The Little Doctor
He wasn’t even a real doctor when he first arrived on the New River, but Tom Kennedy spent his life serving the people of Fort Lauderdale. Fort Lauderdale’s first doctor,…
Old Lauderdale
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Plume Bird Martyr
Guy Bradley was a poacher‑turned-gamekeeper who gave his life in defense of some of South Florida’s most colorful creatures. Popular in women’s fashion, plumes were the ivory of the turn…
When Eula Waded In
Eula Johnson fought to desegregate many Fort Lauderdale places – including the famous, sandy one. It’s been 55 years since Eula Bandy Johnson led her courageous and now legendary civil…
A League of Their Own
From its beginnings, the local branch of the Junior League was led by women determined to help raise up Fort Lauderdale. I asked a few local young millennial women, do…
Countess Lauderdale’s Floranda Dreams
British aristocracy, the king of Greece and the new Monaco that almost was. “This sketch is of the charming villa planned for the King of Greece,” read the pamphlet. The…
The New River Hilton
It’s one of the great Fort Lauderdale questions – what the heck is a massive jail doing on prime New River real estate? Bill Farkas, coming to Fort Lauderdale to…