Grapefruit League- Champion Stadium- Atlanta Braves

HEARING AN UMPIRE CALL “PLAY BALL!” IS NOTHING NEW IN FLORIDA. MAJOR LEAGUE SPRING TRAINING BEGAN HERE IN 1888, WHEN THE WASHINGTON STATESMEN

(LATER THE WASHINGTON SENATORS) VISITED JACKSONVILLE TO PLAY A SERIES OF PRE-SEASON EXHIBITION GAMES.

FLORIDA BECAME A ...

San Marcos De Apalache

A half-hour south of Tallahassee at St. Marks, San Marcos de Apalache is a National Historic Landmark with origins dating back to 1528, when an expedition led by Spanish conquistador Pánfilo de Narváez arrived in the area. Spain later chose ...

Florida Caverns State Park

THIS SUMMER, AS THE TEMPERATURE RISES, WHY NOT CHECK OUT AN UNDERGROUND SPOT THAT’S BOUND TO STAY COOL? INSIDE THE CAVE AT THE FLORIDA CAVERNS STATE PARK, THE TEMPERATURE’S ALWAYS ABOUT 65 DEGREES.

IN ADDITION TO GUIDED CAVE TOURS, THE ...

Grapefruit League- Plant Field, Tampa

Hearing an umpire call “play ball!” is nothing new in Florida. Major league spring training began here in 1888, when the Washington Statesmen (later the Washington Senators) visited Jacksonville to play a series of pre-season exhibition games.

Florida became a popular ...

White Springs

TRAVELERS FROM FAR AND WIDE VISIT

FLORIDA’S BEACHES EACH YEAR, BUT ONE OF THE

STATE’S EARLIEST TOURIST ATTRACTIONS WAS LOCATED

AT A SITE NEAR THE SUWANNEE RIVER.

LONG REVERED FOR ITS HEALING POWERS,

WHITE SPRINGS EMERGED AS A TOURIST DESTINATION

SHORTLY AFTER BRYANT AND ELIZABETH ...

Apalachicola, FL

The town of Apalachicola, located about 80 miles southwest of Tallahassee at the mouth of the Apalachicola River, was named by an Act of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida in 1821. The area was valued because of ...

Jakes/Patterson Bus Boycott

On May 26, 1956, Florida A&M University students, Wilhelmina Jakes and Carrie Patterson boarded a Tallahassee city bus and sat in the only seats available -- next to a white female passenger in the front of the bus. The bus ...

Betty Mae Tiger Jumper

Betty Mae Tiger Jumper spent her early childhood on the Seminole reservation in Dania. With no schools for Native Americans in Florida during the 1930s, she left home at 14, speaking only Creek and Miccosukee, to attend a boarding school ...

Emancipation Proclamation

AT THE CLOSE OF THE CIVIL WAR, FOLLOWING THE SURRENDER OF THE MAJOR CONFEDERATE ARMIES IN APRIL 1865, TALLAHASSEE STOOD AS THE ONLY SOUTHERN STATE CAPITAL EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER STILL UNOCCUPIED BY NORTHERN TROOPS.

THAT ALL CHANGED AS U.S. ...

Camp Gordon Johnston

DURING WORLD WAR II, CAMP GORDON JOHNSTON WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MILITARY INSTALLATIONS IN FLORIDA.

ON THE GULF COAST OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, JUST 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TALLAHASSEE,

THE BASE WAS HOME TO A U.S. ARMY AMPHIBIOUS TRAINING ...