Latest from History
Latest History articles from Jacksonville, FL
Dare Tabloid Reprint, November 1990
This is a reprint of the November 1990 Dare Tabloid, a vaguely monthly review and issues magazine about Jacksonville from the late 80s to the early 90s. In it are contained reviews of old theater shows, the full panorama of the nightclub scene, local issues and politicians and satirical essays. The...
Read More
Dare Tabloid Reprint, February 1991
This is a reprint of the February 1991 Dare Tabloid, a vaguely monthly review and issues magazine about Jacksonville from the late 80s to the early 90s. In it are contained reviews of old theater shows, the full panorama of the nightclub scene, local issues and politicians and satirical essays. The...
Read More
The Wickershambles that led to the end of Prohibition
George Woodward Wickersham. Attorney General under President Taft led the commission whose report, infamously called by teetotallers everywhere as the "Wickersham Report" spelled out the death knell for Prohibition. Arrayed against the anti Prohibition Wickersham was half of the nations popular press,...
Read More
Lost Church, Lost Battlefield, Lost Cemetery, Lost War
The story of the loss and rediscovery by the Metro Jacksonville team, of Brick Church, and its Battlefield, and Cemetery from the long ago Civil War. Discovered not 500 feet from I-95, in Downtown Jacksonville.
Read More
Boxing and Scarlett Women at Moncrief Prizefight. 1894
Against a sweeping backdrop of the growing Women's Suffrage and Temperance Movement, one of the biggest matches of the bloody men's sport of prizefighting was scheduled by an enterprising group of Gilded Age "Sports". The resulting kerfluffle seized the city for weeks, threatened Martial Law, provoked...
Read More
Ruins of Jacksonville: Main Street
Metro Jacksonville takes a look at Main Street's evolution over the last century.
Read More
Springfield Subway Car Mystery Solved
In February of 2008, Metro Jacksonville discovered a NYC subway car in the Springfield (http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2008-feb-historic-nyc-subway-car-found-in-springfield), just north of Downtown Jacksonville. It was unclear how or why it was brought to Jacksonville, until now...
Read More
Lost Jacksonville: Union Terminal
While the building may still be in use as a convention center, the sights, sounds, scenes and activities from its days as the South's largest rail terminal are long gone. Today, Metro Jacksonville shares images from an vibrant era that no longer exists.
Read More
Downtown Historic Church Tour 2009
A century of downtown sanctuaries in one afternoon. The 2009 Downtown Jacksonville Historic Church Tour.
Read More
Downtown Landmark Churches: St. Philips Episcopal
This small but important church has a unique place in Jacksonville's History. It was the first African American Episcopal Church in the city, for one. Its founder, Freeman Young, was a character who stepped straight out of the adventure tales of the 19th Century, and its designer was none other than...
Read More