Florida FrontiersFlorida Frontiers

Produced by the Florida Historical Society, "Florida Frontiers" explores a wide variety of topics relating to Florida history and culture. The series covers the Ice Age to the Space Age, Spanish colonists to Cracker Cowmen, and Civil War battles to Civil Rights demonstrations. Viewers are taken to locations from Key West to Pensacola, Tampa to Jacksonville, and many points in between.

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10 episoder

  • The Civil War in Florida
    E1
    The Civil War in FloridaFlorida's Civil War includes the Battle of Olustee and the sinking of the Maple Leaf.
  • Everyday People Making History
    E2
    Everyday People Making HistoryEveryday people make history happen including author Stetson Kennedy and Civil Rights activist Barbara Vickers.
  • Exploring New Worlds
    E3
    Exploring New WorldsFrom Spanish colonization to the manned exploration of space, Florida establishes the boundaries of the Modern Era.
  • The Windover People
    E4
    The Windover PeopleThe Windover Dig in Titusville, Florida, was one of the most important archaeological discoveries in the world.
  • Florida Nature Meets Florida Culture
    E5
    Florida Nature Meets Florida CultureWe visit Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Bok Tower Gardens, Atlantic Center for the Arts, and Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens.
  • The Lost Years of Zora Neale Hurston
    E6
    The Lost Years of Zora Neale HurstonFlorida writer, folklorist, and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston was one of the most celebrated figures of the Harlem Renaissance, but died in obscurity.
  • The Barber-Mizell Family Feud
    E7
    The Barber-Mizell Family FeudOn February 21, 1870, Sheriff David Mizell, his son Will, and brother Morgan went onto the property of Moses Barber to serve an arrest warrant. Tensions between the Barbers and Mizells had been growing for years, and the Sheriff had been warned that if he set foot on Barber land he would be killed. When the group stopped at Bull Creek, a shot was fired from behind some bushes. Sheriff Mizell was killed, becoming the first casualty of this long-running feud.
  • Tarpon Springs Epiphany
    E8
    Tarpon Springs EpiphanyHundreds of Greek sponge divers and their families moved to Tarpon Springs, Florida in 1905. Today, there are more Greek people per capita in Tarpon Springs than in any other American city. We explore the history of Greek culture and the annual Epiphany celebration in Tarpon Springs.
  • Fort Mose
    E9
    Fort MoseEstablished near St. Augustine in 1738, Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose was the first community of former slaves.
  • Stetson Kennedy
    E10
    Stetson KennedyStetson Kennedy was an American author, civil rights activist, and pioneering oral historian and folklorist.

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