Born February 20, 1820, Jacob Summerlin is widely believed to be the first American-born child in Florida after Spain ceded the territory. He grew up…

These men are believed to be part of a Works Progress Administration (WPA) crew or Red Cross workers assigned to help with recovery and body…

John Horse, also known as Juan Caballo and Gopher John, was a Black Seminole who rose to prominence in the Second Seminole War, when the first generation…

They say she was born a queen, and ruled a tribe in Africa before Spanish slave traders stole her across the sea. She survived the…

In the late 1700s, Florida was a battleground for empires. And in the chaos, one wild figure rose up: William Augustus Bowles. Born in Maryland…

This portrait painted in the 1830s was long thought to be of the famous Pocahontas and her son, Thomas Rolfe. It hung in an English…

Captain Francisco Menéndez was a free Black military leader serving the Spanish Crown in 18th-century St. Augustine, Florida. He was one of the many enslaved…

Doña Maria Melendez was a Timucuan Cacica, or Chieftainess, who governed over the village of Nombre de Dios just north of St. Augustine. Timucuans of…

When most people think of the Florida Keys, they conjure up images of peace and relaxation in a tropical paradise. But the Keys of the…