History
History
From the Museum’s Archives: June 2017
In 1887, John C. Williams convinced Russian entrepreneur Peter Demens to forget about expanding his Orange Belt Railroad to Disston City (now Gulfport), and...
History
From the Museum’s Archives
Since the 1800’s, piers have always stretched onto Tampa Bay from the downtown St. Petersburg waterfront shoreline. As the Sunshine City eagerly awaits the...
Allendale Terrace
Building a Neighborhood: Allendale Terrace
I have often driven the brick streets of Allendale Terrace. The first things I notice when approaching this neighborhood are the majestic oak trees...
April '17
Weedon Island
Dense mangroves surrounded me as I paddled along the quiet lagoons and mangrove islands of St. Petersburg’s Weedon Island Preserve in a rented canoe....
History
St. Petersburg: Creating Memories One Pier At a Time
As is my habit, I was walking on the concrete path near the Bay off North Shore Drive NE, when I came upon a...
From The Bench
#UpliftStPete: Here’s to a Legacy
Not too long ago I was delighted to find a package from Arcadia Publishing in our mailbox. Inside, I found a book entitled The...
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