Tag: St. Johns River

• DESSIE SMITH PRESCOTT – A WOMAN FOR THE AGES

  

  By P.C. Zick – @pczick.bsky.social As a freelance writer, I’ve been fortunate enough to write about some interesting events and people. In a few instances, I’ve even had the privilege of interviewing a handful of famous or infamous folks. Dessie Smith Prescott could be categorized as both famous and infamous, and the interview with her…

  P. C. Zick

  June 24, 2025

  Books by P. C. Zick, interview, Life in the United States, Ramblings of a Writer, travel, wildlife

  Cross Creek, Dessie Smith Prescott, Florida fiction, Florida nonfiction, Florida Women’s Hall of Fame, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, north Florida, rural Florida, St. Johns River, women pioneers

• 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