Download or read book Our Story of Gulfport Florida written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gulfport written by Lynne S. Brown and published by History Press (SC). This book was released on 2004 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first installment of a two-volume definitive history of Gulfport, Florida, traces the town from its earliest inhabitants through to the 1920s. With an eye for detail, local historian Lynne Brown brings to life the people and events that have given this beautiful city a rich and diverse history. With accessible prose and narrative style, Brown reconstructs the early day-to-day lives of Gulfport's founding settlers and follows the development of the city with the coming of the railroad and its growth as a beautiful vacation destination. Complete with archival images, this is an essential volume for anyone interested in early Florida history.
Download or read book Before Gulfport written by Tom Raif and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-11-27 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine you are on vacation and you're sitting at a high-top table with your significant other in an open air bar in a quaint little town looking across a bay with sailboats bobbing in the water and you're thinking to yourself, "I could live here". You check out the locals who are tanned, lean and good looking and they're laughing about something. And, you think to yourself, "Yeah, I could find a job here and rent a small cottage close to the water and I wouldn't have to put up with (insert here your latest irritant like snow, rude people, whatever)". Fifteen minutes later as you look around, you begin to wonder, "How long has this place been here? I wonder what was here before." And that, dear reader is what this book is about. The town is Gulfport, FL a tourist destination that people are moving to; just to get away from "whatever". And, to answer your question, the first settlers came in 1867, two years after the Civil War ended. Our story chronicles a family of five who moved to a frontier town named Disston City on the Gulf coast of Florida to start a new life. It was 1869 and there were no roads to travel to distant settlements, no telegraph, only occasional mail delivery, and an inhospitable environment. How they coped, survived and eventually prospered and grew is our story. While fish were abundant in Boca Ciega Bay, the ground was void of nutrients and a difficult medium in which to grow crops. The land was flat and covered with pine trees, scrub palms and the occasional oak tree. Their closest neighbors were rattle snakes, alligators, coyotes, and wild hogs; mosquitoes being their biggest and most persistent enemy. Scrub cattle, left by British and Spanish colonists 300 years before, now ran wild, and were well adapted to the environment. Local farmers, called "crackers" often rounded them up and either butchered or sold them. In the spring, when cows gave birth to nursing calves, they could get free milk, it they could get the mother to hold still long enough. Everyone fished, if just for survival. Some took large catches to Tampa to sell; but there was no refrigeration and Tampa was a long way away and the only way to get there was by sailboat. The settlers had to clear their land; chopping down trees and then digging out the roots before planting a small garden. They built their house from the local timber. They learned to build small boats and to weave fishing nets out of string. And they had lives, much like we do today. Young people had fun, fell in love, and got married. Women gave birth when there were no local doctors. Some of the children went to school and they all had chores to tend to. Of course, there were hurricanes and droughts and people died from minor wounds if they weren't taken care of. Others died from rampant diseases like yellow fever. When we hear the word "frontier" we think of the Wild West and the people who settled there. Well, Florida was no less wild. They had three wars with the Seminole Indians in the mid-1800s. There were no roads and the railroad was just beginning to make inroads into the area. If you needed a new pair of shoes or a new handle for your shovel the choices were to make it yourself or sail to Tampa to buy it. It was good and it was bad. For sure, it is interesting to see how they did it.
Download or read book Gulfport written by Lynne S. Brown and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 1999-09-15 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In todays Florida of strip malls and mega attractions, there is little perception of the state as part of the American frontier, but the hardy folks who settled Gulfport were truly pioneers. Moving away from lives disturbed or destroyed by the Civil War and its aftermath, these early families made homes on an isolated bluff surrounded by tidal flats and bayous, filled with virgin pine and palmetto scrub. From these modest beginnings, a small but thriving fishing village emerged. As the years passed and the Florida boom took hold, Gulfport began to know a new kind of prosperity: tourism. Fancy hotels, shops, and restaurants were built and entertained a steady flow of visitors. A popular winter destination for wealthy Northerners following the Depression era, Gulfport became an interesting study in contrasts. Vacationing gentlemen fished on piers alongside the rugged local seamen; well-dressed tourists played bridge on manicured lawns across the street from rowdy taverns. The middle of the century saw rapid residential expansion as returning servicemen needed homes for their young families and retirees flocked to the area for its mild climate and economical living.
Download or read book Our Story written by Gulfport Historical Society and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-10-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our Story: The History of Gulfport Florida contains the only collection of oral histories from the descendants of Gulfport, Florida's first Euro-American residents. It also has oral histories from city and community leaders. From tales of the first white people in the area to the origins of every community group, this book answers the question "What makes Gulfport, Gulfport?" The first version, collected and published by the Gulfport Historical Society in 1985, has long been out of print. The 2023 GHS board of directors oversaw the years-long task of reassembling the documents and recreating the book. This is the version you will receive when you buy the book.
Download or read book Gulfport Florida the Gateway to the Gulf written by Gulfport Chamber of Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 c of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book St Petersburg and the Florida Dream 1888 1950 written by Raymond Arsenault and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2018-02-26 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The books in the Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series demonstrate the University Press of Florida’s long history of publishing Latin American and Caribbean studies titles that connect in and through Florida, highlighting the connections between the Sunshine State and its neighboring islands. Books in this series show how early explorers found and settled Florida and the Caribbean. They tell the tales of early pioneers, both foreign and domestic. They examine topics critical to the area such as travel, migration, economic opportunity, and tourism. They look at the growth of Florida and the Caribbean and the attendant pressures on the environment, culture, urban development, and the movement of peoples, both forced and voluntary. The Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series gathers the rich data available in these architectural, archaeological, cultural, and historical works, as well as the travelogues and naturalists’ sketches of the area in prior to the twentieth century, making it accessible for scholars and the general public alike. The Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series is made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, under the Humanities Open Books program.
Download or read book Florida s Museums and Cultural Attractions written by Murray D. Laurie and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-12-29 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This newly updated guide has a destination to suit every interest. See Florida through the eyes of the natives, pioneers, artists, statesmen, and writers who have lived here. Visit country stores, one-room schoolhouses, coquina forts, and churches, as well as mansions, theaters, art galleries, and gardens. You'll find over 350 museums and attractions to choose from.
Download or read book Tampa Bay Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 2003-03 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tampa Bay Magazine is the area's lifestyle magazine. For over 25 years it has been featuring the places, people and pleasures of Tampa Bay Florida, that includes Tampa, Clearwater and St. Petersburg. You won't know Tampa Bay until you read Tampa Bay Magazine.
Download or read book Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 c of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 written by United States. Internal Revenue Service and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 914 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 c of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 1490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Tampa Bay Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 2002-09 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tampa Bay Magazine is the area's lifestyle magazine. For over 25 years it has been featuring the places, people and pleasures of Tampa Bay Florida, that includes Tampa, Clearwater and St. Petersburg. You won't know Tampa Bay until you read Tampa Bay Magazine.
Download or read book Merchant Vessels of the United States written by and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 1372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Merchant Vessels of the United States written by United States. Coast Guard and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 1172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book St Petersburg Florida written by Sandra W. Rooks and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St. Petersburg's African-American community enjoys a rich history that is evidenced within these pages of treasured images and detailed captions. Captured are the people, places, and events that have shaped this community from its earliest days to the present. Highlighted are the city's first black settlers John Donaldson and Anna Germain, former slaves, employees of Louis Bell Jr., and true pioneers. Acknowledged is the impact that the blacks who migrated here in the late 1800s had on the city's development. Shared are fond memories of black neighborhoods like Methodist and Pepper Towns that no longer exist, but can never be forgotten. Remembered is the community's fight for racial equality-using both peaceful and militant means.
