Category Archives: Historical

Port Inglis Terminal Co.

Posted on May 7, 2026 by admin

The Port Inglis Terminal Co. was a late-19th- and early-20th-century Florida transportation and shipping company closely tied to the phosphate mining industry around the Gulf Coast near present-day Yankeetown and Inglis. Here are the key facts about the company: Purpose … Continue reading →

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Partners – Capt. John Inglis and Ralph Barker

Posted on May 7, 2026 by admin

Captain John L. Inglis and Ralph Barker were closely connected through the industrial development of Florida’s phosphate and transportation industries during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Their partnership and overlapping business interests played an important role in the … Continue reading →

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Madison Cotton Gin

Posted on February 21, 2022 by admin

In 1882, the Madison Cotton Gin Company, which owns the Phoenix Mills at Madison, Florida offered Ralph Barker the position of secretary and treasure. Madison, Florida Cotton planters settled the town of Madison, Florida in 1838, though there were residents … Continue reading →

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Yale University Quonset Huts

Posted on January 3, 2022 by admin

Karen and I were born at the Jacksonville Naval air station while dad was still in the Navy. A few months after he got out and I was born in 1955 we moved back to Connecticut where dad went to … Continue reading →

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Historic Buildings of Connecticut

Posted on July 15, 2017 by admin

The house at 66 Marina Park Circle in Bridgeport is a Shingle-style cottage built in 1892 for Charles B. Read. It was acquired by the University of Bridgeport in 1947 and served as Linden Hall, a women’s dormitory. The above … Continue reading →

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The Deaconess of the Church in Modern Times

Posted on July 15, 2017 by admin

The Deaconess of the Church in Modern Times Reprinted from the Churchman May 4, 1907 In America, the adoption of the Canon of 1889 marked a new beginning in the history of the Deaconess cause. With a view to furnishing … Continue reading →

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History of Branford, CT

Posted on July 15, 2017 by admin

A large majority of the Barker’s settled here in Branford, CT. Uncle Dick told me that there were several books in the local library several of the Barker lines. History of Branford, CT ________________________________________ In 1638 the New Haven Colony … Continue reading →

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New York Training School for Deaconesses Project

Posted on July 15, 2017 by admin

Our grandfather, Ralph Barker’s sister Sarah Barker was the first graduate from this school. New York Training School for Deaconesses Project (History Provided by the Episcopal Diocese of New York Archives) THE NEW YORK TRAINING SCHOOL FOR DEACONESSES was founded … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Hunters

Posted on July 10, 2017 by admin

From Bob Barker on July 8,2017: Attached  is a picture of the plane that I crewed on during my stay in the squadron, 1952-1955. It is a Consolidated P4Y Privateer, the Navy version of the Airforce B24 Liberator. That plane … Continue reading →

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Missing Plane – September 28, 1955

Posted on July 10, 2017 by admin

The Florida Times-Union Jacksonville, Wednesday, September 28, 1955 Navy Plane Missing With 11 Local Men A Navy Hurricane Hunter plane with 9 Jacksonville Naval Air Station men aboard and 2 news men has disappeared while probling the 110-mile-an-hour winds of … Continue reading →

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