2nd Court and 17th Street in Miami. Wells married Mary Ellen Knowles Wells (1892-1948) in 1916 and had one daughter, Berdina Wells (b. 1930). This item was contributed by Cary Marshall Felton, the great grandson of Wells.]]> The Miami Times, December 31, 1960, page 12: Private Collection of Cary Marshall Felton.]]> The Miami Times]]> Miami Collection, Miami-Dade County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> The Miami Times.]]> The Miami Times and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
One of the honorees for 1988 was Marie Jones Francis, the "midwife of Sanford." Francis left behind a successful hotel and restaurant she owned in Sarasota in 1942 to return to Sanford and become a midwife. World War II caused a shortage in doctors and nurses, so Florida's Children's Bureau sent Francis to Florida A & M to acquire her practical nursing license in 1945. She specialized in premature babies and returned to Sanford to aid her mother, Carrie Jones, at Fernald-Laughton Memorial Hospital before they opened the ward in their home. "When her health starting failing," she recollects in a newspaper article, "I took over." Francis converted her house at 621 East Sixth Street to also serve as a maternity ward, where she delivered over 40,000 babies over her 32 year career. She became a midwife in the same vein as her mother, Carrie Jones, and together they ran the Jones-Francis Maternity Hall in Georgetown.

Francis served her community in several ways. She delivered babies for both white and black families from Seminole County, primarily patrons who either preferred natural births or could not afford deliveries at a hospital. In the 1950s, it cost $70 to stay nine days where soon-to-be mothers were taken care of. Francis was assisted by her sister, Annie Walker, who did the cooking. The house and ward also served as a school, where Marie Francis taught nurses the art of midwifery. Nurses would come from across the state to learn how to delivery infants naturally. A heavy burden on a single working mother, Marie Francis had three daughters, Cassandra Clayton, Daphne Humphrey, and Barbara Torre. Clayton and Humphrey became school teachers and Torre became a purchaser at Seminole Memorial Hospital.]]> The Sanford Herald: Private Collection of Daphne F. Humphrey.]]> The Sanford Herald]]> The Sanford Herald.]]> The Sanford Herald.]]> Marie Jones Francis Collection, Georgetown Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> The Sanford Herald.]]> The Sanford Herald and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
The Tempests were formed in St. Petersburg, Florida in 1963, when the members were just 12 and 13 years old. The original members included Doug Palmer (rhythm guitar), Bobby Allen (drums), Bill Hickman (bass guitar), Tommy Angarano (vocals), and Charlie Bailey (lead guitar). Hickman was later replaced with Buddy Peterson and Palmer was replaced with Mike Hammer, enhancing the group's ability to play songs with harmony. Due to the popularity of The Beatles, harmony-driven bands dominated the radio. The new additions proved a success, as the group won the Battle of the Bands at the Electric Zoo and recorded their first record, "I Want You Only," with "I Want You to Know" as the B-side. Allen was later replaced with Brad Myers on drums, and Bailey with Roy Delese on keyboard. The band opened for many national groups, such as The Dave Clark Five, The Shangri-Las, Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs, Tommy James and the Shondells, Blues Magoos, The Doors, The McCoys, the Mindbenders, The Allman Brothers Band, and Three Dog Night.]]> Profiles: Bands & Artists, Tampa Bay Music Scene Historical Society.]]> Tampa Bay Music Scene Historical Society]]> http://www.tampabaymusichistory.com/resources/tempests%20ad%20-%201966.jpg.]]> Profiles: Bands & Artists, Tampa Bay Music Scene Historical Society.]]> Rock Collection, Central Florida Music History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Tampa Bay Music Scene Historical Society.]]> Tampa Bay Music Scene Historical Society and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
Craig was born on October 6, 1896, in Dixmont, Maine. He was drafted in 1917, and his service began on March 31, 1917. He served with Battery C 4 Field Artillery in the United States Army, but never went overseas. He was stationed in Justice Precinct 8, Bexar, Texas, in 1920, and was honorably discharged on April 6, 1920, as part of demobilization. After his discharge, Craig moved to Delaware, Pennsylvania, and married Edith Hazel Chambers on December 30, 1922, with whom he had four children: Charles (1923), Elizabeth Sarah (1925), Mary Louise (1927), and Frances (1936). In 1940, Craig became a principal superintendent of Williamson School in Media, Pennsylvania, while maintaining his job as a tree surgeon. Craig registered for the “Old Man’s Draft” for World War II on April 27, 1942. Charles and Edith moved to Florida by 1954. Craig passed away on March 9, 1982 in Hollywood, Florida, and Edith followed in March 1989. They are buried together in the Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, Florida.

In 2017, the University of Central Florida was one of three universities selected to launch the National Cemetery Administration’s Veterans Legacy Program Project. The program engaged a team of scholars to make the life stories of veterans buried in the Florida National Cemetery available to the public. The project engages UCF students in research and writing and fosters collaboration between students, faculty and local Central Florida schools to produce interactive curriculum for k-12 students. The corresponding website exhibit uses RICHES Mosaic Interface to create a digital archive of related data. The public can use the project-developed augmented-reality app at more than 100 gravesites at the Florida National Cemetery, where they can access the UCF student-authored biographies of veterans.]]> Veterans Legacy Program Collection ]]> ]]>
This postcard is part of a collection of postcards kept by Lucile Campbell, a schoolteacher in Sanford, Florida, for 30 years. In 1931, she took advantage of a special rate for teachers and sailed to Europe, where she traveled for several months and is thought to have acquired many of these postcards. During the 1940-1941 school year, Campbell taught at Sanford Grammar School. Before her retirement in 1970, she taught at many other area schools, including the Oviedo School, Westside Grammar School, and Pinecrest Elementary School. Campbell used these postcards as aids in her classrooms to teach advanced subjects, such as Shakespearean drama. The collection, along with her other teaching aids, papers, and photographs, was later found at Sanford Grammar School after it became the University of Central Florida's Public History Center. Campbell's postcard collection and photographs provide insight into the life of a respected Florida educator.]]> UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.]]> UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.]]> Lucile Campbell Collection, Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> UCF Public History Center and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
This postcard is part of a collection of postcards kept by Lucile Campbell, a schoolteacher in Sanford, Florida, for 30 years. In 1931, she took advantage of a special rate for teachers and sailed to Europe, where she traveled for several months and is thought to have acquired many of these postcards. During the 1940-1941 school year, Campbell taught at Sanford Grammar School. Before her retirement in 1970, she taught at many other area schools, including the Oviedo School, Westside Grammar School, and Pinecrest Elementary School. Campbell used these postcards as aids in her classrooms to teach advanced subjects, such as Shakespearean drama. The collection, along with her other teaching aids, papers, and photographs, was later found at Sanford Grammar School after it became the University of Central Florida's Public History Center. Campbell's postcard collection and photographs provide insight into the life of a respected Florida educator.]]> UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.]]> UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.]]> Lucile Campbell Collection, Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> UCF Public History Center and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> The Oviedo Voice on September 16, 2004. The article states that the City of Oviedo had issued a High Water Warning in the aftermath of Hurricane Frances, which hit Central Florida in early September of 2004. Frances caused damages exceeding that of Hurricane Charley, another hurricane that hit Florida the previous month.]]> The Oviedo Voice, Vol. XIV, No. 38, September 16, 2004, page 1: Private Collection of Edwin White and Carolyn White.]]> The Oviedo Voice]]> The Oviedo Voice, Vol. XIV, No. 38, September 16, 2004, page 1.]]> Oviedo Historical Society Collection, Oviedo Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> The Oviedo Voice.]]> The Oviedo Voice and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
Hillcrest Elementary School is one of Orlando’s oldest schools, opening in 1923. Since the 1980s, it has had a vibrant foreign language component and today it continues that tradition through the Orange County Public Schools Foreign Language Academy.]]> Hillcrest Elementary Collection, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES.]]> RICHES for educational purposes only.]]>
Hillcrest Elementary School is one of Orlando’s oldest schools, opening in 1923. Since the 1980s, it has had a vibrant foreign language component and today it continues that tradition through the Orange County Public Schools Foreign Language Academy.]]> Hillcrest Elementary Collection, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES.]]> RICHES for educational purposes only.]]>
Hillcrest Elementary School is one of Orlando’s oldest schools, opening in 1923. Since the 1980s, it has had a vibrant foreign language component and today it continues that tradition through the Orange County Public Schools Foreign Language Academy.]]> Hillcrest Elementary Collection, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES.]]> RICHES for educational purposes only.]]>
A notable "machinist" for the Victor Talking Machine Company was Irick Ritezendollar (1898-1992). Born on January 1, 1898, in Chatsworth, New Jersey, Ritzendollar enlisted in the United States Army on September 5, 1918. His served for slightly more than three months before being discharged on December 14, 1918. Unlike his siblings, Ritzendollar stayed out of the spotlight. He married Ella S. Ritzendollar sometime between 1922 and 1923. By 1940, he was working as a pump man for Works Progress Administration (WPA) Road Construction. At some point, Ritzendollar moved to Wauchula, Florida, and later relocated to Lakeland, Florida. Irick Ritzendollar passed away on September 14, 1992, at the age of ninety-three. He is buried at Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, Florida.

In 2017, the University of Central Florida was one of three universities selected to launch the National Cemetery Administration’s Veterans Legacy Program Project. The program engaged a team of scholars to make the life stories of veterans buried in the Florida National Cemetery available to the public. The project engages UCF students in research and writing and fosters collaboration between students, faculty and local Central Florida schools to produce interactive curriculum for k-12 students. The corresponding website exhibit uses RICHES Mosaic Interface to create a digital archive of related data. The public can use the project-developed augmented-reality app at more than 100 gravesites at the Florida National Cemetery, where they can access the UCF student-authored biographies of veterans.]]> Veterans Legacy Program Collection ]]> ]]> RICHES for educational purposes only.]]>
This postcard is part of a collection of postcards kept by Lucile Campbell, a schoolteacher in Sanford, Florida, for 30 years. In 1931, she took advantage of a special rate for teachers and sailed to Europe, where she traveled for several months and is thought to have acquired many of these postcards. During the 1940-1941 school year, Campbell taught at Sanford Grammar School. Before her retirement in 1970, she taught at many other area schools, including the Oviedo School, Westside Grammar School, and Pinecrest Elementary School. Campbell used these postcards as aids in her classrooms to teach advanced subjects, such as Shakespearean drama. The collection, along with her other teaching aids, papers, and photographs, was later found at Sanford Grammar School after it became the University of Central Florida's Public History Center. Campbell's postcard collection and photographs provide insight into the life of a respected Florida educator.]]> UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.]]> UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.]]> Lucile Campbell Collection, Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> UCF Public History Center and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
The American Legion is a social veterans' organization for former and current members of the United States Armed Forces. The organization was chartered by the United States Congress on September 16, 1919, following World War I. The American Legion has been active in influencing political and social change, such as the founding of the U.S. Veterans Bureau, which was the forerunner of the Veterans Administration and later the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA); efforts to pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting the physical desecration of the American flag; the creation of the American Legion Baseball program; the passing of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act, commonly known as the GI Bill of Rights; contributing to the launch of the National Association for Mental Health; sponsorship of an independent study on the effects of the exposure of Agent Orange, a herbicidal weapon, on veterans of the Vietnam War; as well as many other activities and achievements.]]> The Sanford Herald, January 24, 1996: Private Collection of Luticia "Tish" Lee.]]> The Sanford Herald]]> The Sanford Herald, January 24, 1996.]]> Celery Soup: Florida’s Folk Life Play Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> The Sanford Herald.]]> The Sanford Herald and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>