Financing the free school
July 7, 1851 Rev. Edmund Aubril asks for funds for the financing of a “free” school. City Council determines that aid is appropriate.
View ArticleOut into the Atlantic
July 8, 1565 Pedro Menendez and his fleet leaves Tenerife in the Canary Islands to cross the Atlantic Ocean. They are bound for La Florida.
View ArticlePorpoises and sharks
July 9, 1903 Porpoises are quite numerous and large schools of them are gamboling in the bay at all times of day. Sharks are more plentiful than ordinarily and bite more readily.
View ArticleCattle in the parks
July 10, 1904 The shrubbery and grass in the parks has been injured by cattle getting in at night. Complaints have been made concerning the difficulty of maintaining the appearance of parks under such...
View ArticleWhere are the shrimp?
July 11, 1903 The seawall was lined with fisherman casting for shrimp this morning but as has been the rule thus far this season comparatively few were caught.
View ArticleCity ready to tackle 450th crowds
This year’s Fourth of July downtown celebration offered the opportunity for a test run of plans and preparations for September’s Celebrate 450! events.City officials were forced to be creative to...
View ArticleGoing out to dinner
July 12, 1964 St. Augustine Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) urges Negroes to take their wives out of the hot kitchen and treat her to dinner in the restaurant of her choice or take the...
View ArticleHistoric Tovar House gets a second look
It is said that while the Spanish occupied St. Augustine, they took thorough notes.And according to those notes, the Tovar House at 22 St. Francis St. was a “house of thin walls of tabby, in fair...
View ArticleRaiding turtle nests
July 13, 1903 A quartet of men, including a cook, returned from Summer Haven where they spent the week fishing and hunting turtle eggs. They brought back 562 eggs from raiding seven nests.
View ArticleDoubleheader
July 14, 1904 Hundreds gathered around the plaza to hear a concert by the Ancient City Band. At the other end of the plaza, the St. Augustine Rifles thrilled the crowd with their drilling.
View ArticleCelebrate 450! update
CELEBRATE 450! UPDATESt. Augustine’s Celebrate 450! anniversary celebration will be Sept. 4-8 and will include a street and music festival, commemorative re-enactment, procession, Mass, cake-cutting...
View ArticleStone crabs
July 15, 1903 It’s easy to go out and catch as many stone crabs as possible. Sacks full of them are brought to the city and sold daily.
View ArticleNew private baths
July 16, 1903 Wires for electric bells have been placed in the Spear Mansion Hotel. Private baths are also being included in the improvements being made to this popular hostelry.
View ArticleCharges dismissed
July 17, 1963 County Judge Charles C. Mathis dismissed charges against three African Americans and one white youth for lack of evidence in connection with July 1 shooting.
View ArticleBig bass
July 18, 1903 A 30-pound bass caught by an angler off Crazy Bank last Tuesday is the record holder among anglers on Anastasia Island.
View ArticleBridge under construction
July 19, 1904 First of 10 great steel cylinders for FEC’s new trestle across San Sebastian River is in place. Cylinders are to be filled and coated with concrete to support the structure.
View ArticleMaria Sanchez causeway
July 20, 1874 Citizens complain of extravagant use of public funds on Maria Sanchez causeway. Committee responds that persons complaining of new causeway neither complained nor contributed to the...
View ArticleWhere History Lives: Historic golf course gone but not forgotten
Nancy Birchall was in college when her father won top honors in the L.C. Ringhaver St. Augustine 400th Anniversary Trophy golf tournament.His name was N.P. Calhoun but everyone called him “Put” — a...
View ArticleStorm hits Menendez's fleet
July 21, 1565 Full hurricane winds lash at ships of Pedro Menendez’s fleet in middle of Atlantic Ocean as vessels head for La Florida. Supplies for new settlement are thrown overboard to lighten vessels.
View ArticleTaking names
July 22, 1848 City Council passes a resolution authorizing city marshal to note names of all negroes found at night in the streets of the city without a permit from their owners.
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