The Complete THC Report: Shows and Memories |
MAR 17 2006 :: TIR NA NOG ST PADDY"S DAY (Daytona)Comment: There are few folks that became our friends this night and were there for us ever since. Heidi was with us this night too, hope to get her pl...
Posted by The Halifax Contraband on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:45:00 PST |
Halifax Hayride |
The Louisiana Hayride was a radio broadcast from the Municipal Auditorium in Shreveport, Louisiana that during its heyday from 1948 to 1960 helped launch the careers of the some of the greatest names ...
Posted by The Halifax Contraband on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 08:01:00 PST |
A Cow Named Moon |
His father was Andalucian .. his mother was the same And since the 60..s they..d been roamin this rangeConfined by no fences .. harnessed to no plowAnd there ain..t no man gonna show him howWhen Moon ...
Posted by The Halifax Contraband on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 07:41:00 PST |
Life of a Cracker |
The Florida frontier folk of the 1800s were known as Crackers, a resilient people who adapted to the harsh environments of Florida to become its first permanent settlers. Some folks say the origin of ...
Posted by The Halifax Contraband on Sun, 23 Jul 2006 12:08:00 PST |
The Low Bush Lightning |
A long standing pastime and sometime profession of cracker folk of Florida has been the makin of moonshine. From the day the state was formed, to the prohibition, and right on up to this very day, gen...
Posted by The Halifax Contraband on Sun, 23 Jul 2006 12:00:00 PST |
Bad Billy of the Everglades |
The most notorious villain of Floridas fictional past was a man born William Ashley, but now forever known as Bad Billy of the Everglades. His family arrived in Florida in the 1830s at the height of ...
Posted by The Halifax Contraband on Sun, 23 Jul 2006 10:03:00 PST |
Sun up, Sun Down |
After the 7 Year War, Britain took control of Florida from Spain. A huge parcel of land in newly named Halifax Country was granted to slave merchant Richard Oswald, who created the largest slave plant...
Posted by The Halifax Contraband on Sun, 23 Jul 2006 12:13:00 PST |
Deep Blue Sea |
In 1717, the infamous pirate Blackbeard was lured off of his sloop the Adventure by British Naval officer Lt. Maynard. After a brief battle Blackbeards head was unexpectedly separated from his body by...
Posted by The Halifax Contraband on Sun, 23 Jul 2006 11:46:00 PST |
Lazy Manatee |
The exotic water mammal known as the manatee or sea-cow has been swimming the waters of the Halifax for milenia. There are accounts from the early Spainish period of giant herds numbering in the hundr...
Posted by The Halifax Contraband on Sun, 23 Jul 2006 12:16:00 PST |
Coacoochee |
In 1833 the Second Seminole Indian War broke out when U.S. troops were slaughtered as they crossed into what the Seminole considered their rightfully earned territory. The war which would last 21 year...
Posted by The Halifax Contraband on Sun, 23 Jul 2006 11:51:00 PST |
