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Author : Charles W. Pierce
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780870243042
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Pioneer Life in Southeast Florida written by Charles W. Pierce and published by . This book was released on 1981-01-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William E McGoun
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1561647675
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (616 download)
Download or read book Southeast Florida Pioneers written by William E McGoun and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-10-17 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of the Palm Beach area, the Treasure Coast, and Lake Okeechobee is one of turbulence, growth, and especially change. Meet the visionaries and outlaws, physicians and poets who shaped this region of southeast Florida from the 1690s through the 1990s. Author William McGoun's stories are sometimes hair-raising, sometimes amusing, and always engaging. Well researched and dotted with photos from The Palm Beach Post archives, this collection of mini-biographies reads like a who's who of Florida history.
Download or read book Pioneer Life in Southeast Florida. Edited by Donald Walter Curl written by and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Online version of the print publication.
Author : Tim Robinson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780975363218
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (632 download)
Download or read book A Tropical Frontier written by Tim Robinson and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles William Pierce
Publisher : Coral Gables, Fla : University of Miami Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Pioneer Life in Southeast Florida written by Charles William Pierce and published by Coral Gables, Fla : University of Miami Press. This book was released on 1970 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : The Boca Raton Historical Society
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692796719
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (967 download)
Download or read book The Pioneer Cook in Southeast Florida written by The Boca Raton Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-16 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pioneer Cook in Southeast Florida is a new edition of FAU history professor Donn Curl's 1975 book which captures both modern recipes and a delightful social history of this region and the hardships faced by the frontier housewife. Find out how to make a Florida bouillabaisse, turtle egg pancakes, and creative uses for oranges, bananas and coconuts (pioneer and modern versions). Long out of print, the book features seldom seen photographs from the collections of the Boca Raton Historical Society & Museum.
Author : James M. Denham
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 9781570035128
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (351 download)
Download or read book Cracker Times and Pioneer Lives written by James M. Denham and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brings together the reminiscences of two pioneers who came of age in antebellum Florida's Columbia County and the nearby Suwannee River Valley. Though they held markedly different positions in society, the two shared the adventure, hardship and tragedy that characterized Florida's pioneer era.
Download or read book Women pioneers in southeast Florida written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Typescript (Photocopy).
Author : John Francis Tenney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 18 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (279 download)
Download or read book Recollections of Pioneer Life in Florida written by John Francis Tenney and published by . This book was released on 1937* with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rebecca Weiss
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 9781847280480
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (84 download)
Download or read book A Florida Pioneer written by Rebecca Weiss and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Florida Pioneer is a book about the adventurous life of Josef Henschen, Swedish immigrant to Florida in the 1870s. Henschen was a young medical student in Upsala, Sweden when, in 1871, he was asked to recruit and bring over a large group of Swedish laborers to Florida. The group he brought went to work at Henry S. Sanford's plantations in Seminole County. There the Swedes founded the New Upsala settlement, and many Swedish descendants in central Florida have their roots in this colony. Josef fell in love with Florida and stayed there for nearly sixty years, until his death in 1930. He became one of the four financiers of the Orange Belt Railroad, and he gave the city of St. Petersburg its name. This book contains many of Josef's letters and paints a fascinating picture of Florida pioneer life. Gary Momino, Professor of History at the University of South Florida, calls A Florida Pioneer "An extraordinary document...a historic treasure."
Author : Richard Murl Magers
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781541051638
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (516 download)
Download or read book The Pioneers of South Florida written by Richard Murl Magers and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-12-10 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prior to white men staking claim to all land in continental North America, large numbers of Native Americans lived in relative peace throughout the land. The Seminole Indian Tribe was quite small when the Civil War began, but when white men decided they wanted all of Florida, Indians saw an evil cloud forming in the sky. Soon, groups of different tribes were mixed and forced to head west on foot as Union Soldiers herded them from houseback. Mixing tribes was an act of stupidity, but splitting families and sending mother and some of the children one-way / father and children another, was an act of cruelty and hatred toward warriors they could not beat who fought so fiercely for their homeland. Few knew the difference between a Cherokee and a Seminole. A small group of Seminole warriors gathered their families and headed south toward the Everglades; a natural phenomenon-a moving river of grass that exists nowhere else on Planet Earth. They learned to exist in that hostile land and soon became comfortable. After three Seminole Wars they remain free and undefeated today, because white men whether soldier or civilian had never been able to defeat the Seminoles. They settled with the government for land they can use and money to repair damage. Once again, white men began heading for South Florida, but they were an honorable group looking for the same thing the Seminoles fought to the death for-a piece of land to live on and call Home. You will meet rugged dawn-to-dark cowboys in a hostile land that became the main beef source in America for decades until Texas took the lead. Everglades City and Chokoloskee has a fair share of pioneer kin that know how lucky they are to still be living in a paradise that pioneer's built.
Author : Rodney Carlisle
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1561648523
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (616 download)
Download or read book Guide to Florida Pioneer Sites written by Rodney Carlisle and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-02-14 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unusual, richly illustrated guidebook details Florida's historic pioneer and cracker villages, describing the homes, work-ways and folk-ways of the states early settlers, through preserved and tangible objects and structures. Across the state, dedicated local historians and community groups have carefully preserved and moved 19th- and early 20th-century structures, including both homes and workplaces, to specially created villages in order to display the lives of Florida pioneers. The tools, houses, farms, gardens, barns, sugar and turpentine mills, churches and schools that are gathered into twenty separate sites are described here, for the first time in a single volume. Through the rich collections of household utensils, mills, and structures, the visitor can appreciate the details of the everyday life, work, hardships, and recreation of past generations of Floridians. The book is an indispensable handbook and guide for the casual or dedicated historic tourist as well as for parents and teachers seeking to expose young people to the vanishing lifestyles of Florida's pioneers. Contact information, hours, special events, and detailed descriptions of each structure at the sites provide the casual or dedicated visitor with both practical facts for arranging trips, and the specific family histories of the pioneers who built and lived in the homes.
Author : James M. Denham
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 1643364294
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (433 download)
Download or read book Cracker Times and Pioneer Lives written by James M. Denham and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2023-06-30 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wild and wooly recollections from the Florida frontier Cracker Times and Pioneer Lives brings together the reminiscences of two pioneers who came of age in antebellum Florida's Columbia County and the nearby Suwannee River Valley. Though they held markedly different positions in society, they shared the adventure, thrill, hardship, and tragedy that characterized Florida's pioneer era. With sensitivity, poignancy, and humor, George Gillett Keen and Sarah Pamela Williams record anecdotes and memories that touch upon important themes of frontier life and reveal the remarkable diversity of Florida's settlers. Keen's story typifies that of many "Cracker" families. Born in Georgia, he moved with his parents to the Florida Territory in 1830 in search of a better life. He grew up in a dangerous yet exciting setting, and as an old man at the turn of the twentieth century recorded his colorful memories with a verve and vernacular reminiscent of the Georgia humorist, Augustus Baldwin Longstreet. Keen writes about subsistence farming, cattle grazing, the Seminole wars, marriage customs, medical practices, politics, the abundance of wildlife, and the paucity of educational opportunities. Admittedly not a Cracker, Sarah Pamela Williams was the daughter of a nationally recognized man of letters. In 1847 she moved to Columbia County's seat of Alligator (Lake City) and later married into one of northeast Florida's prominent planter families. She recorder her recollections of a life brightened by social functions, travel, and cultural endeavors. Offering a rare glimpse into Florida's Civil War homefront, Williams tells of making clothes of homespun, tithing crops to the Confederacy, fearing hostilities just thirteen miles from her home, and surviving as a widow in the lean postwar era. Cracker Times and Pioneer Lives features biographical sketches of more than 280 persons mentioned by Keen and Williams in their writings, many of whom subsequently pioneered settlement in the Florida peninsula.
Author : John Viele
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 156164644X
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (616 download)
Download or read book A History of the Pioneers written by John Viele and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, on the Keys between Key West and the mainland, some 40,000 residents and thousands of visitors fish, swim, sail, and dive in the crystal clear waters off a tropical reef; relax in the sun and cooling trade wind breezes; and sleep in the air-conditioned comfort of their homes and hotel rooms. On these same islands, as short a time as 80 years ago, fewer than 300 inhabitants tried to eke out a living without benefit of electricity, running water, radios, or telephones. Tormented by clouds of voracious mosquitoes and no-see-ums, broiled by the tropical sun, they lived in thatched-roof homes regularly flattened by hurricane winds. Weeks would go by before some passing sailboat brought them news of the outside world or their relatives. The stories of these hardy pioneers and their predecessors, as far back as the Native Americans who lived on the Keys at least 1,000 years ago, are told, many for the first time, in this book. As vividly portrayed as if they were characters in a novel, these true-life inhabitants of the Florida Keys will capture your admiration as you share in the dreams and realities of their daily lives. Includes Don Diego, a Spanish-speaking native who led in shipwreck plundering in the early 18th century; Jacob Housman, an unscrupulous wrecking captain who amassed a fortune and lost it when Indians burned his town to the ground; Dr. Perrine, a scientist who was killed by Indians; the African Americans who made charcoal for the stoves of Key West; and the indomitable Lily Bow, who eked out a living on remote Cudjoe Key. Next in series > > See all of the books in this series
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Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 9781617034558
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (345 download)
Download or read book South Florida Folklife written by and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James D. Snyder
Publisher : Past Perfect Florida Histor
ISBN 13 : 9780967520018
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (2 download)
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."
Author : Karen Yvonne Hamilton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781734785807
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (858 download)
Download or read book Lostmans Heritage written by Karen Yvonne Hamilton and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-20 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lostmans Heritage tells the true story behind the Hamilton family that Peter Matthiessen first introduced to the world in his novel, "Killing Mr. Watson." The book follows the author's journey as she searches for her ancestors from the slave country of Savannah to the wilds of the Florida Everglades. Hamilton follows her ancestor, Richard Hamilton and his sons to the ending of an era when the National Park Service evicted the residents, the pioneers, of the Everglades. Along the way she uncovers secrets and stories, polygamy, bootlegging, fist fights, murders, gangsters, killers, and tales of tomahawks and missing schoolteachers.Noted Florida historian, Charlton Tebeau, once said, "The Hamiltons, to the disappointment of the romanticists, were neither pirates nor smugglers nor fugitives, but simple fishermen." While Tebeau was fascinated by the Hamiltons, and often referred to them as one of the 'lost tribes' of the islands, my research proves that he was wrong about them. They were fugitives, and they were smugglers. The Everglades was not a place for the average man at that time. You did what you had to do to feed your family.The men and women who settled in the Florida Everglades before the Civil War thrived in an environment that was dangerous and wild and ever changing. While others came and went, the pioneers faced every challenge nature and man threw at them and carried on. They may have migrated from island to island now and again, but the Everglades were their home. And they did what they had to do to survive.
