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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.
Book Synopsis Historic Photos of Florida Ghost Towns by : Steve Rajtar
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.
Book Synopsis Haunted Florida Ghost Towns by : Heather Leigh Carroll-Landon
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.
Book Synopsis Historic Photos of Tampa in the 50s, 60s, and 70s by : Steve Rajtar
Download or read book Historic Photos of Tampa in the 50s, 60s, and 70s written by Steve Rajtar and published by Historic Photos. This book was released on 2012 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the decades of the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, one could wander through the city of Tampa and experience a rich variety of architectural styles, businesses, languages, and traditions, all mixed in with first-class universities, hospitals, and museums. By the 1950s, the University of South Florida was founded, and Busch Gardens opened to locals and tourists alike. The 1960s ushered in a period of construction and entertainment, with residents visiting for the first time the Lowry Park Zoo, Curtis Hixon Hall, and “The Big Sombrero,” or Tampa Stadium. Like the rest of the country, the 1970s in Tampa was a time of continued modernization and expansion. Though not immune to crime or misfortune in the thirty-year span, Tampa is remembered in Historic Photos of Tampa in the 50s, 60s, and 70s as an attractive destination and place of residence, as seen through the lens of the camera, a modern city that continues to honor its historical roots.
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.
Book Synopsis Historic Photos of Florida Tourist Attractions by :
Download or read book Historic Photos of Florida Tourist Attractions written by and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, we're familiar with the major theme parks which charge families hundreds of dollars a day to wait in line for moments of thrills on technologically amazing rides. Florida, however, has been drawing tourists for centuries with simpler attractions which cost much less to view the animals or exhibits, or commune with nature. In Historic Photos of Florida Early Tourist Attractions, Steve Rajtar brings us back to the simpler ways early visitors enjoyed their time in the Sunshine State. Tour the state with photos of the tourist attractions which were here before Walt Disney World, in the days when a row of antique cars sufficed and tourists did not require constant action. See the wax figures which amazed visitors long before the invention of audioanimatronic mannequins. See what curiosities brought in the tourists and their dollars decades before today's theme parks dominated the billboards and themselves became worldwide vacation destinations.
Book Synopsis Historic Photos of Florida Tourist Attractions by : Steve Rajtar
Download or read book Historic Photos of Florida Tourist Attractions written by Steve Rajtar and published by Turner. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pictures of the tourist attractions in Florida long before the theme parks arrived.
Book Synopsis Color Photographs of the American West by : Eric Thome
Download or read book Color Photographs of the American West written by Eric Thome and published by Color Photographs of the Ameri. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fine art photographs from the western United States of America; subjects include architecture, advertising, landscape, Native American rock art, neon signs, wildlife, and more. With over 50 full-page color photos on high-quality gloss paper by Eric Thome, from little known locations to famous sites.
Book Synopsis Underwater Ghost Towns of North Georgia by : Lisa M Russell
Download or read book Underwater Ghost Towns of North Georgia written by Lisa M Russell and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-06-28 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An archeologist reveals the mysterious world that disappeared under North Georgia’s man-made lakes in this fascinating history. North Georgia has more than forty lakes, and not one is natural. The state’s controversial decision to dam the region’s rivers for power and water supply changed the landscape forever. Lost communities, forgotten crossroads, dissolving racetracks and even entire towns disappeared, with remnants occasionally peeking up from the depths during times of extreme drought. The creation of Lake Lanier displaced more than seven hundred families. During the construction of Lake Chatuge, busloads of schoolboys were brought in to help disinter graves for the community’s cemetery relocation. Contractors clearing land for the development of Lake Hartwell met with seventy-eight-year-old Eliza Brock wielding a shotgun and warning the men off her property. Georgia historian and archeologist Lisa Russell dives into the history hidden beneath North Georgia’s lakes.
Book Synopsis More Treasures Shipwrecks Ghost Towns and Old Forts by : Pg Muckenhaupt
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.
Book Synopsis Historic Photos of Orlando by : Joy Wallace Dickinson
Download or read book Historic Photos of Orlando written by Joy Wallace Dickinson and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Orlando Reeves and the Seminole Indians, to Sea World and Disney World, Historic Photos of Orlando is a photographic history collected from the areas top archives. With around 200 photographs, many of which have never been published, this beautiful coffee table book shows the historical growth from the mid 1800's to the late 1900's of ?The City Beautiful? in stunning black and white photography. The book follows life, government, events and people important to Orlando and the building of this unique city. Spanning over two centuries and two hundred photographs, this is a must have for any long-time resident or history lover of Orlando!
Book Synopsis Haunted Monticello, Florida by : Betty Davis
Download or read book Haunted Monticello, Florida written by Betty Davis and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05-20 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the paranormal past of this panhandle town . . . Photos included! Monticello might sometimes seem like a quiet Florida panhandle town, but its history tells of a ghostly past stretching back to the early nineteenth century. Discover the stories behind the old blacksmith’s forge on Jefferson Street—where the chilling sounds of metal striking metal still ring out across the town—and the Hanging Tree, forever haunted by the ghosts of executed outlaws and lost Confederate soldiers. The Monticello Historical district contains over forty buildings dating back to the nineteenth century, and it is said that one out of every three buildings are haunted. Join local haunted tour guide Betty Davis and Big Bend Ghost Trackers as they reveal the amazing history of Monticello’s spookiest spots.
Book Synopsis Gone But Not Forgotten by : Summer Paradis
Download or read book Gone But Not Forgotten written by Summer Paradis and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New England has a long, rich history that can be experienced by visiting the abandoned villages, monuments, and cemeteries that cover the region. Here are 36 locations including a recent ghost town found in Connecticut, an eloquent 9-11 memorial in New Hampshire, a cemetery in Vermont that is more like an outdoor art gallery, the grave of an accused vampire in Rhode Island, an Island in Maine, whose residents were forced out by the state, and the New England Holocaust Memorial in Massachusetts. This handy pictorial guide includes visitor information, detailed directions, 180 color photographs, and the history associated with the towns, monuments, and cemeteries scattered across New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
Book Synopsis Ghost Towns by : Ltd Publications International
Download or read book Ghost Towns written by Ltd Publications International and published by . This book was released on 2017-08 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a historical and visual tour through ghost towns in North America. Find out what these communities were and what theyve become.
Book Synopsis St. Elmo, One of Colorado's Best Preserved Ghost Towns by : Philip Aleo
Download or read book St. Elmo, One of Colorado's Best Preserved Ghost Towns written by Philip Aleo and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-20 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St Elmo is reckognized as one of Colorado's best preserved ghost town's. This new book documents the town's history and eventual reversal leading to the ghost town that exists today. numerous photos complete the book, showcasing the ghost town and how it looks today.
Book Synopsis Edgar Everett Goodno by : Matthew M. Robb
Download or read book Edgar Everett Goodno written by Matthew M. Robb and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-08-18 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forgotten for decades until cryptically remembered in the 1970s as "the son of a gambler and a patiently suffering mother," Edgar Goodno was a force of nature from the moment he stepped foot in 1890s Florida. Making up for lost time, the former Kansas farmer quickly parlayed his modest lunch stand in Fort Myers into a sprawling empire in the state's rugged outback -- amassing 8,000 acres of land, becoming a successful citrus grower and innovative cattle baron, opening two popular hotels and ancillary businesses, guiding the "Wild West" outpost of LaBelle into a modern city, and finally setting his sights on transforming the tiny railroad settlement of Goodno into a thriving community. His nickname ("the hustler from Hustleville") spoke volumes about outsize ambition. In 28 fast-paced chapters featuring dozens of vintage images, readers will journey with the Goodno family into the 1850s frontiers of Illinois and Wisconsin, trek into Reconstruction Missouri, then traverse the Oklahoma border on the eve of the legendary 1893 Cherokee Land Run. Matthew Robb's biography also spotlights Edgar Goodno's until-now unknown arrival in Fort Myers, his feverish land acquisitions along the-then mystical Caloosahatchee River, his never-published street plat for the "city" of Goodno, and his work with Henry Ford, Thomas Edison and Harvey Firestone on a hush-hush project soon widely advertised as a "mammoth rubber plantation." In capturing one man's boundless faith and courage, success and failure, Robb illuminates the legions of forgotten developers who waged a feverish if ill-fated battle to transform the interior of early Florida into the nation's newest promised land. Reviews of Edgar Everett Goodno: A Florida Pioneer and His Ghost Town Remembered "Matthew Robb has succeeded in reminding us of the power and thrill of narrative history. Readers will discover unforgettable characters living on the edge of the Florida frontier, where Edgar Goodno and Henry Ford chased an elusive Florida dream."- Gary R. Mormino, Land of Sunshine, State of Dreams: A Social History of Florida; Resident Scholar, Florida Humanities Council; and former co-director of the Florida Studies Program at USF St. Petersburg "Matthew Robb is that rare biographer who can weave long-buried information into a highly readable story. Here, in absorbing fashion, he spotlights the life and times of Edgar Goodno, the massively ambitious, headlines-making land developer who sought to transform southwest Florida's interior, yet today is mostly remembered for his ghost town. Read. Learn. Enjoy."- Joseph H. Thomas, President, LaBelle Heritage Museum "In this fascinating chronicle of one of the most influential-yet-unknown men in the history of southwest Florida, Matthew Robb brings Edgar Goodno and his tumultuous era to vivid life."- Amy Bennett Williams, Along the Caloosahatchee River "Matthew Robb and I first met when he contacted me to obtain vintage images from my family's archives. One photograph in particular continues to haunt me and readers will find it on the cover of his new biography. Here, the specter of Edgar Goodno materializes from his eponymous settlement, as though waiting to take us to the other side, to the spirit world of a long-forgotten Florida. To be sure, Edgar Goodno was an enigma, yet Matthew Robb possesses that rare ability to bring him to life, to captivate his audience and to fire our imagination. The result is a spellbinding masterpiece of a biography that strikes a fine balance between lore and legend, man and town, then and now. If you love the history of southwest Florida, particularly its places and faces, this book is a must read. Enjoy the journey."- Woody Hanson, Hanson Family Archives of Fort Myers
Book Synopsis Yesterday and Today by : Gary B. Speck
Download or read book Yesterday and Today written by Gary B. Speck and published by Publications International. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a historical and visual tour through ghost towns in North America. Find out what these communities were and what they've become. Full of nostalgic old and desolate contemporary photographs that capture the essence of many of these places. Find out what happens when once bustling businesses and thriving villages reach the end of their lifespan. Locations in the western United States and throughout the rest of the country and continent are included to provide a variety of events and calamities affecting the towns.
