2008 ANNUAL MEETING
MAY 22-24, 2008
FROM LA FLORIDA TO GLOBAL WARMING
Annual meeting site is the Holiday Inn Lakewood Ranch, 6231 Lake
Osprey Drive, Sarasota, FL 34240. Room costs are $119.00 per room, single or
double with rates guaranteed the 21st and through Monday the 26th.
The room
block has officially opened. Rates are $119/night, single or double. For
reservations, call the hotel direct at 941-782-4400, or to 866-782-4401
mentioning the Florida Historical Society block.
The Holiday Inn Lakewood Ranch is an “all green” hotel located between Bradenton and Sarasota.
WEDNESDAY
1:00—5:00 p.m.
Registration [
Hallway]BOOK VENDORS SET UP
NOTE: Book Vendors located in the
Heron RoomDINNER ON YOUR OWN!
THURSDAY
8:30 A.M.—5:00 P.M.
Registration [Hallway]
8:30—9:00 a.m.
Coffee and Conversation [
Manatee]9:00—10:00 a.m.
Osprey Room A
SESSION 1: THE LONG MARCH FORWARD: THE BLACK
STRUGGLE FOR DIGNITY AND RIGHTS IN FLORIDA SINCE
STATEHOOD
Chair: Joe Knetsch,
Florida Department of Environmental Protection“The African-American Struggle for Dignity and Freedom in Florida’s
Civil War”
Irvin D. S. Winsboro,
Florida Gulf Coast University“Justice Delayed or Justice Denied: The Johnnie Mae Chappell
Murder”
Abel A. Bartley,
Clemson UniversityComments: Joe Knetsch
9:00—10:00 a.m.
Osprey Room B
SESSION 2: EXPLORING NATURE, EXPLOITING NATURE:
FLORIDA ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY
Chair: Steven Noll,
University of Florida“Silver Springs: Imagining Nature”
Tom Berson,
Stetson University“Founding Fathers & Mothers: The Origins of Florida Audubon
and The Development of an Environmental Ethic”
Leslie Poole,
Rollins CollegeComments: Steven Noll,
University of Florida10:00—10:15 a.m.
Coffee Break10:15 a.m.—11:15 p.m.
Osprey Room A
SESSION 3: THE FICTION AND NON-FICTION OF ARCHIE CARR
AND JOHN D. MacDONALD
Chair: Gary R. Mormino,
University of South Florida, St. Petersburg“The Naturalist’s Place: Archie Carr and Conservation in Florida”
Frederick R. Davis,
Florida State University“The Novelist’s Place: John D. MacDonald and the First Ecological
Novel”
Jack E. Davis,
University of FloridaComments: Gary R. Mormino
11:15—11:20 a.m.
Coffee Break11:20 a.m.—12:20 p.m.
Osprey Room B
SESSION 4: SAVING BARRIER ISLANDS AND ESTUARIES
Chair: Chris Meindl,
University of South Florida, St. Petersburg“Saving Clam Bayou”
Cathy Salistri,
University of South Florida, St. Petersburg“Clearwater Beach: An Environmental History”
Peyton Jones,
University of South Florida, St. Petersburg“Dredging Dreams: An Environmental History of Marc Island and
Coastal Collier County”
Nano Riley,
University of South Florida, St. PetersburgComments: Chris Meindl
11:20 a.m.—12:20 p.m.
Osprey Room C
SESSION 5: LANDSCAPE OF DREAMS?: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
RACE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS
Chair: Mike Butler,
South Georgia College“The Gas Plant: Many Dangers, Toils and Snares”
Zanetta Starks,
University of South Florida, St. Petersburg“An Expressway Runs Through It: An Environmental History of
Booker Creek, St. Petersburg”
Justin Whitney,
University of South Florida, St. PetersburgComments: Mike Butler
12:20—1:00 p.m.
Break1:30—3:00 p.m.
SOCIETY AWARDS LUNCHEONOsprey Rooms B and C
Presiding: Nick Wynne, Executive Director
Rembert Patrick Book Award
Charlton Tebeau Book Award
Dorothy Dodd Lifetime Achievement Award
Patrick D. Smith Literature Award
Caroline P. Rossetter Outstanding Woman in Florida History Award
Harry T. and Harriette Moore Book Award
LeRoy Collins Graduate Essay Award
Carolyn Mays Brevard Undergraduate Essay Award
Samuel Proctor Oral History Award
James J. Horgan Youth Book Award
Hampton Dunn Media Award
Golden Quill Award
Marinus Latour Outstanding Volunteer Award
Arthur Thompson Award for Outstanding Article in
The QuarterlyHerman and Celia Chapin Award
3:00—5:00 P.M.
Manatee Room
THE FLORIDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MEETING
TOUR 3:00—5:00 p.m.
Walking Tour of Historic Bradenton - leave the hotel by bus coach and
spend a delightful trip to historic downtown Bradenton, walking tour
led by a wonderful local historian. Arrive back at the hotel by 5:00 in
time to freshen up for the evening events.
Cost per person $30.
6:00—8:00 p.m.
RECEPTIONReception hosted by the Manatee County Historical Commission. The Commission welcomes Society members to Manatee County at a fun mix and mingle social at the Manatee County Agricultural Museum and Palmetto Historical Village. Buildings will be open for viewing. Travel to and from on your own, maps and directions provided. Cost is free.
FRIDAY
8:30 a.m.—5:00 p.m.
Registration [
Hallway]8:30—9:00 a.m.
Coffee and Conversation [
Manatee]9:00—9:30 a.m.
Manatee Rooms A and B
Welcome
9:30—10:15 a.m.
Manatee Rooms A and B
PLENARY SESSION
Dr. Duane DeFreese
Former Executive Director
The Hubbs-Seaworld Research Institute
JILLIAN PRESCOTT MEMORIAL LECTURE
10:15—10:30 a.m.
Coffee Break10:30 a.m.—12:00 noon
Osprey Room A
SESSION 6: WOMEN ON THE 19TH CENTURY FLORIDA FRONTIER
Chair: Tracy Revels,
Wofford College“The Brown Sisters and Attitudes About Marriage on Florida’s Antebellum
Frontier”
Keith L. Huneycutt,
Florida Southern College“
Victoria Seward Varn Brandon Sherrill: South Florida Women asCommunity Builders”
James M. Denham,
Florida Southern CollegeComments: Tracy Revels
10:30 a.m.—12:00 noon
Osprey Room B
SESSION 7: FLORIDA ENVIRONMENTAL WRITERS: SAVING
LAFLORIDA
Chair: James Cusick,
University of Florida“Writing Nature: Zora Neale Hurston as a Nature Writer”
Kathryn Seidel,
University of Central Florida“Ernest Lyons: Voice in the Wilderness”
Joe Crankshaw,
St. Lucie Historical Society“Paradise Screened:
Winds Across the Everglades and A Flash ofGreen
”Cynthia A. Melendy,
University of South FloridaComments: James Cusick
10:30 a.m.—12:00 noon
Osprey Room C
SESSION 8: FLORIDA’S URBAN ENVIRONMENT
Chair: Robert Cassanello,
University of Central Florida“Marketing the Environment for Social Change: Central Florida
Women and the City Beautiful Movement in the Early 1900s”
Amy E. N. Darty,
University of Central Florida“Resource and Renewal Lessons from Ehren and the Ghost Towns of
Pasco”
Jim McKenzie,
University of South Florida“Evolution of Tourist Zone Maps in St. Augustine, Florida, 1883-2006”
Dori Griffin,
Arizona State UniversityComments: Robert Cassanello
12:00—1:00 p.m.
LUNCH ON YOUR OWN[On site—The Alamo Steak House]
1:00—2:00 p.m.
Osprey Room A
SESSION 9: MANAGING FLORIDA’S FORESTS AND WATER
Chair: Tom McFarland,
Florida Institute of Technology“Florida Forests Aflame: Using Fire to Fight Fire from Paleo-Indians
to Present Day Foresters”
Barry Walden Walsh,
Longboat Key“Lessons Learned From the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration
Plan (CERP)”
James W. Vearil,
U.S. Army Corps of EngineersComments: Tom McFarland
1:00—2:00 p.m.
Osprey Room B
SESSION 10: FLORIDA IN THE ERA OF CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION
Chair: Irvin D. S. Winsboro,
Florida Gulf Coast University“Racially Integrated Education in Reconstruction Florida: Ester Hill
Hawks’ Port Orange Experiment”
Leonard Lempel,
Daytona Beach Community College“’I Have Given and Taken Some Hard Blows’: Jonathan C. Gibbs and
Political Unrest in Florida”
Learotha Williams, Jr.,
Armstrong Atlantic University1:00-2:00 p.m.
Osprey Room C
SESSION 11: BOATS AND BOATING: USING THE WATERS FOR
RECREATION AND LIVELIHOOD
Chair: Ben Brotemarkle,
Brevard Community College“Coming Untethered: Current Issues in Pinellas Marinas and the
Environment”
Jon Kile,
University of South Florida, St. Petersburg“’More a Nailer than a Sailor’: A History of Wooden Boat Building in
the Tampa Bay Area of Florida”
Lucy D. Jones,
Florida History, LLCTOUR
2:30—5:00 p.m.
Visit beautiful DeSoto Point National Park. Enjoy learning about Hernando DeSoto and his quest through the Southern United States during a short movie in the Welcome Center. Spend the rest of your visit enjoying the great view of the water and touring the nature walk through the mangroves where you will find lots of sand hill cranes and fiddler crabs. Arrive back at the hotel by 5:00 in time to freshen up for the evening's Society Banquet. Cost per person is $30.
6:00—7:00 p.m.
CASH BAROsprey Room
7:00—9:30 p.m.
Annual BanquetOsprey Room
President Jose Fernandez, Presiding
CATHERINE PRESCOTT MEMORIAL LECTURE
Keynote Address
Dr. Wayne Flynt
Professor Emeritus
Auburn University
“The Project That Would Not Die: The Cross-Florida Barge Canal”
SATURDAY
MAY 24, 2008
8:30—11:00 a.m.
Registration
Hallway
8:00—8:30 a.m.
Coffee and ConversationManatee Room
8:30—9:30 a.m.
Osprey Room A
SOCIETY ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING
9:30—10:30 a.m.
Osprey Room A
SESSION 12: WOMEN AND THE ENVIRONMENT: FROM LAND
SPECULATORS TO LAND PROMOTERS
Chair: Leslie Poole,
Rollins College“The Ladies of Thompson Creek: The Use of Land Speculation to Reinforce
a Gendered Social Hierarchy in British West Florida”
Deborah L. Bauer,
University of Central Florida“Mounted on a Pedestal: Bertha Honoré Palmer”
Hope L. Black,
University of South Florida, St.Petersburg
Comments: Leslie Poole
9:30—10:30 a.m.
Osprey Room B
SESSION 13: FISHING IN THE FLORIDA WATERS
Chair: Robert E. Snyder, University of South Florida
“Fishing in Boca Grande: From Pre-History to the Present Day”
Benjamin D. Brotemarkle, Brevard Community College
“The Mullet Wars”
Terry Tomalin, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg
“Tarpon Fishing”
Kevin, Kokomoor, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg
Comments: Robert E. Snyder
9:30—10:30 a.m.
Osprey Room C
SESSION 14: FLORIDA’S ROLE IN THE ADVANCE OF ECOLOGY
AND PUBLIC POLICY
Chair: Gary R. Mormino,
University of South Florida, St. Petersburg“Selling Out: U.S. Betrayal of the Treaty to Save the Ozone Layer”
Margaret Brown,
University of South Florida, St. Petersburg“Florida’s Place in the Development of Modern Ecology: Daniel
Simberloff’s Ecological Field Experiments, 1969-1981”
Darryl Myers,
Florida State University10:30—10: 40 a.m.
Coffee Break10:40—12:00 noon
Osprey Room A
SESSION 15: THREE MARJORIE(Y)S: RAWLINGS, CARR AND
DOUGLAS AND THE GREENING OF FLORIDA
Chair: Dr. Ron Cooper,
Central Florida Community College“For This Enchanted Land: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and the
Florida Environment”
Florence M. Turcotte,
George A. Smathers Library“’Our Lady of the Rivers’: Marjorie Harris Carr and the Struggle to
Protect Florida’s Wilderness”
Peggy McDonald,
University of Florida“Of Braudel and Odum: Marjory Stoneman Douglas and the Idea of
Nature as Historical Agent”
Jack E. Davis,
University of FloridaComments: Ron Cooper
10:40—12:00 noon
Osprey Room B
SESSION 16: CURING THE COUGH, TAKING THE WATERS AND
RIDING THE RAILS: ANTEBELLUM TOURISM IN FLORIDA
Chair: Len Lempel,
Daytona Beach Community College“The Funeral Cough: Tuberculosis Tourism in Antebellum St.
Augustine”
Tracy Revels,
Wofford College“Sea Breezes and Spring Water: Tourism in Antebellum Pensacola”
Brian Rucker,
Pensacola Junior College“Railroad Promotions of Tourism in the 19th Century”
Joe Knetsch,
Florida Department of Environmental Protection10:40—12:00 noon
Osprey Room C
SESSION 17: PERCEPTIONS AND REALITIES: SPANISH
EXPLORERS AND COLONISTS AND THE SETTLING OF FLORIDA
Chair: James M. Denham,
Florida Southern College“First Impressions, Second Time Around: Settlers’ Hopes for Spanish
East Florida in the Late Colonial Period”
James Cusick,
University of Florida“
La Florida as Depicted by Spanish Colonial Writers”Jose Fernandez,
University of Central Florida“The Development of East Florida’s Agricultural Industry and Post-
Hurricane Demand in Cuba, 1784-1800”
Sherry Johnson,
Florida International UniversityEND OF ANNUAL MEETING SESSIONS
1:00—3:00 p.m.
SOCIETY PICNICSociety Picnic at Manatee Village. Tour this wonderful pioneer
village with its historical exhibits after enjoying a picnic lunch
with deli sandwiches, sides, soft drinks and dessert with all the
trimmings. Plan to say your final good-byes to Nick as he
closes his final Annual Meeting for the Society. Travel to and
from on your own, maps and directions provided. Cost per person
is $15.
END OF MEETING