Florida’s past

From a humble store clerk to the undisputed empress of old Tallahassee's high society hub, Margaret Wilson Hodges Hood's rose to power and prestige at a time when few women reached that kind of status.

The festival was originally part of an organized campaign to dissuade the Florida Legislature from moving the state capital to Central Florida.

The site of what would become Tallahassee was chosen in 1824 as the location for the capital of territorial Florida

The event was a runup to the Capital City's bicentennial celebration in 2024

Valerie Scoon's "Invisible History: Middle Florida's Hidden Roots" airs on PBS Thursday, May 20.

The state archives is filled with documents, audio and video from Florida’s past. But until recently those items were packed away in boxes. Now archivists…