Tag: Boca Grande Historical Society

Last History Byte celebrates 25 years in the making

February 28, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

BY OLIVIA CAMERON – The Boca Grande Historical Society has been bringing history to life for 25 years now, and the last History Byte of the season celebrated its anniversary with cake and memories. Two...

The story of a beautiful little library: History Bytes and the Johann Fust

February 21, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – The most recent History Byte of the 2020 season was more about a community and less about a place where books are kept. The Johann Fust Community Library and its 70-year celebration...

History Bytes with Milton Bell: The song of the whistle buoy, and hams that tasted fishy

February 14, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – It was old home week at the last installment of History Bytes at the Johann Fust Community Library on Wednesday, Feb. 12, with Milton Bell as the speaker and John Johnson,...

(You don’t read this headline every day) History Bytes begins the season with a stripping Pilgrim

February 7, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Not one, but two, speakers were at the first installment of the History Bytes program held on Wednesday, Feb. 5 at the Johann Fust Community Library, and both were mesmerizing....

Historical Society brings Mayflower II documentary to the island

January 24, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

STAFF REPORT – On Tuesday, Feb. 4 the red carpet will be rolled out for the premier showing of the newly produced documentary about the reconstruction and launch of the Mayflower II. Presented...

Conservation Foundation president to speak on Tuesday

January 10, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT On Tuesday, Jan. 14 at 2 p.m. everyone is invited to hear Christine Johnson, the president of the Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast, speak. The location will be the Boca Grande...

Profile: E. Kay Gibson

December 13, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News, Profiles

■ BY SUE ERWIN When Elizabeth “Kay” Gibson recently spent some time in Boca Grande, she recalled when she and her husband Charles “Dana” Gibson were two of the first tenants on the second floor in the...

A ‘Space Odyssey’ with Dr. Kathryn Sullivan is a once-in-a- lifetime experience, and the BGHS wants you to attend

November 29, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT The Hubble Space Telescope has revolutionized our understanding of the universe, transformed our knowledge of celestial bodies orbiting stars, and measured precisely how fast the universe...

GIFT Tournament dates set in November

October 11, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT Join in another island tradition by fishing the 24th annual G.I.F.T (Gasparilla Island Fly-fishing Tournament) presented by Gasparilla Outfitters to benefit the Boca Grande Historical...

Boca Grande Historical Society sets summer hours

To the Editor: Summer hours for the Boca Grande History Center began on June 1. We are now open Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. We are closed Monday, Saturday and Sunday through September. Kim...