Download or read book History of Escambia County Florida written by Henry Clay Armstrong and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Heritage of Escambia County Florida written by and published by Heritage Publishing Consultants. This book was released on 2003-12-31 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Escambia County written by Tom McMillan and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Escambia, which means "land of clear water," was carved out of Conecuh and Baldwin Counties by an act of the Alabama Legislature in 1868. The history of Escambia County is the story of human interaction with the environment. The county's wealth of natural resources has been recognized by societies throughout history--from Creek Indians who hunted in its pine forests to European explorers writing back home to its current inhabitants who depend on the land in one way or another. All of the principal towns in Escambia County developed around the railroads, and most of the early communities that were not on the rail system have become small residential communities or are forgotten to history. The only federally recognized tribe of Native Americans in the state of Alabama, the Poarch Creek Indians, is located in Escambia County. Residents enjoy a strong timber and paper industry, a healthy farming community, and a robust oil and gas industry.
Download or read book Escambia County History written by Modeste Hargis and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Heritage of Escambia County Florida written by and published by . This book was released on 2007-06 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Beyond Integration written by J. Michael Butler and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2016-04-12 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1975, Florida's Escambia County and the city of Pensacola experienced a pernicious chain of events. A sheriff's deputy killed a young black man at point-blank range. Months of protests against police brutality followed, culminating in the arrest and conviction of the Reverend H. K. Matthews, the leading civil rights organizer in the county. Viewing the events of Escambia County within the context of the broader civil rights movement, J. Michael Butler demonstrates that while activism of the previous decade destroyed most visible and dramatic signs of racial segregation, institutionalized forms of cultural racism still persisted. In Florida, white leaders insisted that because blacks obtained legislative victories in the 1960s, African Americans could no longer claim that racism existed, even while public schools displayed Confederate imagery and allegations of police brutality against black citizens multiplied. Offering a new perspective on the literature of the black freedom struggle, Beyond Integration reveals how with each legal step taken toward racial equality, notions of black inferiority became more entrenched, reminding us just how deeply racism remained--and still remains--in our society.
Download or read book Memoirs of Florida written by Rowland H. Rerick and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 846 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The History of the Progress of Negro Education in Escambia County Florida written by Sadie O. Coaston and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historical Sketches of Colonial Florida written by Richard L. Campbell and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2017-11-29 with total page 237 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 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 The History of the Gateway Church of Christ Pensacola Escambia County Florida written by Chris Hendrix and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Before United Way Community Chest written by Charlotte Wittwer and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Records written by Escambia County Retired Teachers Association (Escambia County, Fla.) and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Minutes, scrapbooks, photographs, oral histories, and written reminiscences dealing with the activities and history of the Association as well as history and development of education in Escambia County, Florida. This organization was renamed the Escambia County Retired Educators Association sometime after 1991.
Download or read book Historic Photos of Pensacola written by and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2008-03-01 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pensacola is a city of firsts, from the first documented European settlement in North America to the first Naval Aviation training station. From its earliest incarnation as a town of unpaved streets, through the devastating fire of 1880 to the modern city it would become, this Florida city thrives on challenges. Historic Photos of Pensacola captures the history of Pensacola from the Civil War through the 1960s in nearly 200 black-and-white archival photographs. Author Jacquelyn Tracy Wilson, a fifth-generation Pensacola native, captures the spirit of Pensacola—from the commonplace to the quintessential—in a century-long journey through this beautiful town.
Download or read book The Florida Historical Quarterly written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Escambia County Fla Collection written by Leora M. Sutton and published by . This book was released on 1822 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of single items pertaining to Escambia County and including imprints, publications, correspondence, and other papers. Subjects include the Escambia County Volunteer Fireman's Association, Northwest Florida Comprehensive Health Planning Council, Escambia Republican Executive Committee, Escambia Oil Company, Escarosa Humanities Center, water temperatures in the Pensacola estuary, vegetation of Santa Rosa Island, Escambia Bay oysters, lower Escambia River, Southern States Lumber Co., agriculture and history of Molino, Fla., place names in Escambia County, and the creation of the town of South Flomaton. Includes an anonymous historical sketch of schools in Century, Fla.; an index to historical court cases by Leora Sutton; environmental materials relating to dredging of Pensacola Harbor; photocopies of letters (1822 and 1837) of T.M. Myers to his wife at Fort Barrancas describing Cantonment Clinch; typescript of letters of Loomis Langdon written on board frigate Brooklyn off Fort Pickens (1856 and 1861) and during the Battle of Olustee (1864) and his recollections of Gen. Lewis G. Arnold (1906) telling of 1856 Seminole War and 1861 Fort Pickens activities; materials on Beelersville, Fla.; and a large group of photocopies of letters (1839-1907) sent to governors of Florida from individuals in Escambia County.
Download or read book Webb s Historical Industrial and Biographical Florida written by Wanton S. Webb and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Descriptions of communities and businesses in Florida in 1885. Also lists names of residents during the period.
Download or read book The Life and Crimes of Railroad Bill written by Larry L. Massey and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2015-09-11 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over a year, Railroad Bill eluded sheriffs, private detectives hired by the L&N line, and bounty hunters who traveled across the country to match guns with the legendary desperado. The African American outlaw was wanted on multiple charges of robbery and murder, and rumor had it that he stole from the rich to give to the poor. He terrorized busy train lines from east of Mobile to the Florida Panhandle, but as soon as the lawmen got close, he disappeared into the bayous and pine forests--until one day his luck ran out, and he was gunned down inside a general store in Atmore, Alabama. Little is known about Railroad Bill before his infamy--not his real name or his origins. His first recorded crime, carrying a repeating rifle without a license, led him into a gunfight with a deputy and made him a wanted man throughout Florida in 1894. His most celebrated escape--a five-day foot chase with scores of men and several bloodhounds--led to tales of Railroad's supernatural ability to transmogrify into an animal or inanimate object at will. As his crimes progressed from robbing boxcars to wounding trainmen to murdering sheriffs, more and more reward money was offered for his capture--dead or alive. Today, Railroad Bill is the subject of many folk songs popularized by singers such as Paul McCartney, Taj Mahal, Gillian Welch, and Ramblin' Jack Elliot. But who was he? Where did he come from? What events led to his murderous spree? And why did some view him as a hero? In Railroad Bill, Larry Massey separates fact from myth and teases out elusive truths from tall tales to ultimately reveal the man behind the bandit's mask.
