Santa Rosa Historical Society

⭐ JOIN US: BLACKWOOD FINANCIAL GROUP OPEN HOUSE ⭐

𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟔, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒
𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞: 𝟑:𝟎𝟎-𝟔:𝟎𝟎 𝐏𝐌
𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬: 𝟓𝟏𝟖𝟓 𝐄𝐥𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐚 𝐒𝐭. 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐨𝐧, 𝐅𝐥 𝟑𝟐𝟓𝟕𝟎

🎀 The Ribbon cutting ceremony will begin at 3:30 PM.

Please join us as we officially welcome Blackwood Financial Group to Historic Milton!

Sharing on behalf of member, Bagdad Village Preservation Association (BVPA).

Bagdad Summer Lecture Series
Saturday, July 20, 2024
10 a.m. @ the Bagdad Museum
SPEAKER: Vernon Compton

July 4, 1916 Willing Street, Milton, FL

You know you're from Milton if you remember:

Downtown Milton in the late 50s. At this point, commerce was still thriving downtown; however, the flight of retail was not far away.

One of our partners in historic preservation ❤️

Gulf Station and Bus Stop in Milton, Florida in the 1930s

DOLLY PARTON IN JAY, FL:

On the evening of October 8, 1968, two country and western greats came to little old Jay, FL, to perform a benefit concert. They were Porter Wagoner and Hank Locklin. They brought with them a relative newcomer to the country scene, a young Dolly Parton. The venue was the Green Acres Pony Track and Country Club, located off Old Pollard Rd. It was known for good food, and gambling on the pony (harness) racing. Dolly and Porter Wagner even signed the inside wall of the club. The venue is long gone, replaced by sporadic housing and farmer’s fields. We looked for any sign of it but couldn’t find any. We did not know this until we stopped into the Jay Historical Museum yesterday.

Bagdad Inn (circa 1916
Photograph Collections, UWF University Archive.

Cool

Shrek’ was actually based off of a real person named Maurice Tillet. He was a French wrestler who married an beautiful woman named Olga.

Maurice Tillet was a French professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, The French Angel. Tillet was a leading box office draw in the early 1940s and was twice World Heavyweight Champion by the American Wrestling Association run by Paul Bowser in Boston.

We’re setting up. Weather is great. Come join us for spring festival.

It's been an exciting time over at FPC, Milton with all the new faces and hearts, babies and baptisms. We've been busy worshipping and sacramenting.

Now it's time to visit. Relax. Meet our neighbors and families. Share food and hug necks and show off our garden.

Everyone, EVERYONE, is invited! We hope our Milton neighbors will come over and visit. If you want to share some food, bring some over. If not, come eat anyway.

As usual, we'll have beautiful tables set up--and right in the street so you can't miss us.

This is the day the Lord has made. Let us all rejoice and be glad in it!!