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| RESOURCES PAGE These are an accumulation of historical resources which inform the history of the Apalachcola area. Some are unique to this page, like the Historical Names in Apalachicola Area excel spreadsheet (developed originally at the Apalachicola Municipal Library, at the bottom of this page). Others offer internet access to important historical information like the Territorial Papers (5 volumes) available through Hathitrust.org. We also post event videos and PowerPoints. The AAHS has also just established a YouTube Channel and will be adding Spring Speaker Series videos. If you would like to assist the AAHS in providing the best information on this page, please contact us with possible additions. Leave message at 850-653-1700 or email AAHs.raney@gmail.com. We will gratefully accept appropriate additions EXHIBIT IN THE WORKS: Dr. Lou Hill of Tallahassee has agreed to exhibit some of the artifacts from his dig along the riverfront. The following is the Powerpoint presentation he gave a couple of years ago. It is well worth looking at: "Fire and Fury and Flood" Powerpoint NEW: Early Apalachicola History Handout with Bibliography AAHS 2023 Apalachicola Historical District: Federal Register application/approval for designation (short version) In honor of the 200th anniversary of the beginning of the Territorial Period. Access to the 5 volumes of Territorial Period Papers is available at www.hathitrust.org. SRING SPEAKER SERIES 2023 texts coming soon, Videos will be on out YouTube Page Presentation Powerpoint Marshall Brothers by Donia Smith April 2023 VIDEO: James Hargrove on Gorrie's Magnificent Obsession April 2022 VIDEO: Kevin Bair on Everyday Life in Apalachicola May 2022 and Bair "Dr. John Gorrie “Father of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning”?" James Hargrove Life & Times of William Augustus Bowles Spring Speaker Series 2021 AAHS NEWSLETTERS Fall 2015 2020 Video Tour of Raney House Chesnut Street Cemetery Walking Tour Chesnut Cemetery: Historic Preservation Plan Summary FULL 2016 Miller Report (400 pages) Miller Interactive Walking Tour (also on Cemetery tab) Another video, from September 2022 Heritage Dinner (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfJcmzH75DU) Apalachicola Times 2018 on Commerce in Franklin County by Mark Curenton. Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5 Chasing Shadows: Apalachicola Times Articles by Pam Richardson How a Sicilian family shaped Apalachicola April 2023 Gibson Inn Shaped by Siblings 2019 What Became of Popham’s “oyster factory” 2019 What’s In a Name? 2020 Apalachicola's 19th century Brick Masterpieces 2020 Nightengale's Journey from Berlin to Bees 2020 Gibson Road Family Rooted in Agriculture 2021 "Celestials", an Altercation, and the Boarding House 2020 Memories of the Hill's 'Miss Love' 2020 A most rare piano 2020 Treating Drug Addiction, a century ago Other Chasing Shadows Articles 2020 Blockade Running and the "Abominal Old Hag" by Mark Curenton A Deeper Look at Dr. Chapman 2020 by Caty Greene Carrabelle Becomes a Town on Christmas Eve 2020 by Tamara Allen, Carrabelle History Museum Richardson Explores Hill History (Adlerstein) 2019 Grady Family Story 2020 by Pam Richardson Articles by Lois Swoboda Prominent Citizens In Repose Apalachicola Times 2010 Memories From A Mortician, Apalachicola Times 2011 New York Times Articles from long ago New York Times 12/12/1894 Independent Publications Sail and Steam Vessels serving the Apalachicola Chattahoochee Valley by Harry P. Owens Antebellum Cotton Port (Note: typo on page 3, "slaves" should be "staves" wood) by Dorothy Dodds The Civil War, The Ice Trade, And the Rise of the Ice Machine by Kevin Bair Pierce Mounds Complex: An Ancient Capital in Northwest Florida Nancy Marie White Dept of Anthropology University of South Florida Working list of Historical Names in Apalachicola Area . This is an ongoing project, originating at the Apalachicola Municipal Library. Names taken from indexes of publications have been put in an Excel spreadsheet, with source and brief descriptions. The Bibliography of sources materials is also included. This document is for research purposes only and it still being revised and updated. Apalachicola Historic Guidelines Sanborn Maps These are Fire Insurance maps of Apalachicola for 5 years dating between 1897-1922 Photographs |