The new Celebrate! special exhibit highlights Osceola County Historical Society’s 70th anniversary and takes a look back at celebrations in 1949.
The new Celebrate! special exhibit highlights Osceola County Historical Society’s 70th anniversary and takes a look back at celebrations in 1949.
Come test your knowledge of Florida history and trivia at Trivia Night at the Museum.
May is Asian Pacific American Month Charles Lee was born as Lee Gwe Sui in March 1855 in Canton, China. His name meant “Charmed Life” and according to family lore, his mother was 60 years old when he, her 16th child was born. Thinking he would die from dysentery as a child, his mother took him to an opium den, hoping the smoke would ease […]
Jess (as she was known) was the eldest of five children born to Augustus “Gus” Wilder and Freddie Leigh Jenning and was descended from Revolutionary War soldier William Wilder. She was born in Brooksville, Florida on April 20, 1914 but the family soon moved to Clearwater. After high school in Clearwater, she received her A.B. in Economics at Florida State College for Women and taught commercial […]