|
|
|
Local News & Media
Home Town Journal
An enjoyable weekly publication, the Journal is packed with local interest and inspiring stories, good humor,
and always something to amaze you! The free Home Town Journal is distributed in North Florida every Friday. It connects the rural communities of Macclenny, Glen St. Mary, Sanderson, Olustee, Taylor, Baxter, Cuyler, Raiford, Lake Butler, Baldwin, and St. George. It's another way to promote your business and locate new customers. Available in over 75 locations.
The Baker County Press
For more than three-quarters of a century, The Press has published the stories
of Baker County with insight, accuracy and integrity, while providing our readers with the knowledge they need to better understand the issues that affect their jobs, homes and lives.
WJXR 92.1 FM
The
"Bargain Channel"
The Florida Times Union
News 4 Jax
WJXT Channel 4
First Coast News
WJXX Channel 25 &
WTLV Channel 12
 Jax Business
Journal
Jax Air News
Jacksonville Daily Record
Lake City Journal
Lake City Reporter
Public Schools
Baker County School District
School Calendar
County Government
Baker County, Florida
County Commissioners
Real Estate
Search Real Estate
Macclenny, Glen St Mary
Sanderson and surrounding areas
Government
Government Services
County, state, and federal
Employment
Job Search
|
|
| |
|
Baker County Today & Yesterday
Small Town Environment, Big City Convenience
Baker, a rural Northeast Florida county, has held fast to the small town atmosphere and family traditions of Macclenny, Glen St. Mary, Sanderson, Olustee, Taylor, Cuyler, Baxter, Margaretta, and Manning, Florida.
 Baker County is 131 miles east of Tallahassee (Florida's Capitol and home of Florida State University) and 45 miles north of Gainesville (home of the University of Florida).
The north
side of the county borders Georgia and the east side borders Jacksonville (Duval County).
More>>>
Places of Interest
- Olustee Battlefield
- Old Baker County Courthouse
- Taber Nursery House
- Old Jail
- Burnsed Blockhouse
- Baker County Heritage Park
- Franklin Merchantile.
- More>>>
History of Baker County
 Settle back and enjoy the facts and recollections of Baker County as it was yesterday. The territory we call Baker County was originally inhabited by Seminole Indians who lived in the vast swamplands. Since the Indians knew little about agriculture, their main sources of food supply were hunting and fishing. Prior to the Civil War, as
new people settled into the territory they lived by hunting and farming. After the Civil War, people living farther north were having a difficult time making a living, so they moved to this area where they found it easier to obtain employment. More>>>
Baker County Yesterday
Baker County Historical Society
 Five hundred years of fascinating history, lore not found in history books, transcribed cemetaries, census records, marriages, obituaries, Civil War history for Baker County, old photographs, and loads of memorable accounts of days gone by. More>>> Roots Run Deep
Once Upon A Lifetime
By La Viece (Moore-Fraser) Smallwood
LaViece Moore-Fraser Smallwood is a former feature writer and columnist for The Florida Times Union. She has written nine books on Baker County families that can be found online under Carl Mobley's website. She is the writer of the series, Once Upon A Lifetime in Baker County, Florida. She is currently the director of Baker County Heritage Park and Museums on south Lowder Street where the preservation of local and area history is being collected and displayed.
La Viece Smallwood Newspaper
Articles
"Baker's Dozen"
"Once Upon A Lifetime, Volume No.
1"
"Once Upon A Lifetime, Volume No.
2"
"Once Upon A Lifetime, Volume No.
3"
"Once Upon A Lifetime, Volume No. 4"
"Once Upon A Lifetime, Volume No. 5"
"Once Upon A Lifetime, The Moonshine
Legacy 1""Once Upon A Lifetime, The Moonshine
Legacy 2""Once Upon A Lifetime, The Moonshine
Legacy
Baker County GenWeb Project
Carl Mobley coordinated the Baker County GenWeb site for about 10 years. GenWeb extends gratitude to Carl Mobley and his group from the Baker County Historical Society for their dedication
to compiling the genealogical data of Baker County.
|
|
|
 
|
