Tag: Boca Grande Historical Society

BGHS online archive system now available; new exhibit planned

October 5, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN As they tirelessly work their way through the boxes, scanning photos, transcribing audio and sorting through a variety of other items, Jim and Rose Marie Blaha have been creating an online...

Robert and all the other Johnsons

July 20, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY THE BOCA GRANDE HISTORICAL SOCIETY Robert Johnson is the historian of the Boca Grande Historical Society, a group in which he has played an important role for almost 25 years. But Robert’s interest...

Boca Grande Historical Society seeks volunteers

June 15, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT Summer weather is in full swing and the island is getting quieter, but this is actually the busiest time of year for the Boca Grande Historical Society. As members prepare for a new...

How the flow of water has created what we know as Florida

■ PROVIDED BY THE BOCA GRANDE HISTORICAL SOCIETY This is not the story of how the Woman’s Club along with Captain Carey Johnson brought the Water Company to Boca Grande. Nor is it the story of the Gasparilla...

Woman’s Club awards more than $230,000 to 20 nonprofits in 2018

■ STAFF REPORT More than $230,000 was awarded this week to 20 local nonprofit organizations through the 2018 Community Grant Program of the Boca Grande Woman’s Club. The announcement was made following...

Historical Society to hold annual meeting on April 19

■ STAFF REPORT The annual meeting for members of the Boca Grande Historical Society, Inc. has been called for Thursday, April 19. It will convene at 4:30 p.m. in the Woman’s Club Room at the Boca Grande...

‘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 historic...

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 School. Betsy...

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 photo: Do...