First Coast steamboat days

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Jacksonville History Center

First Coast Steamboat Days

First Coast Steamboat Days

Name/Title

First Coast steamboat days

Entry/Object ID

Library.562

Description

x, 242 pages : illustrations, map ; 29 cm First Coast steamboat days by Ed Mueller. Dunbaugh, Edwin, contributing editor History of travel by steamboat from Georgia and South Carolina to Northeast Florida--cover. Includes bibliography (p. 229-230) and bibliographical references. Includes index. Contents: Early beginnings -- Service from Savannah, Charleston -- 1835-1842 Activity in the Second Seminole Indian War -- 1843-1850 Recovery and growh -- 1850-1855 Travel increases in the sunshine state -- 1856-1861 Prosperous years, war clouds emerge -- 1861 And the Civil War years -- 1865-1870 Resumption and reconstruction -- Early 1870's good days for steamboats -- 1876-1879 Years of producive activiy -- 1880-1882 Steamboat traffic at its zenith -- 1883-1884 Steamboats still a factor -- 1885 Advent of railroads, steamboat traffic declines -- 1886 Arrival of the Clyde Line -- 1887-1890 Railroads win out -- Last days & conclusion. Selected illustrations: Lighthouse built near Mayport in 1850s (p.10) -- Steamboat wharf at Picolata (p.20) -- Typical wharf construction on the St. Johns River (p.29) -- Steamboat Welaka (p.35) -- Captain Jack Brock (p.38) -- Charles Brock (p.46) -- Jennie Brock & Rhonda Brock (p.55) -- Early Jacksonville waterfront with 2 two-masted schooners (p.56) -- Brock house in Jax (p.58) -- John Milton (p.61) -- Steamboat Hattie (p.62) -- Darlington (p.64) -- Maple Leaf (p.66) -- Columbine sunk by Confederate forces (p.67) -- Dictator at Jax wharf (p.76) -- Lizzie Baker at Jax wharf (p.78) -- Postwar view of Savannah harbor -- View of Jacob Brock shipyard & home in Jax -- (p.82) -- Steamboat Nick King (p.86) -- Sidewheeler Florence (p.89,94,95) -- Lumber boom & saw mill on the St. Johns River Jax (p.97) -- Steamboat owner, Hanaro T. Baya (p.105) -- Bay Street in Jax(p.107) -- Sidewheeler Hampton (p.111) -- Burial monument for Isaiah D. Hart Jax (p.117) -- Captain John Amazeen (p.121) -- Dr. Abel Baldwin (p.129) -- Steamboat Rosa (p.134) -- Patrick McQuaid, Charles Smith (p.139) -- Anita formerly Brock's Florence (p.142) -- Baya's Pastime (p.148) -- St. Johns steamboat (p.149) -- Grand National Hotel as seen from railroad trestle Jax waterfont (p.153) -- Volusia at Jax wharf (p.155) -- John Sylvester (p.157) -- City of Jacksonville steamboat (p.158,159) -- Commodore William W. Watson (p.165) -- LaVilla Court House & jail (p.166) -- Duval Hotel (p.173) -- Everett Hotel (p.174) -- City of Jacksonville leaving a river pier (p.177) -- Chattahoochee on the St. Johns (p.185) -- Captain Charles Garner (p.188) -- Governor Sanford steamboat (p.203) -- Alligator hunters with their prize (p.216) -- St. Johns rebuilt as Tolchester (p.217).

Collection

Library

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Inland water transportation -- Florida -- Saint Johns River -- History., Steamboats -- Florida -- Saint Johns River -- History., Saint Johns River (Fla.) -- Navigation -- History., Jacksonville (Fla.) -- Authors.

Publication Details

Author

Mueller, Edward A., Dunbaugh, Edwin L. 1927-2006.

Publisher

Jacksonville Historical Society

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

Jacksonville, FL

Call No.

HE 630 .S16 M84 2005

ISBN

0971026130