Raney House – Carriage House
Apalachicola Area Historical Society Spring Speaker Series: Antebellum Ice
Raney House - Carriage House 128 Market Street, Apalachicola, FL, United StatesHistory expert Dr. Kevin Bair will speak about the Southern Antebellum period's use of natural ice, Fredric Tudor's natural ice trade, the period's medical use of ice to treat malaria and yellow fever, John Gorrie's quest for ice and refrigeration, and how the Civil War Naval Blockade of Southern ports caused the ice dependent South…
AAHS Spring Speaker Series: Margo Stringfield Historic Cemetery Preservation
Raney House - Carriage House 128 Market Street, Apalachicola, FL, United StatesRescheduled from 2020: Margo Stringfield from the University of West Florida will discuss Historic Cemetery Preservation, with focus on Chestnut Cemetery in Apalachicola. Margo Stringfield has worked extensively on historic cemetery preservation in Pensacola, and will bring her expertise to us, for work on the historic Chestnut Street Cemetery in Apalachicola.
AAHS Spring Speaker Series: Beloved local James Hargrove as Augustus Bowles
Raney House - Carriage House 128 Market Street, Apalachicola, FL, United StatesNew AAHS Director will entertain us with the tales of "local pirate" William Augustus Bowles. In his short but adventure-packed life, Bowles was shipwrecked on St. George Island in 1799. He was rescued by a British surveyor working in the area. He formed with local Indian tribes the "State of Muskogee" and declared war against…
AAHS Spring Speaker Series: The Fort at Prospect Bluff – New Breakthroughs
Raney House - Carriage House 128 Market Street, Apalachicola, FL, United StatesJoin the Apalachicola Area Historical Society for the kickoff of the Spring 2021 Speaker Series. Well-known local historian Dale Cox will discuss his recent research: New Breakthroughs in the story of the Negro Fort.