The Clay County Board of County Commissioners, in partnership with the TAPS Committee, will honor the 50th anniversary remembrance of the end of the Vietnam War at the annual Vietnam Veterans Day Ceremony. This ceremony is to recognize, honor, and thank our Vietnam veterans and their families for their service and sacrifice during one of […]
Join guest speaker Robert A. Mattson at the Clay County Historical Society for a special presentation on the Naval action on the St. Johns River during the war between the states. Mattson is an author, historian, musician, and reenactor and will have books available for sale.
Meet some of your favorite authors like Jeff Davies (Florida: A History in Pictures), Jonathan Rich (Spires in the Sun), Cindy Cheatwood (Orange Park: Images of America), Linda Schilling Mitchell (My Color-ful Florida), Randy Harris (Turpentown) and many others. Enjoy informative author A/V presentations in the old courtroom , museum tours, scavenger hunts for the […]
Come experience stories ripped from the headlines and archival court files about true crimes that happened right here in Clay County! Meet some real "characters" who wish they'd never broken the law or tries to escape from jail! Was turn-of-the-century reality stranger than fiction? It was in Clay County!
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