People
Visit with the rugged pioneers & their descendants (like Barney & Alice Dillard - in photo). Explore their genealogies, hear
their stories and try their original recipes.
their stories and try their original recipes.
Pioneer Families
Dillard Family 1866
Learn who the families were who first settled the area. Follow their footsteps as they struggled to establish a foothold on the untamed land.
Experience how they lived and how they provided for themselves and their children. Hear first-hand accounts of what life was like back in the mid-twentieth century from the memories from some of the descendants of the people who stayed and who still live in the area today.
Experience how they lived and how they provided for themselves and their children. Hear first-hand accounts of what life was like back in the mid-twentieth century from the memories from some of the descendants of the people who stayed and who still live in the area today.
Notable Visitors
William Bartram
Meet the famous people who visited the area and were captivated by the river's natural beauty.
Read how the lives of such personalities as Bartram, Audubon, Rawlings and Oglethorpe were influenced by what they experienced and how their works affect our own lives today.
Read how the lives of such personalities as Bartram, Audubon, Rawlings and Oglethorpe were influenced by what they experienced and how their works affect our own lives today.
Yarns & Tall Tales
Skunk Ape?
Was there a dinosaur-like river monster known as "Pinky" in Lake Dexter? Have the ghosts of an Indian chief and a French Huguenot Monk been seen in the area? Do Skunk Apes, a Florida version of Bigfoot, inhabit the surrounding forest?
Hear the accounts of these and other stories from local storytellers.
Hear the accounts of these and other stories from local storytellers.
News - from Yesterday & Today
Recipes from the Pioneer Days
Armadillo on the Half-Shell & Other Historical Delicacies
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