February 4, 2025
Monica Drake is the Operations Manager of Heritage Village. Please join us as she discuses the history of Heritage Village
December 28, 2024
We are proud to welcome Nicole Stott to our Jan 13, 2025 monthly meeting. Nicole Stott is an astronaut, aquanaut, engineer, artist, and author of Back to Earth: What Life In Space Taught Me About Our Home Planet – And Our Mission To Protect It; and most importantly a mom.
December 16, 2024
Enjoy some video and photos from our rescheduled Sugarcane syrup boil. We were at Heritage Village for Santa Saturdays on Dec 14. Great crowds and great fun!
December 11, 2024
Mark your calendar now for March 1, 2025! In the finest traditions of the Largo Area Historical Society we will celebrate this milestone in our history. Plan now to attend. We fully expect a sellout crowd for this grand event and seating will be limited so don't delay, send in your reservation form today!
December 11, 2024
Although both cattle and citrus were Florida’s primary industry at the turn of the 20th century, it was the citrus industry that played a major role in the economic development of our area.
December 11, 2024
At our Veterans Day meeting on November 11th, members of the Society honored our veterans for their military service.
December 11, 2024
Society members met at a recent workshop and packaged eighteen boxes of “Christmas Cheer” for military personnel.
December 5, 2024
Come over to Heritage Village to celebrate Santa Saturdays with us. There will be events for the whole family and you'll get to meet Santa! We'll also be doing our famous Sugarcane boil.
October 31, 2024
Largo was one of the first places settled along the coast. 1n 1842, the Federal government passed the Armed Occupation Act which provided 160 acres of land for anyone who would live on the land for five years and agree to serve in the military, if needed. The McMullen and McKay families took the opportunity and settled in what was to become Largo.
August 19, 2024
The tradition of the McMullen Family gathering on the Fourth of July began in 1925 as they gathered to celebrate what would be the 100th year of Daniel McMullen's birth.
August 19, 2024
The Museum Committee continues to meet two to three times a month at the feed store, sorting, filing and organizing our large collection of historical documents, books and objects.
August 19, 2024
Harbor Bluffs, although now part of unincorporated Pinellas County, was once inside Largo's boundaries, and its history, growth, and development closely parallel that of our city.
August 17, 2024
Since at least 1902, there was a "feed store" near the Atlantic Coastline railroad in Largo, that served the needs of local cattle ranchers, citrus and produce growers who were primary to the economy of the area.
By 1910, Largo was an incorporated town with a population of 291.