My Home State Florida

  Hi everyone! It is Kyra (your blogger) and I am back to share some information on my small town that you probably have never heard of. Callahan, FL is one of the smallest towns near us but has so much meaning behind it. I would like to touch base with you on one specific topic that is one of the most historical growing points in Callahan. Around the 1800s, the whole town was basically centered around this railroad complex. It was near Railroad (Dixie) Avenue at the time. On one side was The Henry Plant System freight building which was then removed from active service by Seaboard Coastline until 1983. Later, it was then relocated to be in use at a library or museum. On the other side of this freight building was the water tower. The water tower in my small town is an extremely important part of our town. All of the little things and history of our town is what makes everything even more special.  Continuing, during the war years was a hard recovery for Callahan because it wa...

  Chapter 15 – Reconstruction & Renewal        Name: Kyra Foures Who is the author of this chapter and what information can you find about the author elsewhere in the text?          The author of Chapter 15 is Jerrell H. Shofner. During the chapter, I found out that during this time period, Shofner had written a book called Nor Is It Over Yet.   According to this chapter, list 2 things that were in desperate need of “reconstruction”     Two things that were in desperate need of "reconstruction" were the government and the economic system (money).   Florida stands apart from other areas of the South in the way that General Newton handled two main areas: politics & freedmen.   Discuss both.   General Newton used the former slaves (freedman) "to stay on the plantation and to continue work with the ability to earn wages." (Gannon, pg. 260).  Newton also had military officials...

                 Hi everyone! I am Kyra, your blogger and I am back! Today is October 8, 2022, and I would like to touch on a topic related to the novel A Land Remembered . Let's get started!      To start, Tobias was informed that the best place to go to buy cows was Punta Russa. On the road, he had met a man named Sam Lowry. He had 65 cows and was not able to get them to the market himself so he asked Tobias if he would like to buy them for $3 each. They made an agreement for Tobias to pay on the way back because he did not have that much money on him at the time.      Tobias was told he had to meet with Captain Sam Hendry to sell his cattle. Tobias ran back to Emma so excited to let her know that he will pay sixteen dollars per head. The total came to $13,840. Tobias wanted 8 coins right away so that he could treat everyone to boots and a meal. Tobias wanted to keep that money as safe as possible. Accordi...

  McCoy/AMH2070             CHAPTER ANALYSIS WORKSHEET               Name: Kyra Foures                                                        (40 total points)   (2) Cite your Article (in proper APA format):  Michael, Gannon, (2013). First European Contacts, The History of Florida, 978-0-8130-6401-7, 162-178.     Focus Questions: (                1)     Who are the authors?    The authors are Susan Richbourg Parker and William S. Coker.           5) Identify and di...

Hi! My name is Kyra Foures and I will be your blogger. Today, we will be looking into the history of downtown Jacksonville. Jacksonville is a huge city with extremely beautiful views. There are pretty beaches, state parks, zoos, and also the one and only TIAA Bank Field where the Jacksonville Jaguars play. Although all of those parts are amazing, today we will be looking into the downtown portion of this charming city. I visited downtown Jacksonville on September 24, 2002. I was there from 5:00pm to 8:00pm. I visited with my mom, boyfriend, and his mom. We were there exploring and taking senior pictures. It was a great experience because I couldn’t remember the last time I had been to the pretty and historical parts of downtown Jacksonville. When researching the history of this city, it is amazing how much has changed over many years. According to an article called History of Jacksonville and the Beaches , it says “ Large land grants were issued and plantations were built along the St....

 Hello wild Floridians! Welcome back! I am Kyra Foures, your Floridian blogger and today I will inform you on some interesting points from Chapter 3 of The History of Florida.  As local Floridians know, history is very important to know how this state evolved to where it is now, and it is still evolving to this day. I now would like to explain a very fascinating piece of knowledge. Something that I found interesting in Chapter 3 of the textbook is that the Spanish mariners were who first saw the shores of La Florida. It appeared to have various features that made it more appealing such as hammocks, river valleys, pines, etc. According to page 43, it states that these shores include "unbroken forests of pines and mixed pines and hardwoods running from the sea to the great stands of fire-tolerant longleaf pine trees that marked the edges of the piedmont in the Carolinas and Georgia and covered the northern highlands of the peninsula." The forest provided for florist communities...

  McCoy/AMH2070             CHAPTER 2 ANALYSIS WORKSHEET          Name: Kyra Foures                                                        (40 total points)   (4) Cite your article (in proper APA format):   Michael Gannon. 2013. First European Contacts. The History of Florida , ISBN 978-0-8130-6401-7, 18-40.     Focus Questions (1)  Who is the author?    Michael Gannon   (10) One argument presented is that Historic Accounts are not always cut & dry/ certain.   Discuss 2 examples within this chapter that supports this idea.   (pg. 18.28) ...