History of Fort Lauderdale
Brief video history of Fort Lauderdale by the Fort Lauderdale Historical Society.
CBS Focus on S. Florida features the Fort Lauderdale Historical Society and W. George Allen Feb 2014
In honor of Black History Month (February 2014), the Fort Lauderdale Historical Society invited civil rights champion, W. George Allen to lecture at the New River Inn in Fort Lauderdale on Monday February 10, 2014.
CBS Focus on S. Florida's host Michele Gillen interviewed W. George Allen and Bonnie Flynn, Executive Director of the Fort Lauderdale Historical Society for the show that aired on Sunday, February 9, 2014.
In 1962, Mr. Allen became the first Black person to graduate from the College of Law at the University of Florida and earn a degree from any former white institution in Florida, thus integrating higher education in Florida and the Southeast United States. A champion for Human Rights and Dignity throughout his career, Mr. Allen is credited with filing the lawsuit that integrated Broward County and Hendry County public schools - assuring that all children were entitled to an equal education. A native of Sanford, Florida, Mr. Allen is enjoying his retirement after fifty years of practicing law as the sole proprietor of the Law Offices of W. George Allen in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Fort Lauderdale Historical Society's Free Lecture Series featured on CBS Miami
In honor of Black History Month (February 2014), the Fort Lauderdale Historical Society invited civil rights champion, W. George Allen to lecture at the New River Inn in Fort Lauderdale on Monday February 10, 2014.
As part of CBS Miami's Black History Month Special Coverage, investigative reporter and Channel 4 correspondent, Michele Gillen conducted a special interview with W. George Allen. CBS Miami caught up with W. George Allen at the free lecture hosted at Fort Lauderdale's New River Inn on Monday February 10, 2014. This segment aired on the 5 o'clock news on CBS Channel 4 on Wednesday, February 12, 2014.
In 1962, Mr. Allen became the first Black person to graduate from the College of Law at the University of Florida and earn a degree from any former white institution in Florida, thus integrating higher education in Florida and the Southeast United States. A champion for Human Rights and Dignity throughout his career, Mr. Allen is credited with filing the lawsuit that integrated Broward County and Hendry County public schools - assuring that all children were entitled to an equal education. A native of Sanford, Florida, Mr. Allen is enjoying his retirement after fifty years of practicing law as the sole proprietor of the Law Offices of W. George Allen in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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Places to see in ( Fort Lauderdale - USA )
Places to see in ( Fort Lauderdale - USA )
Fort Lauderdale is a city on Florida's southeastern coast, known for its beaches and boating canals. The Strip is a promenade running along oceanside highway A1A. It's lined with upscale outdoor restaurants, bars, boutiques and luxury hotels. Other attractions include the International Swimming Hall of Fame, with pools and a museum of memorabilia, and Hugh Taylor Birch State Park, featuring trails and a lagoon.
The city is most famous for its beaches and boats, and while the city of Fort Lauderdale is relatively small in area, the term 'Fort Lauderdale' is often used to refer to the larger metropolis that has grown up around it. It is the county seat for Broward county, and is part of the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metropolitan area, which has over 5.5 million people.
The first inhabitants of the land were Seminole Indians who arrived in the 18th century. During the Second Seminole War, Major William Lauderdale led his Tennessee Volunteers into the area and raised New River Fort on the site of the modern city in 1838. In 1893, a young Ohioan named Frank Stranahan arrived and built a house that served as the first trading post, post office, bank and town hall of the area. The house was built near the site of the New River Fort and still stands today as a museum, Stranahan House.
The east side of Fort Lauderdale, between down town and the beach, is criss crossed with canals. It doesn't matter if you are in a car, on bicycles, or on foot, you have to cross the canals where the bridges are. This is one town where a good map can save you a lot of backtracking. Surprisingly the best road map of the East side of town is the 'Dolphus Waterway Map.
After years of building a reputation as the destination for beer-swilling college students on raucous spring breaks, Fort Lauderdale now angles for a slightly more mature and sophisticated crowd. Think martinis rather than tequila shots; jazz concerts instead of wet T-shirt contests. But don't worry, there's still plenty of carrying-on within the confines of area bars and nightclubs.
A lot to see in Fort Lauderdale such as :
Las Olas Boulevard
Lauderdale Beach
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park
Museum of Discovery and Science
Bonnet House Museum & Gardens
North Fort Lauderdale Beach Boulevard
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino - Hollywood, FL
Historic Stranahan House Museum
Butterfly World
Fort Lauderdale Beach Park
Riverwalk Fort Lauderdale
Anne Kolb Nature Center
Las Olas Beach
Fort Lauderdale Beach
NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale
Dania Beach Pier
Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse
Jungle Queen Riverboat
West Lake Park
Fort Lauderdale Beach
Hillsboro Inlet
South Fort Lauderdale Beach Boulevard
Secret Woods Nature Center
International Swimming Hall of Fame Museum
Tree Tops Park
Tradewinds Park
Fern Forest Nature Center
Anglin's Fishing Pier
Fort Lauderdale Beaches
Isle Casino Racing Pompano Park
Central Beach
Snyder Park
Victoria Park
Seminole Casino Coconut Creek
Sky Zone Trampoline Park
The Fort Lauderdale Antique Car Museum
Sebastian Street Beach
The Casino at Dania Beach
Fort Lauderdale Swap Shop
Harbor Beach
Central Broward Regional Park & Stadium
Esplanade Park
Florida State Road A1A
Dania Beach Ocean Park
Flamingo Park
Plantation Central Park
Riverwalk Water Trolley
Fort Lauderdale Historical Society
Nautical Flea Market
Plantation Woods
( Fort Lauderdale - USA ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting Fort Lauderdale . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Fort Lauderdale - USA
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History of Fort Lauderdale
Brief video history of Fort Lauderdale by the Fort Lauderdale Historical Society.
uVu TV 108 - Fort Lauderdale Historic District
Host Jessy Schuster takes you to the Fort Lauderdale Historical Society in this eighth episode of uVu TV. While touring some of the oldest and most historic buidlings in South Florida Jessy introduces the most popular clips on uVu this month.
Historic Stranahan House in Downtown Fort Lauderdale - Victorian Christmas
It's Victorian Christmas at the historic Stranahan House in Downtown Fort Lauderdale, Florida! Open on the night of the Winterfest Boat Parade VIP Viewing Party on December 15, 2018.
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HISTORY:
Ohio native Frank Stranahan came to the area now known as Fort Lauderdale in January 1893 at the age of 27, hired on to manage his cousin’s camp and ferry at Tarpon Bend on the New River. He quickly established a thriving trading business with the Seminole Indians, gaining a reputation among them as a fair businessman. Arriving by dugout canoes, large groups of Seminole families would camp at the post for days at a time.
In 1894, Frank acquired ten acres for his own commercial interests, and moved the trading post farther west along the river. This property became the focal point of the tiny New River settlement, of which Stranahan was now its postmaster. By 1899, the community had grown large enough to qualify for a teacher from the county board of education. Eighteen-year-old Ivy Julia Cromartie of Lemon City, what is now North Miami, was hired at $48 a month for the job. Community members built the one-room schoolhouse for Ivy and her nine students.
Frank and Ivy came to know each other during the five months Ivy lived and taught at the settlement. They married on August 16, 1900 at her family home, and as was not uncommon for married women at the time, Ivy gave up her paid position. She did not, however, give up her teaching aspirations. Instead, she turned her attention to the Seminole children, offering informal lessons at the trading post that respected the tribe’s traditions. Her approach quelled skeptical tribal elders’ fears and formed the basis for her life-long friendship with the Seminole people.
Frank built the present day Stranahan House in 1901; the lower floor served as a trading post and the upper floor as a community hall. By 1906, Frank’s business had expanded to include a general store and bank and he built a new building closer to the railroad, which had arrived in 1896. The old trading post was renovated as a residence for the Stranahans. The house went through a second major renovation between 1913 and 1915, when an interior staircase, electric wiring and plumbing were installed. As Frank’s businesses grew, so did the settlement. Named Fort Lauderdale after the army forts of the Second Seminole War the area was incorporated in 1911. Frank, by now a major land owner, donated property for many public projects and both he and Ivy took on leadership roles in the social and civic life of their developing city. In 1926, Florida’s land boom collapsed. Frank suffered extreme economic reverses that were worsened by two devastating hurricanes. Adding to Frank’s distress was the knowledge that friends who had invested with him were financially ruined as well. On May 22, 1929, deeply depressed and in ill health, Frank committed suicide, drowning in the New River in front of his home.
Ivy carried on, making ends meet by renting out rooms of her home and eventually leasing the lower floor to a series of restaurants. She gradually returned to her civic activism.
Among her many accomplishments she became a long-term member of the city’s planning and zoning committee, successfully lobbied for the Homestead Exemption law, established the Friends of the Seminoles and founded Broward County chapters of the Red Cross and Campfire Girls. Ivy remained in her home until her death on August 30, 1971 at the age of 90.
The house was left to the Seventh Day Adventist Church, of which Ivy had been a member since 1915. It was purchased by the Fort Lauderdale Historical Society in 1975, and in partnership with the Fort Lauderdale Board of Realtors, a project to restore the house to its 1915 configuration was begun in 1980.
In 1981, Stranahan House, Inc. became a separate non-profit entity. Construction was completed in 1984, and the house opened to the public as a historic house museum later that year. Supported in large part by the generosity of the community that Frank and Ivy Stranahan helped to found, the Historic Stranahan House Museum is host to 10,000 visitors each year, including thousands of Broward County school students.
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NAS Fort Lauderdale Museum
- Video created by Minerva Bloom. A collection of images and art from the WWII Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale (NASFL). US Register of Historic Places. The Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale Museum is dedicated to preserving the history and memory of the Naval Air Station, presently the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport which was located in Port Everglades during the Period of 1942 - 1946.
Over the past several years, Broward County has demolished most of the buildings that housed NAS Fort Lauderdale during WWII. The primary mission of the Museum's Association is to collect and preserve information, books, naval art, photographs, artifacts and vintage memorabilia that were associated with NASFL, for the purpose of educating the public about the very important role that the Greater Ft Lauderdale area performed for the United States during WWII.
With the help of many volunteers this non-profit Museum has also been instrumental in preserving the memory of Flight 19 - The Lost Patrol, one of the great aviation mysteries.
Location:
4000 West Perimeter Rd., Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33315
Tel: (954) 359-440
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Las Olas Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale Florida
Las Olas Boulevard is a popular thoroughfare in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States that runs from Andrews Avenue in the Central Business District to A1A and Fort Lauderdale Beach. The easternmost section of the boulevard is interlaced with canals and waterfront homes. The commercial stretch, approximately 1-mile (1.6 km) in length, features cool sub-tropical breezeways and courtyards with bars, nightclubs, bridal stores, shops, boutiques, art galleries, restaurants and the Riverside Hotel—this is referred to as the Riverfront area of downtown Fort Lauderdale. The name Las Olas means The Waves in Spanish. All but the westernmost fourteen blocks are also signed as State Road 842.
Las Olas has its own historic house, a museum of art, a nearby IMAX cinema and an art house movie theater within a short walk. Las Olas Boulevard can be accessed by the Fort Lauderdale water taxi. The boulevard is a popular dining and shopping destination for locals and visitors as it is situated close to Fort Lauderdale beach, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Port Everglades.
Small Business is All Aboard in Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale businesses are All Aboard Florida! Las Olas Company, Las Olas Associates and the Fort Lauderdale Historical Society talk about why they are All Aboard the All Aboard Florida project! Vann Padgett, SVP of Las Olas Company and VP of Las Olas Associates and Riverside Hotel, is All Aboard because the project is an asset to the entire state and Fort Lauderdale. She is excited to welcome an entirely different market to the local area. Her organization and other local businesses are creating plans to welcome the new visitors. Patricia Zeiler, Executive Director of the Fort Lauderdale Historical Society, is also excited for the All Aboard Florida project to come to Fort Lauderdale. Henry Flagler brought visitors to Florida in the past and now All Aboard Florida will draw new visitors to these areas to experience the arts, entertainment, museums and culture that exist downtown. To learn more visit allaboardflorida.com.
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Where to stay:
Fort Lauderdale is gorgeous, but trust me - you don't want to stay everywhere. My personal favourites are around Hollywood Beach, Central Beach, and if you want an even quieter place I’d recommend where I stayed in Lauderdale-By-The-Sea.
It's an adorable little beachfront village full of restaurants, ice cream parlours, and of course, tacky gift shops.
The beach:
No surprise, the beach is the biggest draw here!
I love that the beach here is well cared for, the sand is groomed in the morning to comb out the icky stuff.
Snorkeling:
And if you want to swim with the fishes there's 2 places to easily snorkel for free right off the shore, one at Hollywood North Beach Park (A1A at Sheridan Street) and the other near the Pompano Beach Club Recreation Center (100 Briny Avenue, directly off of the Recreation Center).
Why the streetlights so dim near the beach:
If you drive along the beach at night between April and October, you'll find some street lighting is pretty dim. This is to help save the endangered sea turtles, because almost 90% of their nesting in the U.S. occurs in Florida.
The sea turtles hatchlings are attracted to the light, so if they see it they'll go towards the light as they say instead of heading toward the water like they should. In fact, 1 in 3 turtle hatchlings will follow the light, so that's why dimming the lighting along the coast helps save this endangered species.
Beautiful things that fly:
If you like pretty things that fly, you'll want to check out these next two.
Flamingo Gardens is a non-profit wildlife sanctuary and botanical garden, and Butterfly World is the largest butterfly garden in the world!
Las Olas Boulevard:
I'm not normally big on shopping so I hadn't planned on going to Las Olas Boulevard thinking it was going to be a big mall. We stumbled across it by accident, and I’m super glad we did! This adorable shopping district is laced with waterways, cute boutiques, and coffee houses. It's definitely worth seeing no matter where you stand on the shopping spectrum.
Bonnet House & Hugh Taylor Birch State Park:
Right near Central Beach you’ll find historical Bonnet House and the subtropical paradise Hugh Taylor Birch State Park. I didn’t get to them as they were mainly closed for restoration work due to the hurricane, so they’re on my list for next time!
Boats boats boats!
Word on the street is that Fort Lauderdale is known as The Venice of America - and it's no wonder why! There are more than 300 miles of canals, so you can walk straight out of your mansion and onto your yacht. It's like driving through an episode of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.
Hollywood Beach Broadwalk:
Over 2.5 miles long, you can walk, run, ride... whatever you want along the ocean's edge. Have $5? Rent a bike and pedal along the Hollywood Beach Broadwalk!
What we didn't realize when we went midday is this is more of an evening or night spot (if you're looking to do more jab just hit the beach). There are a TON of cute little spots for dinner and drinks - but they're definitely more for nightlife!
Lighthouse:
The Hillsboro lighthouse first lit up back in 1907. It's stood the test of time, wild weather, and you can take a guided tour to learn some of the secrets of Fort Lauderdale history. Bring your close-toed shoes to climb the 175 stairs for the best view of the Bay.
Museum of Discovery and Science:
Florida gets some wild storms so it's good to have a backup plan of indoor activities because if you're here for any length of time, you'll encounter one. Some are quick, but others? You've got to stay in all day. ????
You could go shopping, but I'd probably hit up the Museum of Discovery and Science. I'm not the only one, as it has the most visitors of any museum in Florida!
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The Stranahan House Museum Fort Lauderdale 5/16/15
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Centennial Photomontage - History and Change
This Centennial photomontage tells the story of change in the City of Fort Lauderdale.
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Las Olas Boulevard is a popular thoroughfare in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States that runs from Andrews Avenue in the Central Business District to A1A and Fort Lauderdale Beach. The easternmost section of the boulevard is interlaced with canals and waterfront homes. The commercial stretch, approximately 1-mile (1.6 km) in length, features cool sub-tropical breezeways and courtyards with bars, nightclubs, bridal stores, shops, boutiques, art galleries, restaurants and the Riverside Hotel. The name Las Olas means The Waves in Spanish. All but the westernmost fourteen blocks are also signed as State Road 842.
Las Olas has its own historic house, a museum of art, a nearby IMAX cinema and an art house movie theater within a short walk. Las Olas Boulevard can be accessed by the Fort Lauderdale water taxi. The boulevard is a popular dining and shopping destination for locals and visitors as it is situated close to Fort Lauderdale beach, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Port Everglades.
The boulevard was constructed in 1917, when Las Olas was just a dirt road that crossed the swampy wetlands to the barrier island at Fort Lauderdale Beach. The Las Olas Isles were dredged in the 1920s to create land for the areas most picturesque waterfront residential district. The modern commercial segment of Las Olas Boulevard was constructed during the Post World War II era. The westernmost downtown segment was entirely reconstructed since the 1970s. The boulevard begins at the famous Elbo Room bar where the beach meets the boulevard and ends in the west at the Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale.
In the early 1980s Las Olas went through a major renovation program to enhance property values. The land was worth much more than that of the standing homes. It was decided that anyone who wished to buy property on one of the isles would have to tear down the existing home and build a home of equal or greater value than the land. There were a few celebrities who already lived on Las Olas, but new homes and waterfronts made it more appealing to move to the area. Professional tour companies provide tours that take people down the waterways to show off the celebrities homes and yachts.
A1A Ft. Lauderdale
Pictures of Florida State Road A1A in Ft. Lauderdale. Credits given to the Ft. Lauderdale History Center.
Fort Lauderdale - City Video Guide
Fort Lauderdale is a city on South Florida's east coast, less than an hour's drive from Miami.
The boutique shops and restaurants on Las Olas Boulevard serve the many wealthy tourists who flock to Fort Lauderdale during the summer. The Riverwalk provides the city's hub for arts and entertainment. History and culture are to be found at King-Cromartie House and the Museum of Discovery and Science.
Cruising and sunbathing are big Fort Lauderdale hobbies, especially on the stretch of ocean front the locals call The Strip.
Fort Lauderdale is home to a wide variety of flora and fauna. Birch State Park and the Bonnet Gardens are both enchanting natural showcases. Butterfly World in Coconut Creek has over fifty winged species on display at any time. Birds roam freely at Lake Okeechobee.
Immediately north of Fort Lauderdale's beaches are the picturesque Lighthouse Point and Deerfield Beach Fishing Pier. Mizner Park boasts Spanish-style stucco restaurants, ornamental fountains, and galleries.
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Vacation days 5 and 6... Fort Lauderdale History museum and more beach time!
Hey Hey Hey... Hope you all are doing well. After a flurry of activities on days one through four, we needed a day or two of low key relaxing. We checked out the Fort Lauderdale history museum and spent some time at the beach and the pool over the past two days. It's been so much fun and we're taking everything in. Enjoy everyone!!
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