By Travis Puterbaugh, Curator of Collections Central Florida has long been a hotbed for high school football, producing elite college-level talent as well as the occasional star in the National Football League. What might it look like though if one team was assembled of the best professional talent to ever

By Olivia Hipp, 2026 University of South Carolina Oral History Fellow Through the generosity of a donor, the Orange County Regional History Center offers two paid summer fellowships through the University of South Carolina’s graduate public history program. Fellows work virtually with the museum’s oral history collection while learning about

By Sarah M. Boye Dakota Bob poses in Orlando around 1911 beside a sign proclaiming 93,000 miles traveled on foot. Standing before Orlando photographer Thomas Pickett Robinson’s camera around 1911, Dakota Bob looked like he had stepped straight out of an old western story. His dark hair cascaded over his

By Maleeha Fatima, 2026 University of South Carolina Oral History Fellow Through the generosity of a donor, the Orange County Regional History Center offers two paid summer fellowships through the University of South Carolina’s graduate public history program. Fellows work virtually with the museum’s oral history collection while learning about

By Keauna Brantley from the Spring 2026 Edition of Reflections Magazine Early Black settlers played essential roles in developing the economic and social infrastructure of Central Florida. In the Sanford area during the antebellum period, these settlers were primarily composed of two groups: those who fled from enslavement on northern