Sarasota County Centennial

Suncoast Empire: Bertha Honore Palmer, Her Family, and the Rise of Sarasota.

The Sarasota County Libraries and Historical Resources system has announced its choice for its annual One Book, One Community program. And the winner is authored by our Committee Chair and local writer-historian Frank A. Cassell: Suncoast Empire: Bertha Honore Palmer, Her Family, and the Rise of Sarasota. 
Cathy Antunes, WSLR Radio, Interviews Author Frank Cassell about Bertha Palmer and the Centennial. 

The Roads We Traveled to Sarasota County

Marsha Fotter, President of the Historical Society of Sarasota County, talks about plans to put on a Readers Theatre production based on the County Centennial. 

Monty’s Stories: Growing Up in a Small Florida Town

Monty Birdsey of Englewood wrote numerous short stories of life in this small Sarasota County community in the 1960s. Sadly, he passed before he could put his stories in a book. Don Bayley from the Centennial Steering Committee compiled and edited all the stories and published the book.
Listen: Editor Don Bayley is interviewed on WENG Radio:

Sponsor Interview: Priscilla Brown

Priscilla Brown, Program Director of Sarasota County's Phillippi Estate Park, explains why she is a sponsor of the Centennial.

Learn About the Historical Society of Sarasota County

Tom Bowers asks Marsha Fotter, President of the Historical Society of Sarasota County, to explain their mission, their programs and their plans for the Centennial.