Memories of a True-Blue Bartramite
I don’t recall when I first met Ken – it was long, long ago, and probably just because he was then married to the amazing Janice, whom I’ve known forever. […]
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Historical Bartram Bus Tour for St. Augustine
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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Searching for Fort Picolata
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. […]
Our visit to the St. John’s River in search of a lost Florida
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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A recent visit to Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings State Park at Cross Creek
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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Ancient Chunky Yard – Indian Athletics and Ceremonies
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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Evolution of Honeybee Keeping
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, […]
William Bartam’s Role in Our Constitution
This painting memorializes the gathering of three special men at Bartram’s Gardens June, 10th 1787. John Bartram had built the gray stone home on the banks of the Schuylkill River […]
John and Billy Bartram’s 1765 Visit to St. Augustine and the “Old Watchtower” Lighthouse
Like many places in Northeast Florida, particularly around St. Augustine, amazing historical and natural resources exist. One such place is the St. Augustine Lighthouse, strategically located on Anastasia Island. Based […]