Name/Title
History of Jacksonville, Florida and vicinity, 1513 to 1924.(Rare Books collection)Entry/Object ID
Library.602Tags
Library Rare books collection as of June 4 2023Description
2 p. l., 513 p. illus., plates (part double) maps (1 double) plans (part double) 24 cm.
History of Jacksonville, Florida and vicinity, 1513 to 1924 by T. Frederick Davis.
Bibliography at end of each chapter. Includes index.
"The author's effort ... was to collect all of the available authentic matter for permanent preservation in book form. The record closes as of December 31, 1924." pref. A history of Jacksonville from its beginning to December 31, 1924.
Contents: Foreword -- The opening of our history -- The cow ford -- Spanish land grants -- Jacksonville founded -- County affairs -- Development of Jacksonville -- The Seminole War period -- In the forties -- Jacksonville in the early fifties -- 1850-1855 -- 1855 to 1860 -- Social life before the war -- The War Between the States (1861-1865) -- Reorganization and reconstruction (political) -- Revival of business (1865-1875) -- Chronological record 1876 to 1924 -- Municipal government -- Public improvements -- The railroads -- St. Johns River navigating -- Urban transportation -- The port of Jacksonville -- The parent churches -- The schools -- Institutions, clubs, and societies -- The newspapers -- Militia -- Banking institutions -- Hotel history -- Climate and health -- Personal acknowledgment.
Maps: St. Johns River, Jacksonville to the ocean -- Fort Caroline and vicinity -- Kings Road through site of Jacksonville -- Jacksonville as originally surveyed in 1822 -- Child's map of Jacksonville, 1847 -- Built-up portion of Jacksonville in the 1850's -- Map of Jacksonville, 1859 -- Railroad map of Jacksonville, 1884 -- Map of area burned in 1891 -- Map of area burned in 1901.
Illustrations: Where the "Vale of Laudonniere" used to be -- Huguenot ring found in an Indian mound -- Dwellings of the log-cabin period -- Vicinity of Forsyth and Main Streets in 1874 -- Freedmen's Bank building -- Saloon of a St. Johns River steamboat, 1885 -- Bird-eyes view of Jacksonville, 1886 -- Seal of Jacksonville -- First factory-made automobile in Florida -- Fire burning in Jacksonville in 1901 -- Jacksonville in ashes, 1901, panorama view -- St. James Hotel, burned in 1901 -- City Hall burned in 1901 -- County Courthouse, burned in 1901 -- County Clerk's Office, burned in 1901 -- County Armory, burned in 1901 -- Sky-line of Jacksonville in 1908 -- Flag of Jacksonville -- Block plan of St. Luke's Hospital -- Sky-line of Jacksonville in , 1914-1924 -- Airplane view of modern Jacksonville..Collection
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Jacksonville (Fla.) -- History.Publication Details
Author
Davis, T. Frederick (Thomas Frederick), 1877-1946., Florida Historical SocietyPublisher
The Florida Historical SocietyPlace Published
* Untyped Place Published
[Jacksonville, Fla.]Call No.
Rare Book F 319 .J1 D22 1925LCCN
26002610