Old Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale wasn’t always a big city; in earlier times, we offered simpler delights. If there were a competition for “Latest-Blooming Metropolis in the World,” Fort Lauderdale would certainly be…

Red Crise’s Hacienda Village sounds like something out of a Hiaasen novel. It wasn’t. Slow Down. Pull Over. You’re in Hacienda Village. A deliciously fitting headline told the story for…

Today it’s part of a family-friendly state park, but Whiskey Creek earned its name through a colorful history. In the 1920s, distilleries in Eng­land couldn’t believe their luck. Prohibition was…

Napoleon Bonaparte Broward was a gunrunner, sheriff, governor, and a man who held views both progressive and vile. We look at the county’s colorful namesake. In the 1880s, he ran…

Buy property in the Everglades? In the early 20th century, many Northerners thought that sounded great. One of my first memories of Florida was formed decades ago on a road…

Lurid details surround the legend of Shirttail Charlie, but the true story is a quieter, sadder tale. A letter written by Fort Lauderdale citizen August Burghard, dated Dec. 12, 1938,…