Tag: Boca Grande Historical Society

‘Mayflower’ lecture to be given in February through BGHS

January 19, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY NANCY LYONS On Friday, Oct. 6, 2017 I went aboard the Mayflower II with Quentin Snedecker, the Mystic Seaport Museum’s shipyard director. It was unique and awe inspiring to be aboard such a...

Historical Society bringing back the Pine Leaf Boys to fundraiser

January 12, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
Editorial, News

Put on your dancing shoes and begin practicing the two-step. The Grammy-nominated Pine Leaf Boys band is coming back to Boca Grande, headlining the Boca Grande Historical Society’s 2018 fund-raiser...

‘Florida History Alive’ comes to Island School with the Knight family

To the Editor: On Wednesday, Dec. 20 the Boca Grande Historical Society and the Johann Fust Library again teamed up to present the third “Florida History Alive” program for students at The Island...

Help with history?

December 29, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

The Boca Grande Historical Society needs your help in searching for information about archived photos that were shared with the island history center. Descriptions are sought about the above...

Historical Society receives funding for new archiving system, volunteers needed to digitize items

December 15, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY SUE ERWIN – Karen Grace is happy to announce that the Boca Grande Historical Society has received two gifts that allowed the organization to purchase a much-needed digital archiving...

Florida history lives again at The Island School

November 24, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

Students at The Island School relived local and Florida history once again on Wednesday, Nov. 15 when a Calusa shaman, Ponce de Leon, a pirate and an early member of the Padilla fishing family...

Few openings left for BGHS Cortez field trip

October 27, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN The Boca Grande Historical Society bus trip to Manatee Historical Village and Cortez Maritime Museum is filling up quickly, so if you’re interesting in going, get your tickets now....

Historical Society thanks supporters of new archival research area

To the Editor: The Boca Grande Historical Society sincerely thanks the Boca Grande Woman’s Club and Mark Spurgeon of Boca Grande Real Estate for their generous donations that have allowed the...

Florida history comes alive at The Island School

October 13, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

On Wednesday, Oct. 11 the history of indigenous people in Florida came alive for students at The Island School. The program, which is a joint venture of the Johann Fust Library, The Island School...

Find a new wealth of Boca Grande history in Archival Research Center

August 14, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

■ STAFF REPORT New at the Boca Grande Historical Society is an Archival Research Center where individuals and organizations will be able in the near future to access the many materials the Society...