On July 21, 1821, there were two counties that formed Florida: Escambia to the west and St. Johns to the east. In 1824, the area to the south of St. Johns County became Mosquito County, and Enterprise was named the County Seat. This large county was renamed Orange County in 1845 when Florida became a state. For the next 70 years, Orange County would split into numerous other counties. Seminole County was one of the last counties to emerge from Orange County.
Seminole County was created on April 25, 1913 out of part of the northern portion of Orange County by the Florida Legislature. It was named for the Seminole tribe of Indians. The name “Seminole” is thought to be derived from the Spanish word cimarron,meaning “wild” or “runaway.”
Today I ran across this newly built site, named as above, the Seminole Genealogy and History Project. There is a section of the site devoted to Ephemera, although at the moment it does not appear to have much content. The picture on the left is described as postcard from Lake Monroe, Florida and was apparently published in a Portland, Maine magazine. The year is unknown. While the item does not reside in the Seminole County archives, it does belong to the Florida Photographic Collection.
The jury is out as far as I am concerned.. as to the future success of the Seminole Genealogy and History Project… especially when I notice that most recent update was on May 11th, 2010 and the one prior to that was Aug 10, 2009. In any event, I’ll be keeping an eye on it to see if anything interesting pops up… and if it does, I’ll be sure to let you know.
I’m Tom Murphy and thanks for helping me give Ephemera the Encore it deserves.
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