Tag: Gilded Age

• SMALL TOWNS ROCK – PALATKA, FLORIDA

  

  Any discussion about the Florida town of Palatka begins and ends with the St. Johns River, which helped create the community centuries ago. Back in its golden days, many called it the “Gem City of the St. Johns.” The St. Johns River flows for 310 miles northward, making it Florida’s longest river. It begins in…

  P. C. Zick

  March 18, 2025

  Life in the United States, Ramblings of a Writer, Small Town, travel

  Azalea City Brewing Co., citrus industry, Florida, Florida history, Gilded Age, Jacksonville, Mayport, Native Americans, Palatka, paper mills, rural Florida, shrimping, small towns, Spanish arrival in Florida, St. Augustine, St. Johns River, Timucuans

• A Confession

  My name is Patricia Camburn Zick, and I’m a political and history nerd. There I’ve finally admitted it. I don’t know for sure where it started but I do remember our dining room at home also served as the office for the township clerk, who was my father for many years. Often during election cycles,…

  P. C. Zick

  September 6, 2024

  historical fiction, Ramblings of a Writer

  American history, COVID-19, elections, Gilded Age, history, politics, Spanish flu, The West Wing, voting, women’s suffrage