Title Page,
2021
University of Central Florida
Title Page, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Title page for Volume 58, Number 4. Includes the Table of Contents
Jacksonville As A Nineteenth-Century Railroad Center,
2021
University of Central Florida
Jacksonville As A Nineteenth-Century Railroad Center, Herbert J. Doherty, Jr.
Florida Historical Quarterly
The earliest railroad building in Florida, as in most parts of the United States, was premised upon the idea that the railroads were an adjunct to water transport and that their primary purposes were to connect interior commercial or agricultural centers with seaports or to bridge land barriers between waterways. The notion that railroads alone might connect so as to provide an inland transportation system was not readily grasped by many early businessmen and politicians, most of whose economic horizons were parochially oriented. Indeed, pioneer railroad interests in Florida were so disturbed by the thought that Georgia railroads might drain …
Book Reviews,
2021
University of Central Florida
Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
PLACES IN THE SUN: THE HISTORY AND ROMANCE OF FLORIDA PLACE NAMES, by Bertha E. Bloodworth and Alton C. Morris, reviewed by Margaret L. Chapman; MALIGNED GENERAL: A BIOGRAPHY OF THOMAS S. JESUP, by Chester L. Keiffer, reviewed by Frank Laumer; THE STORY OF A NUN: JEANIE GORDON BROWN, by Jane Quinn, reviewed by Eileen F. Rice; ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF STATE LEADERSHIP IN FLORIDA PUBLIC EDUCATION, by Arthur O. White, reviewed by Harry A. Kersey, Jr.; TIME OF THE TURTLE, by Jack Rudloe, reviewed by Gloria Jahoda; INTELLECTUAL LIFE IN THE COLONIAL SOUTH, 1585-1763, by Richard Beale Davis, reviewed …
History News,
2021
University of Central Florida
History News, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Awards, Announcements and Activities
Florida History Research In Progress,
2021
University of Central Florida
Florida History Research In Progress, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
No abstract provided.
The Unicameral Legislature In Florida,
2021
University of Central Florida
The Unicameral Legislature In Florida, Allen Morris
Florida Historical Quarterly
The government organized by President James Monroe and the Congress in March 1822, for the management of the newly-acquired territory in Florida, included a one-house legislature known as the legislative council. This unicameral legislature lasted seventeen years, from 1822 until 1838. Efforts to revive the one-house body did not commence until 1967.
Ruggles Hubbard, Civil Governor Of Fernandina,
2021
University of Central Florida
Ruggles Hubbard, Civil Governor Of Fernandina, Marilyn Maple
Florida Historical Quarterly
Ruggles Hubbard was one of the four men who became embroiled in a power struggle over Amelia Island, Florida, in the late summer of 1817. The island was originally occupied on June 29, 1817, by General Sir Gregor MacGregor, a Scottish revolutionary who claimed to represent several South American insurgent governments. He dreamed of freeing Florida from Spanish control with support he had solicited from certain United States citizens in Baltimore and Philadelphia. His flag, a green St. George’s Cross on a white field, was raised over Fernandina, as he proclaimed his victory in the name of the independence of …
Mary Grace Quackenbos, A Visitor Florida Did Not Want,
2021
University of Central Florida
Mary Grace Quackenbos, A Visitor Florida Did Not Want, Jerrell H. Shofner
Florida Historical Quarterly
By the early twentieth century the Florida turpentine industry was at its zenith. Hundreds of thousands of pines were boxed for turpentine, and thousands of men in scores of isolated camps tended the trees for their employers. The operators of the camps in turn sold their products to naval stores marketing firms in Jacksonville, Savannah, or Tampa. These large factors then disposed of the turpentine and resin according to price quotations usually established by the Savannah market and followed by those of other cities. It was big business and heavily influenced by the harshest competitive practices of the day. Fierce …
Charlotte Harbor Division Of The Florida Southern Railroad,
2021
University of Central Florida
Charlotte Harbor Division Of The Florida Southern Railroad, Vernon E. Peeples
Florida Historical Quarterly
The first railroad to span the Florida peninsula was completed between Fernandina and Cedar Key in 1861. This line aided the development of the coast south of Cedar Key, although the Civil War disrupted service for a time. Coastal vessels called at the small villages and carried products to the railroad terminus where they were transported to the North and/or the Gulf coast. Inhabitants in southwest Florida began agitating for a line down the peninsula after the Civil War, and various settlements in the area competed to become the terminus for such an operation. As early as 1866, Tampa was …
Park Trammell And The Florida Democratic Senatorial Primary Of 1916,
2021
University of Central Florida
Park Trammell And The Florida Democratic Senatorial Primary Of 1916, Stephen Kerber
Florida Historical Quarterly
Of the many hardfought and bitter campaigns waged in twentieth-century Florida politics, none has surpassed in excitement or intensity the 1916 gubernatorial fight between William V. Knott and Sidney J. Catts. In addition, the passions stirred by that contest spilled over into the United States Senate race and completely dominated it. Although historians have written a good deal about Knott and Catts, they have failed to describe or explain in depth the senatorial contest between incumbent Nathan P. Bryan and Florida Governor Park M. Trammell.
Title Page,
2021
University of Central Florida
Title Page, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Title page for Volume 58, Number 3. Includes the Table of Contents
Meeting Of The Florida Confederation Historical Societies,
2021
University of Central Florida
Meeting Of The Florida Confederation Historical Societies, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Meeting of the Florida Confederation Historical Societies
Seventy-Seventh Annual Meeting,
2021
University of Central Florida
Seventy-Seventh Annual Meeting, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Proceedings of the Seventy-seventh Meeting of the Florida Historical Society
History News,
2021
University of Central Florida
History News, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Announcements and Activities
Book Reviews,
2021
University of Central Florida
Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
THE MINUTES, JOURNALS, AND ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF BRITISH WEST FLORIDA, compiled and edited by Robert R. Rea and Milo B. Howard, Jr., reviewed by J. Leitch Wright, Jr.; CARDINALES DE DOS INDEPENDENCIAS (NORESTE DE MEXICO-SURESTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS), a symposium held at the Universidad Iberoamericana with the collaboration of the University of Florida, reviewed by Aileen Moore Topping; NATURE GUIDE TO FLORIDA, by Richard Rabkin and Jacob Rabkin, reviewed by Wyatt Blassingame; A SEASON OF YOUTH: THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND THE HISTORICAL IMAGINATION, by Michael Kammen, reviewed by J. Leitch Wright, Jr.; THE GENTLEMEN THEOLOGIANS: AMERICAN …
Tallahassee's Black Churches, 1865-1885,
2021
University of Central Florida
Tallahassee's Black Churches, 1865-1885, Robert L. Hall
Florida Historical Quarterly
The development of religious freedom and the establishment of independent churches by blacks, following the Civil War, was a momentous change in black-white social relations. Although the black churches of various denominations shared a general feeling of assertiveness and independence, the individual churches in Tallahassee, representing distinctive denominations, were not uniform in their historical origins, political orientations, or leadership styles. Following the war, black Southerners of the Methodist persuasion had several paths open to them. A sizable number cast their lot with the African Methodist Episcopal Church which made remarkable inroads in the former slaveholding states. A smaller number, about …
"Yo Solo" Not "Solo": Juan Antonio De Riano,
2021
University of Central Florida
"Yo Solo" Not "Solo": Juan Antonio De Riano, Eric Beerman
Florida Historical Quarterly
While Bernardo de Gálvez’s forcing the entrance of Pensacola Bay with his brigatine Galveztown during the American Revolutionary War is well known, virtually forgotten are the other Spaniards who also participated in that campaign on March 18, 1781. This is especially true of teniente de fragata (naval lieutenant) Juan Antonio de Riaño, Gálvez’s brother-in-law. For the heroism of Gálvez, King Charles III of Spain added to his coat of arms a replica of him on the deck of the Galveztown with the motto “Yo Solo” (I alone). Although Gálvez displayed his mettle on that day, he did not force the …
A Cyclone Hits Miami: Carrie Nation' S Visit To "The Wicked City",
2021
University of Central Florida
A Cyclone Hits Miami: Carrie Nation' S Visit To "The Wicked City", Paul S. George
Florida Historical Quarterly
When Carrie Nation visited Miami in March 1908, the crusade against alcohol had already met with great success in the South and in many other areas of the country. With national Prohibition still twelve years away, more than two-thirds of the counties in the eleven states of the old Confederacy had voted in local-option elections to prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages in their communities. While many counties in Florida were in the dry column, Dade remained wet. Surprisingly, Miami, county seat of Dade, had, in its brief existence, already experienced both dry and wet eras.
With The Wehrmacht In Florida: The German Pow Facility At Camp Blanding, 1942-1946,
2021
University of Central Florida
With The Wehrmacht In Florida: The German Pow Facility At Camp Blanding, 1942-1946, Robert D. Billinger, Jr.
Florida Historical Quarterly
An important aspect of the impact of World War II on the American homefront that has not been widely examined is how the government handled the nearly 378,000 German prisoners of war who were incarcerated in this country. Their odyssey took them from the deserts of North Africa, the mountains of central Italy, and the hedgerows of Normandy to Florida-one of forty-five states in which POWs were lodged during the war and immediately afterwards. The story of the German prisoners remained until relatively recently a virtual terre incognito because of the low profile of POW operations during the war and …
Civil War Career Of Colonel George Washington Scott,
2021
University of Central Florida
Civil War Career Of Colonel George Washington Scott, Marion B. Lucas
Florida Historical Quarterly
"Is there no remedy for this seeming madness?" John Scott of Pennsylvania wrote his brother George Washington Scott in January of 1861. Their world seemed to be crumbling around them as they viewed the rapidly approaching conflict between the North and South which would pit one brother against the other, a tragedy which occurred often in this most devastating of American wars.
