History

When we drive past the former McLane Middle School on Knights Avenue today, it is easy to see only an aging school campus. But...

The community is invited to take part in a historic and meaningful event as Veteran Community Services and Hillsborough County leaders dedicate the new...

By Preserving Brandon — Honoring the Past, Inspiring the Future Before Eastern Hillsborough County became a landscape of busy roads, subdivisions and crowded school...

There is something about a Fourth of July morning in Brandon that feels familiar in a way that is hard to explain until you’ve...

Thanks to our partnership with the Hillsborough County Historical Advisory Council, the Brandon Rotary Club dedicated a new historical marker at the Rivard-Simmons Rotary...

Submitted By Preserving Brandon Before Brandon became one of eastern Hillsborough County’s busiest suburbs, it was a quieter place of pine flatwoods, cattle trails, citrus...

There is something special about a community that chooses to remember where it came from. In a place like Brandon, a community that has...

Wanda Ruth Simmons Westbrook passed away on November 22, 2025, at the age of 95. With her passing, Riverview lost one of its last...

Plant City History & Photo Archives is known for preserving local history for the Plant City community and its surrounding areas. Most of its...

By Gabe Themar On July 17 at 2 p.m., the Riverview Public Library hosted its Time Capsule Opening Ceremony in the James B. “Jim”...