The Historical Chronicles

Welcome to the home of our brand-new quarterly history "newsletter", bringing you fascinating tales from the past and present. Our inaugural issue features the Tallahassee-Leon County Bicentennial. In upcoming editions, we will continue to shine a light on the tremendous true stories hiding in history’s shadows as well as modern perspectives that cast new light on people and events, we thought we knew. This archive will serve as a growing repository allowing you to discover intriguing insights from across the years. We invite you to enjoy our first compilation and   sign up  to have many more unpacking historical treasures delivered directly to your inbox in the months to come. Join us as we venture into the little-known backroads and spirited discourse!

In the News


Historic Preservation Awards 2024

The Explore Historical Tallahassee “History in your Hands” website became an award-winning website in 2024. TLCGIS won in two esteemed categories for the 2024 Historic Preservation awards in Tallahassee, Florida.

The first award being the Preservation Education Award of Excellence for providing new and innovative ways to share history through Geographic Information System (GIS) Tools and web applications. In preparation for the Bicentennial year, TLCGIS launched the Bicentennial Themed landing page with a variety of content showcasing the diversity in the stories that were shared.

Secondly, the ”History in Your Hands” website won the Organizational Achievement Award of Excellence for sharing the educational content by creating historical GIS data by utilizing public accessible historical documents and data. Archeologists, genealogists, and historians alike utilize the applications to view historical data spatially. This multifaceted website encompasses historic storytelling for spatial locations and analysis.