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Eric
Musgrove is a seventh-generation resident of Suwannee County.
Growing up
on the family's country homestead, he quickly developed a love for
history that
has remained strong throughout his life. The 1996 salutatorian of
Suwannee High School, Eric was also a December, 1997 valedictorian of
Montgomery, Alabama's Faulkner University, where he received a Bachelor
of
Science Degree in History at the age of 19. Returning home to
Suwannee
County in 1998, Eric began working for the Suwannee County Clerk of the
Court. He remains there today as
Historian and Records Manager, among other duties. Eric has been the youngest
member of the Suwannee County Historical Commission
since he was appointed to it in 2003. He
was treasurer from 2007-2014 and since October of 2014 has served as
its
Chairman. Eric is a frequent presenter
of local history and has been mentioned in the New York
Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, London Daily Mail,
among hundreds of other prominent national and international newspapers. In early 2012, Eric was awarded the 2011
Trailblazer Award by the Suwannee County Chamber of Commerce for his
work in
preserving and presenting local history. He
also publishes a weekly historical column for the Suwannee
Democrat. |