April 17, 2026
Florida played a central role in the lead-up to the Bay of Pigs invasion, serving as the staging ground for one of the most secretive operations […]
April 16, 2026
Julia Tuttle spent the early 1890s trying to convince Henry Flagler to bring his Florida East Coast Railway farther south. She owned 640 acres along the […]
April 14, 2026
Pánfilo de Narváez’s story is one of the most dramatic early chapters in Florida history, and it began on April 14, 1528, when he arrived along […]
April 10, 2026
In 1960, a reporter sat down with pioneer Edward Durant (pictured), who described what he saw when he first stepped onto Pinellas sand in 1885. Big […]
April 10, 2026
On April 10, 2023, the Tampa Bay Rays edged the Boston Red Sox 1–0, pushing their record to a perfect 10–0 and putting themselves in rare […]
April 7, 2026
Born in Minneapolis on April 7, 1890, Marjory Stoneman Douglas would grow into one of Florida’s most powerful and persistent voices for conservation. After a childhood […]
April 2, 2026
Burt Reynolds may be best known for his films, but he also had an eye for the kind of art that feels unmistakably Floridian. Over the […]
April 1, 2026
On April 1, 1926, the arrival of contracted air mail brought a new sense of possibility to Florida’s skies. When Florida Airways launched its CAM-10 service, it linked […]
March 31, 2026
On March 31, 1998, Vince Naimoli was everywhere. It was Opening Day for the brand-new Tampa Bay Devil Rays franchise. The Rays’ managing general partner moved […]