By Ken Marotte Citrus County has been home to some colorful characters, but perhaps none so eccentric as Mayor William S. Alyea of Crystal River. According to newspaper reporter Hampton Dunn, Alyea grew up in the rough-and-tumble Old West and had a reputation as...
It is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to a champion of the Citrus County Historical Society and cherished friend, Flo Jones, who passed away Saturday, January 21, 2023. Flo was a longtime volunteer at the Old Courthouse Heritage Museum, starting out as a...
By Steve Hrycaj, Inverness Cultural Heritage Council (ICHC) Chair Thursday evening, January 19th, 2023, at The Old Courthouse Heritage Museum in downtown Inverness, the Inverness Cultural Heritage Council, a part of the Citrus County Historical Society hosted a Coffee...
By Ken Marotte Citrus County Historical Society What is today considered downtown Inverness was actually three distinct and separate historical villages: Tompkinsville, LaBelle and Inverness [see Plat map from 1887, below] While Tompkinsville and Labelle are...
