March 20, 2026
For decades, Oma Cross served as a driving force behind the collections of the St. Petersburg Historical Society, later known as the St. Petersburg Museum of […]
March 20, 2026
On March 21, 1949, spring training was in full swing, and St. Louis Cardinals games at Al Lang Field drew steady crowds of locals and winter […]
March 19, 2026
On March 19, 1905, St. Petersburg entered a new era of entertainment. That evening, local entrepreneur William “Bill” Carpenter opened the Royal Palm Theater on Central […]
March 19, 2026
In the 1920s and 1930s, St. Petersburg was doing what it did best: Selling the Sunshine. By mid-March, the Sunshine City sat at the height of […]
March 17, 2026
Did you know St. Petersburg holds the Guinness World Record for the most consecutive sunny days in the world? St. Petersburg did not earn the nickname […]
March 13, 2026
On March 13, 1934, Babe Ruth played in one of his final spring training games with the New York Yankees, at Crescent Lake Park in St. […]
March 12, 2026
March 12 is celebrated as the official birthday of the Girl Scouts. On this day in 1912, Juliette Gordon Low founded the first Girl Scout troop […]
March 11, 2026
Born and raised in Cincinnati, Pete Rose signed with the hometown Cincinnati Reds in 1960 after graduating from Western Hills High School. The club paid the […]
March 10, 2026
Born March 11, 1865, Katherine Bell Tippetts became one of the most influential civic leaders in St. Petersburg. A native of Somerset County, Maryland, she arrived […]