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"We Are Truly Doing Missionary Work": Letters From American Missionary Association Teachers In Florida, 1864-1874, Joe M. Richardson

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Civil War resulted in freedom for approximately 62,000 Florida slaves. Most of these were illiterate and poorly prepared for their new status. Slavery, with few exceptions, had provided no opportunity for formal learning, and education was essential for an adjustment from a condition of dependence to a life of independent responsibility. Fortunately, a majority of Florida freedmen were anxious to learn.

José Alejandro Huau: A Cuban Patriot In Jacksonville Politics, Gustavo J. Godoy

Florida Historical Quarterly

On Sunday afternoon, April 9, 1905, the long funeral procession of José Alejandro Huau moved at a slow pace to the Old City Cemetery in East Jacksonville, Florida. United States Senator James P. Taliaferro, the former Jacksonville mayor, Judge Morris A. Dzialynski, and a large entourage of dignitaries, honorary pall bearers, and other mourners rode in the flag-draped carriages. Many people came on foot. The procession included a large Masonic honor guard. A huge array of floral wreaths surrounded the burial site, as Jacksonville lamented the loss of one of its most esteemed citizens.

"A Year Of Monkey War": The Anti-Evolution Campaign And The Florida Legislature, Mary Duncan France

Florida Historical Quarterly

In the summer of 1925, the world focused its attention on the sleepy town of Dayton, Tennessee, the site of the “Monkey Trial” of John T. Scopes. William Jennings Bryan, former secretary of state and the nation’s most zealous fundamentalist, and Clarence Darrow, the most famous trial attorney of his time, were the real antagonists, as they argued over the issue of the teaching of evolution. Both sides battled as if each believed the trial would produce the definitive statement on God and the creation of man.

The Spaniards And William Augustus Bowles In Florida, 1799-1803, Robert Allen Matter

Florida Historical Quarterly

Napoleon Bonaparte by 1799 had either conquered his European enemies or had pacified them, and only Great Britain stood between him and complete mastery of the continent. Spain since 1795 had been a rather reluctant ally of France, and thus her coast and the coasts of her colonies, including those along the Gulf coast, had become subject to the depredations of almost overwhelming British sea power. To further plague the Spaniards another problem materialized in 1799—the return to Florida of William Augustus Bowles.

"Sporting Life On The Line": Prostitution In Progressive Era Pensacola, James R. Mcgovern

Florida Historical Quarterly

In our own time, when rapid changes in attitudes toward sexual morality are conversational coin, it is interesting to consider an experiment in the regulation of morals devised in Pensacola, Florida, in the early years of the twentieth century. As a port city, Pensacola responded historically to the sexual desires of large numbers of male transients by noteworthy permissiveness. The city displayed a similarly liberal attitude towards the consumption of alcoholic beverages.

Title Page, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Title page for Volume 54, Number 2. Includes the Table of Contents

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

NOR IS IT OVER YET: FLORIDA IN THE ERA OF RECONSTRUCTION, 1863-1877, by Jerrell H. Shofner, reviewed by T. Harry Williams; SWAMP SAILORS: RIVERINE WARFARE IN THE EVERGLADES, 1835-1842, by George E. Buker, reviewed by Clark G. Reynolds; MARJORIE KINMAN RAWLINGS, by Samuel I. Bellman, reviewed by Gloria Jahoda; FLORIDA PLACE NAMES, by Allen Morris, reviewed by Pat Dodson; FLORIDA: A GEOGRAPHICAL APPROACH, by Robert B. Marcus and Edward A. Fernald, reviewed by Alan Craig; A HISTORY OF FRENCH LOUISIANA, VOLUME ONE, THE REIGN OF LOUIS XIV, 1698-1715, by Marcel Giraud, translated by Joseph C. Lambert, reviewed by A. P. …

History News, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Notice of the Annual Meeting, Awards, Wentworth Foundation Grant, Activities and Announcements,

Florida History In Periodicals, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

This selected bibliography includes scholarly articles in the fields of Florida history, archeology, geography, and anthropology published in state, regional, and national periodicals in 1974. Articles, notes and documents which have appeared in the Florida Historical Quarterly are not included in this listing since they appear in the annual index of each volume. The present listing also includes articles appearing in journals not published on schedule and which were not included in the list published in the July 1974 issue of the Quarterly.

Robert And John Grattan Gamble: Middle Florida Enterpreneurs, Michael G. Schene

Florida Historical Quarterly

Some time in 1826 the son of a wealthy Richmond merchant first looked upon the rich wilderness of Florida. Deteriorating economic conditions in Virginia combined with the attractive prospect of fertile tracts of land available at moderate prices in the new territory prompted John Grattan Gamble to visit Middle Florida. His tour probably included Tallahassee and the Gulf coast around St. Marks. Satisfied with what he found, Gamble returned to Virginia and persuaded members of his family to join him in Florida. Included were his brother, Robert, his brothers-in-law, William H. Cabell and William Wirt, and Wirt’s young son-in-law, Thomas …

A Padrone Looks At Florida: Labor Recruiting And The Florida East Coast Railway, George E. Pozzetta

Florida Historical Quarterly

The years surrounding the turn of the present century consituted a golden era of railroad construction and consolidation in Florida’s history. It was during this period that developer Henry B. Plant absorbed many small lines, pushed his steel rails to Florida’s west coast, and insured the future significance of Tampa Bay. William D. Chipley, “Mr. Railroad of West Florida,” constructed lines throughout the panhandle and invested heavily in the port of Pensacola. The railroad man epitomizing this age’s spirit of optimism and enterprise, however, was Standard Oil millionaire Henry M. Flagler, who chose the east coast of Florida as his …

Missions In The Defense Of Spanish Florida, 1566-1710, Robert Allen Matter

Florida Historical Quarterly

Students of Colonial Latin America generally credit its Indian mission systems as effective instruments of frontier defense. A study of the Spanish missions of Florida does not support this thesis. The “paper” bulwark provided by the Florida missions when challenged could represent a significant exception to the alleged importance of the defense role of the church in the Indies. Or, it could reveal that the missionaries played an ineffective part in the defense of Latin-American frontiers. Regardless, Florida’s story suggests the need for a critical re-examination of the premise that religious missions held strategic areas beyond the line of established …

J. F. B. Marshall: A New England Emigrant Aid Company Agent In Post-War Florida, 1867, Patricia P. Clark

Florida Historical Quarterly

Near the end of his tour of Florida as agent for the New England Emigrant Aid Company in early 1867, General James Fowle Baldwin Marshall, former resident of Honolulu and more recently paymaster general of Massachusetts troops, wrote to his wartime commander, Governor John Andrew: “I am tempted by the prospect of usefulness & success, as well as by my long tropical experience to join the ‘Yankee horde’ of reconstructionists, & become a Floridian.“ This “Yankee horde” was enticed to postwar Florida not only by the climate, already fabled throughout the North as beneficial for consumptives and others ailing with …

Flagler's Magnificent Hotel Ponce De Leon, Thomas Graham

Florida Historical Quarterly

St. Augustine is unusual among most American cities in that it possesses a distinct local atmosphere and character. Largely this charm stems from its Spanish heritage— the narrow streets overarched with balconies, its moss-covered coquina rock walls, and its ancient historic monuments such as the Castillo de San Marcos. But many of the buildings and homes of the city reflect the spirit of a more recent age, that of Victorian America before the turn of the century, when St. Augustine was the winter home of affluent Northerners. The most prominent Victorian buildings are three magnificent structures surrounding a central plaza …

Title Page, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Title page for Volume 54, Number 1. Includes the Table of Contents

Episode 14: Phil Metzger ’00ms’05phd: The Future Of Space Exploration, University Of Central Florida

Knights Do That Podcast Transcripts

In episode 14 of Knights Do That, we speak with Phil Metzger ’00MS’05PhD, a planetary scientist and UCF alum with nearly 30 years of experience at NASA. During this episode, Phil shares stories from his time working on the space shuttle missions, his controversial research on whether Pluto is a planet or not, and what the future of space exploration will look like.

Produced by UCF, the podcast highlights students, faculty, staff, administrators and alumni who do incredible things on campus, in the community and around the globe.

A Plan For Pops, Hannah Irene Hollowell

Diverse Families Bookshelf Lesson Plans and Activities

The students will be able to navigate a character’s perspective from a literary text. ● The students will be able to summarize the text using correct conventions for their grade level. ● The students will be able to write a personal or fictional narrative using the rules of grammar. ● The students will be able to name a couple of characteristics that make someone diverse.

Florida Frontiers Radio Program #446, Dr. Ben Brotemarkle, Florida Historical Society

Florida Frontiers Radio Transcripts

SEGMENTS | Indigenous Florida | Hastings Public Library | Spanish Mission System

Minutes Of The Directors' Meeting, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

The semi-annual meeting of the board of directors of the Florida Historical Society was convened at 9:45 a.m. in the Society’s Library, University of South Florida, Tampa, December 7, 1974, by Milton D. Jones, president. Officers and directors attending included Thelma Peters, Alva Jones, Jay B. Dobkin, Jerrell H. Shofner, Samuel Proctor, George E. Buker, Lewis H. Cresse, Jr., Addie Emerson, William M. Goza, Marty Grafton, John W. Griffin, James R. Knott, John K. Mahon, Jessie Porter Newton, Randy Nimnicht, Sister Eileen Rice, and Norman Simons. Mrs. Margaret Burgess was also present. Mr. Jones welcomed Messrs. Buker, Cresse, and Nimnicht …

Contents Of Volume, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Contents for Volume LIII

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

HIBERNIA: THE UNRETURNING TIDE, by Margaret Seton Fleming Biddle, reviewed by Dena Snodgrass; BEYOND THE FOURTH GENERATION, by Lamar Johnson, reviewed by Charlton W. Tebeau; FLORIDA FROM SECESSION TO SPACE AGE, by Merlin G. Cox and J. E. Dovell, reviewed by Dorothy Dodd; SPAIN: THE RISE OF THE FIRST WORLD POWER, by John Fraser Ramsey, reviewed by Donald E. Worcester; PEDRO DE LA TORRE: DOCTOR TO CONQUERORS, by John Tate Lanning, reviewed by Irving A. Leonard; BRITISH MAPS OF COLONIAL AMERICA, by William P. Cumming, reviewed by Louis De Vorsey, Jr.; BLACK MAJORITY: NEGROES IN COLONIAL SOUTH CAROLINA, FROM 1670 …

History News, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Annual Meeting, Florida Confederation of Historical Societies, The Florida History Newletter, National Register of Historic Places, Florida Anthropological Society, Activities and Events, Florida Manuscript Acquisitions and Accessions, Notes

Some Early Railroads In Alachua County, Caroline Watkins

Florida Historical Quarterly

Earliest transportation in Florida was usually by water routes— north and south— since few rivers offered east-west communication. The inland, unsettled country was covered by pine and oak forests and a thick growth of palmettos, vines, and scrub. Canals to connect the Atlantic and the Gulf had been proposed as early as the first Spanish period, and routes were surveyed in the 1820s. When it became evident that tidewater canals would be difficult to construct and locks expensive, attention was diverted to roads and railroads.

Vicente Pazos, Agent For The Amelia Island Filibusters, 1818, Charles H. Bowman, Jr.

Florida Historical Quarterly

The appearance of a North American squadron under John D. Henley and a land force under James Bankhead at the mouth of the St. Marys River on December 18, 1817, with orders to move against Luis Aury and his establishment on Amelia Island, compelled the filibusters to abandon posthaste their illfated Republic of the Floridas. Aury had occupied the island since September under the flag of Mexico. It was obvious that the North American fighting power was superior to any that Aury could muster and that surrender of the island was inevitable.

Reminiscences Of A Lector: Cuban Cigar Workers In Tampa, Louis A. Perez, Jr.

Florida Historical Quarterly

In the latter half of the nineteenth century, increased tobacco imports revived the historico-economic nexus between Cuba and Florida. In Key West, Tampa, Ocala, and Jacksonville cigar factories opened to process Havana tobacco. Thousands of Cubans arrived in Florida to work and most of them established themselves permanently.

The New York Times Views Civil War Jacksonville, Richard A. Martin

Florida Historical Quarterly

During the Civil War, military units North and South had their newspaper contingents in camp and field— war correspondents living out of saddlebags stuffed with pencils and notebooks, artists with sketch pads, and photographers working out of wagons jammed with the apparatus of their craft. Although southern newspapers were restricted by shortages of newsprint and men, northern journals prospered, publishing prolifically every shade of drama and every degree of tragedy the conflict offered. In fact, as Allan Nevins has observed, Civil War correspondents enjoyed such a virtual monopoly on the news “they were able to write with greater fullness and …

Title Page, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Title page for Volume 53, Number 4. Includes the Table of Contents

Florida Gubernatorial Politics: The Fuller Warren Years, David R. Colburn

Florida Historical Quarterly

Inaguration Day, January 3, 1949, dawned overcast and rainy in Tallahassee. The inclement weather, however, did not dampen the enthusiasm of a large crowd that lined the route from the executive mansion to the capitol to greet the new governor, Fuller Warren. With typical inaugural fanfare, Warren was escorted to the steps of the capitol by marching guardsmen and a band which periodically broke into a rendition of “Suwannee River,” the state song. After taking the oath of office, Warren gave a brief inaugural address in which he called for governmental economy, pine tree prosperity, citrus reform, increased tourism, and …

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

THE EVERGLADES: FROM YESTERDAY TO TOMORROW, by Wyatt Blassingame, reviewed by Thelma Peters; THE NEW FLORIDA ATLAS: PATTERNS OF THE SUNSHINE STATE, by Roland Wood and Edward A. Fernald, reviewed by Robert B. Marcus; WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE STUDIES IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES, VOLUME XII, GEOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVES ON SOUTHERN DEVELOPMENT, edited by John C. Upchurch and David C. Weaver, reviewed by Shannon McCune; MONEY AND POLITICS IN AMERICA, 1755-1775: A STUDY IN THE CURRENCY ACT OF 1764 AND THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF REVOLUTION, by Joseph Albert Ernst, reviewed by Richard B. Sheridan; THE OLD DOMINION AND THE NEW NATION, 1788-1801, by …

Florida History Research In Progress, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

This list shows the amount and variety of Florida history research and writing currently underway and as reported to the Florida Historical Quarterly. Doctoral dissertations and masters theses completed in 1974 are included. Research in Florida history, sociology, anthropology, political science, archeology, geography, and urban studies is included.