Historic Photos of Tallahassee

For those interested in the cultural roots of Tallahassee, October is quite an exciting month!

Historian and author Andrew Edel recently published Historic Photos of Tallahassee, which chronicles two centuries of Florida's capital city, from it's founding around 1824 to the present. Text is sparse, but generally unnecessary, as the photos tell their own stories. Most of the images have been pulled from various archives and presented more or less chronologically. As a non-native -- I'm from Orlando -- I have a hard time appreciating details that Tallahassee natives (and history buffs) will surely find fascinating. The city has a lot of history waiting to be discovered.

Andrew Edel will be speaking and signing books on October 25, at 7:00pm in the Knott House Museum. For anyone interested in history or in Tallahassee's roots, the museum is also hosting a Historic Architecture tour during the month of October, which is cheap and unique. Aside from that, the Tallahassee Visitor's Bureau also hosts a Historic Ghost tour during October that embarks at 6:00pm and explores architectural history and ghostly lore by twilight.