Apron Memories: Sharing Stories from our Community by Lindsey Gilbert Hinnrichs Aprons are a garment of utility. They keep our clothes clean while we work, cook, and play. From welders to artists, blacksmiths to housewives, the apron is a symbol most everyone can...
The contributions of countless men and women have helped create the beautiful, quaint town of Inverness we know today. The Morrison’s are one such group of people, a family dedicated to community, who worked hard to bring new industry and technology to the town....
Was Homosassa Grover Cleveland’s Winter White House? The Legend of Grover Cleveland Did the Former President Design the Layout of Homosassa? Did Cleveland Really Cast His Fishing Line in Homosassa? by Kenneth Marotte If you ask most Citrus County residents, they’ll...
Everything You Wanted to Know About the Florida State Seal by Kenneth Marotte Florida State Seal Mosaic at the Old Courthouse One of the stops on the Old Citrus County Courthouse Museum tour focuses on the Florida State Seal mosaic in the center of the first floor....
A Bad Day for Ballooning by Kenneth Marotte INTRODUCTION Balloon ascensions were the space trips of the latter 1700’s and 1800’s. In the pre-airplane period, balloons captured the world’s imagination as mankind’s only way to fly with the birds. Balloons were used...
Splash Down! The Smithsonian Water/Ways Exhibit Arrives Are you looking for fun things to do this summer in Citrus County? Well, we have you covered! The Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street exhibition, Water/Ways has splashed down at the Old Courthouse Heritage...
Moonshine in Citrus County It’s 1953 and Citrus County Sheriff B. R. Quinn pulls up to the gate of a chicken farm near Lecanto, along with a number of federal and state revenuers. A man by the name of Horace McKenzie comes down quickly to open the gate, believing the...
