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Ennis’s and my piece on Jacksonville’s Hispanic heritage, from the Floridanos of the colonial era to Cuban cigar factories to the booming diversity of the present day, is up on Jacksonville Today: jaxtoday.org/2025/09/16/the…

I truly embrace being an ambassador for Jacksonville, many of these reviews are from folks who are visiting for the first time. Changing the narrative! Let’s go!

In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month: from the early Floridano colonists to 19th-century Cuban cigar factories to the diverse and growing communities of today, Jacksonville’s Hispanic history is hundreds of years deep. Viva Jax! thejaxsonmag.com/article/viva-j…

There’s no better feeling than repping your hometown. Keep up the good work Art Bikes Ron!

Want to know what’s going on with the city budget? Follow Jaxson contributor Jalicia Lewis for some insightful and entertaining live tweeting!

Local author and regular Jaxson contributor Andrew R. Nicholas has a new book dropping next month. Read more about Brewing in Jacksonville here! thejaxsonmag.com/article/new-bo…

Big Shrimpin’ on B-L-A-Ds!

A brief history of the historic Maceo Elks Lodge #8, a cornerstone of Jacksonville’s Black civic life since 1945 and the last surviving institutional building in LaVilla connected to the city’s early Jewish community. thejaxsonmag.com/article/the-ma…

This correct. The Curry admin blasted the $12 million proposal to redevelop the Landing in 2025, but then spent $25 million buying the Landing, evicting the tenants & turning it into an empty field. thejaxsonmag.com/article/lennys…

A brief history and look at the legacy of the Boylan-Haven School, an institution of Black education in the Historic Eastside from 1910 to 1959. A brief history and look at the legacy of the Historic Eastside’s Boylan-Haven School. thejaxsonmag.com/article/the-le…

When you’re a published Bigfoot expert, you get exclusive interviews with the luminaries of the field.

Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Jaxsons! This my favorite of the 16th century Fort Caroline engravings depicting the Timucua, the Indigenous people of Northeast FL. It shows a Timucua family in down time, swimming over to a “most delightful island” for a picnic.

Happy 250th birthday to the US Navy! In 1940, Naval Air Station Jacksonville was commissioned and the face of our city changed forever. Here are a few photos from its early years. It was the first step in making Jax a major Navy hub, and ever since we’ve been a proud Navy town.

50 years before Rosa Parks, a Jacksonville pastor sat down in a streetcar’s whites-only section, endured the legal consequences, and forced the courts to blink. His name was Andrew Patterson, and his blueprint traveled across the Civil Rights Movement. thejaxsonmag.com/article/lavill…

Join The Jaxson's Mike Field for a guided walking tour of Ortega, one of Jax’s most enduring historic neighborhoods. Mike lived in the neighborhood for over a decade and offers both a historian's and insider's perspective of the area. Get tickets here: eventbrite.com/e/historic-ort…

Evergreen wisdom from John Delaney. I think about it at least once a week,

One of the coolest things we’ve worked on so far. Daylight McCoys Creek means resiliency, flood mitigation, habitat improvement, economic development and new public space all rolled into one. Congrats to everyone who’s worked to make this happen over the years! #DonnaGetsItDone

The Jaxson’s Bill Delaney (Bill Delaney) spoke to Erik Avanier of News4JAX about the folklore and reality of Jacksonville’s most famous haunted place: Annie Lytle Elementary, also known as “The Devil’s School.” Check it out here: news4jax.com/news/local/202…

In the late 1800s, mule-drawn streetcars connected Downtown to Fairfield, LaVilla, and what would become Riverside’s Five Points, before switching to electric power in 1895. 📸: The Jaxson