Clipper ship Berlin, north from the Dry Tortugas
Having passed Key West, the next landmark was the Tortugas. In 1825, a lighthouse had been constructed at Garden Key…
Irish Wilderness
John Hogan’s Journey to America – Part 2: Liverpool to the Florida Keys
We left young John Hogan in Liverpool a week (and 175 years) ago. After his arrival from Dublin, he walked…
John Joseph Hogan’s Missionary Life Begins – 175 years ago
One hundred seventy-five (175) years ago today, October 24, 1848, John Joseph Hogan, age 19, departed from his family home…
Billy Griffin Part 2 – Return to the Irish Wilderness after the Civil War
When the Civil War ended, Billy Griffin mustered out of Gen. Marmaduke’s Confederate forces at Batesville, Arkansas, and returned to…