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Young Love

  • June 2, 2020
  • John Dolen
There were plenty of places for early residents to meet and fall for one another. The singles scene in Fort Lauderdale in the early decades of the 20th century had…
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In Service to Others

  • May 1, 2020
  • John Dolen
Among the city’s earliest civic associations, three groups stood out. In the worldwide pro-democracy movement, a difficulty frequently cited is the lack of indigenous civic organizations. Fort Lauderdale had no…
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Breckinridge’s Retreat

  • March 31, 2020
  • John Dolen
Devoid of white settlers during the Civil War, South Florida played virtually no part in the nation’s great struggle. But its rugged coasts and hidden‑away rivers did provide for some…
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  • Old Lauderdale

The Hoosier Hospital

  • March 2, 2020
  • John Dolen
The Indianapolis entrepreneur had it all – wealth, fame and acclaim. That’s why a trip here in 1923 when he became seriously ill made such headlines. The Fort Lauderdale Herald…
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Leading From the Front

  • February 12, 2020
  • John Dolen
Time after time, people thought they could get Dr. Von Delaney Mizell to back down. They were never right. Years before he co-founded Fort Lauderdale’s first black hospital or ran…
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Ocoee’s Survivor

  • January 2, 2020
  • FLMag Staff
For more than 80 years, Armstrong Hightower built a life in Fort Lauderdale. But it was one Central Florida town’s most terror-filled day that helped bring him here. When Armstrong…
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Forged in Fire

  • December 10, 2019
  • John Dolen
Early Fort Lauderdale leaders didn’t bother with a fire department – until a devastating fire changed their thinking. When you are building a small city with businesses, banks, a hotel,…
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Landmark Marlin

  • November 7, 2019
  • John Dolen
Today, Fort Lauderdale is known as a gay-friendly tourist destination. But when the Marlin Beach Hotel opened in 1972, it made powerful enemies. Whether in brochures, online searches or even…
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All Donations Welcome

  • October 4, 2019
  • John Dolen
Before the Stranahans, the Cooleys or Maj. Lauderdale’s soldiers, Frankee Lewis made a life along the New River. Fort Lauderdale history is filled with remarkable women pioneers: women such as…
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Porky’s Muse

  • September 6, 2019
  • John Dolen
One of cinema’s most legendarily raunchy teen comedies was inspired by a filmmaker’s formative years in 1950s Fort Lauderdale. It’s pretty remarkable that the director of A Christmas Story –…

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