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Florida Frontiers TV - Jack Kerouac in Florida

Episode Number
25
Program Date

  • Jack Kerouac in Florida

  • David McElroy and David Hannan

  • Laura Lee, writer in residence, Jack Kerouac House Orlando

  • Janna Benge, President, Jack Kerouac Project of Orlando

  • Geoff Benge, Vice President, Jack Kerouac Project of Orlando

  • Laurel Clark, Director of Jack Kerouac End of the Road

  • Steve Rowell, playwright

  • Bob Kealing, author

     

    Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac spent some of his most productive years in Florida. His Orlando home is the site of a writers-in-residence program.

     

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    Florida Frontiers TV - Canoe Archaeology

    Episode Number
    24
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    • Florida Frontiers TV - Episode 24 - Canoes

    • Steve Karacic, Florida Bureau of Archaeological Research

    • Franklin Price, Florida Bureau of Archaeological Research

    • Lori Collins, University of South Florida

    • Marine Archaeology, ships and Canoes

    • 3D Archaeology, Ships and Canoes

    • Carla Hadden, UG Center for Applied Isotope Studies

    • Julie Duggins, Florida Bureau of Archaeological Research

    • Laura Smith, University of Tennessee Laboratory of Tree Ring Science

    • Pedro Zepeda, Seminole Canoe Maker

       

      Canoe Archaeology: Hundreds of canoes have been discovered in Florida, some created as long as 7,000 years ago.

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      Florida Frontiers TV — Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

      Episode Number
      23
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      • Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings House

      • Judy Baker, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings House

      • Kevin M. McCarthy, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Society

      • Florence M. Turcotte, George S. Mathers Library

      • FHS Library, source materials

          

        The Pulitzer Prize winning author of "The Yearling" and "Cross Creek" is one of Florida's best loved writers.

         
         

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        Florida Frontiers TV - Mosquito Beater Memories

        Episode Number
        22
        Program Date

        • Mosquito Beaters

        • Speedy Harrell, started Mosquito Beaters with his daughter Wanda

        • Wanda Harrell Speir, member and founder of Mosquito Beaters

        • Charles 'Chuck' Reed, member of Mosquito Beaters

        • Charlie LaRoche, member of Mosquito Beaters

        • Gene Baird, member of Mosquito Beaters

        • June Geiger, member of Mosquito Beaters

        • Kay Nix, member of Mosquito Beaters

        • Old Cocoa Florida

           

          People who lived in central Brevard County prior to the post-World War II population explosion gather annually to discuss how life used to be in Florida.

           

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          Florida Frontiers TV - Florida Historic Capitol Museum

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          21
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          • Florida Historic Capital Museum (exterior front view)

          • Bruce Smathers, Former Florida Secretary of State

          • Tiffany Baker, Florida Historic Capitol Museum

          • Florida Historic Capital Museum (chambers)

          • Mary E Adkins, author

          • Senator Bob Graham, Florida Governor 1979-1987

             

            The Florida Historic Capitol building, once in danger of being torn down, is now a museum documenting Florida government from the Territorial Period to the present.

             

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            Florida Frontiers TV - The Future of History

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            20
            Program Date

            • Ben Brotemarkle - FHS

            • Julian Chambliss, Professor of History, Rollins College

            • Laurie Taylor, Digital Scholarship Librarian, University of Florida

            • Connie Lester, Riches Project, University of Central Florida

            • Scot French, Professor of Digital and Public History, UCF

            • J. Michael Francis, La Florida Digital Interactive, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg

               

              The Future of History. Florida historians and their students are creating innovative digital resources available to anyone with internet access.

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              Florida Frontiers TV - The American Revolution in Florida

              Episode Number
              19
              Program Date

              • St. Augustine Light House, Dr. Ben Brotemarkle

              • Brendan Burke, Maritime Historian, LAMP

              • Chuck Meidie, Director Maritime Research LAMP

              • Molly Thomas, Brevard County Historical Commision

              • Rogher Smith, Colonial Era Historian

              • Ship wreck

              • Divers excavate ship wreck

              • Painting - sailing ships

              • Painting - land battle

                 

                The Spanish ruled Florida for two centuries before the British took control in 1763. The important role that Florida played in the American Revolution is often overlooked.

                 

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                Florida Frontiers TV - Active Citizenship

                Episode Number
                18
                Program Date

                • Bob Graham

                • Chris Hand

                • Eatonville, Oldest African American Municipality in America

                • NY Nathiri

                • Art Deco, Miami

                • Social Change, Hillsborough County Florida

                   

                  Grassroots efforts lead to historic preservation in South Beach, Miami, and Eatonville.

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                  Florida Frontiers TV - The Legacy of Harry T. Moore

                  Episode Number
                  17
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                  • Harry T. & Harriette V. Moore Memorial Park Brevard County

                  • Ben Green, Author, Before His Time: The Untold Story of Harry T. Moore, America's First Civil Rights Martyr

                  • William 'Bill' Bary - President, Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Cultural Complex

                  • Evangeline Moore, daughter of Harry T. Moore

                  • Integrated Voting

                     

                    A look at the life of educator and activist Harry T. Moore and his wife Harriette, the first martyrs of the contemporary civil rights movement.

                     

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                    Florida Frontiers TV - Pre-Columbian Contact

                    Episode Number
                    16
                    Program Date

                    • Screenshot of Mayan architiecture

                    • Keith Ashley is Coordinator of Research at the Archaeology Laboratory and an adjunct in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology for Univerisity of North Florida

                    • Screenshot of Native American Settlement

                    • Sandra Starr, former senior researcher at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of the American Indian

                    • Screenshot of an archaeological dig

                    • Jerald T. Milanich is an American anthropologist and archaeologist, specializing in Native American culture in Florida.

                       

                      People from as far away as the American Midwest visited Florida long before Europeans arrived. The ancient Maya may have come here, too.

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