Category: Orlando Sentinel 150

Orlandoans learned of the 1944 invasion by an agreement between area churches and the Orlando Morning Sentinel.

It was on June 6, 1876, that editor Rufus Russell produced Vol. 1, No. 1 of the Orange County Reporter on his hand-operated press and introduced it to the 200…

This presentation shows three historic Orlando newspaper editions including an 1890 copy of the Orange County Reporter, 1916 edition of The Morning Sentinel and 1928 edition of The Evening Reporter…

As part of the Orlando Sentinel's 150th birthday celebration, we holding a special "Stout and Storms" event on Wednesday, June 17 at Ten10 Brewing Company.

Orlando’s first and only electric trolley — dubbed Oscar for “Orlando Streetcar” — was a chapter of history plenty of folks at City Hall would like to forget.

The aging, half-blind sole survivor of its kind died at Walt Disney World in an elaborate imitation of its native marshlands along the St. Johns River in Brevard County.

The 3,500-year-old giant bald cypress once served as a beacon for ancient tribes traveling inland to fish, hunt and trade, towering over an expanse of pine, oak, palms and cypress…

In 1961, businessman Harry P. Leu donated to the city of Orlando the park that bears his name, "a 40-acre Eden."

From the 1920s through the 1950s, the lake was hailed in national guidebooks as an angler’s paradise.

As part of its 150th anniversary celebration, the Orlando Sentinel will host a panel discussion about environmental issues facing our area.