Navigating History

A First for Florida 
OR
The Tireless Teacher 

Mimi and Andrea explore the impressive life of Blanche Armwood the first Black woman from Florida to graduate from an accrediated law school. 

Mimi and Andrea share what to expect on the next episodes of Navigating History. 

Civic Art or I Stop for Kress Buildings

Andrea and Mimi discuss both the beautiful and the ugly histories of Kress Store Buildings. 

Kress Sarasota courtesy of Florida Memory

Hollywood Kress

The Carnegie Library Legacy or Give Me All of the Books!

Mimi and Andrea unravel why a steel tycoon built libraries. 

The Bradenton Carengie Library courtesy of Florida Memory

The Kenilworth Lodge Adventure or Sugar + Caffeine + Panic

Andrea shares with Mimi her discovery of the Kenilworth Lodge in Sebring, FL. 

Link to Tampa Tribune Article 

Kenilworth Lodge Postcard courtesy of Florida Memory

Mimi rounds out this three part history mystery by discovering an incredible first hand account from Katherine McClellen. 

The Raid on Harpers Ferry or She was Born the Same Year! 

Mimi continues to share information about the Raid on Harper's Ferry and how that is connected to Katherine McClellen. 

Saranac Lake Adirondack Daily Enterprise, March 5, 1955

She Built a Neighborhood or Dead Bodies at Her Doorstep

Mimi shares how she discovered that Katherine McClellen, a woman that developed a Sarasota neighborhood, also had a truck of bodies delivered to her doorstep! 

Sarasota Times, Jan 6, 1916 Part 1

Sarasota Times, Jan 6, 1916 Part 2

McClellen Park

Tuberculosis Patients at Saranac Lake 

This Old House or
Because Bob Vila is Expensive

In this episode Andrea and Mimi chat with Jonathan Torkos, Historical Resources Librarian, about how to research your historic home. 

Manatee County Historical Resources

Florida Memory 

US Department of Land Management 

FL State Land Grants 

The Girl from Sunday School or A Rebel Without a Cause

Mimi and Andrea trace Clifford Watson and Mae Prior to New Jersey as the mysery of the Sheriff's son thickens. 

Trenton Evening Times 

Clifford Watson Mug Shot from Eastern State Penitntiary Archives