Florida Historical Society Presents Discover Florida Lecture Series Storyteller Walt Belcher Today in Cocoa Village

lecture will include stories of Bone Mizell and other Florida Cracker Tales

BREVARD COUNTY • FLORIDA — The Discover Florida Lecture Series, presented by the Florida Historical Society, will feature Storyteller Walt Belcher.

The lecture will include stories of Bone Mizell and other Florida Cracker Tales. The presentation takes place on Saturday, March 15, at 2 p.m. at the Library of Florida History at 435 Brevard Avenue in Historic Cocoa Village.

After nearly 35 years as a reporter for The Tampa Tribune, Walt Belcher still shares stories. He has become a champion teller of tall tales, a winner of story slams, and the host of storytelling events in Florida and the South.

He is on the board of directors of the Florida Storytelling Association and Suncoast Storytellers Inc. of St. Petersburg. Walt lives in Safety Harbor, where he hosts a monthly storytelling night at the Safety Harbor Art and Music Center.

He has been a “showcase teller” at three Florida Storytelling Festivals.

He regularly shares stories at the Barberville Pioneer Settlement and the Suncoast Storytellers monthly story swap. Among his stories are tales about Bonaparte Mizell, Florida’s most infamous cowman of the late 1800s.

For more information, please email archivist@myfloridahistory.org.

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