The Chapins at the Castillo in St. Augustine, another leg of their Florida adventure Last February [2024], I read with interest an article about the Bartram trail in Smithsonian Magazine. […]
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Farmstead Cracker House by Carole and Mike Adams (Photos by Carole Adams) About 150 years after Billy Bartram explored and documented his findings in the East Florida Territory, another famous […]
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Photo credits: “A View of the Ancient Chunky Yard” (Fig 2) taken from “Observations of the Creek and Cherokee Indians.” William Bartram, 1789 Billy Bartram is best known as an […]
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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, […]
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 […]
Billy at the City of St. Augustine Historical Marker near the Yacht Club on Salt Run. Photo: Sam Carr Like many places in Northeast Florida, particularly around St. Augustine, amazing […]
Our state has eleven native species of holly (Ilex), plus many landscape hybrids. Hollies, in the form of shrubs and small trees, are found in almost every plant community from […]
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The Puc-Puggy with builder Bob Cole Photo by Bob Griffin The St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners has donated the Puc-Puggy, a conceptual replica of William Bartram’s sailboat, to […]
The anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) also known as the snake bird or water turkey, is a year-round Florida resident. They inhabit aquatic and marine ecosystems that include the Atlantic Ocean, Intracoastal […]