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Photography: Broward County Library Historical Archives.
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The Graduate Maker

  • December 1, 2016
  • John Dolen
Clarence Walker fought for black students at a time when they were denied even the right to attend a full four years of high school. When educator Clarence Walker arrived…
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The Barefoot Mailmen

  • November 1, 2016
  • John Dolen
Over the water and on the sand, South Florida’s famous early mailmen made sure the mail got to what was then still untamed subtropical frontier. In the early 1880s, if…
Statue of Sam Jones at Tree Tops Park in Davie.
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Undefeated Sam Jones

  • October 1, 2016
  • John Dolen
A famous Seminole leader with a unique nickname, Sam Jones kept his promise to stay in Florida. “Sam Jones, leader of the Seminoles, fought a crucial battle against Major William…
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The Little Doctor

  • September 1, 2016
  • John Dolen
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,…
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A League of Their Own

  • August 1, 2016
  • John Dolen
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…
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Plume Bird Martyr

  • July 1, 2016
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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…
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Countess Lauderdale’s Floranda Dreams

  • June 1, 2016
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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…
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When Eula Waded In

  • May 1, 2016
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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…
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The New River Hilton

  • April 1, 2016
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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…

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