118-year-old church turned museum keeps Hawthorne’s history
Church gave building to city in win-win.
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118-year-old church turned museum keeps Hawthorne’s history
Church gave building to city in win-win.
Union Academy shows local Black community’s love of education
School thrived through difficult environment.
Unassuming home belies rich history of A. Quinn Jones
Museum, cultural center honors leading Gainesville educator.
A look at Alachua County’s top 10 athletes of all time
Reflecting on some of county’s all-time greats.
Top famous names from Alachua County
From an ace pilot to musicians and authors, many call this county home.
Holiday History: Hanukkah
"Festival of Lights" takes place over the next week.
A walk through history: 5 significant events in Alachua County
In its 200 years, Alachua County has seen fire and flood, sickness and prosperity. It has changed in shape and in enterprise, every shift moving the […]
Gainesville plan board signs off on historic designation for Florida Theater
City Commission to finalize decision.
A road, a fence and a bluff: How Alachua County divided in 1925
Rumors of split simmered before quickly turning to action.
Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center to receive Florida Historic Marker
Designation to be celebrated on Sunday.
Gainesville High’s class of ‘59 meets for 65th reunion
Classmates plan to end long run of reunions.
Florida Finds: Matheson History Museum opens voting exhibits
Traveling, local exhibits offer glimpse into voting history.
1924 Paris Olympics kickstarted traditions still loved in 2024
UF researcher explains importance of 1924 games.
Holiday History: July 4th and unalienable rights
Where do your rights as an American come from?
Gainesville celebrates Juneteenth at Bo Diddley Plaza
Jubilee draws over 100 attendees downtown.
Story memorializes UF grad, namesake of Fort White park
Lake City native William Kennerson Wilson died while serving in Italy in 1944.
Gainesville honors fallen service members on Memorial Day
Over 100 community members attend event.
‘Here I am, send me’: First Black graduate recounts integrating Gainesville High School
LaVon Wright desegregated GHS despite FBI warnings of danger.
2018 book examines desegregation in Alachua County
Gainesville native captures contention of the time.
Gainesville city manager recalls role integrating Palatka school
Cynthia Curry, brother made Brown v. Board of Education reality in Putnam County.
Remembering MLK’s Letter from Birmingham Jail
Letter written in confines of jail cell.
Alachua commissioner reflects on McDonald’s, family history
Edward Potts talks about former McDonald's CEO and great-uncle Ray Kroc.
UF scientists identify fossil as oldest in the Frankincense, Myrrh family
Fossils found in India during the 1970s.