15 Best Blogs About Florida's Pioneer Era

Abandoned Florida - several contributors have been documenting abandoned buildings and other places with posts at this site since 2010.

Authentic Florida - a great clearinghouse of material about the Sunshine State and our unique lifestyle.

Civil War Florida - by history writer Dale Cox, focuses on the War Between the States and reenactment information.

Craftsman Blog - by Orlando-based writer and preservationist Scott Sidler, mostly about fixing-up and maintaining old houses but also peppered with posts about local history.

Florida Heritage Book Festival - great resource about Florida writers and the annual gathering that has celebrated them since 2008.

Florida Historical Society Quarterly - maintained by the University of Central Florida's history department, posts serve as a detailed index of the popular FHQ podcasts.

Florida History Network - contains some great posts by Volusia-based blogger Denny Bowden.

Florida Memory Blog - created and maintained by the state's Division of Library & Information Services, this blog has a great search engine that allows you to search thru tons of text and images.

History@UF - the official blog of THE University of Florida's history department (GO GATORS!)

Life Down a Limerock Road - a new discovery, posts focus on old homes/buildings (primary in North Central Florida) with great photos and history.

Orlando Retro - posts by Steve Herring are infrequent/irregular, but worth the wait.

Orange County Regional History Center - most of the posts deal with History Center events, many of which have nothing to do with LOCAL history (i.e. recent spate related to the Gone With the Wind exhibit); but occasionally, they put up something of interest to the natives.

Pineapple Press - posts from the publisher of some of the greatest books about Florida since 1982.

Studio Hourglass - "Old Florida" ephemera and musings posted by Michigan transplant Rick Kilby.

Today in Florida History - a featured blog of The Florida Times-Union of Jacksonville.