Download or read book Historic Photos of Florida Ghost Towns written by and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike the movie ghost towns of the Old West, the ghost towns in Florida don’t have tumbleweeds rolling on deserted dirt roads, abandoned wooden saloons, and lone drifters on horseback. Although the landscape may have dramatically changed, many of these once-thriving communities declined due to widespread economic changes, disastrous weather, company closings, or vital industries disappearing or moving elsewhere. In fact, some of these so-called ghost towns have been absorbed by larger cities still inhabited by Floridians today. In Historic Photos of Florida Ghost Towns, author Steve Rajtar takes readers decades back in Florida’s history to discover these ghost towns through the lens of two hundred black-and-white photographs—in some cases, the only remains of these forgotten towns. Explore the landscapes, houses, schools, businesses, organizations, places of worship, and people who once called these now-nonexistent towns home. Imagine what life was like in hundreds of these tight-knit communities as you explore a century and a half of this sunny, populous state that many still call home.
Download or read book Ghost Towns of Florida written by James R. Warnke and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historic Photos of Florida Ghost Towns written by Steve Rajtar and published by Turner. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 200 photographs document the once thriving communities of Florida.
Download or read book Ghost Town Locations in Florida written by Jim Warnke and published by Warnke Pub. This book was released on 1992-06-01 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Former Populated Places in Florida written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: Ghost towns in Florida, Bayport, Florida, Fort Jefferson, Florida, Aladdin City, Florida, Indian Key, Florida, Fort Gadsden, Flamingo, Florida, Fort De Soto Park, Hall City, Florida, List of ghost towns in Florida, Pigeon Key, Florida, Fort King, Fort Mose Historic State Park, Paynes Creek Historic State Park, Perky, Florida, Pinecrest, Monroe County, Florida, Rosewood, Florida, Green Mound, Snake Bight, Florida, Newnansville, Florida, Fort Dallas, Gulf City, Florida, Brewster, Florida, Fort Lonesome, Florida, Mannfield, Florida, Fort Drum, Florida, Yamato Colony, Florida, Magnolia, Florida, Fort Brooke, St. Joseph, Florida, Port Leon, Florida, Kerr City, Florida, Eldora, Florida, Pine Level, DeSoto County, Florida, Andytown, Florida, Traxler, Florida, Green Pond, Florida, Muscogee, Florida, Acron, Florida, Vicksburg, Florida, Rochelle, Florida, Yukon, Florida. Excerpt: Fort Jefferson is an unincorporated community and ghost town in Monroe County, Florida, United States. It is located on Garden Key in the lower Florida Keys within the Dry Tortugas National Park, about 70 miles (110 km) west of the island of Key West. Fort Jefferson is a massive but unfinished coastal fortress. It is the largest masonry structure in the Western Hemisphere, and is composed of over 16 million bricks. It is located at, its elevation 0 feet (0 m). Fort Jefferson Moat - Dry TortugasIn late December 1824 and early January 1825, about five years after Spain sold Florida to the United States for $5 million, U.S. Navy Commodore David Porter inspected the Dry Tortugas islands. He was on the lookout for a site for a naval station that would help suppress piracy in the Caribbean. Unimpressed with what he saw, he notified the Secretary of the Navy that the Dry Tortugas were unfit for any kind of naval establishment. He reported that they...
Download or read book Ghost Towns in Florida written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Bayport, Florida, Fort Jefferson, Florida, Aladdin City, Florida, Indian Key, Florida, Fort Gadsden, Flamingo, Florida, Fort De Soto Park, Hall City, Florida, List of ghost towns in Florida, Pigeon Key, Florida, Fort King, Fort Mose Historic State Park, Paynes Creek Historic State Park, Perky, Florida, Pinecrest, Monroe County, Florida, Rosewood, Florida, Snake Bight, Florida, Newnansville, Florida, Fort Dallas, Gulf City, Florida, Brewster, Florida, Fort Lonesome, Florida, Mannfield, Florida, Fort Drum, Florida, Yamato Colony, Florida, Magnolia, Florida, Fort Brooke, St. Joseph, Florida, Port Leon, Florida, Kerr City, Florida, Eldora, Florida, Pine Level, DeSoto County, Florida, Andytown, Florida, Traxler, Florida, Green Pond, Florida, Muscogee, Florida, Acron, Florida, Vicksburg, Florida, Rochelle, Florida, Yukon, Florida. Excerpt: Fort Jefferson is an unincorporated community and ghost town in Monroe County, Florida, United States. It is located on Garden Key in the lower Florida Keys within the Dry Tortugas National Park, about 70 miles (110 km) west of the island of Key West. Fort Jefferson is a massive but unfinished coastal fortress. It is the largest masonry structure in the Western Hemisphere, and is composed of over 16 million bricks. It is located at, its elevation 0 feet (0 m). Fort Jefferson Moat - Dry TortugasIn late December 1824 and early January 1825, about five years after Spain sold Florida to the United States for $5 million, U.S. Navy Commodore David Porter inspected the Dry Tortugas islands. He was on the lookout for a site for a naval station that would help suppress piracy in the Caribbean. Unimpressed with what he saw, he notified the Secretary of the Navy that the Dry Tortugas were unfit for any kind of naval establishment. He reported that they consist of small sand islands a little...
Download or read book Haunted Florida Ghost Towns written by Heather Leigh Carroll-Landon and published by History Press. This book was released on 2024-03-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The term "ghost towns" brings to mind communities from the Old West where there were once bustling Boom Towns but today are abandoned and lonely pieces to the puzzles of the past. With this image ingrained into a person's mind, it is challenging to visualize ghost towns with sandy beaches and palm trees swaying in the wind. A little-known fact about Florida is it is home to more than 250 ghost towns, many of which remain the home for the spirits of former inhabitants, civil war deserters, pirates, and more. Haunted Florida Ghost Towns covers the many abandoned locations in the Sunshine State where paranormal entities are known to roam. Take a journey into the world of the supernatural and learn the history behind why Florida has so many ghost towns and the energy that remains to fuel paranormal activity.
Download or read book Ghost Towns Side Roads of Florida written by James R. Warnke and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book From Boom to Bust written by Rebecca Roberts and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book From Boom to Bust written by Rebecca Roberts and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Old Parramore written by Dale Cox and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2010-09 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The town of Parramore was an important river boat port on Florida's little known stretch of the famed Chattahoochee river. When the last paddlewheel boat ended service in 1927, however, the community disappeared into the mists of time"-- Cover, p. 4.
Download or read book Archer Florida the Ghost Town That Didn t Die written by Francis William Zettler and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ghost Town Locations in Florida written by James R. Warnke and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lost Attractions of Florida s Miracle Strip written by Tim Hollis and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2022 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning in the early 1950s, the 130 miles of Florida coastline stretching from Panama City to Pensacola were branded as the Miracle Strip. Between those cities, oddities sprang up: goofy miniature golf courses, neon-bedecked motels, reptile farms and attractions that sought to re-create environments ranging from the South Pacific to the ghost towns of the Old West. In total, it was a marketing effort that worked brilliantly. Tourists flocked to the Strip, and now they can return. Author Tim Hollis presents a colorful array of these now-vanished sights, from the garish Miracle Strip Amusement Park to such oddities as Castle Dracula and the Museum of the Sea and Indian.
Download or read book Tales from a Florida Ghost Town written by Herman Merritt and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-21 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories from the turn of the century as told by one of the children who lived them in the sawmill town of Muscogee, FL. Mr. Merritt puts the reader in the mind of a young boy witnessing the birth of the automobile. electrification, and aviation from a perspective set along the Perdido River where the western-most of Florida's state line butts into Alabama. These stories are sometimes humorous, other times poignant. But always interesting. They are vignettes of a time gone by captured by one of the last to witness them.
Download or read book Ghost Towns Mysteries Tombstone Tales written by Marlene Womack and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book More Treasures Shipwrecks Ghost Towns and Old Forts written by Pg Muckenhaupt and published by . This book was released on 2019-08 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book includes extensive information on Treasure, Shipwrecks all over the world, Ghost Towns in the State of Florida and a chapter on old Forts in Florida. It also contains an extensive reference and Bibliography list. A must for the library. Fourth book by PG Muckenhaupt. Copyright, all rights reserved.
