Life on the West Florida frontier was primitive. Most people had homes of log cabins, often on blocks to capture the breeze (important before the age of air conditioning!). The interiors were sparse and unadorned; simple beds, tables and chairs were present, and there would be numerous pegs on the walls to hang clothes and other items that needed to be kept off the floor. Bags of seed, dried fruit, corn shucks packed with sausage, and strings of red pepper might be found suspended from the joists.
Outbuildings included a barn, detached kitchen, smoke house, stable, outhouse, and chicken coops. A milk cow would be present, along with goats, mules, horses, chickens, dogs, ducks, guineas and perhaps even a peacock or peahen. One early chronicler described the environment as a “constant squawking, barking, and squealing, each according to its kind.” There were also a lot of dogs at these homesteads. An early historian commented that “the barking, yelping, and howling, of a congreg
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A gobbler track along a dirt road. The only wild turkey sign Peter Updike, a long-time turkey hunter from Florida’s Lake County, had seen in three days of camping and hunting at Osceola Wildlife Management Area. Updike, not the least bit deterred by a challenging hunt, went back the next day, set up and harvested a mature gobbler.
“Having my efforts pay off – scouting, being patient and finding those areas on the WMA where others weren’t hunting – gave me a huge sense of accomplishment,” Updike said. “I really enjoy putting my skills to the test on a WMA.”
OUT OF THE PAST: Exploring Old Spanish Trail facts, fictions
By Robert Hurst | Bay County Historical Society | Special to The News Herald
For a long time, I had wondered whether there ever was a Spanish Trail that connected Florida’s St. Augustine with California or Mexico, or even Spain’s other Florida provincial capital of Pensacola.
The Old Spanish Trail held my interest, but I felt it was too large of a project to tackle. That was until, in my investigations of local pioneer trails, I discovered a 1778 “Map of the Road from Pensacola in West Florida to St. Augustine in East Florida.
February 9, 2021
Hail was reported across the North Escambia area early Tuesday morning as storms moved through. There were also numerous power outages.
A NorthEscambia.com reader sent us this photo of hail that fell on Howell Road off Highway 97 in Walnut Hill about 3:10 a.m. Meteorologists with the National Weather Service in Mobile said the hail pictured is up to ping pong ball size, about 1.5 inches.
The ping pong ball size hail did damage an outdoor light, barn light, a horse trailer and vehicles on Howell Road.
NorthEscambia.com received reports of hail across the area from Walnut Hill, Bratt, Century, Jay (confirmed quarter size), McDavid, Atmore, Flomaton, Pollard and more.