Florida : from the beginning to 1992 : a Columbus jubilee commemorative

Publication

Jacksonville History Center

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

Library.678

Description

xii, 204 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 29 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-203) and brief index. Greetings from Governor Lawton Chiles with a photo -- S. Curtis Kiser photo and letter -- Jerry W. Allender, Chairman Board of Commissioners Canaveral Port Authority, photo and letter. Chapters 1-10 by Dr. William S. Coker; 11-20 by Dr. Jerrell H. Shofner. History chapters: From the Beginnings to 1526 -- Narvaez, Soto, Luna and Villafane Expeditions, 1528-1561 -- Frenchmen & Spaniards in La Florida, 1562-1600 -- Church in Florida, 1513-1763 --St. Augustine & La Florida,1600-1763 -- Spanish Pensacola, 1698-1763 -- British West Florida, 1763-1781 -- British East Florida, 1763-1783 -- Spanish East Florida, 1783-1821 -- Spanish West Florida, 1781-1821 -- Apprenticeship for Statehood -- New State in the Old South -- Confederacy, War, and a Failed Reconstruction -- Bourbonism with a Yankee Flavor -- Progress & Paradox, 1900-1920 -- Depression, Government Growth & Recovery -- Social & Political Change & More Growth -- 500 Years after Columbus. Contents: From the Beginnings (History chapters) - Walt Disney World -- Howard Johnson Resort at Walt Disney World Village -- Port Canaveral and Foreign Trade Zone #136 -- Westinghouse -- Jack Eckerd Corporation -- Jacobsen Homes -- Marriott's Orlando World Center -- Mercy Hospital -- Shjeraton World Resort -- Tampa General Hospital -- JM Family Enterprises -- Walt Disney World Swan -- Port of Tampa -- Red Lobster -- Johnson & Johnson -- History of Florida's Citrus Industry begins with Columbus -- Coulter Corporation -- Delta Air Lines -- America's Spaceport -- Rockwell International -- GE Astro-Space Division -- Harris Corporation -- Thiokol Corporation -- McDonnell Douglas Space Systems Company -- OEA, Inc. -- Instron Corporation -- Honneywell Space Systems Group -- Grumman Corporation -- Fairchild Controls -- DYNAIR and NASA -- Martin Marietta.

Collection

Library

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Florida -- History., Industries -- Florida.

Publication Details

Author

Coker, William S., Shofner, Jerrell H. 1929-2017

Publisher

Pioneer Publications

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

Houston, Texas

Call No.

F 311 .C57 1991

LCCN

91066897