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  • A penny postcard to the future

    Little could Ethel Wood imagine that she would indeed become an influential woman in Sarasota until her death, still living in what we now know as the Bidwell-Wood House, decades later. For more on the House as well as the Crocker Memorial Church, click over to our Museum booklet. Note: This is a totally fictitious… Read more

  • What makes a community, a community? Lessons from 100+ years

    Ever since 1882 (the year Alfred Bidwell built his home in Sarasota, now known as the Bidwell-Wood House, the oldest remaining residence in Sarasota County) and 1901, when Peter Crocker built the Crocker Church for his Bee Ridge community, our two preserved buildings have been places to gather, to meet and help neighbors, and to… Read more

  • Old time-y receipts are fun to look at but….

    Here at the Historical Society of Sarasota County, we love to see old receipts. Here’s one from a Bradentown (that’s what it was called in 1911) grocer: Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have a monthly grocery bill of $19.13? Even if it didn’t include such modern wonders as microwave popcorn…   Read more