Tag: Boca Grande Historical Society

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...

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...

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...

‘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...