Colonial naturalist, artist, and author William Bartram and his father, John, first explored this area in 1765–66. They were inventorying plants and seeking the source(s) of the St. Johns River. […]
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The Bartram Trail Society of Florida, in partnership with Tobacco Free Putnam and Students Working Against Tobacco, was the first in Putnam County and the regional area to adopt a […]
I don’t recall when I first met Ken Mahaffey – it was long, long ago, and probably just because he was then married to the amazing Janice, whom I’ve known […]
St. Augustine is our Nation’s oldest city. Established in 1565 by Spain, it has a centuries-long history that is well preserved and celebrated. Its Spanish heritage is so rich that […]
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Fort Picolata (Spanish: Fuerte Picolato) was an 18th-century Spanish fort on the east bank of the St. Johns River, in northeast Florida. It was about eighteen miles west of St. […]
Last February [2024], I read with interest an article about the Bartram trail in Smithsonian Magazine. I immediately went to our bookshelf and pulled down an old copy of John […]
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About 150 years after Billy Bartram explored and documented his findings in the East Florida Territory, another famous author and naturalist, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, lived and wrote about her experiences […]
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Billy Bartram is best known as an explorer, botanist, artist and writer. But readers often don’t realize that he described and sketched many encounters with Native Americans. His observations, views […]
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William Bartram, American colonial naturalist, is best known for his 18th century botanical, writing and sketching skills of the Southeast colonies natural and cultural resources, published in his book “Travels, […]