Ranger Rendezvous - Saving & Sharing FPS History

Ranger Rendezvous

Saving & Sharing FPS History

Ochlocknee River State Park

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FPS Collections Facility - Tallahassee

A weeklong Ranger Rendezvous of socializing and service to the FPS is planned for August 12-19, 2025.  Come for the week, several days or just for the day.

Campsites are blocked at Ochlocknee River State Park

Tues, Aug 12 to Tues, Aug 19.  Contact  Sandy Cook at Sandy.FPSRA@Gmail.com to reserve your campsite.

August 13 & 14 (Wed & Thurs) 10:00 am to 3:00 pm

A two day Service Project will be held at the Florida Park Service Collections Building located at 3705 Doris Drive, Tallahassee, Fla. 

The Florida Park Service is fortunate to have records dating back to our humble beginnings; drawings, photos and records from the 1930s to present.  We will have the opportunity to see this impressive collection and provide assistance with inventorying the collections.  It's sort of like going through your family scrapbook, only bigger.

August 15 (Friday) 10:00 am to noon

Field trip to the Florida State Archives located in the R.A. Gray Building at 500 South Bronough Street, Tallahassee. We will receive a guided tour of the State Library and learn about the collection of documents relating to Florida's history.  Of special interest to some of you we will learn about the Florida Memory , a web based digitized collection of over 320,000 photos & documents.    

August 16 (Saturday) 11:00 am to 2:00 pm or just drop in

Luncheon at Maclay Gardens State Park in the Gardeners Cottage (air conditioned). Bring your own lunch, beverages and desserts will be provided. This is an opportunity for our local FPS family and those traveling from afar to gather, visit and swap stories. We hope you will join us.  And reach out to others who may not be aware of this reunion.