Newspapers Of Pensacola, 1821-1900,
2021
University of Central Florida
Newspapers Of Pensacola, 1821-1900, Horance G. Davis, Jr.
Florida Historical Quarterly
Brigands, camp followers, speculators, gamblers and soldiers-of-fortune made Pensacola a gay city in 1821 as the populace, swelled to some 4,000, awaited the triumphant entry of the conquering hero, General Andrew Jackson. Florida, international pawn long coveted by the United States, was to be relinquished by Spain. Andrew Jackson and his troops had invaded the area twice since 1814, but diplomacy had foiled United States territorial ambitions. Now at last Florida was to be ceded to the United States, and provisional governor Andrew Jackson was expected momentarily at Pensacola, the seat of Florida government. Only Spanish loyalists viewed the gaiety …
Pensacola In Retrospect: 1870-1890,
2021
University of Central Florida
Pensacola In Retrospect: 1870-1890, Occie Clubbs
Florida Historical Quarterly
The yellow pine was the backbone of the economy of the Pensacola region and the source of several individual fortunes during the decades of this article. As early as 1826 E. E. Simpson had constructed a water-mill at Woodbine to carry out his contract to furnish lumber for certain buildings at the Pensacola Navy Yard then under construction. In 1841 John Hunt built the first steam sawmill. Though both of these were in what is now Santa Rosa County, that area was Escambia County then, and Pensacola was headquarters and received the stimulus and financial benefit from their operations.
Battle Of Santa Rosa Island,
2021
University of Central Florida
Battle Of Santa Rosa Island, J. L. Larkin
Florida Historical Quarterly
Presumably as an attempt to take Fort Pickens, though this was denied by the Confederates, an attack was made on the night of October 9 (1861) on the encampment of Federal troops on Santa Rosa Island east of the fort.
Pensacola In The War For Southern Independence,
2021
University of Central Florida
Pensacola In The War For Southern Independence, Julien C. Yonge
Florida Historical Quarterly
Patriotic ardor grew steadily in Pensacola during the latter part of 1860 and reached a height when Florida seceded from the Union on January 10, 1861. Two companies of volunteers had already been organized there: the Pensacola Guards with A. H. Bright as captain, and the Rifle Rangers, Edward A. Perry, captain.
Ante-Bellum Pensacola: 1821-1860,
2021
University of Central Florida
Ante-Bellum Pensacola: 1821-1860, Herbert J. Doherty, Jr.
Florida Historical Quarterly
The morning sun over Pensacola on July 17, 1821, shone on a scene of historic pageantry not since repeated in Florida’s history. During the early hours of that day a full company of Spanish troops, dismounted dragoons of the regiment of Tarragona who were elegantly clad and equipped, paraded in the plaza before the Government House. A few miles away, through the flat piney woods, came elements of the Fourth United States Infantry and Fourth United States Artillery regiments with flags flying and band playing. At their heads rode the gaunt gray figure of Andrew Jackson. After almost two months …
Panton, Leslie, And Company, Indian Traders Of Pensacola And St. Augustine,
2021
University of Central Florida
Panton, Leslie, And Company, Indian Traders Of Pensacola And St. Augustine, J. A. Brown
Florida Historical Quarterly
The North American peace settlement of 1783 confirmed the Spanish in their reconquest of Pensacola and returned His Catholic Majesty’s banner to the bastions of the Castillo de San Marcos at St. Augustine; however, it did not end - but rather intensified - the struggle for the allegiance and trade of the 45,000 Indians on the Florida frontier. A new and dynamic United States, surging to the Mississippi, and from its Bahamas outpost a covetous England, intrigued with the savages to turn the Spanish out, and failing that, to divert to their own nationals and treasuries a part at least …
Pensacola During The Second Spanish Period,
2021
University of Central Florida
Pensacola During The Second Spanish Period, L. N. Mcalister
Florida Historical Quarterly
On the first day of January, 1777, an event in New Orleans was to have important consequences for the history of Pensacola: Bernardo de Galvez formally assumed the governorship of Louisiana. Galvez was typical of the colonial officials who were appointed during that Indian Summer of Spanish Imperial history, the reign of Charles III. A career officer in the royal armies, he had already distinguished himself in several theaters: first in Portugal, then in Mexico against the Indians on the northern frontier where, under his famous uncle Jose de Galvez, he displayed those traits of energy, initiative, and leadership which …
Pensacola In The British Period: Summary And Significance,
2021
University of Central Florida
Pensacola In The British Period: Summary And Significance, Cecil Johnson
Florida Historical Quarterly
The documented story of Pensacola in the British period has already been written by competent historians and much of it has been published in this Quarterly. 1 The purpose of this writer is not to do again a job that has already been well done; rather, this is a brief account of British Pensacola with significant aspects of its history while it was the capital of the shortlived and ill-fated English royal province of West Florida; and this with a minimum of documentation and other scholarly impediments to the layman’s enjoyment of reading.
Spanish Pensacola, 1700-1763,
2021
University of Central Florida
Spanish Pensacola, 1700-1763, William B. Griffen
Florida Historical Quarterly
After more than a decade of explorations by Spain along the north and east shores of the Gulf of Mexico, a garrison has founded with all urgency at a bay called Pensacola* in the latter part of the year 1698 in an effort to keep other foreign powers, namely France and England, from obtaining a foothold in the region. These enemies of the Spanish dominions, so thought the Spaniards, would thus be obstructed from an area from which they could attack Spanish shipping and from which they would be able to penetrate and usurp portions of the northern Spanish colonies, …
The Founding Of Pensacola: Reasons And Reality,
2021
University of Central Florida
The Founding Of Pensacola: Reasons And Reality, Albert Manucy
Florida Historical Quarterly
October 1698 - Two rival expeditions - one French, the other Spanish - were sailing toward a pleasant harbor in the Gulf of Mexico. Neither of them knew about a third rival. But there it was, two little ships outbound from London, bringing Britons who coveted the same sunny southeastern province.
Tristan De Luna And Ochuse (Pensacola Bay), 1559,
2021
University of Central Florida
Tristan De Luna And Ochuse (Pensacola Bay), 1559, Charles W. Arnade
Florida Historical Quarterly
The conquest of America by the Spaniards in the sixteenth century was a momentous event which had profound consequences in world history. Portugal was the leader of the age of exploration during the fifteenth century, but Spain became the principal contender in conquest during the next century. It was she who blazed the trail of European penetration in South, Central and North America. It was she who left the first European footprints on Florida’s soil. It was she who unfurled the first flag over Pensacola Bay, and it was she who planted the first cross, symbol of Christianity, on the …
Title Page,
2021
University of Central Florida
Title Page, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Title page for Volume 37, Number 3. Includes the Table of Contents
Junior Historical Contest,
2021
University of Central Florida
Junior Historical Contest, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
More students from more schools entered the Society’s annual Junior Historical Writing Contest this year than ever before: over 100 papers from 29 schools. The papers were judged by Dr. Gilbert Lycan and Dr. John Johns of Stetson University and Mrs. Ella Teague DeBerard, all of DeLand. The following awards were recommended by the committee and approved by the Society.
Business Meeting,
2021
University of Central Florida
Business Meeting, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Includes notes from the directors meeting, report of the treasurer, and annual membership meeting
News And Notes,
2021
University of Central Florida
News And Notes, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Program from the annual meeting
Book Reviews,
2021
University of Central Florida
Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Reviews of Kentucky Cavaliers in Dixie. By George Dallas Mosgrove, Edited by Bell Irwin Wiley. (Jackson, Tenn., McCowat-Mercer Press Inc., 1957. $6.00); Parson Clapp of the Strangers’ Church of New Orleans. Edited by John Duffy. (Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 1957. 191 pp. $5.00); The Baptist Church in the Lower Mississippi Valley, 1776-1845. By Walter Brownlow Posey. (Lexington, University of Kentucky Press, 1957. x, 166 pp. $5.00.); Lee’s Dispatches; Unpublished Letters of General Robert E. Lee, C.S.A. to Jefferson Davis and the War Department of the Confederate States of America 1862-1865. Edited by Douglas Southall Freeman and Grady McWhiney. …
Florida Bibliography And Historiography,
2021
University of Central Florida
Florida Bibliography And Historiography, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
I. The Development of Knowledge Regarding the Florida Indians; II. Writings In Florida History on the Period 1821-1860; III. Historical Writing on Twentieth Century Florida
Florida Pioneer,
2021
University of Central Florida
Florida Pioneer, Adelaide H. Reed
Florida Historical Quarterly
Whether the source of the Manatee River was really the “Fountain of Youth” for which Ponce de Leon searched in vain is a question for historians - or geographers - to argue about. But, in its early days, the little town of Manatee really did have a “Fountain of Youth.” At least, it was named that. It was not exactly a fountain, but a little spring of clear, cold water bubbling up out of the ground, with a gourd hung on a nearby oak tree from which to drink.
The Democrat,
2021
University of Central Florida
The Democrat, Arthur Kennerly
Florida Historical Quarterly
For more than fifty years The Tallahassee Democrat has been the major newspaper of the capital city of Florida. * In the half-century since it first appeared, the newspaper has frequently changed its “face” and has been challenged by several short-lived local rival publications. But no matter how much opposition it has had and regardless of how many readers curse it, The Democrat has survived and prospered.
Zangara's Attempted Assassination Of Franklin D. Roosevelt,
2021
University of Central Florida
Zangara's Attempted Assassination Of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Nathan D. Shappee
Florida Historical Quarterly
A communitiy's moment in history is not usually of its own choosing but comes as some unwanted thing which can be embarrassing and completely frightening. Such was the unhappy fate of Miami on the evening of February 15, 1933 when Giuseppe Zangara tried to assassinate President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt with an $8.00 pistol. The attempt failed but Mayor Anton J. Cermak of Chicago died from a bullet wound. And Zangara was electrocuted for his crime.
