Mickey Starling reporter3@greenepublishing.com When Martin Cone started scrolling through Greene Publishing’s online newsletter during the week of Thanksgiving, he was shocked to find a photograph of his parents and siblings staring back…
Category: History
Lost and found
Shelly Smith news@greenepublishing.com Rene and Maribel Ortega are owners of the downtown shipping store located on Range St., We Pack & Mail. Recently, the Ortegas purchased a mini shed to renovate into…
January was a bad month for the Thomas name
Mickey Starling reporter3@greenepublishing.com Though it is unknown if the folks in the following stories are related, their tragedies certainly brought much sorrow to the family name. In the last week of January…
Sometimes history finds us
Mickey Starling reporter3@greenepublishing.com Greene Publishing, Inc. recently received a photo album that was discovered in the home of Mr. and Mrs. A.R. Roland, of Perry, Fla. The album dates back to the…
Local photographer takes his life
Mickey Starling reporter3@greenepublishing.com The Madison Enterprise was sad to report in December of 1902 that Robert H. Bass, a photographer in our community, had taken his life with a morphine overdose. He…
Sensation and sadness fill an unusual week
Mickey Starling reporter3@greenepublishing.com Picture Matt Dillon, exiting his office with guns a-blazing as he tracks down another ruthless villain on the dusty streets of Dodge City. That gives you a sense of…
Backroad shooting claims two lives
Mickey Starling reporter3@greenepublishing.com Two Lafayette County men with grievances towards one another settled their issues at gunpoint. A week before Thanksgiving in 1902, Charles Trulock was in the process of moving to…
Suicide claims Parramore’s life
Mickey Starling reporter3@greenepublishing.com In September of 1902, Madison native R. Wallace Parramore was found unresponsive on a bench in New York’s Central Park. He was revived long enough to state his name…
“Books Unite Us. Censorship Divides Us.” Join the rebellion by reading challenged books during Banned Books Week
Danny Federico news@greenepublishing.com “Censorship is telling a man he can’t have a steak just because a baby can’t chew it.” (Mark Twain) “I hate it that Americans are taught to fear some…
Watermelon envy results in shooting
Mickey Starling reporter3@greenepublishing.com As the lazy days of summer begin to fade into memory and thoughts of a delicious slice of watermelon still linger happily in our minds, in the summer of…
First Madison County Courthouse
Tommy Greene Contributor The business of the county was conducted at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Carter, a widow, whose home was near San Pedro until 1832. In that year, San Pedro…
Madison County’s first train
Tommy Greene Contributor In 1859, the Georgia and Pensacola Railroad began construction through Madison County. By the time the War of Southern Independence broke out, the railroad had been completed from Jacksonville…
A tough week for the locals
Mickey Starlingreporter3@greenepublishing.comThough times were generally tough for Madison County folks in the early years of the twentieth century, the first week of August in 1902 was particularly rough for a number of…
Before Mayberry, there was Madison
Mickey Starling reporter3@greenepublishing.com Several years ago, Hurricane Floyd made its way towards the shores of Jacksonville, Fla. This resulted in thousands of residents of that fair city fleeing westward for higher ground….
On this day in history
2 B.C.: Venus and Jupiter in conjunction – possible astrological explanation for Star of Bethlehem. 1191: Crusader King Richard I kills 3,000 muslim prisoners in Akko. 1781: George Washington begins to move…
Celebration at Blue Spring
Mickey Starling reporter3@greenepublishing.com On Friday, June 13, 1902, a grand celebration, called the Big Union Picnic, was enjoyed by many residents of Madison, Hamilton and Suwannee Counties. The festive spirit was brought…
Monday morning blues last all day
Mickey Starling reporter3@greenepublishing.com On a sultry Monday morning in June of 1902, Madison Deputy Sheriff Mike Bass started his day off with an urgent telegram from the Town of Lee. The message…
A salute to the Black female military pioneers
Rev. Gene Hall Contributor Then Deborah said to Barak, “Go! This is the day the Lord has given Sisera into your hands. Has not the Lord gone ahead of you?” So, Barak…
“The 50th Anniversary of the Hutto Pond Archaeological Excavations” excerpted from The Reticent Archaeologist Unleashed: The Memoirs of James Michael Wisenbaker – part 3
James Michael Wisenbaker Contributor This is the final article in a series taken from Wisenbaker’s memoirs about his time working on an archaeological dig at Hutto Pond, in Madison. Initially, the…
“The 50th Anniversary of the Hutto Pond Archaeological Excavations” excerpted from The Reticent Archaeologist Unleashed: The Memoirs of James Michael Wisenbaker – part 2
James Michael Wisenbaker Contributor This is the second article in a series taken from Wisenbaker’s memoirs about his time working on an archaeological dig at Hutto Pond, in Madison. Working and living…