In the 1800s, Pinellas County did not exist. Rather, the peninsula of land that sat between the Gulf of Mexico and Tampa Bay was part of Tampa’s Hillsborough County and as sparsely populated as the rest of the state. The most densely populated county in Florida today, Pinellas County’s history lives on at Heritage Village…
A river. A campground. An historic museum and buildings. An animal refuge. Playground, picnic tables, boat ramp, trails. A very large grassy area and a big covered stage-like building. You’ll find all of this and more at Pioneer Park in Zolfo Springs, Florida. As we drive through the park, I imagine the townspeople gathering here…
Islands form in a number of ways. Some are born overnight while others take decades or even centuries to form. How islands form depends a great deal on where the island is located. Islands in coastal regions form as sandbars while those in volcanic areas will form from rock and lava. Islands are classified in…