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Book Early Settlers of Orange County  Florida

Download or read book Early Settlers of Orange County Florida written by Betty Jo Stockton and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Early Settlers of Orange County  Florida

Download or read book Early Settlers of Orange County Florida written by Clarence E Howard and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Land Remembered

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  • Author : Patrick D Smith
  • Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
  • Release : 2012-10-01
  • ISBN : 1561645826
  • Pages : 286 pages

Download or read book A Land Remembered written by Patrick D Smith and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Land Remembered has become Florida's favorite novel. Now this Student Edition in two volumes makes this rich, rugged story of the American pioneer spirit more accessible to young readers. Patrick Smith tells of three generations of the MacIveys, a Florida family battling the hardships of the frontier. The story opens in 1858, when Tobias and Emma MacIvey arrive in the Florida wilderness with their son, Zech, to start a new life, and ends in 1968 with Solomon MacIvey, who realizes that his wealth has not been worth the cost to the land. Between is a sweeping story rich in Florida history with a cast of memorable characters who battle wild animals, rustlers, Confederate deserters, mosquitoes, starvation, hurricanes, and freezes to carve a kingdom out of the Florida swamp. In this volume, meet young Zech MacIvey, who learns to ride like the wind through the Florida scrub on Ishmael, his marshtackie horse, his dogs, Nip and Tuck, at this side. His parents, Tobias and Emma, scratch a living from the land, gathering wild cows from the swamp and herding them across the state to market. Zech learns the ways of the land from the Seminoles, with whom his life becomes entwined as he grows into manhood. Next in series > > See all of the books in this series

Book Early Settlers of Orange County  Florida

Download or read book Early Settlers of Orange County Florida written by Clarence E. Howard and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Early Settlers of Orange County  Florida

Download or read book Early Settlers of Orange County Florida written by Betty Jo Stockton and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-05-21 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reprint of the 1915 book written by C. E. Howard. Added index of names, places and topics.

Book Early Settlers of Orange County  Florida

Download or read book Early Settlers of Orange County Florida written by Clarence E. Howard and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Pedro Men  ndez de Avil  s and the Conquest of Florida

Download or read book Pedro Men ndez de Avil s and the Conquest of Florida written by Gonzalo Solís de Merás and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (1519–1574) founded St. Augustine in 1565. His expedition was documented by his brother-in-law, Gonzalo Solís de Merás, who left a detailed and passionate account of the events leading to the establishment of America’s oldest city. Until recently, the only extant version of Solís de Merás’s record was one single manuscript that Eugenio Ruidíaz y Caravia transcribed in 1893, and subsequent editions and translations have always followed Ruidíaz’s text. In 2012, David Arbesú discovered a more complete record: a manuscript including folios lost for centuries and, more important, excluding portions of the 1893 publication based on retellings rather than the original document. In the resulting volume, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés and the Conquest of Florida, Arbesú sheds light on principal events missing from the story of St. Augustine’s founding. By consulting the original chronicle, Arbesú provides readers with the definitive bilingual edition of this seminal text.

Book Finding Florida

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  • Author : T. D. Allman
  • Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
  • Release : 2013-03-05
  • ISBN : 0802120768
  • Pages : 578 pages

Download or read book Finding Florida written by T. D. Allman and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a comprehensive look at the history of the state of Florida, from its discovery, exploration, and settlement through its becoming a state, to notable events in the early twenty-first century.

Book The History of Saint Augustine  Florida

Download or read book The History of Saint Augustine Florida written by William W. Dewhurst and published by . This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saint Augustine is the oldest town in the United States. In 1513, sailing from Puerto Rico where he was governor, Juan Ponce de Leon discovers Florida, landing near the site of Saint Augusine. In 1565, King Phillip II of Spain named Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles, Spain's most experienced admiral, Governor of Florida, and instructed him to explore and to colonize the territory. When Menendez arrived off the coast of Florida, it was August 28, 1565, the Feast Day of St. Augustine. Eleven days later, he and his 600 soldiers and settlers came ashore at the site of the Timucuan Indian village of Seloy with banners flying and trumpets sounding. He hastily fortified the fledgling village and named it St. Augustine. This work documents the efforts by Spain, France, and Great Britain to conquer and tame this land for period of over 300 years when Florida became part of the United States in 1821.

Book Florida Early Settlers

Download or read book Florida Early Settlers written by Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration for the State of Florida and published by . This book was released on 193? with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains names of early settlers and citizens of Jackson County with a description of the land each owned.

Book Florida s Frontiers

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  • Author : Paul E. Hoffman
  • Publisher : Indiana University Press
  • Release : 2002-01-11
  • ISBN : 9780253108784
  • Pages : 504 pages

Download or read book Florida s Frontiers written by Paul E. Hoffman and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2002-01-11 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Florida has had many frontiers. Imagination, greed, missionary zeal, disease, war, and diplomacy have created its historical boundaries. Bodies of water, soil, flora and fauna, the patterns of Native American occupation, and ways of colonizing have defined Florida's frontiers. Paul E. Hoffman tells the story of those frontiers and how the land and the people shaped them during the three centuries from 1565 to 1860. For settlers to La Florida, the American Southeast ca. 1500, better natural and human resources were found on the piedmont and on the western side of Florida's central ridge, while the coasts and coastal plains proved far less inviting. But natural environment was only one important factor in the settlement of Florida. The Spaniards, the British, the Seminole and Miccosuki, the Spaniards once again, and finally Americans constructed their Florida frontiers in interaction with the Native Americans who were present, the vestiges of earlier frontiers, and international events. The near-completion of the range and township surveys by 1860 and of the deportation of most of the Seminole and Miccosuki mark the end of the Florida frontier, though frontier-like conditions persisted in many parts of the state into the early 20th century. For this major work of Florida history, Hoffman has drawn from a broad range of secondary works and from his intensive research in Spanish archival sources of the 16th and 17th centuries. Florida's Frontiers will be welcomed by students of history well beyond the Sunshine State.

Book Florida History

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  • Author : Bob Knotts
  • Publisher : Heinemann-Raintree Library
  • Release : 2007-10-05
  • ISBN : 9781432902896
  • Pages : 56 pages

Download or read book Florida History written by Bob Knotts and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on 2007-10-05 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did Henry Flagler help in Florida's development? What happened when European explorers arrived in Florida? How did air conditioning and insect spray change life in Florida? You can find the answers to these in this book, which contains all kinds of fascinating, historical facts that tell the story of the state of Florida. Inside, you will find information about the first people of Florida and the explorers and settlers who came later. You will learn about Florida's role in the Civil War and the Spanish-American War. And, you'll find out why Florida was and is called the Sunshine State. Inside you'll find: maps that help you find your way around Florida, photographs that let you see what you are reading about, a glossary, index, and list of more books to read to help you find what you're looking for and better understand it.

Book Proud Heritage

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  • Author : Charles Parkhill Mays, Jr.
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2007-10-16
  • ISBN : 9780595427697
  • Pages : 452 pages

Download or read book Proud Heritage written by Charles Parkhill Mays, Jr. and published by . This book was released on 2007-10-16 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Florida Keys a History Through Maps

Download or read book The Florida Keys a History Through Maps written by Todd Turrell and published by . This book was released on 2020-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of maps in the Florida Keys.

Book Before the Pioneers

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  • Author : Andrew K. Frank
  • Publisher : University Press of Florida
  • Release : 2017-09-05
  • ISBN : 0813063019
  • Pages : 147 pages

Download or read book Before the Pioneers written by Andrew K. Frank and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “In this riveting account, Frank moves beyond stories of recent development to uncover the deep history of a place profoundly shaped by mound-builders, slaves, raiders, and traders. This book will change the way you think about Florida history.”—Christina Snyder, author of Slavery in Indian Country: The Changing Face of Captivity in Early America “Reveals that Old Miami seems a lot like New Miami: a place bursting with energy and desperation, fresh faces, and ancient dreams.”—Gary R. Mormino, author of Land of Sunshine, State of Dreams: A Social History of Modern Florida “A deep, intelligent look at the parade of peoples who dotted the north bank of the Miami River for thousands of years before Miami’s modern era.”—Paul S. George, author of Along the Miami River “A masterful history. A must-read for anyone who wants to learn about Miami.”—Arva Moore Parks, author of George Merrick, Son of the South Wind Formed seemingly out of steel, glass, and concrete, with millions of residents from around the globe, Miami has ancient roots that can be hard to imagine today. Before the Pioneers takes readers back through forgotten eras to the stories of the people who shaped the land along the Miami River long before most modern histories of the city begin. Andrew Frank begins the chronicle of the Magic City’s long history 4,000 years ago when Tequesta Indians settled at the mouth of the river, erecting burial mounds, ceremonial centers, and villages. Centuries later, the area became a stopover for Spanish colonists on their way to Havana. Frank brings to life the vibrant colonies of fugitives and seafarers that formed on the shores of Biscayne Bay in the eighteenth century. He tells of the emergence of the tropical fruit plantations and the accompanying enslaved communities, as well as the military occupation during the Seminole Wars. Eventually, the small seaport town flourished with the coming of “pioneers” like Julia Tuttle and Henry Flagler who promoted the city as a place of luxury and brought new waves of residents from the North. Frank pieces together the material culture and the historical record of the Miami River to re-create the fascinating past of one of the world’s most influential cities. A volume in the series Florida in Focus, edited by Frederick R. Davis and Andrew K. Frank

Book Florida  Its History and Its Romance

Download or read book Florida Its History and Its Romance written by George Rainsford Fairbanks and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Florida Early Settlers

Download or read book Florida Early Settlers written by Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration for the State of Florida and published by . This book was released on 193? with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains land descriptions and ownership records.