Is There Much Old Stuff in Florida?
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In the town where I grew up, people used to say that things went downhill once Henry Knox drove the British out. I have to admit it was probably an awesome place to live in the 1700s but by the time I was coming of age, the luster had been worn off of many things. Perhaps things were better before Knox brought the cannons back to save the city. It's hard to say.
I did though, even as a kid, appreciate old commercial buildings and houses that had been either maintained or restored to their former glory. I guess I was always a history nerd and liked the idea of great historical things happening on the street where I grew up. I try to talk to our son about the 11,000 year reign of the Calusa people were we live now, but no permanent structures really remain. Still, every once in a while, when we are out playing in a new location we will find some sort of "relic" of our county's past and Rocky and I will try to guess what happened there.
In the town where I grew up, people used to say that things went downhill once Henry Knox drove the British out. I have to admit it was probably an awesome place to live in the 1700s but by the time I was coming of age, the luster had been worn off of many things. Perhaps things were better before Knox brought the cannons back to save the city. It's hard to say.
I did though, even as a kid, appreciate old commercial buildings and houses that had been either maintained or restored to their former glory. I guess I was always a history nerd and liked the idea of great historical things happening on the street where I grew up. I try to talk to our son about the 11,000 year reign of the Calusa people were we live now, but no permanent structures really remain. Still, every once in a while, when we are out playing in a new location we will find some sort of "relic" of our county's past and Rocky and I will try to guess what happened there.
And sometimes we just climb on stuff.
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