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Program Number
85
Program Date
4-6-2011
Segment Summary
SEGMENTS | Keith Ashley - Mississippian Culture's Florida Ties | 1513 Moment - de La Torre's Library | Dr. James Denham on Seminole War Letters | Doyle Rigdon - Cowboy Poet
Keywords
Florida Frontiers; Native American; Archaeology; Colonial History; Hispanic; Seminole Wars; Cracker Culture
Sponsors
Brevard Cultural Alliance's mission is to build and sustain a dynamic and vibrant arts and cultural sector integral to Brevard County's quality of life.
Florida Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities
With funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, FHC grants primarily respond to the needs of local communities, but they often address topics of statewide interest. FHC is particularly interested in projects that are collaborative, attract diverse audiences, encourage active participation from the public, and explore humanities topics and disciplines in interesting and engaging ways.
This project is sponsored in part by The Jessie Ball duPont Fund.
STARS Citation
Brotemarkle, Dr. Ben and Florida Historical Society, "Florida Frontiers Radio Program #85" (2011). Florida Frontiers: The Weekly Radio Magazine of the Florida Historical Society. 97.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/florida-frontiers-radio/97
Program Segments
Keith Ashley - Mississippian Culture's Florida Ties
Archaeologist Dr. Keith Ashley explores the trade relationships between Native Americans living in peninsular Florida and the people of the Mississippian Culture a thousand years ago.
Mark-In Point: 01:15 Length: 12:00
1513 Moment - de La Torre's Library
Historian Dr. James Cusick discusses literacy during Florida's colonial period by examining the private library of Spanish Colonel José Maria de la Torre.
Mark-In Point: 13:55 Length: 01:50
Dr. James Denham on Seminole War Letters
History professor Dr. James Denham talks about the letters of Corinna and Ellen Brown, two sisters who were born in New Hampshire and moved to Florida in 1835 on the eve of the Second Seminole War.
Mark-In Point: 15:45 Length: 03:45
Doyle Rigdon - Cowboy Poet
Present-day cowboy poet Doyle Rigdon looks at the 500-year history of Florida's cattle industry and the techniques and terminology that makes Florida cowboy culture different from that of the American West.
Mark-In Point: 19:30 Length: 08:10