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Who's Who and what to see in FloridaEntry/Object ID
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379 pages illustrations (including portrait) 24 cm
Who's Who and what to see in Florida, a standard biographical reference book of Florida; edited by Homer E. Moyer.
Summary: Presents governors, history, exploration, government officials, personal biographies, motoring, hotels and World War I veterans of Florida.
Contents: Governors of Florida from 1820 -- History -- Period of exploration -- Period of colonization -- Territorial period -- As a state -- Under the Confederacy -- Re-established in the Union -- State officials of Florida -- United State Senators -- United States Congressmen -- Members Florida Legislature -- Biographies -- Motoring in Florida -- Jacksonville -- Do you know that list -- Florida hotels -- Floridians who made the supreme sacrifice in the World War -- Floridians decorated in World War.
Biographies have been included for service or merit only. Inclusion could not be bought. Each person is prominent in his particular section, in the state or in the United States.
Jacksonville residents include: Avery -- Bacon -- Baker -- Baldwin -- Ball -- Barrs -- Bedell -- Bisbee -- Blume -- Brittain -- Bull -- Burbridge -- Chapman -- Coachman -- Colee -- Cooper -- Cunningham -- Dunk -- Edwards -- Elmore -- Estes -- Evans -- Fagg -- Fletcher -- Fleming -- Frink -- Frost -- Gibbs -- Gold -- Goodman -- Graves -- Gray -- Greeley -- Groover -- Hamilton -- Heaton -- Holden -- Holland -- Kay -- Kirby-Smith -- Knight -- Larson -- L'Engle -- Loftin -- McConnell -- McQuaid -- Marron -- Martin -- Mott -- Mucklow -- Murray -- Norris -- Osborne -- O'Sullivan -- Owen -- Painter -- Palmer -- Parker -- Parsons -- Patterson -- Perry -- Pierce -- Porter -- Richardson -- Roberts -- Rogers -- Rosborough -- Rosser -- Russell -- Sasse -- Sears -- Shands -- Shelly -- Simpson -- Solomon -- Sparks -- Stockton -- Stokes -- Stollenwerck -- Stone -- Strum -- Taliaferro -- Trout -- Turck -- Tutewiler -- Upchurch -- Williamson -- Wilson -- Youngberg.
Selected Jacksonville black and white photos: Aerial view of downtown and St. Johns River Bridge -- Jacksonville Beach with cars on beach.
Jacksonville information: page 294, 297.
Jacksonville facts: One of the largest shipping centers of naval stores in the world -- 1879 first telephones installed.
Hotels in Atlantic Beach, Jacksonville or Jacksonville Beach listed: Atlantic Beach -- Burbridge -- Carling -- Flagler -- George Washington -- Mayflower -- Seminole -- Windsor -- Bussey's -- Casa Marina -- Perkins.
Floridians who made supreme sacrifice in WW1: Jacksonville soldiers listed alphabetically by last name on page 366.
Floridians decorated in WW1: Army officers (white) -- Colledge --Dawson -- Edwards --Jones -- Kernan -- King, Andre -- King, Roswell -- McGrath -- Ross -- Ulmer -- Youngberg; Enlisted men (white) -- Edmunds -- Jones -- Mitchell -- Murray -- Woodell; Wounded men (white) -- Arnold -- Cleland -- Demharter -- Martin -- Turck; Navy decorations Officers -- Donahue -- Fellers.Collection
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Florida -- Biography., Florida -- History., Hotels -- Florida -- Jacksonville., Businessmen -- Florida -- Jacksonville -- Biography., Civic leaders -- Florida -- Jacksonville -- Biography., Trout, Grace Wilbur., World War, 1914-1918.Publication Details
Author
Moyer, Homer Edward, 1898- .Publisher
Current historical company of Florida, incorporated.Place Published
* Untyped Place Published
St. Petersburg, Florida.Call No.
F 310 .W56 1935