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Our Stories, Events, and Updates

Our blog offers four distinct categories to connect you with every facet of the community’s past, present, and future. The Upcoming Events category is your go-to guide for participating in local life, detailing festivals, meetings, and important dates so you never miss a thing. For official announcements and timely local affairs, Community Buzz provides concise, relevant news and updates on services and initiatives. Meanwhile, Community Corner is dedicated to preserving our rich heritage through in-depth historical narratives and evocative stories drawn from the archives’ vast collection.

Finally, the interactive Timeless Trivia category puts your local knowledge to the test with a weekly photo challenge, encouraging the community to help identify old images and chances to win prizes. By dividing our content this way, we ensure you have easy access to both forward-looking event planning and deep, engaging historical exploration. Each category works together to make the blog the single most comprehensive resource for our community’s evolving story. We invite you to explore all four and join the conversation.


Plant City History Official Blog

Your Source for Stories, Events, and News

Welcome! This is your hub for discovering our year-round events, catching up on our latest news and community initiatives, and exploring the rich history of Plant City. Plus, join in the fun with contests that test your local knowledge!

Upcoming Events

Check in with Upcoming Events to stay current on all the upcoming events, important dates, and exciting opportunities in our area. From local festivals and special museum hours to town meetings and volunteer drives, this category is your essential guide to navigating and participating in our community. Don’t miss out on a single thing—this is where you find the next memory waiting to be made!

Timeless Trivia

Put your local knowledge to the test with our weekly interactive challenge, Timeless Trivia! Every week, we post a fascinating, often mysterious, old photograph and ask the community to help us fill in the blanks. Do you know the location, the people, or the occasion? Submit your best historical guess and join the fun—sometimes a lucky winner with the most insightful answer even takes home a giveaway!

Community Buzz

Community Buzz is your source for the latest official news and general announcements. This includes important updates from the archives, spotlights on local initiatives, changes to our services, and other timely information you need to know. We stay tuned to the city’s heartbeat and our organization’s updates, delivering clear, relevant news straight to your screen.

Community Corner

Step back in time with Community Corner, a dedicated space for long-form historical narratives and evocative stories from our past. We dig deep into the archive’s vast collection of documents and photographs to explore the people, places, and turning points that shaped our region. Whether it’s recalling a beloved local business or tracing the roots of an old tradition, these stories ensure our rich heritage is never forgotten.

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Our Latest Blog Highlights

Below are our latest blog posts—dive in and join the conversation in the comments! Follow us on Facebook for even more insights, and swing by our facility anytime to explore our captivating collection of historical photographs. Can’t wait to see you there, fellow history buffs!

  • Happy Sunday from The Archives!

    Happy Sunday from The Archives!

    Today photo is of the Eastside Baptist Church Sunday School class, circa 1950’s. Were any of our followers members of this Sunday School Class?

  • October 3rd – Welcome to our weekly Friday Giveaway!

    October 3rd – Welcome to our weekly Friday Giveaway!

    Are you ready today’s photo and question? If you are the first person to answer the following question correctly about this photo from The Archives’ collection, you will win 2 VIP passes to Hillbilly Mayhem at Pemberton Haunted Acres. Today’s photo dates back to the 1940’s showing Central Pharmacy located in the heart of downtown…

  • Pardon Us

    Excuse the temporary disarray—we’re busy crafting a fresh, captivating blog space just for you. Stay tuned for the grand unveiling!