Jacksonville

On Thursday, July 11, 1974, the Jacksonville Sharks opened the inaugural World Football League season against the New York Stars before 59,112 fans at the Gator Bowl. More big crowds followed-- until it was revealed most of the tickets and been given away or...

Jacksonville fielded a team called the Sharks in the first season of the World Football League??in 1974. Owned by a women's undergarments magnate, they lasted just 14 games before sinking in a sea of debt. The following season, a new group of owners established...

The World Football League (WFL) kicked off in July of 1974 as a rival to the established National Football League (NFL). At first, it seemed like it would be a serious rival to the NFL. After all, league founder Gary Davidson had already formed...

Available in a tee on natural (tan), and white (tee, V-neck, tank, crewneck and hooded sweatshirt). The World Football League (WFL) kicked off in July of 1974 as a rival to the established National Football League (NFL). At first, it seemed like it would...

Turtles Records & Tapes was a chain of music stores based in Atlanta. Founded in 1977, it had over 125 stores throughout the South at its peak, mostly in Georgia and Florida. In the early '90s the chain was acquired by Blockbuster Music, which...

The Tea Men were established in New England in 1978 as an expansion team in the old North American Soccer League (NASL). Stadium issues forced the team to relocate to Northern Florida in 1980. In 1983, they left the for the American Soccer League,...

The original North American Soccer League (NASL) was formed in 1967 when the competing United Soccer Association and the National Professional Soccer League decided to join forces. For the next 12 seasons, it was the top-level league for outdoor soccer in the U.S. and...

At least it looked that way in the late '70s, as the North American Soccer League (NASL) grew in popularity in North America. Kids all over the continent were playing in youth leagues, while the NASL grew to 24 teams in 1978, a number...

What could be more convenient? Drive up to the little booth, drop off your film, come back the next day and see your pictures. Mail them to friends and family! Established in the early 1960s in Southern California, Fotomat grew to over 4,000 locations...

The??Jacksonville Red Caps??were a??Negro league baseball??team based primarily in??Jacksonville, Florida. They played the??Negro American League from 1938 until 1942. ?? *Design is officially licensed from the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

Florida's A1A highway runs from Fernandina Beach at the state's northern tip, all the way down the Atlantic Coast to Key West. The road was designated SR 1 in 1945 when many of Florida's state highways were renumbered. A year later, to avoid confusion...

Zayre and was a chain of discount department stores that operated throughout the U.S. from the 1960s through the 1980s. After selling the Zayre locations to competitor Ames, the company focused on its TJ Maxx storeds as well as sibling retailers Marshalls, Home Goods,...

Apollo 11 was the first mission to place a man on the moon; two in fact. On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong stepped of the ladder of the Lunar Module and onto the surface of the moon. He was followed by fellow astronaut Buzz...

Burger Chef was a fast-food hamburger chain that started in Indianapolis in 1958. At its peak in the mid 1970s, it was second only to McDonald's in the number of nationwide locations. The chain even made inroads into Canada. In 1982, the chain was...

The International Record Syndicate, or I.R.S. Records, was a label founded by Miles Copeland (brother of The Police's Stewart Copeland) and Jay Boberg. A division of A&M Records, its roster included some of the most important new wave acts of the '80s including R.E.M.,...

The Tallahassee Tiger Sharks were a team in the East Coast Hockey League (now the ECHL), that was established in 1981 as the Nashville South Stars in the Central Hockey League. After stops (and corresponding league changes) in Roanoke, VA and Huntsville, AL, the...

The Old South Bar-B-Q Ranch was a Florida institution. Billboards across the state beckoned diners to the restaurant on Route 27 in Clewiston.

It was the place "where pineapples grow." A Highway 27 institution in Florida, Plantation Paradise, colloquially known as Pineapple Paradise, was a popular attraction Lake Placid on the road from Orlando to Miami.

Remember kids, Electricity is your friend, but he can kill you. Check out the sticker!

Introduced in 1982, the Commodore 64 is the single best selling computer model of all time. Along with the Apple II, it helped usher in the era of home computing for millions.