During the era of European exploration in the Tampa Bay-St. Petersburg, FL area, the region witnessed significant encounters and...

Early inhabitants arrived in Florida over 14,000 years ago, hunting now-extinct giant game animals like the saber-tooth tiger and...

Who knew that so much history laid within the boundaries of our tiny neighborhood? New Hope Baptist Church took over from St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church in 1968, but the cemetery was not transferred with the exchange of the land to the new church. It was deeded under the care of the Episcopal Diocese of South West Florida. It was originally called Oakdale Cemetery. In 1887 Dr. Abercrombie, one of our city's founders, donated land for the St. Bartholomew's Church and cem