Tag: Pine Castle history
Events
Pine Castle Historical Society Annual Meeting with Guest Speaker Walter Meloon
"The Founding of Correct Craft" an oral history presentation by Walter N. Meloon for the Pine Castle Historical Society Annual Meeting on Sunday, December 3, 2017 at the Pine Castle Woman's Club.
Walter Meloon is one of Pine Castle's most esteemed citi ... Read
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Pine Castle Historical Society Book Discussion with Dr. Paul W. Wehr
Dr. Paul W. Wehr, historian and Professor of History Emeritus at University of Central Florida, discusses his new book: From Mosquito to Orange, the Making of a County, at the Pine Castle Historical Society Quarterly Meeting, June 26, 2016.
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Organizations
Pine Castle Historical Society
The Pine Castle Woman's Club was organized as a 501(c)(3) non-profit service organization in 1940. For many years one of its primary objectives was the preservation of local history. In 2014, they decided to formalize this effort by organizing the Pine Ca ... Read
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History of the Pine Castle Fire Department 1948-1981
In 1947, a group of local men formed the Pine Castle Volunteer Fire Department. They purchased a lot at 1106 East Wallace Street and began building a fire station. While their building was under construction, they rented the newly built Pine Castle Woman' ... Read
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Marjorie Maull Rogers Oral History Interview
My name is Marjorie Alice, maiden name is Maull, Rogers. I married a Rogers. He was a Yankee from Chicago. I was born and raised in Pine Castle and I'm still a Pine Castle girl. I know I live right, a half block in from Pine Castle to Belle Isle and when ... Read
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Dateline Pine Castle with Paul W. Wehr
Listen as Dr. Wehr speaks about his new book and tells some great stories at the Pine Castle Women's Club on June 22, 2014.
Historian Paul Wehr's new book: Dateline Pine Castle: Will Wallace Harney's Stories of Central Florida, 1870-1890
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Ruth Butler's Oral History Interview
My father gets to Lake Monroe with his truck and at that time there was no I-4, he was going around Lake Monroe with their palm trees and just fell in love. And he sent my mom a postcard and he said, "We're moving to Florida. Start packing!"
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Ruth Schankweiler Butler
My father gets to Lake Monroe with his truck and at that time there was no I-4, he was going around Lake Monroe with their palm trees and just fell in love. And he sent my mom a postcard and he said, "We're moving to Florida. Start packing!"
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