Dale Cox, Historian & Author

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Tuesday, February 28, 2017

147 years ago: The murder of Jackson County Clerk of Court John L. Finlayson

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Dr. John L. Finlayson, Clerk of Court for Jackson County, was murdered on February 26, 1869. State Archives of Florida/ Memory Collectio...

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Monday, May 26, 2014

#74 The Battle of the Flowers (100 Great Things about Jackson County, Florida)

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Azaleas in bloom at Riverside Cemetery The bloodless 1867 confrontation remembered today as the "Battle of the Flowers" is #74...

Friday, March 9, 2012

The First Signs of Violence in the Jackson County Reconstruction War

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Marianna before 1900 There had been occasional incidents of violence in Jackson County following the 1865 end of the War Between the Sta...

Thursday, March 1, 2012

"...His name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him."

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Charles M. Hamilton And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And powe...

Monday, February 20, 2012

Reconstruction #2 - Sanders and his Raiders

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Battle of Newton Monument This is the second part of a continuing series on the Reconstruction War in Jackson County, Florida. To read p...

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