Background
Brown, Lynne was born on November 18, 1938 in Goffstown, New Hampshire, United States. Daughter of Leslie Newton and Viola Cutting Blaisdell.
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Gulfport: A Definitive History, the first installment of a two-volume definitive history of Gulfport, Florida, traces the town from its earliest days through the 1920s. With an eye for detail, local historian and Gulfport Historical Society Archivist Lynne Brown brings to life the people and events that have given this beautiful city a rich and diverse history. Gulfport, cut from a demanding wilderness, gave a new beginning to those in pursuit of a better life. With accessible prose and narrative style, Brown reconstructs the early day-to-day lives of Gulfport’s founding settlers and follows the development of the city with the coming of the railroad and its growth as a beautiful vacation destination. In Gulfport: A Definitive History, the reader is brought face-to-face with a town that has struggled and survived in close interaction with its natural habitat, reaping the benefits of an ever-changing coast and yet bearing the challenges lashed out by the Gulf. Complete with archival images, this is an essential volume for anyone interested in early Florida history.
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In today's Florida of strip malls and mega attractions, there is little perception of the state as part of the American frontier, but the hardy folks who settled Gulfport were truly pioneers. Moving away from lives disturbed or destroyed by the Civil War and its aftermath, these early families made homes on an isolated bluff surrounded by tidal flats and bayous, filled with virgin pine and palmetto scrub. From these modest beginnings, a small but thriving fishing village emerged. As the years passed and the Florida boom took hold, Gulfport began to know a new kind of prosperity: tourism. Fancy hotels, shops, and restaurants were built and entertained a steady flow of visitors. A popular winter destination for wealthy Northerners following the Depression era, Gulfport became an interesting study in contrasts. Vacationing gentlemen fished on piers alongside the rugged local seamen; well-dressed tourists played bridge on manicured lawns across the street from rowdy taverns. The middle of the century saw rapid residential expansion as returning servicemen needed homes for their young families and retirees flocked to the area for its mild climate and economical living.
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Brown, Lynne was born on November 18, 1938 in Goffstown, New Hampshire, United States. Daughter of Leslie Newton and Viola Cutting Blaisdell.
Associate of Arts, Boston University, 1958. Bachelor of Science, Boston University, 1960.
Curator education Museum Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1983-1989. Art teacher various art centers, Pinellas County, 1989-1993. Freelance artist, teacher Gulfport, 1993-1998.
Member city council City of Gulfport, 1998—2002, vice mayor, 2001—2002.
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(Gulfport: A Definitive History, the first installment of ...)
Director Gulfport History Museum, since 1997. Founding chair Gulfport History preservation Committee, 1994-1998. Vice chair Gulfport Planning and Zoning Commission, 1997-1998.
Chair Gulfport 2000 Committee, 1999. Member Gulfport Community Players, Friends of Gulfport Library. Member Gulfport History Society.
Married Leroy Carl Brown, 1976. 1 child, Jeremy Alexander.