Bygone Jax: Our Unsung History Podcast
1) The Southern Movie Mecca, Part 2
Having conquered Jacksonville, Kalem turns its attention to an entirely different battlefield when it begins specializing in Civil War films told from the Southern perspective. But changes in the movi...Show More
2) The Southern Movie Mecca, Part 1
On December 8, 1908, a small film production company called Kalem arrives in Jacksonville, officially kicking off the movie business in the River City. Over the next few years, Kalem will revolutioniz...Show More
3) The ‘Last of the Timucua’
As the story goes, the “last of the Timucua,” a man named Juan Alonso Cabale, died in Cuba in 1767. The details of Cabale’s death are true, but over time they have been fused into a broader false narr...Show More
4) The images that shaped our understanding of the Timucua — and why they’re likely wrong
In 1591, Flemish goldsmith Theodore de Bry and his sons published a book that still shapes how we picture the Timucua to this day. Supposedly its imagery was based on paintings by French painter Jacqu...Show More
5) Did an indigenous metropolis once stand in what’s now Downtown Jacksonville?
Stories about an ancient Timucuan town called Ossachite buried beneath the streets of Downtown Jacksonville abound online, but did it actually exist? And does this romantic narrative of a lost city ac...Show More
Did an indigenous metropolis once stand in what’s now Downtown Jacksonville?
25:20 | Nov 13th, 2023
6) How three weeks in Jacksonville changed the course of the Civil War, part 2
Episode 2: Union forces continue to occupy Jacksonville and the Second South Carolina Volunteers mount an expedition up the St. Johns. An unexpected order to withdraw the troops from Jacksonville conf...Show More
How three weeks in Jacksonville changed the course of the Civil War, part 2
27:07 | Feb 22nd, 2023
7) How three weeks in Jacksonville changed the course of the Civil War, part 1
Episode 1: It’s March of 1863 and two of the first Black regiments in the Union Army are sent to occupy Jacksonville, Florida. Their mission: harass Confederate troops in the area, free enslaved peopl...Show More
How three weeks in Jacksonville changed the course of the Civil War, part 1
27:36 | Feb 22nd, 2023
8) Bygone Jax Trailer
Bygone Jax: Our Unsung History from WJCT Public Media tells some of the lesser known stories — or more accurate versions of the stories people think they know — about Jacksonville’s past. The show is ...Show More