Tag: South Florida Sentinel

The history of newspapers in Orlando features prominently in books written about the history of Orlando and Orange County by William Fremont Blackman and E. H. Gore. Blackman's book History of Orange County Florida  written in 1925, 22 years prior to Go ... Read more

ABOVE: The Orlando Opera House. The Opera House was located on Court Street in the middle of block between Pine and Church streets and across from Richards Undertaker business. It can be found on the 1884 Orlando Business District map. Explore the history ... Read more

ABOVE: Advertisement published in The South-Florida Sentinel on November 1, 1895, page 5. The Sells Brother's Circus - The Greatest Show On Earth! - merged with P. T. Barnum who retained the well-known slogan! For a long time, what we now call Central Flo ... Read more