Historical Society to present program on Hyde Park community
Editor, The Sun:
The Wakulla County Historical Society will present a program on the community of Hyde Park with featured speaker Thomas Mitchell. The program will be held Tuesday, Nov. 12 at 6 p.m. at the Wakulla County Public Library, 4330 Crawfordville Hwy., Crawfordville.
Mitchell will speak on the rich 250-year history of Hyde Park. Discussion will include escaped slaves, native Creek and Seminoles, Scottish traders, reconstruction and constitutional Convention leadership, as well as more recent history of such a jewel of local history!
Mitchell is a Wakulla High School alumni and a descendant of families from Hyde Park. He spent many professional years as a researcher, analyst, and archivist in Washington, D.C., with the Office of Public Records.
He has been involved with many historically significant projects and organizations such as the North Florida African American History Corridor project, the Hyde Park Community Legacy Trail, the Seminole Freeman Foundation, the Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, Free Negro settlement, the Saltwater Underground Network to Freedom, and the 1st Seminole War 1814-1820, Florida, Apalachicola and St. Marks.
The public is invited and there is no cost. For more information call 850-926-1110.
Brent Thurmond
Historical Society
Vice-President
