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New Story: Thomas Porter House
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Tagged Akel's, Baalbeck, Bess Porter Keely, Duncan Fletcher House, Duncan U. Fletcher, Florida history, Heliopolis, Henry John Klutho, Jacksonville, James Taliaferro House, Jessie-Lynne Kerr, KBJ Architects, Kentucky Home for Roomers, Landrum and Brown, Robert Broward, Sharon Gould, Thomas Porter, Thomas Porter House. T.V. Porter, Tim Gilmore, Virginia King, Walter Porter
St. Johns Flower Market’s Long Strange Trip
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Tagged Canary in the Coal Mine, Charlie Strickland, Ed's Roses and Ribs, Emily Gilmore, Fairfax, Fishweir Elementary School, Gina Martinelli, Goal Post Sandwich Shop, Goliath Flores, Jacksonville, jax psycho geo, Jim Pons, Jonathan Lux, Katrina Thiesen, Lenny Thiesen, Leonard Theisen, Lonesome Ride, Madison Square Garden, Marianne Thiesen, Mass Wedding, Moonies, Ortega, Riverside Avondale, Skinner's Dairy, St Johns Flower Market, Sun Myung Moon, Taylor Hardwick, Tim Gilmore, Unification Church, University of North Florida, Virginia King
Wild Bill of Jax and His Leprosy
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Tagged Banished: Living with Leprosy, Bible Belt, Bill Clinton, Billy Burton, Carville: Remembering Leprosy in America, Discovery Channel, Hart Haven, I-10, I-95, Jacksonville, Jacksonville Board of Health, Jacksonville Florida, James Carville, jax psycho geo, jaxpsychogeo, Julia Elwood, leprosarium, Louisiana Leper Home, Marcia Gaudet, Mardi Gras, Mardi Gras at Carville, Marietta, Marilyn Kalfus, National Hansen’s Disease Center in Carville, Old Plank Road, Opal Burton, Opel Burton, Rural Route 5, St. Vincent's, Steve Rothman, Tim Gilmore, Wild Bill, Wild Bill of Jacksonville
Black Masonic Temple
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Tagged African Lodge no. 459, African Universal Church and Commercial League, Anderson Bank, Black Masonic Temple, C.H. Henry, Central America, Charles Wright, Clara White Mission, D.W. Perkins, Daniel Webster Perkins, Earl Mark, Florida Star, Frank Lloyd Wright, Free and Accepted Masons, Genaro Urso, Gerry Urso, Henry John Klutho, Incorporated Prince Hall Affiliated, Jacksonville, jaxpsychogeo, Jim Crow, John H. Dickinson, July Perry, Jurisdiction, Ku Klux Klan, Laura Adorkor Kofi, LaVilla, Lawrence Moman, Leander L. Shaw, Leander Shaw, Leeroy Sheftall, Louis Sullivan, lynching, Marcus Garvey, Mark and Sheftall, Most Worshipful Union Grand Lodge of the Most Ancient and Honorable Fraternity, NAACP, Negro Blue Book, Negro World, Ocoee Massacre, Padrica Mendez, Patricia Moman Bell, Pedro Mendez, Perry Massacre, Prairie Style, Prince Hall, Prince Hall freemasonry, Princess Laura Adorkor Kofi, Robert Broward, Rosewood Massacre, Stanton School, State of Florida and Belize, The Crisis, Tillman Valentine, Tim Gilmore, United States Colored Troops, USCT, Wainwright Building
How Mayor Hazouri Defeated Stink / History of the City’s Greatest Offender
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Tagged Alton Box Company, BMW, Buckman Sewage, Crestwood, Crude Sulphate Turpentine, CST, Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, Druid Hill Lane, Earl Thomas, Environmental Protection Agency, George Herbert, George Robbins, Glidden, Glidden Chemical Company, Great Stocking Rot, Gwen Yates, Gwendolyn Yates, Jacksonville, Jacksonville Environmental Protection, Jacksonville: The Consolidation Story, James Crooks, Jan Hill, jaxpsychogeo, Jefferson Smurfit, Joseph Hagan, LyondellBasell, Mattie Browning, Melissa Bush, Mike Templeton, Mike Tipping, Millennium Specialty Chemicals, Moncrief Creek, Norwood, Pinova Holdings, Prime Osborn, Renessenz LLC, Robert P.T. Young, SCM Glidco, SCM Organics, Seminole Kraft, Sharonda Powell, Standard Turpentine Co., Symrise, The Smell of Money, Tim Gilmore, Tommy Hazouri, Trout River, Union Camp Corporation, Wellington Cummer, William C. Gentry, William Gentry, World Cars, Yellow Fallout