Websites

Next Exit History 
Created by the history department of the University of West Florida, this website is designed to promote Florida history by creating audio and audio-visual historical podcasts of 50 Florida towns. To be eligible for inclusion, a community must have a core of standing structures of historical significance and be easily accessible from one of the state's four Interstate highways: I-10, I-75, I-95, or I-4.

Puerto Ricans in Central Florida Past and Present
This site is a companion piece to an exhibit that tells the stories of Puerto Rican migration to Florida.  Created by the University of Central Florida’s Digital Ethnography Lab and CREATE, the site and exhibit feature photos and oral histories from Puerto Ricans in Central Florida from the 1940s to 1980s.

The Santa Rosa Viritual Musem 
An interactive website that documents the history of Santa Rosa County through a series of photographs with descriptions, interactive maps and multimedia stories.  The website includes a photo gallery of artifacts from local museums and private collections and is continuously documenting the regions’ history and heritage

In Their Own Words: Perseverance and Resilience in Two Florida Fishing Communities
Documents the experience of Cortez and Cedar Key residents. Faced with rapid change in their communities due to pressure from development and legal regulations in the fishing industry, residents respond in different ways. They tell their stories to maritime anthropologist Mike Jepson.

Florida History Online
An educational website developed through a grant to the University of North Florida and scholar Dr. Dan Schafer. It includes sections on British Plantations on the St. Johns,  travels of John & William Bartram along the St. Johns River, Black Floridians in the Civil War, and Dr. Andrew Turnbull and Smyrnea.  Click here for website.  For another FHC-created website on St. Augustine, click here for Colonial St. Augustine: A Resource for Teachers.

The Zora Neale Hurston Heritage Trail
Created in collaboration with St. Lucie County Library System and documents places of significance to Hurston’s life in Fort Pierce. Information about the sites of interest and markers on the trail can be found on the website.

Folkvine: Florida's Art and Artists 
Humanities and folk art together on the Web.  Folk artists and the connections of their work to their beliefs and communities can be found on this website created by the University of Central Florida’s Cultural Heritage Alliance.

The Traces of Our Past
Project supports the search for the hidden histories of the Manatee River communities. These histories include stories of pre-Columbian Indians and Seminoles, Spanish explorers and Cuban fishermen, free Blacks and enslaved Africans, and Anglo-American men, women, and children.

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