Please join us at the Flagler County Public Library for history presentations by Zach Zacharias, Senior Curator of Education and History at the Museum of Arts and Sciences in Daytona Beach, FL.

Topic: "Florida on Fire: The Fire in the Sky"

Take a rare look at a part of Florida history that most people have never heard of, urban fires.  The Great Jacksonville Fire of 1901 was the nations third largest urban fire in history.  Ocala, Deland, St. Augustine, Key West and other well-known cities all were devastated by urban fires in the 19th and early 20th centuries.  Downtowns made of wood, which predominated most of Florida's Cities, presented a common problem, the threat of massive fires.  The presentation's finale is the great Volusia Fire Storm of 1994.

If you have any questions please contact the library at (386)446-6763.

 *Sponsored and paid for by the Friends of the Library of Flagler County.