Download or read book A Light in the Wilderness written by James D. Snyder and published by Past Perfect Florida Histor. This book was released on 2006 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although nearly 7 million people live along the southeast Florida coast, scarcely three generations ago it was a wild, lawless frontier ruled by bears, snakes and alligators. But when a lighthouse was built at Jupiter Inlet in 1860, it became the hub for hunters, surveyors, Civil War blockade runners, Union gunboats and pioneer farmers. A Light in the Wilderness, with over seventy rare photos, maps and letters, tells how southeast Florida survived the catharsis of the Civil War, how the lighthouse at Jupiter drew the first families into its orbit, and how it became a key link in the steamboat-railroad path that led people to the "Garden of Eden."

Download or read book Florida Lighthouses written by John Hairr and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sporting the second-longest coastline in the United States, Florida has over 8,000 miles of sparkling beaches and waterfront property. This valuable landscape and the region's position between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico made Florida key in the early expansion of American trade routes, but the state's several capes and dangerous reefs, rocks, and shoals made travel quite perilous to unwary mariners. When commerce and traffic began to grow between ports on the East Coast and along the Gulf of Mexico in the nineteenth century, it became necessary to construct aids to navigation along the state's long and treacherous coast. Lighthouses were the solution. Constructed in a variety of styles and sizes, Florida's lighthouses were erected on what, at the time, were some of the most desolate regions of the southeastern United States and included lonely offshore islands. Manned and inhabited by vigilant keepers and their families, these towers illuminated the dark seas and provided the beacon that guided lost travelers. Large brick structures watched over St. Augustine, Pensacola, and Ponce de Leon Inlet; iron skeletons towered over Crooked River and Hillsboro Inlet; and screwpile lighthouses stood as sentinels in the waters off the Florida Keys.

Download or read book Florida Lighthouses for Kids written by Elinor De Wire and published by Pineapple Press Inc. This book was released on 2004 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a history of Florida's thirty-three lighthouses, including how they were designed and built, how they operate, and the bravery of their keepers.

Download or read book Florida Lighthouse Trail written by Thomas Taylor and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-10-17 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of the histories of Florida's light stations by different authors, each an authority on a particular lighthouse, this book is chock-full of information on dates of construction and operation, foundation materials, lighting equipment, and more. Complete directions to each lighthouse site are included, as well as names, addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, websites of lighthouse organizations. Preface by Wayne Wheeler, president of the United States Lighthouse Society, as well as a full glossary, bibliography, and index.

Download or read book Jupiter written by Lynn Lasseter Drake and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Protruding further out into the Atlantic than any other point along Florida's east coast, Jupiter has long served as a port of call for sailors, settlers, tourists, and the occasional hurricane. Before the famous Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse began sending flashes of warning to those at sea in 1860, Spanish explorers, Black and Seminole inhabitants, and early American pioneers began building their own histories there, contributing to the consciousness and pride of residents today.

Download or read book Report of the President of the Light House Board in Relation to Re establishing the Light houses at Cape Florida Jupiter Inlet and Cape Canaveral written by United States. Department of the Treasury and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Guide to Florida Lighthouses written by Elinor DeWire and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-03-08 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This engaging and colorful guidebook brings alive the many lighthouses of the Sunshine State. Some thirty Florida lighthouses guide ships south from the St. Marys River to the tip of the Keys, then north to Pensacola Bay. They comprise some of Florida's oldest and most historic structures and represent many diverse styles of architecture and daymarks. This new edition of the bestselling Guide to Florida Lighthouses has been updated with expanded profiles of the lighthouses, new travel information, more history, and recent photos.

Download or read book Lighthouses of Florida written by Bob Shanklin and published by The Lighthouse People. This book was released on 2002 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photographers Bob and Sandra Shaklin provide photographs of 30 lighthouses in Florida and 3 in Alabama.

Download or read book Guide to Florida Lighthouses written by Elinor De Wire and published by Pineapple Press Inc. This book was released on 2000 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Florida's lighthouses guide shipping south from the St. Marys River to the tip of the Keys, then north to Pensacola Bay. See some of Florida's oldest and most historic structures, with diverse styles of architecture and daymark designs, including the black-and-white bands of the St. Augustine Lighthouse and the spider-legged iron structures along the Florida Reef. This guide has been revised and updated from previous edition, with new photos of renovated lighthouses. It discusses four lighthouses not included in first edition.

Download or read book United States Coast Pilot written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Atlantic Coast of the United States written by United States. Bureau of Light-Houses and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Report of the President of the Light house Board in Relation to Re establishing the Light houses at Cape Florida Jupiter Inlet and Cape Canaveral January 12 1866 Ordered to be Printed written by United States. Congress. Senate and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Complete List of Lights and Other Marine Aids Atlantic Coast of the United States written by and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 936 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Survey Report on Jupiter Inlet Florida written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Jacksonville District and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Annual Report of the Light House Board of the United States to the Secretary of the Treasury for the Fiscal Year Ended written by United States. Light-House Board and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: