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Help the History Center
Love local history? Get into it up to your elbows, suggests Marsha Fottler, President of the Historical Society. When important documents and artifacts are donated to the Historical Society of Sarasota County, we bring them to the History Center, where professionals can conserve and store them. Why? Because we do not have the proper security,… Read more
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Happy National Dog Day!
August 26 is National Dog Day, and we here at the Historical Society of Sarasota County would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to our Florida Dog! Yes, we do have a Florida dog. Read more
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Gonna make me some per-loo
You can’t get more Florida Pioneer than making some pilau (pronounced “per-loo”) for dinner, supper, or a get-together potluck. So what, you might well ask, is pilau? It’s really any meat and rice dish, and here’s what some historic figures have to say about it: In the 18th century, naturalist William Bartram wrote of eating… Read more
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