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How $70,000 worth of Hurricane Sally damage is getting repaired at St. Michael's Cemetery Jake Newby, Pensacola News Journal By the end of the day Monday, 37 tombstones and historical markers at downtown Pensacola's St. Michael's Cemetery were repaired and restored after sustaining varying amounts of damage during Hurricane Sally in September.  Monday marked a significant day in a restoration project that began in March and won't conclude for some time. As Escambia County's 200th anniversary approaches, University of West Florida historical archaeologist Margo Stringfield sa...

It was not unusual for people in Pensacola to hold more than one job. One of the publishers of The Floridian was also the post master.  There was weekly delivery to Claiborne, Alabama, connecting mail from Pensacola to other postal hubs inland. Mail also came and went by ship. The first public health service was organized in July of 1821, almost immediately after the exchange of flags. Dr. James Bronaugh was appointed the first president of the Pensacola Board of Health. There were many challenges ahead. Yellow fever was especially deadly and did not discriminate in its victims. The epidemic...

When a county as rich in history as Escambia County creeps up on its 200th anniversary, a single day, month or even season's worth of celebrations do not suffice. Maybe a month would do for the 100th anniversary, but this is the big 2-0-0 we're talking about here.  That's why a commission of some of Pensacola's most accomplished historians, archaeologists and professors put their heads together in 2019 to begin planning what is now a five-month project to commemorate and recognize Florida's eldest county (along with St. Johns) on the lead-up to the county's official 200th birth date on Ju...