John and William Bartram experienced the Revolutionary times in the U.S. as anxious observers and sometimes reluctant actors whose scientific and Quaker worlds were drawn into a political crisis. Their […]
Over Memorial Day weekend, the Bartram Trail Society of Florida participated in its sixth consecutive Florida Folk Festival. Our participation was made possible by the leadership and guidance of Society president Sam […]
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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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