Tables of Contents — 1989-1999

Update, the predecessor of South Florida History magazine, was published by the Historical Museum of Southern Florida from 1973 through 1988.
Update magazine contents

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1 (Winter 1989)
Tamiami Trail Blazers: Blazing the Tamiami Trail, by Steve Glassman
Key Biscayne Continued: Key Biscayne—an Isle of Palms, by Muriel M. Curtis
Broward’s Mural: Off the Wall in Broward, by Stuart McIver
Through the Lens: [Famous Visitors]
On the Plaza: [MOSAIC exhibition], by Lee Aberman

2 (Spring 1989)
Traveling to Saba: The Mysterious Island of Saba, by Richard Neil Shrout
Land by the Gallon: The Florida Fruitlands Company and the Progresso Land Lottery of 1911, by Paul George
South Florida Traditions: Robert James Rudd—Cypress Furniture Maker, by Jan Rosenberg
What Would it Cost Today?, by Don Gaby
Through the Lens: [Vice in Greater Miami]
On the Plaza: [Sponsorship of Prints in The Birds of America]

3 (Summer 1989)
Keep ‘em Flying: Riddle’s “Wild Blue Yonder,” by Steve Glassman
Delivering the Mail: Key Largo Letter Drop, by Valerie Lassman
Before Metrorail: Clang Clang Clang-Miami's Early Streetcars, by Ed Ridolph
Through the Lens: [Musicians]

4 (Fall 1989)
Hemingway in Bimini : Bimini, Bahamas-Hemingway’s Island in the Stream, by Jane Day
A Report to the Home Office : In the Wake of Hugo—The ‘26 Storm Revisited
Childhood at the Barnacle : “Crying for No Reason at All But Because of How Lovely It Was,” by Deborah A. Coulombe and Herbert L. Hiller
Through the Lens : [Bridges on the Miami River]

1 (Winter 1990)
Birds and Trees Saving the Corkscrew [Swamp], by Carl W. Buchheister
Born in the Boom : Surviving Boom, Bust and Hurricane-the Ups and Downs of a Broward Town, by Martha Munzer [Lauderdale-By-The-Sea]
Painting the Town : Arts Festival Started as “Left Bank Affair,” by Ruth B. Altman [Coconut Grove Arts Festival]
Battling the Bureaucracy : Staking a Claim in Early Miami, by Dr. Paul George and Joseph Knetsch [Little River, 1845]
Through the Lens : [Film-making]

2 (Spring 1990)
Welcome to Cap’s Place, by Emily Perry Dieterich [Lighthouse Point restaurant]
The Bimini Bay Rod and Gun Club, by Jane S. Day
Keys Folk, by Stetson Kennedy
Through the Lens : [Everyday Life in South Florida]

3 (Summer 1990)
Caribbean Music in South Florida, by Dr. Laurie Sommers
African American and West Indian Folklife in South Florida, by Dr. Joyce Jackson
Key Largo to Marathon : A Report on the Folklife of the Upper Keys, by Brent Cantrell
Through the Lens : [Folklife]

4 (Fall 1990)
When Coontie Was King : Life on the Miami Frontier, by Joe Knetsch and Paul George [George Ferguson and the Ferguson starch mill]
Chokoloskee’s Oldest Structure : On Chokoloskee Island, by Emily Dieterich [Smallwood Store]
Mamie Called Herself Progress : Citizen Progress, by Emily Dieterich
Progress, by Mamie Smallwood
Through the Lens : [Jewish Traditional Arts]

1 (Winter 1991)
Where the Boys Were, by Dr. Paul S. George [Ft. Lauderdale Spring Break]
Parrot Jungle : Miami’s Postcard Perfect Attraction, by Teresa Lenox
Island Fantasies, by Remko Jansonius {Key West Fantasy Fest]
What Would It Cost Today?, by Donald C. Gaby
Through the Lens : [Tourism]

2 (Spring 1991)
The Champ Fights Back, by Jack B. Moore [Jack Dempsey]
Moving a Military Road, by Canter Brown
Blacks and Seminoles, by George Klos
Through the Lens : [spectator sports]

3 (Summer 1991)
The Curtiss Flying School and U.S. Marine Flying Field, by Donald C. Gaby
Carl Folke Sahlin : “Viking with a Paintbrush,”by Rose Connett-Richards
The Visual Record : [Building the Oversea Railway]
Sand in My Toes : Sailing, by Jack Stark

Vol. 18, no. 4 (Fall 1991)
Jupiter Pioneers Traveled by Boat, by Jane Niebch
Why did Peter Knight Leave?, by Patricia Bartlett [Ft. Myers]
The Visual Record : Everglades
Cuba & Florida : Exploring a Personal Connection
Phones Started Ringing in Miami in 1899, by Arthur E. Chapman

Vol. 19, no. 1 (Winter 1992)
Sand in My Toes : Sounds of Silence & Home-Spun Cussin’ Enlivened Miami Beach, by Jack Stark
Earliest Photo Returns to Key West, by Wright Langley
Miami’s Muck-lands Promotion Threatened Seminole Sovereignty, by Patsy West
Crow Donation Sheds Light on Matlack Photos, by Maggie Heyn
Florida Counties Past and Present : A Crossword Puzzle, by Thelma Peters

Vol. 20, no. 2 (Spring 1992) Columbus Quincentenery
Gooney Bird Seeks Columbus Landfall Site, by Douglas T. Peck
Age of Exploration Probed Diseases of Human Body, by William M. Straight, M. D.
Voyages into the Unknown Carried Health Hazards, by William M. Straight, M. D.
The Visual Record : Perceptions of Columbus—the Confusion Continues, by Maggie Heyn
Quest for the Indies : Routes of Exploration, by Joseph H. Fitzgerald, M. D.
Columbus Scholar Defends the Explorer, by Stuart McIver

Vol. 20, no. 3 (Summer 1992) Hurricanes
Sand in My Toes : Killer Hurricane Makes Miami Beach More of a Sand Castle than a City, by Jack Stark
The 1926 Blow vs. Hurricane Andrew : Perspective from a Survivor of Both, by Jack Stark.
Memories of Storms Past : Excerpts from oral history interviews.
Early Weather Service in Miami, by Don Gaby
The Visual Record : Signs from the 1926 hurricane recovery.

Vol. 20, no. 4 (Fall 1992)
James Lunnon : Portrait of a Painter, Engineer and Pilot, by Rose Connett-Richards.
The Visual Record : Fast Food, by Rebecca A. Smith
There Was a House in Our Town [Brothels in Miami], by Arthur E. Chapman.
Antique Maps as Art, by Joseph H. Fitzgerald.

Vol. 21, no. 1 (Winter 1993)
Editor’s Notes [Hugo Vihlen, baseball]
Swedes Discover Florida, by Arthur E. Chapman. [Sweddish immigrants in Florida during the 19th and 20th centuries]
Surveying Chokoloskee’s Wilderness World, by Joe Knetsch. [John P. Apthorp survey in the Big Cypress region, 1882-1883]
Play ball!—Florida's Romance with Baseball, by Howard Kleinberg. [photo essay]
Jupiter's Suni Sands, by Elizabeth Kehoe and James Pepe.

Vol. 21, no. 2 (Spring/Summer 1993)
Editor’s Notes [Fort Mose], by Stuart McIver.
Funky Nights in Overtown, by Eve Reed.
The Russian Colony [on the Miami Canal], by Donald C. Gaby.
The Visual Record : Black Daily Life in Northwestern Palm Beach County, by Brent Cantrell.
Winslow Homer : Retracing his Travels in Florida, by William D. Slicker.

Vol. 21, no. 3 (Fall 1993)
Dade Law Enforcement’s First Slayings, by William Wilbanks.
The Visual Record : Objects of Attention-South Florida’s Brushes with Fame, by Remko Jansonius.
Mother, Mail & Mosquitoes : Letters from Stuart, 1886-87, by Sandra Henderson Thurlow.
The Clewiston Inn : A Sweet Refuge, by George C. Cordes.
General Meade Lights Up the Channels [construction of Florida lighthouses], by Susan Olsen.

Vol. 22, no. 1 (Winter 1994)
Editor's Notes [Cyrus Teed and the Koreshan Unity], by Stuart McIver.
Sailing Adventures a Century Ago, by Margaret Ann Johnson, edited by Jean S. Matheson.
Fort Myers and the Civil War, by Irvin D. Solomon.
Giants of the Swamp : The Story of South Florida’s Logging Industry, by Cesar A. Becerra.
Serenity, Emergency & Curiosity : Incidents of Life on the Miami River, by Donald C. Gaby.
The Happy Ships : The History of Commodore Cruise Line, by Arthur E. Chapman.

Vol. 22, no. 2 (Spring 1994)
Editor’s Notes [Sam Jones], by Stuart McIver.
Last Boat to Sanibel Island, by Patti Bartlett.
Peace Comes to Florida : Newspaper Coverage of the End of the Third Seminole War, by Joe Knetsch.
The Visual Record : Deceptive Deco, by Rebecca A. Smith.
The Lady Was a Stevedore, by Donald C. Gaby.
The Ox Woman of Dade County, by Arthur E. Chapman.

Vol. 22, no. 3 (Summer 1994)
Editor’s Notes [D-Day], by Stuart McIver.
The First Wave on Miami Beach [World War II Waves], by Ruth Elsasser.
Trivia : South Florida & Hurricanes, by Bryan Henry.
Women & World War II, by Carlos A. Plaza.
The Florida Land Boom : A Promoter's Dream, by Vic Knight.

Vol. 23, no. 1 (Winter 1995)
The Everglades and a Few Friends, by Martha Munzer
Travel Aboard the Queen of the Caribbean, by Rebecca A. Smith
Biscayne Bay Trivia, by Bryan Henry
Flagler Sets his Sights on Biscayne Bay, by Joe Knetsch and Paul S. George
From Ramshackle Barracks to Sportsmen’s Hotel, by Michele Wehrwein Albion
When Blimps Were Warships, by Rose Connett-Richards

Volume 23, number 2 (Spring 1995)
Edison Park: “Built to Endure,” by Michele Wehwein Albion [Ft. Myers]
This Florida “First” is a Mystery, by William E. Brown, Jr.
Artistry Runs in Saint-Gaudens Line, by Rose Connett-Richards
Did Key West’s Tropical Spell Shorten the Civil War?, by Michael Sasser
Cold Case Solved after 45 Years, by Arthur E. Chapman [African American police in Miami]

Vol. 23, no. 3 (Summer 1995)
Lucie’s Letters from Florida’s Garden of Eden, by Jean Matheson
Fruity Florida Recipes, by Diana Gonzalez Kirby and Margaret Borgeest
Mapmaker’s Nightmare: Filling in the Skeleton, by Joe Knetsch
At the Soda Fountain: Wholesome Pleasures at Fort Myers’ Royal Palm, by Michele Albion
Miami Centennial Trivia, by Bryan Henry

Vol. 23, no. 4 (Fall 1995/Winter 1996)
Florida's Pioneer Eden, part II: Lucie’s Letters from Eden, 1880-1884, by Jean Matheson
Art and the Cuban Cigar: Florida’s Cultural Legacy: Tobacco, Steam and Stone, by L. Glenn Westfall
Sell it with a Song: the Pregon—the Cry of the Street Vendor, by Hall Estrada

Volume 24, number 1 (Spring 1996)
Cool Air for Florida, by John Gladstone
Edison the Slugger, by Michele Wehrwein Albion
Sinkhole to the Past, by Dr. Irvin D. Solomon
Hurricane Honeymoon, by Thelma Peters
University Houses Pan Am's Past, by William E. Brown, Jr.

Vol. 24, no. 2 (Summer 1996)
How to Make a Miami Centennial Quilt, by Ellen Kanner
Miami's Poetic Farmer, by Helen Muir
Swims with Iguanas: Memories of Marie Anderson, by Randy F. Nimnicht
Miami: the First Hundred Years, by Paul S. George

Vol. 24, no. 3 (Winter 1997)
House of Refuge, by Jean Matheson
Here’s Lucie Again, by Jean Matheson
Fairglade Dairy, by Marta B. Stys
Through the Eyes of Miss Curry, by Rose Connett-Richards
Key West Fire Fighters, by Alex Vega

Vol. 25, nos. 1-2 (Spring/Summer 1997)
Miami’s Most Notorious Political Assassin, by David M. Key
Fort Myers’ Oldest Industrial Building, by Michele Wehrwein Albion
When Horsemen Rode in Coral Gables, by Leah La Plante

Volume 25, no. 3/Volume 26, no. 1 (Fall 1997/Winter 1998)
How Everglades National Park Was Born, by Cesar A. Becerra
From Barbecue Shacks to the Mayfair Grill, by Geraldine H. Williams
The Highwaymen, by Jim Fitch (artists around Indian River)

Vol. 26, no. 2 (Spring 1998)
Miami and the Spanish-American War, by Dr. Paul S. George
A Teacher’s Memories, by Josephine Stinson Gibbs
Fighting in Cuba, July 1898, by Howard Chandler Christy

Vol. 26, no. 3 (Summer 1998)
Dr. Kellogg’s Miracle Spa, by Michele Wehrwein Albion
Dr. Paul George and the Historic Tours, by Jamie Welch
Burdines—The Florida Store, by Dr. Paul George

Vol. 26, no. 4 (Fall 1998)
Jews in Miami —
Part I : South Florida's Promised Land, by Dr. Henry Green
Part II : Isidor Cohen, the First Miami Jew, by Sara Leviten
FPL : The History of Florida Power & Light Company, by William Ho
Who’s Haunting Anderson's Corner?, by Jamie Welch

Vol. 27, no. 1 (Winter 1998-99) Seminole Indians
Editor’s Notes, by Stuart McIver [Swamp Water Cafe and Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum (Big Cypress Seminole Reservation)]
Black Indians in the Seminole Wars, by Carol T. Gassaway
Useppa Island & Fort Casey in the Second & Third Seminole Wars, by James Jennings
Indian Tourism, by Patsy West

Vol. 27, no. 2 (Spring 1999)
Editor’s Notes, by Stuart McIver [The Ashley Gang]
Miami Beach’s First Post Office, by Abraham D. Lavender, Ph.D.
Dissecting Archaeology [Interview with museum president Randy F. Nimnicht and archaeologist Bob Carr about the Miami Circle]
Galloping Ghosts, by G. H. Williams [Hialeah Park horse racing track]

Vol. 27, no. 3 (Summer 1999) Sports
Editor’s Notes, by Stuart McIver [Joe Robbie and Les McNeece, Olympic baseball player from Fort Lauderdale]
Boats on Biscayne Bay, by Stuart McIver [The first Washington’s Birthday regatta and race, Ralph Munroe, and the Biscayne Bay Yacht Club]
Under the Cantilever: Opening Night at Miami Stadium, by William E. Brown, Jr., and Rolando Llanes
Camping with Tom, Henry & John, by Michele Wehrwein Albion [Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and John Burroughs]

Vol. 27, no. 4 (Fall 1999)
Editor’s Notes, by Stuart McIver [Predicting South Florida's future in 1899]
South Florida and the Hollow Earth Experiment, by Dr. Irvin D. Solomon [Koreshan Unity, Estero (Fla.)]
She Did Not Mince Words, by Stuart McIver [1930s depression letters describing Miami, written by Lorena Hickok]
Miami Rescue Mission, by Suzanne Jones
Miami Rescue Mission: 1950 to Present, by Dr. Franklin M. Jacobs