Florida Frontiers

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

The Highwaymen Artists. The Highwaymen are a group of mostly self-taught African American landscape painters who used their skills to create a profitable business model beginning in the 1950s.

Key West has a diverse history that includes "wreckers," writers, hippies, homosexuals, and U.S. Presidents. In 1982, the island seceded from the Union to form the Conch Republic.

Hundreds of filmmakers have followed their dreams to Florida. Films are part of the history of Florida, going all the way back to the silent era.

We explore the legacy of John and Mable Ringling in Sarasota including an art museum, circus museum, and the Ca' d'Zan mansion.