Greeting, I am Kevin Bair of History with Kev, and this week Saturday, May 15, at 4:00pm, I will give a short talk on Frederic Tudor the Ice King of Boston and the natural ice trade he started in 1805. This will be at the Raney House in Historical Apalachicola...
Greetings, Here is my second critical review for HIUS 911 Comprehensive Examination and Readings in Early America, Wood, Gordon S., The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787. Chapel Hill ; London: Omohundro Institute and University of North Carolina Press.,...
Greetings, This is my first critical review for HIUS_911 Comprehensive Examination and Readings in Early America. Fischer, David Hackett. Albion’s Seed: Four British Folkways in America, New York Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989. David Hackett Fischer’s...
Greetings, This paper examines the claims that in 1851, Dr. John Gorrie of Apalachicola Florida was the first person to invent artificial refrigeration to make ice and cool rooms. Gorrie quested for climate control during the hot and humid Florida summers in order to...
Greetings, This video deals with elements of historic preservation. Three individuals were interviewed. Bob Holladay, President of the Tallahassee Historical Society, on, What is a Historical Society and what to do with controversial monuments. Caty Greene, President...
