On March 10, 1821, with America poised to take possession of Florida from Spain, U.S. President James Monroe named Jackson as Florida’s first territorial governor.

When Andrew Jackson and his company arrived at Manuel Gonzalez's farm on Eleven Mile Road on June 15, 1821, he was worried about two things: how to set up a government in the new territory of ...

In February of 1835, President Andrew Jackson took pen in hand to write a letter addressed to “My Children.” Federal Indian Agent Wiley Thompson, whose fate was the same as many messengers ...

As 2018's weeks pass by, the community's history-minded note that the city soon — July 17 — will recognize the day in 1821 when Gov. (General) Andrew Jackson stood before the village's 900 ...

Program note: Explore the vicious rematch between Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams on “Race For The White House,” Sunday, April 3, at 9 p.m. You’ve probably heard about the movement to ...

You would not know it from the newspapers but we are in the midst of the 200th anniversary of Andrew Jackson’s invasion(s) of Florida. In July 1816, he ordered his military forces to destroy the ...

IN the long roll of American presidents Andrew Jackson may not be the most commendable figure. or even the most substantial, but surely no other is so picturesque, so energetic, so intensely ...