The Apalachicola Area Historical Society (AAHS) will present a local history program at the Raney Carriage House, 126 Market Street, Apalachicola, FL. These series of speaker events are part of a well-established and popular series by the Apalachicola Area Historical Society with speakers through May on Saturdays, mid-month, at 4 pm in the Raney House…

The Apalachicola Area Historical Society (AAHS) is presenting a program on “Marshall Brothers: Architects, Boatwrights and Pillars of the Community” featuring Marshall family descendants, Donia Smith and Ken Tucker, on Saturday, April 22, at 4:00 pm at the Raney Carriage House, 126 Market Street, Apalachicola, FL. Guests are invited to hear a discussion about the many…

Rescheduled 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.

New 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…

Join 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.