{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3310", "width": "1943", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "Z\\n-o-\\nV\\nA*\\nr,\\nj s\\nv\\n,V\\n,0 o.\\n4\\nV W\\no x\\nv*\\nr\\nf\\\\\\n^r I-\\nx .0\\nA-\\n.*fc\u00c2\u00b0\\nv*", "height": "3292", "width": "1859", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "X\\nV^\\n\u00c2\u00abs?\\n,0c\\n0 s\\nr\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2V\\nV\\nv* 1 K\\n0\\nv\\nTf\\nvV\\n\\\\V V V\\n-f 1\\nrOJ", "height": "3292", "width": "1859", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3246", "width": "1775", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3246", "width": "1775", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3246", "width": "1775", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3246", "width": "1775", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3246", "width": "1775", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "M EX I C\\nCU L F of\\nLOl\\n/pi\\nH\u00c2\u00abpl M O N ROE j it tLs\\njVrRO x |_.\u00c2\u00ab\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n^Viorii TliiMKC /ERGLA t;i HILLSQOm\\nCYPB A E \\\\VC S LL V DUB?.ESI O ^/w T LiUDCRDM.;\\nV", "height": "2595", "width": "2867", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3246", "width": "1775", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "FEENANDI1TA, PLOEIDA.\\nThis first-class House has been remodeled, refurnished, and put in complete\\norder for the winter travel.\\nThis House has 50 Rooms, many of them of extra size 500 feet Piazza splendid\\nFlower Garden 50 varieties of the Rose with Oranges, Lemons, Bananas, Figs.\\nPomegranates, Strawberries and other Fruits.\\nJ0Sf*Table Supplied with all the delicacies of the season.\\nJOHN M. PAYNE, Proprietor.\\nIN FLORIDA,\\nOn the East Bank of St. John s River, six miles above Jacksonville. House new\\n12 rooms well finished inside and out. Title perfect. Possession given at any time.\\nFor full description, with view of house, address\\nA. F. STYLES, Jacksonville, Fla.\\nSTERBOSOOPIO VIEWS\\nOF\\nSC1SN-SS X3VT 3E XLi O IE*. 133 -A.\\nFor Sale by C, Drew, Masonic Building, Jacksonville R. H. Gordon, St. Augustine\\nand on the River Steamers.\\nGENERAL RAILROAD TICKET OFFICE,\\nINF ORMA.TIOISr\\nWith reference to the running of Railroads to and from SAVANNAH, will\\nbe cheerfully furnished at the General Ticket Agency of Robert R. Bren,\\nat the corner of Bull and Broughton Streets.\\nMr. Bren will keep a Visitors Register, to fill the place of a General Directory.\\nPersons desiring to obtain the whereabouts of their triends can do so by referring to\\nthis Book.", "height": "3246", "width": "1775", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3246", "width": "1775", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "GWIME T@ FLQMM9* 9\\nT4t\u00c2\u00a3 im\u00c2\u00ae Or flOW\u00c2\u00a3|*S,\\nCONTAINING AH\\nHISTORICAL SKETCH, GEOGRAPHICAL, AGRICULTURAL AND\\nCLIMATIC STATISTICS, ROUTES OF TRAVEL BY LAND\\nAND SEA, AND GENERAL INFORMATION\\nINVALUABLE TO THE\\nJnactlii, (iiottrist or Emigrant.\\n4, u\\nEntered according: to Act of Congress by R. S Gardiner, in the office\\nof the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.\\nJtefo fork:\\nCUSHRCG, BARDCJA k. CO, Pbixtkks, 044 \u00c2\u00abb \u00c2\u00ab4\u00c2\u00ab Broads*.", "height": "3246", "width": "1775", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "0", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "p\\nUIDE TO ^FLORIDA.\\nFive years after Christopher Columbus first saw land in\\nthe New World, another navigator, Sebastian Cabot, sailing\\nunder the English flag, discovered the coast of Florida.\\nThis was in 1497. It was not until the spring of 15 12\\nthat the Europeans made a permanent landing. A veteran\\ncavalier of Spain, Juan Ponce de Leon, impelled by a\\nromantic fancy that in the West there existed a fountain\\nwhose waters restored the aged to perpetual youth, raised\\nan expedition of enthusiasts like himself and set sail on\\nthis wondrous voyage of discovery. He saw the coast for\\nthe first time on Easter Sunday, in April, 15 12, which day\\nthe Spaniards call Pasqua Florida, and because the\\ncharming country spread before him was fairly radiant\\nwith wild flowers, he gave it the beautiful name of Florida.\\nThis landing was made near the site of the present city of\\nSt. Augustine\\nThe cavalier s search for the immortal spring was\\nfruitless. The Indians harassed and picked off his band\\nwith poisoned arrows, and he was finally forced to quit\\nthe country. He carried with him to Cuba a mortal\\nwound which caused his death soon after his arrival there.\\nA dozen years later Spain again attempted to colonize the\\npeninsula. Narvaez was appointed Governor and landed", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "4 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nwith three hundred men. He made no attempt at settle-\\nment however, but wandered off on an exploring expedi-\\ntion, and after many hardships, finally reached the far off\\ncountry of the Mexicans. The illustrious Ferdinand de\\nSoto, the discoverer of the Mississippi river, followed him\\nto Florida. He landed in Tampa Bay with a thousand\\nfollowers, in the spring of 1539. His march through the\\ninterior was disputed at every step by the aborigines, and\\nhis little army was so decimated by war, fatigue and sick-\\nness, that when his own body was committed to the bosom\\nof the Father of Waters two years later, but a third of\\nthem survived.\\nThe first actual settlement of Florida was made oy the\\nFrench Huguenots who, under Jean Ribault, attempted to\\nplant a colony at the mouth of the St. Johns River in\\n1564. This roused the ire of the Spaniards, who claimed\\nthe country as their own, and an expedition was sent out\\nunder the command of Don Pedro Menendez to extermi-\\nnate the Frenchmen. The Don did his bloody Work\\neffectually. The little French city was taken by surprise,\\nand all of its inhabitants were massacred. Above their\\nbodies, which he had suspended from the trees, Menendez\\nleft this inscription Not because they are Frenchmen,\\nbut because they are heretics and enemies of God. But\\nvengeance on the cruel Castilians was swift. Three years\\nlater an expedition under De Gourgues, a Huguenot gen-\\ntleman, set sail from France, and landing at St. Augustine,\\nwhich the Spaniards had just built, attacked and took it\\nafter a severe battle. A portion of the garrison were\\ntaken to the site of the ruined French settlement on the\\nSt. Johns, and there hung to the same trees, with this\\ninscription over their heads: Not because they are\\nSpaniards, but because they are traitors, robbers and mur-\\nderers.", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 5\\nIt was in 1565 that Menendez founded the city of\\nSt. Augustine, the oldest within the present limits of\\nthe United States. From this foothold colonies were sent\\nout along the coast and into the interior of the province,\\nand for an hundred years ot more Florida was a growing\\nand thriving Spanish colony. The Indians were almost\\nuniformly hostile, but the superior civilization prevailed\\nover them. Many vestiges of the early Spanish settle-\\nments in the State remain to show what the country was at\\nthis nourishing era of its history. The period of its deca-\\ndence was at the conclusion of the great Continental war\\nof 1753-60, when it passed from Spain into the possession\\nof Great Britain. In the meantime it had been the scene\\nof many conflicts. The English, under Sir Francis Drake,\\nattacked and plundered St. Augustine in 1586. It was\\npillaged by the Indians in 161 1, and. sacked by the Buc-\\ncaneers in 1665. Governor Moore, of South Carolina,\\nraided into the colony in 1702, and unsuccessful attempts\\nwere made by the Georgians in 1725, 1740 and 1743 to\\ncapture and destroy St. Augustine.\\nIn 1763 Spain ceded the whole territory of Florida to\\nGreat Britain. So greatly had its prosperity declined that\\nits population did not exceed 600. In 1781, the Spaniards\\ncaptured Pensacola, and three years later, by virtue of the\\ntreaty of 1 784, they resumed jurisdiction over the country.\\nDuring the last war with Great Britain the English troops\\nunder Col. Nichols occupied Pensacola, but General Jack-\\nson appearing before the town, they decamped to their\\nfleet. Jackson, while fighting the Indians in 181 8, was so\\naffronted by the conduct of the Spanish governor that he\\ntook possession of Pensacola and sent the Spanish prison-\\ners to Havana.\\nThe Spanish government recognized manifest destiny\\nin 1 819, and consented to the cession of the entire terri-", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "6 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\ntory of Florida to the United States. The exchange of\\nflags took place in 1821, a territorial government was\\nestablished in 1822, and Florida was admitted as a State\\ninto the Union in 1845.\\nFrom the time of the cession down almost to our own\\nday, there have raged those desolating Indian wars which\\nreddened the border settlements with the blood of white\\nmen, women and children, and made the Everglades re-\\nsound with the dying whoop of the hunted Seminole. The\\nstory of the valor of Coa-cou-chee, of Osceola, and of\\nLittle Cloud, fighting the last battles of their race for the\\nhunting grounds of their ancestors, has passed into poetry\\nand romance.\\nFlorida, like her sister Southern States, was a battle-\\nground between North and South in the late civil war.\\nAfter the passage of the ordinance of secession in 1861,\\nFort Pickens in Pensacola harbor, was invested by the Con-\\nfederate troops, and the Navy Yard was occupied. Fer-\\nnandina and St. Augustine were captured by Admiral\\nDupont s fleet in 1862. The following month the United\\nStates forces occupied Jacksonville, and the Confederate\\nauthorities abandoned nearly the whole of Northern and\\nWestern Florida, including Pensacola, and withdrew their\\narmy into Georgia. The year 1864 was characterized by\\nraids on both sides. General Birney penetrated to Trent\\nCreek, and the Confederate salt works at Ocala were de-\\nstroyed. In February of this year General Trueman Sey-\\nmour marched westward with a large body of United\\nStates troops, and at Olustee was disastrously defeated by\\nthe Confederate army under General Joseph Finegan.\\nHe retreated with a loss of 1200 men, leaving his dead\\nand wounded on the field and during the remaining\\nmonths of the war the Federals were on the defensive.\\nAfter the surrender of General Lee, at Appomattox,", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 7\\nVirginia, the people of Florida abandoned further re-\\nsistance, and the State was duly reconstructed by Con-\\ngress.\\nThe State of Florida extends from the parallel of 31\\nNorth latitude to 25 North latitude, and lies within 8o\u00c2\u00b0\\nand 88\u00c2\u00b0 West longitude from Greenwich. It is in the\\nsame latitude with the Desert of Sahara, Southern China\\nand Northern Mexico, but its comparative degree of heat\\nis not accurately indicated by its latitude, for it is isother-\\nmal with the Bermudas, Egypt, Northern Hindostan,\\nSouthern California and Louisiana. Moreover, lying\\nbetween the Gulf of Mexico and the Gulf Stream, its main\\nportion is fanned by ocean breezes which materially modify\\nthe temperature.\\nThe shape of the State has been likened to that of a\\nboot; the foot part being Northern Florida, and the leg\\nbeing the peninsula. The first extends about 350 miles\\nfrom East to West, and the peninsula 400 miles from North\\nto South, and ninety miles, on the average, from East to\\nWest. The Gulf Stream skirts the Eastern coast about\\n300 miles. The State contains 59,868 square miles, or\\n37,931,520 acres, and is therefore a little larger than\\nGeorgia, Illinois or Michigan, and almost as large as the\\nNew England States or the united kingdoms of Portugal,\\nBelgium and the Netherlands. The extent of her coast\\nline is rather extraordinary. It is not less than 1 100 miles\\na distance nearly equal to that from Portland, Maine, to\\nJacksonville, Florida, in a straight line.\\nThe surface of the eastern section of the State is gener-\\nally level. In Western Florida it is rolling or hilly. The", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "8 GUIDE TO FLORIDA,\\nextreme southern part is covered with swamps. The coast\\nis indented with thousands of bays and inlets formed by\\nthe jutting of the land, and by innumerable islands. The\\nprincipal rivers are the Apalachicola, which has its source\\nin the mountains of Upper Georgia the beautiful Suwanee^\\nin Middle Florida the Withlacoochee, the Ocklawha and\\nthe Indian River, in Southern Florida. The great stream\\nof the State, however, is the magnificent St. Johns, which\\nrises in the Everglades, and. winds northward a distance of\\nfour hundred miles until it empties into the Atlantic Ocean\\nbelow Jacksonville.\\nThe peninsula is filled with beautiful lakes, some of them\\nbeing navigable for large steamers, and one of them, Lake\\nOkeechobee, in the Everglades, being fully forty miles\\nlong and thirty miles wide. The lake scenery, in the\\nneighborhood of the upper waters of the St. John, is un-\\nsurpassed in loveliness. Several of the larger bays on the\\ncoast deserve notice. Tampa Bay, Apalachee Bay and Pen-\\nsacola Bay, are broad and deep enough to float navies.\\nThe State abounds in remarkable mineral springs. The\\nWakulla River rises about ten miles northwest of St. Marks\\nfrom one of them. The water is moderately cold and\\nhighly impregnated with lime. From the big spring of\\nChipola bursts a furious river Silver Spring, in Marion\\nCounty, is a basin of surpassingly clear and deep water.\\nThe Sulphur Springs of. the Suwanee are a curiosity, and\\nenjoy a local reputation for curing rheumatism, dyspepsia\\nand other kindred diseases. Springs of salt water are\\nnot uncommon in the interior.\\nScientists say that the geological formation of Florida is\\nof comparatively recent origin. The opinion of one of\\nthem, relative to the peninsula, is expressed in this lan-\\nguage The whole peninsula has been formed by the\\nsuccessive growth of coral reefs added concentrically from", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nNorth to South to the first deposits, while the accumula-\\ntion between these reefs has been a mixture of coral and\\nfragments of shells, the coral prevailing in some parts, as\\nin the regions of the Everglades, and in other portions,\\nspecially the Northern and Eastern, the shell. Agassiz\\nassumes, of the lower half of the peninsula, that if the\\ngrowth be one foot in a century from a depth of seventy-\\nfive feet, and that each successive reef has added ten miles\\nof extent southward, it would have required, on this com-\\nputation, 135,000 years to have formed the southern half\\nof the peninsula. The upper part of Florida is, of course,\\nmuch older.\\nAiixmni I rcc\\nfr", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "io GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nFlorida undoubtedly possesses the most equable and\\nsalubrious climate, all the year round, of any State in the\\nUnion. The thermometer seldom rises above 90 in the\\nsummer, nor falls below 30 in the winter. The summer\\nmay be said to be seven months long, but the heat is not\\nintense. This is attributable in a great degree to the\\ncircumstance that the peninsula is fanned on the East by\\nthe Atlantic breezes, and on the West by those of the\\nGulf of Mexico, both of which can be sensibly felt in the\\nmiddle of the State.\\nThe winter in Florida resembles very much the season\\nknown in more northern latitudes as the Indian Summer.\\nThe climate of Florida, however, has the additional ad-\\nvantage of being more dry and elastic. Rain falls rarely\\nduring the winter months. Five out of six days are bright\\nand cloudless, and of the most agreeable temperature. In\\nSouthern Florida frost very rarely appears. Even as far\\nnorth as the Suwanee River there are generally but two or\\nthree nights in a whole winter when ice as thick as a half\\ndollar is found. A consequence of the evenness of the\\ntemperature is the very delightful salubrity of the nights\\nin the sultriest season of the year, by which the body is\\nrefreshed, the sleep rendered sound, and the natural facul-\\nties are restored to vigor.\\nThe following tables show the range of the thermometer\\nthroughout the year in Florida, and the evenness of the\\ntemperature as compared with that of given points in the\\nNorthern States.", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. u\\nObservations made at Jacksonville for five years, from\\n1857 to 1 86 1, both inclusive, showing the highest and\\nlowest range of the Thermometer each month. The\\nfigures are the mean of three daily observations\\n1857.\\n1858.\\n1859.\\n1860.\\n1861.\\nH.\\nL.\\nH.\\nL.\\nH.\\nL.\\nH.\\nL.\\nH.\\nL.\\nJanuary\\n72\\n16\\n76\\n38\\n76\\n30\\n76\\n40\\nFebruary.\\n81\\n44\\n77\\n39\\n79\\n39\\n79\\n44\\n75\\n42\\nMarch\\n85\\n41\\n83\\n34\\n84\\n45\\n83\\n40\\n83\\n43\\nApril\\n81\\n47\\n86\\n49\\n89\\n53\\n92\\n58\\n85\\n54\\nMay\\n91\\n61\\n91\\n66\\n92\\n64\\n92\\n58\\n94\\n64\\nJune\\n91\\n73\\n92\\n73\\n94\\n70\\n97\\n69\\n98\\n73\\nJuly\\n89\\n68\\n96\\n74\\n95\\n70\\n98\\n74\\n92\\n70\\nAugust.\\n95\\n75\\n94\\n75\\n91\\n75\\n93\\n73\\n91\\n73\\nSeptember.\\n92\\n64\\n86\\n64\\n92\\n70\\n89\\n65\\n92\\n58\\nOctober\\n81\\n42\\n85\\n62\\n84\\n50\\n87\\n53\\n86\\n57\\nNovember..\\n82\\n27\\n79\\n39 1 79\\n35\\n80\\n25\\n79\\n45\\nDecember..\\n80\\n39\\n78\\n40 j 79\\n36\\n72\\n32\\n74\\n38\\nREMARKS.\\nIce one to two in-\\nches thick, Jan.\\n19th and 20th, 1857.\\nAt 7 A. M., Nov.\\n25, 1860, the Ther-\\nmometer stood at\\n25 deg.\\nIt is proper to observe that there is a marked difference\\nin the theometric range at Enterprise, two hundred miles\\nsouth of Jacksonville, the temperature being much more\\neven.\\nThe following is a comparative table, showing the monthly\\nand yearly mean of twenty years at St. Augustine, of\\nthirty -one years at West Point, and of thirty-five years\\nat Tort Snelling, Minn.\\nAugustine,\\nFla\\nWest Point,\\nN. Y.\\nFt. Snelling,\\nMinn.\\nJan\\n57.03\\nFeb.\\n59.94\\n28.80\\nMar.\\n63.34\\n37.63\\nApl,\\n68.78\\n48.70\\nMay Jun\\n73.50\\n59.82\\n79.36\\n68.41\\nJuly\\n80.90\\n73.75\\n13.76 17.57 31.41 56.34 58.97 68.46 73.40 70.05 58.86 47.15 31.67 16.89 46.54\\nAug\\n80.56\\n71.83\\nSep.\\n78.60\\n64.31\\nOct,\\n71.8864.12\\n53.04\\nNov\\n42.23\\nDec.\\n57.26 69.61\\n31.98 50.73", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "12 GUIDE TO FLORIDA\\nIn Florida an extraordinary variety of valuable produc-\\ntions are successfully cultivated. Lying as it does partly\\nwithin the temperate zone and partly within the semi-\\ntropical regions, within its limits may be seen flourishing\\nmost of the vegetation familiar to the soil of the Middle\\nand Western States, together with the fruits of the West\\nIndies. At least one-fourth of the entire area of the State\\nis south of the line of frost, and will grow successfully the\\norange, the lemon, the citron, the grape fruit, the banana,\\nthe pine-apple, and the cocoa-nut. Most of the tropical\\ntrees and shrubs grow spontaneously. Tobacco, sugar and\\nhemp have been cultivated to some extent, and can be\\nmade very valuable productions if systematically treated.\\nThe yield of sugar is much more to the acre than in Louis-\\niana. Cotton has hitherto been the leading staple. In-\\ndian corn has been largely raised, but not in sufficient\\nquantities to supply the home demand. Within a few\\nyears the raising of early vegetables for the Northern trade\\nhas been commenced, with great success, on the St. Johns\\nRiver, and along the railroads. Among the vegetables\\nwhich are readily grown and bring remunerative prices,\\nare tomatoes, cucumbers, melons, green peas, beans, cab-\\nbages, turnips, beets, squashes, onions, asparagus, and\\nsweet and Irish potatoes. Wheat has been partially culti-\\nvated in the northern part of the State. The Ramie plant\\nhas just been introduced, and it is believed will become\\nan important staple. Arrowroot, indigo, the castor bean,\\ncan be raised without difficulty. The large growth of the\\nMulberry renders the conditions favorable to the produc-\\ntion of the silk worm. There is no reason why tea and\\ncoffee cannot be cultivated, as the climate and soil are\\nespecially adapted to the purpose. Of the fruits other\\nthan tropical, the peach, grape, fig, pomegranate and plum\\nare produced. Berries grow profusely.", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 13\\nFlorida is the best timbered State in the Union. Over\\n30,000,000 of acres are covered with heavy forests. The\\nbusiness of cutting and shipping lumber is large and in-\\ncreasing. Florida also exports naval stores, and at Key\\nWest there are extensive salt works. Further remarks on\\nthe soil and productiveness of the State will be found in\\nthe paragraphs devoted to the advantages of Florida for\\nimmigrants.\\n_ o~#-o-\\nF@PWM,\u00c2\u00aeT\u00c2\u00a3QW a 8QC1M W JPOLiriG*Z\\nAccording to the census of 1870 the population of Flor-\\nida aggregates 187,748; of which 96,057 are whites and\\n91,689 blacks. This shows a proportion of a fraction over\\nthree inhabitants to the square mile; a density about\\nequal to that of the States of Kansas and Texas. The\\npopulation of the State in i860 was 140,123, so that in\\nspite of the ravages caused by the civil war, the increase\\nin ten years has been 47,625, or thirty-four per cent.\\nThe leading cities and towns in the State are Jackson-\\nville with a population of 13,000, Fernandina with 2,500,\\nTallahassee with 2,500, St. Augustine with 3,500, Lake\\nCity with 2,000, Pensacola with 2,000, Gainesville with\\n1,500, Key West with 5,000; Palatka with 1,000, Quincy\\nwith 800, and Apalachicola with 1,000.\\nThe seat of government is at Tallahassee. The new\\nconstitution, adopted by the people and approved by\\nCongress in 1868, vests the executive power in a Gover-\\nnor, who is elected for four years. He is assisted in his\\ndeliberations by a Cabinet, composed of the principal\\nofficers in the State, viz the Secretary of State, the\\nAttorney-General, the Comptroller, the State Treasurer,\\nthe Surveyor General, the Superintendent of Instruc-", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "14 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\ntion and the Commissioner of Immigration. This is a\\nnovel feature in the framework of a State government, but\\nwas suggested by the success of the arrangement in the\\nFederal system. The legislative power is vested in a\\nSenate and Assembly. The former consists of twenty-\\nfour members, elected for four years; the latter of fifty\\nthree members, elected for two years. The judicial pow-\\ner is vested in a Supreme Court, Circuit Courts, County\\nCourts and Justices of the Peace. The Judges of the Su-\\npreme Court are appointed for life, of the Circuit Courts\\nfor eight years, and of the County Courts for four years.\\nThe election for State and County Officers and Members\\nof the Legislature takes place the first Tuesday after the\\nfirst Monday in November. Annual Sessions of the Legis-\\nlature are held, beginning on the first Tuesday after the\\nfirst Monday in January.\\nThe present State government (1871-2) is as follows:\\nGovernor, Harrison Reed.\\nLieutenant-Governor, Samuel T. Day.\\nSecretary of State, Jonathan C. Gibbs.\\nComptroller, Robert H. Gamble.\\nTreasurer, S. B. Conover.\\nAttorney-General, J. B. C. Drew.\\nCommissioner of Immi-\\nJ. S. Adams.\\ngration, j J\\nSuperintendent of Public 1 Charl\u00c2\u00a3s Beecher _\\nInstruction, j\\nAt the last political election in the State (1870) the\\nvote was as follows: Republican, 12,439; Democratic,\\n11,810; Republican majority, 629. The Republicans\\nelected one majority in the State Senate and three ma-\\njority in the House of Representatives.\\nFlorida, though one of the first-settled countries on this\\ncontinent, has really all the characteristics of a new State.", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 15\\nIts scanty population has been scattered over a territory\\nof nearly 60,000 square miles, and has heretofore been en-\\ngaged almost wholly in agriculture. The social conveni-\\nences and advantages enjoyed in the thickly-settled States\\nfurther North must not, therefore, be expected here. But\\nimmigration is pouring in and the State is rapidly im-\\nproving. Schools and churches are to be found in all the\\ntowns and villages throughout the State, and a new sys-\\ntem of public education has been provided for in the new\\nconstitution. In reference to the feeling of the old inhab-\\nitants towards new comers, the State Commissioner of Im-\\nmigration, Mr. Adams, (himself a Northern man) writes\\nIn our correspondence the question is often asked\\n1 Is it safe for a Northern man to come to Florida The\\nanswer is That there is no sort of danger whatever. The\\nimmigrant of good character and habits will be readily\\nreceived by all. Southern men and women are not su-\\nper-human, and cannot be expected suddenly to absolve\\nthemselves from the domination of those trains of political\\nthought and those prevalent social notions that have ruled\\nthem for years, or to sympathize at once with the political\\nideas of a triumphant radicalism. But the whole popula-\\ntion of the State is becoming rapidly convinced that\\nmen, money and labor, are to be watch-words in the\\nsuccess of the future of Florida. Indeed, any\\ngood citizen that proposes to pay special attention to his\\nown affairs, will be welcomed by all, and this without any\\nsacrifice of principle or any abridgment of his rights of\\nfree thought and free speech. Northern men and women,\\nwho may come and persist in associating exclusively with\\neach other, and sequester themselves diligently from all\\nsocial intercourse with old residents, will be allowed thus\\nto indulge their social predilections without let or hin-\\ndrance.", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "i6 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nThe All-Rail Routes.\\nVisitors to Florida, going from the North, make Sa-\\nvannah the first objective point. It can be reached from\\nEastern points via connecting lines to Baltimore. From\\nN. Y. by the N. Y. and Phila. R. R., running through\\ntrains to which are attached cars having all the modern\\nimprovements to Baltimore, Washington and Richmond.\\nFrom Baltimore, via Bay Line of Steamers to Portsmouth,\\nVa., connecting with Atlantic Coast Li?ie. Or, From\\nWashington, via Ac quia Creek, to Richmond; at\\nRichmond two routes compete for the travel the Upper\\nRoute, via Danville, Charlotte and Augusta, and the\\nAtlantic Coast Line, via Petersburg, Wilmington and\\nCharleston. The Great Southern Mail Route,\\nvia Washington, Lynchburg, Knoxville, Chattanooga,\\nAtlanta, Macon, and Jesup Junction, giving the tourist\\nan opportunity to visit the most interesting localities in\\nthe entire South.\\nTravelers from points North and West of the Ohio\\nRiver will find at the Railroad Ticket Offices in all of the\\nprincipal cities schedules, giving the distances and time\\nto Savannah and Florida.\\nFrom Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Toledo, De-\\ntroit, places on Lakes Erie and Michigan, and points\\nNorth and East of Louisville, the Short Line is via\\nLouisville and Nashville R. R. From St. Louis, and\\npoints North and West, the most direct route is via the\\nSt. Louis and Iron Mountain R. R.\\nThe Rail connections, North and West, are in excellent\\ncondition. Drawing Room and Palace Sleeping Cars are\\nattached to all Through Trains. Polite and attentive\\nConductors and good Eating Houses on the entire route.", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 7\\nSchedules of the different routes will be found on adver-\\ntisement pages at back of book.\\nThrough Tickets For Sale at\\nBOSTON\u00e2\u0080\u0094 At 87, 79, 82 134 Washington Street; Boston\\nProvidence Depot; Boston Albany Depot; Old Colony\\nDepot; No. 3 Old State House; Boston, Hartford Erie De-\\npot and No. 15 U. S. Hotel Block.\\nNEW YORK\u00e2\u0080\u0094 At 229, 303 944 Broadway; and all the\\nprincipal Hotels and at foot Courtlandt Street BROOKLYN\\n1 Court Street, City Hall Square.\\nPHILADELPHIA\u00e2\u0080\u0094 At 409 828 Chestnut. Street; Ex-\\nchange in Continental Hotel 44 South Fifth Street; and at the\\nPhiladelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Depot, corner Broad\\nand Prime Streets.\\nBALTIMORE\u00e2\u0080\u0094 At the Camden Street Station, Baltimore and\\nOhio Railroad Depot; 149 West Baltimore Street; S. E. cor-\\nner Baltimore and Calvert Street.\\nWASHINGTON\u00e2\u0080\u0094 At Adams Express Building, opposite Balti-\\nmore Depot; at the Maryland Avenue Depot at 511 603\\nPennsylvania Avenue Steamers, foot 7th Street and at the\\nprincipal Hotels.\\nAlso at the Railroad Ticket Offices in Richmond, Charleston, Macon,\\nAtlanta, Nashville, Memphis, Louisville, St. Louis and New-\\nOrleans\\nBy Sea to Florida.\\nFrom New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore.\\n(By Steamship to Savannah and Rail to Florida.)\\nThe Sea Routes from New York are via New York and\\nSavannah Steamships, consisting of four lines of commo-\\ndious and well-appointed Steamers. The Leo and Virgo,\\nof Murray, Ferris Co s Line, sail from Pier 16 East\\nRiver, on alternate Tuesdays. The Steamships Herman\\nLivingston and Gen. Barnes, of Livingston, Fox Co s\\nLine, from Pier 36 North River. The Steamships San\\nSalvador and Magnolia, of W. R. Garrison s Line, from\\nPier 8 North River; and the Steamships Huntsville and", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "i8 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nMontgomery, of R. Lowden s Line, from Pier 13 North\\nRiver. Through Tickets sold by the Agents of these Lines\\nto Florida and interior points in Georgia and Alabama.\\nSee advertisement, page 84.\\nThe New York and Charleston Line of Steamships,\\ncomposed of staunch and favorite vessels, thoroughly sea-\\nworthy and well-appointed in every respect, consisting of\\nthe James Adger, Manhattan, South Carolina, Champion,\\nGeorgia, and Charleston, sell Through Tickets, via the Sa-\\nvannah and Charleston R. R., to all points in Florida.\\nTheir sailing days are Thursdays and Saturdays, from Pier\\n29 North River. H. R. Morgan Co., Agents. See\\npage 80. x\\nBy Sea, from Boston.\\nThe Boston and Savannah S. S. Co. dispatch the new\\nand elegant Steamers Seminole and Oriental, on the 10th,\\n20th and 30th of each month returning, leave Savannah\\non the same dates. Through Tickets to all points in Flor-\\nida sold by F. Nickerson Co., Agents 205 State Street,\\nBoston.\\nBy Sea, from Philadelphia.\\nThe Philadelphia and Southern Mail Steamship Co.\\nhave a weekly line to Savannah, leaving every Saturday,\\nfrom Queen Street Wharf. The Wyoming and Tonawanda\\nare noted as first-class vessels, and have obtained a most en-\\nviable reputation for the regularity of their trips. Through\\nTickets sold to all points in Florida and the interior of\\nGeorgia and Alabama. See advertisement on page 85.\\nW. L. James, Agent, 130 South 3d Street, Philadelphia.\\nBy Sea, from Baltimore.\\nThe Baltimore and Savannah Steamship Co. dispatch,\\non the 10th, 20th and 30th of each month, one of their", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 19\\nthoroughly sea-worthy and commodious Steamers to Sa-\\nvannah. The Line is extremely well managed, and the\\nAmerica, Saragossa, and North Point are commanded by\\nexperienced and able officers. Through Tickets to all\\npoints in Florida and the interior are sold by the Agent,\\nJames B. Andrews, Flannigan s Wharf, Baltimore.\\nFrom Charleston and Savannah to Florida.\\nThe quickest and most comfortable route is via the Sa-\\nvannah and Charleston and Atlantic and Gulf Railways.\\nTravelers and invalids avoid the discomforts and risks at-\\ntendant upon a sea voyage along an exposed, and at times,\\nstormy coast. The Bar of the St. Johns, at Jacksonville,\\nFla., is frequently so rough that steamers are unable to\\ncross it, and great inconvenience and suffering from sea-\\nsickness has been experienced by travelers, from this\\ncause. To those who are proof against the mal-de-mer,\\nand prefer the sea, there is a weekly line of boats from\\nCharleston and Savannah to Jacksonville. The passenger\\nby Rail will have the advantage of Palace Sleeping Cars\\nrunning through, without change, from Savannah to Jack-\\nsonville, where boats connect with the St. Johns River\\nand the St. Augustine Railroad. The route of the Atlan-\\ntic and Gulf Railroad is through the south-eastern section\\nof Georgia. It connects with the Florida net-work of\\nrailroads at Live-Oak Station, in Florida, and this brings\\nit in close railway and steamboat connection with all prin-\\ncipal points in the State. The Express Train of the Atlan-\\ntic and Gulf Railroad leaves Savannah daily, at 5.00 p. m.,\\nand through passengers are due at Jacksonville in 15\\nhours, at Tallahassee in 18 hours, at St. Marks, on the\\nGulf of Mexico, in 19^ hours, and at Cedar Keys, in\\nSouth-western Florida, in 25^ hours. At Jacksonville\\nthere is daily steamboat connection with all the towns and", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "20 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nlandings on the St. Johns River. See advertisement of\\nBrock s Line on page 91.\\nFlorida can also be reached from New Orleans by\\nSteamers of the New Orleans, Florida and Havana S. S.\\nCo., which touch at Cedar Keys, en route to Key West\\nand Havana. Northern visitors to Florida, who wish to\\nreturn home either by the way of Havana or the Missis-\\nsippi River can avail themselves of this convenient route,\\nembarking at Cedar Keys. I. K. Roberts, Agent New\\nOrleans, Florida and Havana S. S. Co., New Orleans, La.\\nIt has been well said that no part of the United States\\ncan furnish a more exciting and agreeable winter hunting-\\nground than Indian River and the Gulf Coast. Turkeys,\\nDucks, Squirrels, Deer and Bear are to be found through-\\nout the State. The hunter in the Indian river region\\nmay comfortably camp out, month after month, with a\\nsingle blanket, taking as he needs his sweet potatoes from\\nthe ground, and the orange, lemon and banana from the\\nplantations along the route, and in the continuous sunshine\\nof an unending spring surfeit himself with the pursuit of\\ngame.\\nIn the rivers and bays of Florida the lover of angling\\nwill find his real paradise. They literally swarm with\\nvaluable fish. Mullet, Bass, Sheepshead, Trout, Perch\\nsalt water and fresh and innumerable other varieties\\nabound. The fish caught in the Lower St. Johns will run\\nfrom one to forty pounds in weight. Lakes Harney and\\nJessup are abundantly stocked with fish of excellent\\nquality, which are easily caught with nets, hooks or spears.", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\n23\\nAlligator hunting is a sport peculiar to these southern\\nlatitudes and can be enjoyed to perfection along the\\nrivers, lakes and lagoons of Florida. It takes a practiced\\neye to detect an alligator, for it closely resembles a rotten\\nlog, half-submerged and motionless. Shooting the alliga-\\ntor from the decks of the river steamers is a common\\nenough custom, but the real alligator hunt is to be had on\\nthe upper lakes where they swarm in almost countless\\nnumbers. Hunting parties for Lake Harney are made up\\nat Enterprise, on the Upper St. Johns. The expense is\\nnot much and the amusement prodigious.\\nHarper Bros.\\nSt. Augustine.\\nThe antiquarian and enthusiast in historical research\\nwill find abundant material of interest in the visible traces\\nof the Spanish occupation of two and three centuries ago.\\nRemains of ancient cities, forts, breastworks, churches,\\nand roads may be found, sometimes when least expected,\\nin the midst of dense forests which have grown up and\\ncovered the vestiges of the early civilization. St. Augustine", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "24 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nthe oldest city on the North American continent, is unsur-\\npassed in interest to the antiquarian. The battle fields\\nof the later Indian wars also have a peculiar attractive-\\nness. Here the tourist may study the historic spots illus-\\ntrated by the valor and genius of Jackson, Taylor and\\nWorth. The State of Florida offers rare opportunities\\nfor study to the students in Geology and Botany. The\\nformer have an interesting and important subject for in-\\nvestigation in the extraordinary coral formation of the\\npeninsula; the latter in the wonderful and varied growth\\nof floral and other vegetation. Several professors of\\nNatural History from Northern institutions of learning\\nwere in Florida last year, collecting specimens of insects,\\nbirds, fishes and beasts. There are several excellent tax-\\nidermists in Savannah who make a business of preparing\\nspecimens for naturalists.\\nThere are those to whom field and water sports are un-\\ninteresting. They travel for a love of change merely, or\\nto behold the beautiful and novel in nature or to enjoy\\nidleness as a relaxation from severe and unremitting\\nlabor. The soft, balmy air, the clear, blue sky, the genial,\\nthough never enervating warmth, the tropical richness of\\nthe verdure, the bright-plumaged birds filling the forests\\nwith their music, the placid, transparent lakes and river\\nscenery of unsurpassed loveliness, fulfil all the conditions\\nrequired by this class of tourists. No American need\\nseek an Italy across the waters when one lies here r almost\\nwithin a day s travel.\\n^o;", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 25\\nFor more than a century Florida has been a resort for\\ninvalids from all parts of the world and particularly for\\nthose afflicted with pulmonary complaints. The dryness,\\nevenness and salubrity of the climate are a most delightful\\nand health-restoring change from the piercing winds and\\nfrigid temperature of the Northern, Middle and Western\\nStates in the winter. That many consumptives who have\\ncome to Florida die of the disease is true, but it is equally\\ncertain that they had postponed their visit until it was\\nbeyond the power of any climatic change to effect a cure.\\nBut there are thousands of persons threatened with the\\nconsumptive s death who have recovered their health in\\nFlorida, or at least have lengthened their days not un-\\npleasantly.\\nIt is estimated that at least fifty thousand people visited\\nFlorida last winter, of whom about a fourth were invalids.\\nThe many beautiful villages and landings on the St.\\nJohns River, as far up as Enterprise, were crowded with\\nthese seekers for renewed life and health. St. Augustine\\nand the Indian river country, on the Atlantic coast, were\\nalso filled with visitors of the same character. Among\\nthese were not only people troubled with lung diseases,\\nbut those who were suffering from nervous complaints and\\nfrom physical and mental prostration. Many were over-\\nworked business men from the great cities of the North\\nand West, who sought this delicious and invigorating\\nmode of recuperation.\\nThe mildness of the atmosphere in winter permits much\\nexercise in the open air. It is not uncommon for the\\nnative ladies to walk late in the moonlight evenings\\ncovered, as to the head, only with a lace veil. Some\\nnights are damp and chilly, particularly in the Northern", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "26 GUIDE TO FLORIDA,\\nparts of the State, and a little fire is comfortable; but\\nusually, throughout the winter, the inhabitants sit without\\nafire and with open doors and windows. These remarks\\nare not intended to convey the idea that caution as to\\nclothing can be neglected by the invalid. A writer on\\nthis point says As a rule, invalids should not expose\\nthemselves to the night air nor be tempted on warm, bright\\ndays to lay aside thick shoes and comfortable clothing.\\nThe invalid should always be clad in woolen clothing, and\\nthe robust do not require a linen suit except in the summer\\nmonths.\\nStatistics testify to the healthfulness of Florida. Not-\\nwithstanding the fact that so many thousands of consump-\\ntives resort to the State for relief, the proportion of deaths\\nfrom pulmonary complaints in it is less than in any other\\nState in the Union.\\nThe census of i860 showed that these deaths were as\\nfollows\\nMassachusetts, one in 254\\nMaine, 289\\nVermont, J 404\\nNew York, 473\\nPennsylvania, 5 8\\nOhio, 677\\nCalifornia, 727\\nVirginia, 757\\nIndiana, 79 2\\nIllinois, 878\\nFlorida, i,447\\nThere is a wide-spread misapprehension respecting the\\nmalarial character of the interior of Florida. It is sup-\\nposed that in some parts the air is charged with the most\\npoisonous and noxious vapors arising from the swamp\\nlands, and that fevers are common in consequence of it.", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 27\\nIt is true that there is much swampy land in the State,\\nand that wherever there is a dense vegetable growth accom-\\npanied by decomposition, malarious diseases arise, but in\\nthis case, the magnificent breezes, which sweep across the\\ncountry, clear the atmosphere and purge it of its evil\\nhumors. All fevers in Florida assume a much milder\\ntype than in other sections where they are prevalent.\\nSurgeon-General Lawson, of the United States Army, in\\nhis report explicitly asserts this. He says that statistics\\nshow that the ratio of deaths to the number of cases of\\nremittent fever has been much less among the troops serv-\\ning there than in any other portion of the United States.\\nIn the Middle Division the proportion is 1 death to 36\\ncases of remittent fever in the Northern Division, 1 to\\n52 in the Southern Division, 1 to 54; in Texas, 1 in 783\\nin California, 1 in 122; in New Mexico, 1 in 148; while\\nin Florida it is 1 in 287.\\nThe remedial character of the springs, which abound in\\nevery part of the State, must not be overlooked. Some\\nare known to be highly beneficial to rheumatic and dys-\\npeptic patients. A reference to the index of this work\\nwill give inquirers the location of several of the best\\nesteemed spas in the State.\\ncofc;", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "28 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nThe Legislature of Florida has taken active measures\\nto induce immigrants, from the North and West and from\\nEurope, to settle in the State. A Department of Immigra-\\ntion has been established in connection with the State\\nGovernment the officer is styled Commissioner of Immi-\\ngration, and he is a member of the Governor s Cabinet.\\nThe Bureau furnishes, upon application, all the informa-\\ntion an intending settler may desire about the price,\\ncharacter and situation of lands and the means of getting\\nto them.\\nIt may be succinctly said that the inducements to immi-\\ngration to Florida consist in the cheapness of the lands,\\nease of tillage, wide scope of crops, heavy profits and\\nhealthfulness of climate. The lands of the State are\\nclassified as swamp lands, high and low hummock and\\npine. The first are the most durably rich lands in the\\nUnion. Ditching is indispensable in preparing them for\\nprofitable cultivation then they produce a succession of\\nexhausting crops with the most wonderful vigor. They\\nare especially adapted for sugar, and have been known to\\nyield four hogsheads to the acre, which is more than twice\\nthe average of Louisiana productiveness. There is at least\\na million of acres of this land vacant in Florida, most of\\nwhich can be bought of the State for less than two dollars\\nper acre.\\nThe characteristic of the hummock, as distinguished\\nfrom the pine land, is, that it is covered with a growth of\\nunderbrush, while the latter is open. Whenever the land\\nis not so low as to be called a swamp and produces an\\nundergrowth of shrubbery, it is called hummock. These\\nlands stud the pine forests every few miles and vary in\\nextent from twenty acres to forty thousand acres. The", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 29\\nlow hummocks require a little ditching, and are adapted\\nto the growth of the cane. The high hummocks are\\ncomposed of very rich soil and produce, with very little\\ncultivation, all the crops of the country. They require\\nno other preparation than clearing and ploughing, and\\nare the lands most sought after by new settlers the price\\nvaries from 25 cents to #25.00 per acre, according to\\nlocation.\\nThe pine lands are generally cleared by girdling the\\ntrees and cutting away the underbrush. The following\\nyear nothing remains but the trunks and dry branches\\nwhich offer no further impediment to the rays of the sun.\\nThe fertility of what is denominated first-rate pine M is\\nremarkable. Some districts have yielded during fourteen\\nyears of successive cultivation, without the aid of manure,\\n400 pounds of Sea Island Cotton to the acre. The poorer\\nclasses of pine lands are valuable for the raising of Sisal\\nhemp. They afford an excellent range for cattle, and are\\nworth still more for their timber and naval stores. Prices\\nof first-rate pine land varies from 25 cents to #10\\nper acre, according to location.\\nUnimproved lands on the St. Johns River can be had\\nat from $5 to $15 and improved lands in the same\\nlocality at from #20 to #30. Plantations in other parts\\nof the State, partially cleared and having some improve-\\nments, such as buildings and fences, are worth from #3 to\\n#10 per acre. Lands, having orange groves in bearing,\\nare from $50 to #250 per acre. On account of the genial\\nclimate, the finished, compactly-built dwelling-houses of\\nthe more rigorous North are not required. Less expen-\\nsive buildings, the cost being not more than from \u00c2\u00a3200\\nto #500, will answer every purpose of health and comfort.\\nThe extraordinary variety of crops suitable to the\\nsoil of Florida is alluded to on another page. Many of", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "30 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nthem, with much less of the cost and hard labor expended\\nin other farming sections of the Union, can be made\\nexceedingly profitable. For settlers of small means the\\nearly vegetable cultivation and the raising of fruit make\\nhandsome returns, and for large capitalists there are\\nfortunes in the production of cotton, sugar, fine Cuban\\ntobacco and naval stores. There are also similar induce-\\nments in stock raising, the cutting of timber and lumber,\\nsalt making and the fisheries. Enterprising men and\\nwomen, who know how to keep a hotel, can settle any-\\nwhere along the railroad lines or on the St. Johns, and\\ndepend on constant and remunerative business.\\nVisitors to Florida, for the first time, are usually appre-\\nhensive about snakes. Notwithstanding its tropical situ-\\nation there are few poisonous reptiles in Florida. In\\nsome localities the rattlesnake may be found, if sought for\\ndiligently, but. generally the only snake visible is a species\\nof harmless, water snake. The alligators are not aggres-\\nsive towards strangers. They are rather disposed to run\\nthan fight when attacked. The mosquitoes flourish in the\\nsummer season, as they do everywhere else, but are less\\nvoracious than the Jersey breed. The other bugbear to\\nthe stranger in Florida the malarial fever, is spoken of\\nelsewhere. When it does occur, it is of the very mildest\\ntype, is not necessarily dangerous and yields easily to\\nsimple remedies.", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 3\\nTHE DIRECT ROUTE TO FLORIDA,\\n(AND ALSO TO SOUTHERN GEORGIA,)\\nay th\u00c2\u00a3\\nAtlantic and Gulf Railroad.\\nThis Railroad is the great connecting link between the\\nAtlantic coast railroads from the North (via Savannah)\\nand Southern Georgia and Florida. It affords a through\\nrailroad connection for passengers and freight between\\nthose flourishing sections and Baltimore, Philadelphia,\\nNew York and Boston.\\nThe main trunk extends from Savannah to Bainbridge,\\non the Flint River, nearly to the Alabama State line, a\\ndistance of 236 miles. There are two branch roads one\\nbeginning at Lawton and extending to Live Oak, a distance\\nof forty-eight miles, and connecting with the Jacksonville,\\nPensacola and Mobile Railroad and the other from Thom-\\nasville to Albany, Ga., a distance of fifty-eight miles.\\nThe Atlantic and Gulf Railroad also connects at Jesup\\nwith the Macon and Brunswick Railroad, and passengers\\nand freight are taken either for the coast or for all points\\nin Middle and Upper Georgia and Alabama.\\nThe following is the Time Table of the", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "ATLANTIC GULF RAILWAY.\\nJohn Screven, Pres., H. S. Haines, Gen. Superintendent.\\nSavannah, Ga.\\nD. Macdonald, Treai.,\\nSavannah. Ga.", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "Daily, t Except Sunday. Except Monday. Except Saturday. Meals.\\nCONNECTIONS.\\ni At Savannah, with Savannah and 6 At Bainbridge, with Steamers for\\nCharleston and Central (Ga.) Railways, Columbus, Ft. Gaines, Eufaula and\\nand New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore Apalachicola.\\nand Boston Steamships. 7 A v .LiveOak, with Jackson v., Pen,\\na At Jesup, with Macon and Brunswick sacola and Mobile Railway for Mad,\\nRailway lor Macon, Atlanta, and prin- ison, Monticello, Tallahassee, Quin.\\ncipal cities of the South and West. cy, St. Marks, Jacksonville, St.\\ns At Lawton, for Jacksonville, and Augustine, and points on the St.\\npoints in Florida. Johns River.\\n\u00c2\u00abAt Thomasville, with Albany Divi- 8 At Baldwin, with Florida Railway\\neion. for Fernandina, Gainesville and\\nAt Albany, with Southwestern Rail- Cedar Keys.\\nway.\\nExpress Train\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Notes.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Through connection at Live Oak for stations\\nto Jacksonville without change. on J., P. M. Railroad, west of Live\\nNo change of cars between Savannah Oak.\\nand Albany. Both of the above trains make\\nClose connection at Baldwin with close connection at Jesup with trains\\ntrains on Florida Railroad, to and from to and from Macon for and from\\nFernandina and Cedar Keys. Florida.\\nSleeping Car on this train. Close connection at Albany with\\nClose connection at Albany with trains on Southwestern Railroad,\\ntrains on Southwestern Railroad. Macon Express Train\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Note.\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nPassengers to and from Brunswick Close connection at Macon, both\\nmake close connection with this train, ways, with Macon and WesternRail\\nAccommodation Train Note.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 road trains to and from Atlanta.\\nThis is the only train making close\\nG. D. OWENS, Cenl. Agent,\\n229 Broadway, cor. Barclay St. f N. T.\\nThe following are the stations on the Atlantic and Gulf\\nRailroad after leaving Savannah\\nlUillers io miles from Savannah, 226 miles from\\nBainbridge. Wood station.\\nThe railroad crosses the Little Ogeechee River, just east\\nof this station.\\nWays isH miles from Savannah, 220^ miles\\nfrom Bainbridge. Wood station. There are Presbyterian\\nand Baptist Churches near here. The County seat of\\nBryan County is near here. Within one mile east of\\nthis station the road crosses the Great Ogeechee River.\\nSome of the largest rice plantations in Georgia are\\nsituated on its banks. A short distance below the\\nbridge the blockade runner, Rattlesnake, previously\\nthe Nashville, was sunk by the guns of the Federal\\nfleet, then lying below Genesis Point. On this point was\\nthe Confederate battery, Fort McAllister, which was cap-\\n33", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "34 GUIDE TO FLORIDA\\ntured after a. sharp fight, by Sherman s Army, on its\\nmarch to the sea.\\nFleming 24 miles from Savannah and 212 miles\\nfrom Bainbridge. Telegraph office. About fifteen miles\\nfrom here, on the shore, is the harbor of Sunbury,\\none of the best on the Georgia coast, and one of the ear-\\nliest settlements in the State. Visitors may see there the\\nold Sunbury Fort and have a fine view of St. Catherine s\\nSound. At Fleming are Methodist and Baptist Churches.\\nMcintosh 32 miles from Savannah and 204\\nmiles from Bainbridge. This station is two and one-\\nhalf miles from the village of Flemington, Liberty County\\nfive miles from Hinesville, the County seat and ten miles\\nfrom Riceboro, the head of water navigation on the North\\nNewport River.\\nWalthourville 39 miles from Savannah, 197\\nmiles from Bainbridge. The village of Walthourville is\\nthree miles from the station, and in ante bellum days\\nwas the summer residence of the wealthy planters of Lib-\\nerty County. It was the birth-place of a number of the\\nmost eminent men of the State, and was noted for the\\nintelligence and refinement of its society. Present popu-\\nlation, 300. The place is a resort for invalids. There are\\ngood boarding houses kept by Messrs. Brown and Miller.\\nRates from $1.50 to $2.00 per day for transient visitors.\\nThe neighborhood abounds with deer and partridge.\\nThere are two churches in Walthourville, one Presbyterian\\nand one Baptist.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Johnston 46 miles from Savannah, 190 miles\\nfrom Bainbridge. Population, 150. The village con-\\ntains a boarding-house, kept by Mrs. Johnston, two saw\\nmills and a shingle mill near by. Plenty of game will\\nbe found in the vicinity.\\nUpon leaving this station, the road descends into the", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 35\\nvalley of the Altamaha River. This river is one of the\\nlargest in the State and is formed by the junction of the\\nOconee and Ocmulgee Rivers the former, navigable for\\nsteamboats to Dublin, and the latter to Macon. Darien,\\nwhere a large trade is carried on in lumber and timber,\\nlies near the mouth of the Altamaha. The Atlantic and\\nGulf Railroad crosses this stream upon a substantial lattice\\nbridge of four spans, formed upon brick pieces of suffi-\\ncient height for steamers to pass below. The swamp\\nabounds in cypress and oak. The cypress is manufactured\\ninto shingles, and shipped to Macon, Savannah and North-\\nern ports, and quantities of oak staves are exported to\\nFrance and Spain.\\nDoctortowil 53 miles from Savannah, 183\\nmiles from Bainbridge. This station is near the site\\nof an old Indian town, which was the abode of a famous\\nmedicine man, whence the name of the station.\\nJesup 5 7 miles from Savannah, 1 79 miles from\\nBainbridge. Telegraph office. Junction of the Macon\\nand Brunswick Railroad. Passengers take cars here for\\nMacon, Atlanta, and all points in Middle and Northern\\nGeorgia, Alabama and Tennessee. Connection is also\\nmade here with the growing and prosperous city of Bruns-\\nwick, forty miles distant on the Atlantic coast. The pop-\\nulation of Jesup is about 100. Hotels, kept by Mrs. Clary\\nand Mr. Williams, will accommodate about sixty guests.\\nRates $3.00 per day.\\nScreven 68 miles from Savannah, 168 miles\\nfrom Bainbridge. Wood station.\\nUpon the line of the road for the thirty miles west of\\nthis station, in the finest lumber region of the State, are\\nsituated eight or ten large circular saw mills engaged in\\ncutting lumber for shipment, via Savannah, to the Northern\\nStates, Europe, the West Indies and South America. The", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "36 GUIDE TO FLORIDA\\nlumber interest is annually increasing in importance, and\\nadds largely to the revenues of this road. The shipments\\nof lumber over the road have increased from 8,000,000\\nfeet in 1866, to 32,000,000 feet in 187 1. Short lateral\\nbranches are being constructed into the virgin forests on\\neither side of the line, and it is probable that the annual\\nshipments will continue to increase for many years to\\ncome.\\nPatterson 77 miles from Savannah, 159 miles\\nfrom Bainbridge. There are three churches in the\\nvicinity.\\nHSlacksliear 86 miles from Savannah, 150 miles\\nfrom Bainbridge. Population, 800. County seat of\\nPierce County. There are in the village and vicinity four\\nsaw mills and a grist mill. The Knoles House accommo-\\ndates travelers at $2.50 per day or $7.00 per week. The\\ncountry hereabouts is heavily timbered and large quan-\\ntities of round and square timber are cut and shipped. The\\nSouth East Georgian is published here, and there is a Meth-\\nodist Church in the village.\\nTen miles west of Blackshear the Brunswick and Albany\\nRailroad crosses the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad.\\nTebeauville 97 miles from Savannah, 139\\nmiles from Bainbridge. Telegraph office. Population\\nabout 100. Situated near the head of the great Okafono-\\nkee Swamp, which abounds with game and fish, and is a\\nfamous resort of ihe sportsman. The Railroad House at\\nthis station, kept by J. W. Remshurt, will accommodate\\nabout thirty guests at $2.00 per day. There are two saw\\nmills in the neighborhood, cutting about 15,000 feet of\\nlumber daily.\\nGlefilHlore 108 miles from Savannah, 128 miles\\nfrom Bainbridge. Wood station.\\nArgyle 115 miles from Savannah, 121 miles from\\nBainbridge. Wood station.", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "GUIDE -TO FLORIDA. 37\\nHomer SVille 122 miles from Savannah, 114 miles\\nfrom Bainbridge. Population, 200. County seat of\\nClinch County. The Okafonokee Swamp is near by.\\nCowart s Hotel and Hodge s boarding house afford\\ngood accommodations to visitors and sportsmen. Sugar\\ncane is raised to some extent on the neighboring plan-\\ntations.\\nLaw ton 131 miles from Savannah, 105 miles\\nfrom Bainbridge. Telegraph office. Junction with\\nthe Florida branch of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad,\\n(which see, at the end of this article.) The Railroad\\nHouse accommodates travelers at $2.00 per day. In\\nthe village the Primitive Baptists have a small meeting-\\nhouse. The climate here is agreeable and the water excel-\\nlent. The country is heavily covered with yellow pine.\\nStockton 1 39 miles from Savannah, 105 miles from\\nBainbridge. Wood station.\\n]\u00c2\u00a5aylor 144 miles from Savannah, 97 miles from\\nBainbridge. Population, about 75. There are two saw\\nmills and a wool-carding establishment near here.\\nValdosta 157 miles from Savannah, 79 miles from\\nBainbridge. Telegraph office. Population, 2000. County\\nseat of Lowndes County. The largest town on the rail-\\nroad between Savannah and Thomasville. It ships about\\n5000 bales of cotton per season, and contains several mills,\\nfive white and two negro Churches, and two good hotels,\\nStuart s Railroad Hotel and Tranquil Hall, where accom-\\nmodations may be had at $5.00 per week for permanent\\nguests. The South Georgia Times is published here. In\\nthe neighborhood are many natural curiosities; one\\nof the small rivers enters a cave and disappears.\\nOcean Pond and Long Pond, from three to five miles in\\nextent, afford the best fresh-water fishing in Georgia.\\nFrom this station westward to Thomasville, the road", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "38 GUIDE TO FLORIDA\\npasses through a region which, perhaps, offers more\\ninducements to emigration than any other part of Southern\\nGeorgia or Florida. It is a rolling country, well watered,\\nand thickly wooded with yellow pine and other timber,\\nThere are many thrifty farmers engaged in planting cotton,\\ncorn and sugar cane, and in raising stock for the Savannah\\nmarket. In summer the southerly winds are cooled in\\npassing over the Gulf of Mexico, and the nights are\\nalways pleasant. Cases of malarial disease are rare, and\\nmosquitoes are almost unknown. In short, there is no\\nother part of the Southern country possessing the same\\nadvantages of climate, soil and productions, of health,\\nproximity to schools, churches and centres of trade, where\\nland can be purchased at as small a price as in this vicin-\\nity. The Atlantic and Gulf Railroad was only extended\\nto Thomasville at the beginning of the late war, and as it\\nis not on any of the great Southern Through Lines, it has\\nin a great measure escaped the attention of persons going\\nSouth in pursuit of \\\\ealth or seeking a home.\\nOlisley 1 66 miles from Savannah, 70 miles from\\nBainbridge. Population, 150. Travelers are accommo-\\ndated by J. A. and W. H. Ousley. In the vicinity are\\nseveral pretty lakes.\\nTwo miles west of this station the road crosses the\\nWithlacoochee River, an affluent of the Suwanee. Upon\\nits banks and near the road are two springs (one of them\\na sulphur spring), which enjoy quite a local reputation.\\nQuitman 174 miles from Savannah, 62 miles from\\nBainbridge. Telegraph office. One of the most nourishing\\ntowns in Southern Georgia. Population, 1500. County\\nseat of the fertile county of Brooks, which contains ten\\nwater and six steam mills. In Quitman are two carriage\\nmanufactories, a cotton and wool factory with a capital of\\n$75,000 five churches, belonging to the Methodists,", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 39\\nBaptists and Presbyterians thirty business houses, mostly\\nbuilt of brick, and three educational institutions the\\nLovick Pierce College with 60 students, Quitman Academy\\nwith 100 students, and the Howard Institute (colored)\\nwith 60 students. This young town was planned and the\\nstreets blazed out of the pine forests in i860. Last year\\n6000 bales of cotton were shipped from its depot. The\\nQuitman Banner is published here. In the county is a\\npartially explored cave, called the Devil s Hopper, which\\nis a great natural curiosity. The sulphur springs are four\\nmiles distant from the town. Travelers are accommodated\\nat the City Hotel by J. G. Jenkins, and Mcintosh House,\\nby Mrs. B. Mcintosh. Rates, $2.00 per day, $10.00 per\\nweek, $20.00 per month. Students, $10.00 per month.\\nDixie 181 miles from Savannah, 55 miles from\\nBainbridge. Bryan s Hotel has good accommodations at\\n$1.50 per day. Near by is Dry Lake, a large and beauti-\\nful sheet of water, and a sink hole into which three rivers\\nempty and show no outlet again.\\nBoston 188 miles from Savannah, 48 miles from\\nBainbridge. Population, 400. Ships 1800 bales of cotton.\\nSeveral steam saw mills here, and Methodist, Baptist and\\nPresbyterian churches. Boston is the proposed terminus\\nof two new railroads; one to St. Marys, Georgia, and the\\nother to Greenfield, Georgia, and is growing rapidly.\\nTllOlliasville 200 miles from Savannah, 36 miles\\nfrom Bainbridge. Telegraph office. Junction with Albany\\nbranch of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, (which see, at\\nthe end of this article.) Population, 4000. County seat\\nof Thomas County. The town is situated on the highest\\nland between Savannah and the Flint River, and is 97 feet\\nhigher than Albany. It is the centre of a thriving trade\\nand bids fair to become the most important town in\\nSouthern Georgia. Its location is dry and healthy, and", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "4 o GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nit is tnerefore a favorite resort for Northern invalids. The\\nstreets are broad and beautifully shaded with evergreens.\\nThe town has Episcopal, Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian\\nand Roman Catholic churches five saw mills, a foundry\\nand a tannery, and supports a newspaper, the Southern\\nEnterprise. The South Georgia Agricultural and Mechan-\\nical Association holds its annual fairs here, generally con-\\ntinuing five days. The country around is cultivated with\\ncotton and sugar, and is well settled. Travelers and invalids\\nwill find accommodations at the Gulf Railroad House, kept\\nby G. W. Parnell, and Young s Hotel, by John McKinnon\\ncharges $3.00 per day or $12.00 per week. At the board-\\ning houses rates are from $20.00 to $25.00 per month. A\\nSwiss Colony is successfully engaged in the grape culture\\nnear Thomasville. Thomasville shipped about 12,000\\nbales of cotton last year.\\nCairo 214 miles from Savannah, 22 miles from Bain-\\nbridge. Population 66. Boarding houses kept by W. T.\\nRigsby, William Powell and Wily Pearce. Rates $1.00\\nper day.\\nWlligliaill 221 miles from Savannah, 15 miles from\\nBainbridge. A considerable trade done here with the\\nsurrounding country.\\nClimax 228 miles from Savannah, 8 miles from\\nBainbridge. Wood station. At this station the road\\ndescends westward into the valley of the Flint River.\\nBainbridge 236 miles from Savannah. The\\nWestern terminus of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad.\\nTelegraph office, and the head of navigation on the\\nFlint River, which is navigable all the. year. Steamboats\\nmake semi- weekly trips to Columbus, Georgia, on the\\nChattahoochee and Apalachicola, Florida, on the Gulf of\\nMexico. The population of Bainbridge is 2000. It con-\\ntains a cotton factory, two steam saw mills, and three", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 41\\nchurches. Two newspapers, the Southern Sun and the\\nArgus are printed here. The neighboring lakes abound\\nwith fresh-water fish. The Sharon House, kept by John\\nSharon, is a first-class country house. Board $3.00 per\\nday, $15.00 per week.\\nBainbridge is the county seat of Decatur County. The\\nlocal shipments of cotton are 11,000 bales. The steamers\\nlanding here bring about 16,000 bales per annum for ship-\\nment by rail to Savannah. The town is rapidly improving.\\nIt is also the terminus of the Bainbridge, Cuthbert and\\nColumbus Railroad, (narrow gauge) now under construc-\\ntion.\\nFrom Lawton, Georgia, to Live Oak, Florida.\\nLawton 131 miles from Savannah, 132 miles from\\nJacksonville. The junction of the main trunk of the\\nAtlantic and Gulf Railroad and the Florida Branch.\\nForrest 143 miles from Savannah, 121 miles from\\nJacksonville. Wood station.\\nStatenville 151 miles from Savannah, n 1 miles\\nfrom Jacksonville. Population, about 50. The place con-\\ntains Baptist and Methodist churches.\\nJasper .163 miles from Savannah, 99 miles from\\nJacksonville. Population, 150. County seat of Jasper\\nCounty. Invalids take conveyances here for the Upper\\nWhite Sulphur Springs, 18 miles distant. The country here-\\nabout is pleasant and healthy. Visitors to Jasper can be\\naccommodated at the Stewart House, kept by Judge H. J.\\nStewart, and the Hately House, by Mrs. Z. Hately.\\nCharges, $15.00 to $20.00 per month, $2.00 per day.", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "42 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nSuwanee 171 miles from Savannah, 90 miles\\nfrom Jacksonville. Wood station. About one mile from\\nhis station is a most remarkable Sulphur spring, upon the\\nrocky shore of the widely-sung Suwanee Ribber, and\\nembowered in the live-oak and magnolia trees which shade\\nits placid surface. The spring is about fifteen feet deep\\nand as many feet in diameter its crystal-pure waters, as\\nthey pour into the river, are so clearly separate from the\\ndark current flowing down from the Okafonokee Swamp,\\nthat the line of demarkation may be observed for some\\ndistance below the spring. This spring is well known for\\nits efficiency in cases of rheumatism and dyspepsia, as is\\nalso the Upper White Sulphur, some miles farther up the\\nriver.\\nIiive Oak 179 miles from Savannah, 8$ miles from\\nJacksonville. Telegraph office. Junction with the Jack-\\nsonville, Pensacola and Mobile Railroad.\\nji s NY Bm\u00c2\u00aew@m qf wmm itrzMmc \u00c2\u00aew\\nFrom Thomasville to Albany, Georgia.\\nThomaSTllle 200 miles from Savannah, 60 miles\\nfrom Albany. Junction of the main trunk and the Albany\\nDivision of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad.\\nOkloknee 2 1 1 miles from Savannah, 49 miles from\\nAlbany.\\nPelham 224 miles from Savannah, 36 miles from\\nAlbany.\\nCamilla 232 miles from Savannah, 28 miles from\\nAlbany. Telegraph office. A new town, laid out in 1857,\\nand growing rapidly. Population, 500. Ships 5000 bales", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. *43\\nof cotton. It is situated in the midst of a flourishing cot-\\nton region. The town contains several steam saw mills,\\ntwo corn mills, Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian\\nchurches, two good hotels and a number of boarding\\nhouses. Prices at the former, per day #2.00 to $2.50;\\nper week, #5.00 to #6.00. County seat of Mitchell County.\\nFrom this station to Albany the road runs near the east\\nbank of the Flint River, and through an almost continuous\\nbelt of extensive and fertile cotton plantations.\\nBaconton 242 miles from Savannah, 18 miles from\\nAlbany-\\nHardaway 252 miles from Savannah, 8 miles from\\nAlbany.\\nAlbany Telegraph Office, 258 miles from Savannah\\nand on the Flint River. The terminus of three railroads,\\nthe Albany Branch of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, the\\nBrunswick and Albany Railroad to the Atlantic coast, and\\nthe South-western Railroad to Macon. Population, 3500.\\nCounty seat of Dougherty County. This is also a new\\nplace and has risen to the dignity of an incorporated city.\\nIt contains a number of mills and foundries, seven churches,\\na newspaper, (the News) and two hotels the Town House,\\nkept by Collier Co., and the Albany House by M.\\nBurnes. Rates, $3.00 per day and #30.00 per month.\\nUpland cotton is the staple product of the surrounding\\ncountry. Blue Spring, three miles from Albany, is a bold\\nstream, gushing from the earth, and abounding with fish.\\nThe many ponds in the county are supposed to have an\\nunderground connection with this spring.", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "44 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nFrom Quincy, via Live Oak, to Jacksonville, by the\\nJacksonville, Pensacola and Mobile Railroad.\\nThe Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mobile Railroad con-\\nnects the Apalachicola River in Western Florida with the\\nAtlantic Ocean at Jacksonville, and therefore traverses the\\nentire Northern section of the State, east of the Apalachi-\\ncola. It also connects at Live Oak with the Atlantic and\\nGulf Railroad, and all stations in Georgia at Tallahassee\\nwith St. Marks and the Gulf of Mexico, and at Baldwin\\nwith Fernandina in the North and Cedar Keys in the\\nSouth. At present the road is in running condition from\\nQuincy east to Jacksonville, a distance of 189 miles. The\\nroad will be completed this winter to Chattahoochee, and\\nthe work of making the connection with Pensacola and\\nMobile will be pushed forward rapidly.\\nThe following are the stations on this road, going east\\nQuiltcy 189 miles from Jacksonville. Telegraph\\noffice. Population, 800. County seat of Gadsden\\nCounty. The Willard House, kept by Mrs. Willard, is\\nrecommended. Board, $3.00 per day. There is a board-\\ning-house kept by Mrs. Innes. Quincy has three churches\\nMethodist, Episcopal and Presbyterian. A weekly news-\\npaper, the Quincy Journal, is published here. The\\nvillage is situated in Gadsden County, which before\\nthe war cultivated fine Cuba tobacco on a large and remu-\\nnerative scale. The early vegetable business is flourishing.\\nThe neighborhood of Mount Pleasant, 12 miles from\\nQuincy, is engaged in the cultivation of the Scuppernong\\ngrape, and produces a wine equal to the best of the Cali-", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA 45\\nfornia and Ohio vintages. A number of Swedish immi-\\ngrants have settled in Gadsdeu County, and have done so\\nwell that a large party has been iuduced to join them.\\nQuincy is 22 miles from Bainbridge.. Georgia, and with it\\nhas daily stage communication.\\nMidway 12 miles from Quincy. 177 miles from\\nJacksonville.\\nTallahassee 2 4 miles from Quincy, 165 miles from\\nJacksonville. Telegraph office. The capital of the State\\nof Florida, and county seat of Leon County. Population,\\n2500. There are two newspapers published in Tallahassee,\\nthe Floridian, conservative, and the Sentinel, republican.\\nThe principal hotel is the City Hotel, by Mrs. Mary\\nArcher It has accommodation for 150 guests. Board,\\n$4.00 per day. There are no manufactories. Leon\\nCounty, in which Tallahassee is situated, is wholly a farm-\\ning county, and contains some of the best rolling lands in\\nthe State. About 12,000 bales of cotton are raised an-\\nnually. The climate is delightful, the summer s heat being\\ntempered by the Gulf breezes. In the neighborhood of the\\ncity are Lakes Bradford, Jackson and Lafayette. The\\nname of the second was given by General McCall, who\\nwas on Jackson s staff. Lake Lafayette received its name\\nfrom the grant of land made by Congress to the Marquis,\\nwithin the area of which the lake is situated. Tallahassee\\nis connected with St. Marks on the Gulf of Mexico, by a\\nbranch of the Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mobile Railroad.\\nTrains run through in an hour and a half. (See notice of\\nSt. Marks, at the end of this article.) The society of this\\ntown is distinguished for its intelligence and refinement.\\nChair es 35 miles from Quincy, 153 miles from\\nJacksonville.\\nLloyds 42 miles from Quincy, 147 miles from Jack-\\nsonville. Population, 200. The village contains a Bap-", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "46 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\ntist and two Methodist Churches. The railroad here runs\\nthrough a flat, pine-wood country.\\nMonticello Junction 51 miles from Quincy,\\n138 miles from Jacksonville. Connection is had here with\\nthe town of Monticello, county seat of Jefferson County,\\nwhich is the terminus of a branch road, four and a quarter\\nmiles distant. The population of Monticello is about 2000.\\nTelegraph office. The Monticello Advertiser is published\\nhere, and there are Episcopalian, Methodist, Baptist and\\nPresbyterian churches. The principal hotel is the Monti-\\ncello, with good accommodations, and kept by Mrs. M.\\nA. Madden. Board and lodging may be had for $25.00\\nper month. Lake Miccosukie is in this vicinity. Its\\nbanks are famous in the ancient history of Florida, as the\\ncamping ground of De Soto and in modern history, as\\nthe field of a sanguinary battle between General Jackson\\nand the Miccosukie tribe of Indians.\\nMonticello is twenty miles distant from Dixie, on the\\nAtlantic and Gulf Railroad.\\nAll cilia 58 miles from Quincy and 131 miles from\\nJacksonville.\\nGoodman 65 miles from Quincy and 124 miles\\nfrom Jacksonville. These two stations are shipping points\\nfor a fine planting country.\\nMadison 79 miles from Quincy and no miles from\\nJacksonville. Telegraph office. Population between 700\\nand 800. County seat of Madison County. The village\\ncontains Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian churches.\\nThe lands hereabouts are good, and there is considerable\\nearly garden truck raised for the Northern markets. The\\nPhoenix Mills in the village are of large capacity. Trav-\\nelers can be accommodated at the house of Mr. W. E.\\nHowells, at $2.50 per day. In the County of Madison the\\nbeautiful Lakes Rachel and Mary Frances, and Cherry\\nLake are situated. They abound with fish.", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 47\\nEllaville 94 miles from Quincy and 95 miles from\\nJacksonville. An extensive lumbering place j situated on\\nthe Suwanee River, which empties into the Gulf of Mex-\\nico. Population, about 500. There are large saw mills at\\nthis place, whose cutting capacity is fifty thousand feet\\ndaily, also planing and grist mills. A boarding house in\\nthe village is kept by Mrs. Drew. The church is used by\\nall denominations.\\nIiive Oak 107 miles from Quincy and 82 miles\\nfrom Jacksonville. The junction with the Atlantic and\\nGulf Railroad to Savannah, and all railroad points North.\\nTelegraph office. County seat of Suwanee County. Popula-\\ntion, 800. The village contains a saw mill, a planing mill,\\na manufactory and a church, which is used alternately by\\nthe Episcopalians, Baptists, Methodists and Presbyterians.\\nThe Live Oak Herald is published here. Conner s Hotel\\naffords good accommodations. Fare, $3.00 per diem.\\nThere is a private boarding house kept by Mrs. McLarran.\\nNear the village are many waterfalls, some of them very\\npretty. The site of Live Oak was once an Indian camping\\nground. The Live Oak Times is published here.\\nWelllborn 119 miles from Quincy and 71 miles\\nfrom Jacksonville. Passengers going to White Sulphur\\nSprings stop here. Population, 350. Wellborn is situated\\non the highest point above the level of the Gulf, on this\\nrailroad. It is in a healthy country and a resort for inva-\\nlids. The celebrated White Sulphur Springs on the\\nSuwanee River, are eight miles distant. They are much\\nused by sufferers from dyspepsia and rheumatism. Lake\\nWellborn and several other inland sheets of water, are in\\nthis neighborhood, and are well stocked with fish. The\\nvillage contains two churches, one used by the Baptists,\\nand the other by the Methodists and Presbyterians. Trav-\\nelers and invalids are accommodated at the houses of H.", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "48 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nD. Rigsbee, S. L. Williams and others. Rates, $1.50\\ndaily, $7.00 to $8.00 weekly, $20.00 to o.oo monthly.\\nLake City 130 miles from Quincy and 59 miles\\nfrom Jacksonville. Telegraph office. A city of 2000\\ninhabitants. An United States signal service station and\\nthe seat of justice of Columbia County. The place con-\\ntains cotton, saw and grist mills and seven churches be-\\nlonging to the Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist,\\nEpiscopalian and Baptist denominations. The Lake City\\nPress, edited by Captain E. W. Davis, is published here.\\nLakes Isabella, De Soto and Hamburg are within the city\\nlimits, and Indian Lake within a quarter of a mile. There\\nis a chalybeate (iron, sulphur and magnesia) spring, about\\nhalf a mile from the city, and one of the best sulphur\\nsprings in the South within 12 miles. The lakes and\\nstreams are stocked with trout, bream, perch, (mawmouth,\\nspeckled, sand and mud) gar and other varieties of fish\\nand the surrounding country with deer, bears, wild turkeys,\\npartridges, snipe, (English and gray) and wild ducks.\\nEvery planter has from one to two dozen orange trees.\\nThe dim remains may be seen, about half a mile from Lake\\nCity, of trenches built by De Soto in his conflicts with the\\nIndians over three hundred years ago. The city has three\\nhotels, the Cathey House by J. W. Cathey, Hancock\\nHouse by Mrs. Ashurst, and Thrasher House by T. B.\\nThrasher, each containing from 25 to 30 rooms.\\nOlustee 142 miles from Quincy and 47 miles from\\nJacksonville. Olustee is the site of the most important\\nbattle fought in Florida during the late civil war. Major\\nGeneral Trueman Seymour, with a large body of United\\nStates troops, in February, 1864, marched from Jackson-\\nville, westward, and at this place encountered the Confed-\\nerate army under Brigadier-General Joseph Finegan. A\\ndesperate battle ensued, which lasted all day, and was", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 49\\ncharacterized by great bravery on both sides. General\\nSeymour was beaten, and retreated from the field, aban-\\ndoning his dead and wounded to the enemy. His loss\\nwas 1 200, including Colonel Fribley, of the negro troops,\\nkilled. Finegans s loss was 250. The Confederate cavalry\\npursued General Seymour as far as Baldwin, picking up\\nmany prisoners.\\nSanderson 152 miles from Quincy and 37 miles\\nfrom Jacksonville. Telegraph Office. County seat of\\nBaker County.\\nBaldwin 170 miles from Quincy and 19 miles\\nfrom Jacksonville. Telegraph Office. Junction with the\\nFlorida Railroad, connecting with Fernandina and the\\nAtlantic Ocean on the north, and Cedar Keys and the\\nGulf of Mexico, on the south. (See article on the Florida\\nRailroad.) The telegraph line to Cuba branches off at\\nthis station.\\nWhite House 178 miles from Quincy and 11\\nmiles from Jacksonville.\\nJacksonville 189 miles from Quincy. Termi-\\nnus of the J. P. M. Railroad. Telegraph Office. Boats\\nfor all points on the St. Johns River, and connecting with\\nthe St. Augustine Railroad at Tocoi, are taken here. (See\\narticle on the St. Johns River.)\\nFrom Tallahassee to St. Marks.\\nA branch railroad of 21 miles in length, connects Tal-\\nlahassee with the port of St. Marks, on the Gulf of\\nMexico.\\nSt. Marks 21 miles from Tallahassee. Telegraph\\nOffice. A small settlement. Connection is made here\\nwith steamers for New Orleans, Pensacola, Apalachicola,\\nCedar Keys, Key West and Havana.", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "50 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nFrom Fernandina, via Baldwin, to Cedar Keys,\\nby the Florida Railroad.\\nThe Florida Railroad stretches across the State, from\\nthe city of Fernandina in the extreme north-east, to Cedar\\nKeys on the Gulf of Mexico, 154 miles south-west; thus\\nconnecting the waters of the Gulf and the Atlantic with\\nan iron link. The road is well built and comfortable, and\\npasses through some of the most picturesque parts of\\nFlorida. Through trains leaving daily from either termi-\\nnus make the passage in twelve hours.\\nThe following are the stations on this route\\nFernandina Telegraph Office. An old but\\nthriving city situated on the inner or western shore of\\nAmelia Island, and at the mouth of the Amelia River,\\nwhich divides it from the main land, and forms, with Cum-\\nberland Sound, one of the best and safest seaports on the\\nAtlantic coast, south of the Virginia capes. The city was\\nbuilt by the Spaniards. For many years it languished,\\nbut the completion of the railroad connection with the\\nGulf of Mexico gave it a new start, and it is now one of\\nthe most promising cities in the South. The population is\\nabout 2500. The harbor of Fernandina is so capacious,\\nthat, during the war of 181 2, when the town was Spanish\\nand neutral, more than three hundred square-rigged\\nvessels were congregated together in its waters at one\\ntime. The harbor is land-locked, aud indeed can hold\\nimmense fleets in safety from the raging gales of the Atlan-\\ntic outside. Vessels drawing 19 or 20 feet can cross the\\nbar at high tide, while vessels of the deepest draught can\\nunload at the wharves.", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 51\\nThe lumber interest in this city is very considerable and\\nis increasing. There are four large saw mills in operation,\\nand others are contemplated. English capital has lately\\nstarted a large cotton-ginning establishment, and a cotton-\\nseed oil manufactory. In the vicinity are numerous sugar,\\ncotton and orange plantations, mostly of a moderate size.\\nIt is to the market gardener that the neighborhood of Fer-\\nnandina offers the greatest inducements. Vegetables can\\nbe raised, particularly in the winter season, so much earlier\\nthan at the North, that they are a very profitable article of\\nshipment to New York.\\nFernandina has seven churches, one Episcopal, one\\nPresbyterian, two Methodist, two Baptist and one Roman\\nCatholic. It is the seat of the Episcopal Bishoprick of\\nFlorida. A large and flourishing academy for young\\nladies is under the charge of the Bishop. There are two\\nnewspapers published in the city, the Island City and the\\nSunny South. The hotels are the Norwood House, J. R.\\nPearson, proprietor; the Virginia House, J. M. Payne,\\nproprietor and the Florida House, Thomas Leddy, pro-\\nprietor. The rates per day are from $2.00 to $3.50, but\\nat these and numerous boarding houses, liberal terms can\\nbe made by the week or month. The healthfulness of\\nFernandina cannot^ be surpassed in the south. The cool\\nsea breeze in summer makes it a delightful residence, while\\nthe general mildness of the climate in winter renders it\\nequally attractive.\\nDirect communication is had with all the principal\\nrailroad points in Florida and seaports to the northward\\nand a new railroad is contemplated from Fernandina to\\nJacksonville, which will lessen the traveling distance be-\\ntween that place and Savannah. Besides its pleasant\\nclimate, Fernandina has, in its neighborhood, some places\\nof historical interest and natural beauty, which make it", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "52 GUIDE TO FLORIDA\\nattractive to visitors. The magnificent sea beach affords\\nat low water a drive of eighteen miles on a road as smooth\\nand hard as the bed of a billiard table. An interesting\\nexcursion is to Dungeness, miles distant the seat of\\nthe illustrious General Nathaniel Greene of Revolutionary\\nmemory. The estate was presented to the General by the\\npeople of Georgia, in recognition of his services as com-\\nmander of the Southern provincial army during the most\\ncritical period of the struggle. It consists of about\\n10,000 acres, and has been laid out with great taste and\\ncare. The gardens are superb. The visitor can see here\\nhow the olive flourishes in the South, making beautiful\\ngroves traversed by avenues also avenues of live oaks,\\nthose giants of the forest, hanging with the sombre though\\ngraceful Spanish moss, which droops in long festoons from\\nevery limb. On the beach, about half a mile from the\\nDungeness mansion, may be seen the grave of General\\nHenry Lee, of Virginia, the famous Light Horse Harry\\nof the Revolution. He died at this place in March, 181 8,\\naged 6$ years. A headstone, erected by his son, General\\nRobert E. Lee, the Commander-in-chief of the Confed-\\nerate armies, marks the spot where the hero is buried.\\nHart s Road 12 miles from Fernandina, 142\\nmiles from Cedar Keys. Wood station.\\nCallahan 27 miles from Fernandina, 127 from\\nCedar Keys; small station population, 20 to 25. There\\nis a missionary Baptist church here, and another church\\n(colored) being erected. The station is situated on an\\nextensive marl bed, and is surrounded by a valuable forest\\nof yellow pine, cypress, live oak, white oak, c. Travel-\\ners who have a curiosity to see live rattlesnakes can gratify\\nit in the woods hereabouts.\\nRaid Win Telegraph Office. 47 miles from Fer-\\nnandina, 107 miles from Cedar Keys. The junction with", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 53\\nthe Jacksonville, Pensacola and Florida Railroad. The\\nCity of Jacksonville is only 20 miles distant. Population\\nof this settlement, about 150. It contains two hotels, the\\nBaldwin House and the Florida House, which have\\naccommodations for 100 guests. Charges, $4.00 per\\ndiem.\\nTrail Ridge 62 miles from Fernandina, 92 miles\\nfrom Cedar Keys.\\nStarke 73 miles from Fernandina, 81 miles from\\nCedar Keys. Population, 250. There is a church in the\\nvillage, and three within the distance of a mile, all Meth-\\nodist. No hotel, but a good boarding house, kept by Mrs.\\nT. B. Hoyt, who charges $1.50 per day or $25 per month.\\nThere are a number of lakes from two and a-half to ten\\nmiles distant, some of them large with very clear water.\\nGame is scarce, but fresh water fish abound in the lakes.\\nThis part of Florida is principally inhabited by small far-\\nmers, who cultivate the sea island cotton, corn, sugar cane,\\nsweet oranges, peaches and a variety of garden pro-\\nductions.\\nWaldo 84 miles from Fernandina and 70 miles from\\nCedar Keys. Junction of the railroad now being con-\\nstructed to Tampa Bay. Population, about 125. Has\\ntwo Baptist and one Methodist churches. No hotel, but\\nboard can be obtained in private families, at from $15,00\\nto $20.00 per month. The village has two mills for gin-\\nning cotton. Santa Fe Lake is about two miles distant.\\nIt is about nine miles long and four wide, and affords\\nexcellent facilities for boating and fishing. About six\\nmiles from Waldo there is a natnral sink in the land cover-\\ning about two acres. A stream runs into it continually,\\nand yet there is no visible outlet. The Santa Fe River\\ndisappears several miles from the village, and flows under\\nground, thus forming a natural bridge. The lakes and", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "54 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\ncreeks here about are filled with trout and perch, and the\\nwoods with deer, ducks, quails, etc. This neighborhood\\nis remarkable for its healthfulness. The only local dis-\\nease is the malarial fever, which prevails during the later\\nmonths of summer, but which is in a mild form and easily\\ncontrolled by remedies. The climate is peculiarly adapted\\nto sufferers from diseases of the lungs, the air being dry\\nand pleasant.\\nGainesville 96 miles from Fernandina, 55 miles\\nfrom Cedar Keys. Telegraph Office. The largest and\\nmost important station on the Florida Railroad, and a\\nfavorite resort for invalids. County seat of Alachua\\nCounty. Population, 1500. The town contains Presbyte-\\nrian, Baptist, Methodist and Episcopalian churches, three\\nflourishing academies, two newspapers, the Independent,\\nrepublican, and the New Era, conservative, and three\\nhotels with good accommodations. The latter are Oak\\nHall, Colonel Lemuel Wilson, proprietor; Exchange\\nHotel, P. Shemwell, proprietor; Beville House, Mrs. S.\\nP. Beville; board, $2.00 to $3.00 per day, or $25.00 to\\n$30.00 per month. There are two livery stables, affording\\nample means for conveyance into the interior and to the\\nnatural curiosities with which the vicinity abounds. The\\nAlachua, a body of water, termed in Florida, a sink,\\nis the recipient of several streams, with a subterranean\\npassage to the ocean. It is filled with alligators and all\\nkinds of fish, and the surrounding scenery is very charm-\\ning and romantic. In Alachua County there is a large\\nand beautiful prairie, twenty miles long and five miles\\nwide. The county is the largest in the State, with a pop-\\nulation of 20,000. There are twenty-eight public schools.\\nA tri-weekly mail line starts from Gainesville for Tampa\\non the Gulf. Passengers are taken. There is plenty of\\ngame in the woods. Oranges, lemons, limes, grapes,", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 55\\nbananas and peaches thrive here. Peach trees sometimes\\nbear at the age of fifteen months, a thing unknown in any\\nother section of the Union. Garden truck is raised in\\nabundance for the Northern markets. Immigrants are\\nwelcomed. Land from 75 cents to $50.00 per acre. New-\\nmansville and Micanopy are important towns in the county,\\nwhich have stage connections with Gainesville.\\nArcher 113 miles from Fernandina, and 41 miles\\nfrom Cedar Keys. The Suwanee River is distant about\\n25 miles. Population, 200. No hotels, but travelers are\\naccommodated at the houses of Joseph S. McDonell and\\nMrs. Young. There are three Methodist and one Baptist\\nchurches. Hereabouts are magnificent pine forests and\\nbeautiful prairie views.\\nBroiISOBl 122 miles from Fernandina, and 32 miles\\nfrom Cedar Keys. A new place, settled mostly since\\nthe war. Population about 100. It is the county seat of\\nLevy County. There is one church (Methodist), and a\\nhotel of limited capacity, the Jackson House, but the fare\\nis excellent. Board can be obtained in private families at\\nabout $1.00 per day. Twelve miles from the village is an\\ninexhaustible bed of iron ore, which has not yet been\\nworked. The railroad here passes through some of the\\nfinest land in the State, the Gulf hummock, adapted for\\nthe culture of sugar cane, cotton, corn, c. In the\\nneighboring creeks, besides many varieties of fish, theie\\nare an abundance of soft-shell turtles, which, when prop-\\nerly prepared, make a very savory and delicious dish.\\nOtter Creek 135 miles from Fernandina, 19 miles\\nfrom Cedar Keys.\\nPalmetto 144 miles from Fernandina, 10 miles\\nfrom Cedar Keys.\\nCedar Keys 154 miles from Fernandina, 126 miles\\nfrom Jacksonville. The Gulf of Mexico terminus of the", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "56 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nFlorida Railroad. Regular packet steamers connect here\\nwith New Orleans, Mobile, Pensacola, Key West and\\nHavana. Population, 400. There is a hotel, with fair\\naccommodation, the Exchange, kept by Joseph Maxwell\\nfare, $3.00 per day. The Suwanee River enters the Gulf\\neighteen miles west of Cedar Keys, and the Withla-\\ncooche, eighteen miles south. The former is navigable to\\nEllaville. Cedar Keys is situated on a fine, large bay,\\nwhich affords excellent facilities for bathing, boating and\\nfishing.\\nThe New Orleans, Florida and Havana Steamship Com-\\npany dispatch one of the steamers, Havana, Margaret and\\nFlorida, every Saturday morning for Havana, New Or-\\nleans and Key West. Passengers desiring to go by these\\nsteamers should be in Cedar Keys on Friday night.\\nTmb St. J@mw Mirmm.\\nThis grand water-course of Eastern Florida, has its\\nsource in the springs and swamps of the southern extremity\\nof the peninsula, and flowing northward, for a distance of\\nfour hundred miles, turns abruptly eastward in the neigh-\\nborhood of Jacksonville, and empties into the Atlantic\\nOcean. Its whole course lies through an extremely level\\nregion. For one hundred and fifty miles it has an average\\nwidth of more than one and a-half miles, and is said to\\ncarry a volume of water much larger than does the Rio\\nGrande, which is one thousand miles long. In some\\nplaces it expands to a width of six miles, nor does it con-\\ntract at any point to less than a mile, below Lake George.\\nMany of the tributaries of the St. Johns are navigable\\nto quite a distance by steamboats, and it is believed that", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 57\\nthis river and its navigable branches give one thousand miles\\nof water transportation. The river scenery is not only\\nbeautiful, but to the stranger s eye, has the additional\\ncharm of novelty. The luxuriance of the tropical vegeta-\\ntion, the pretty villages nestling amid magnificent shade\\ntrees or orange groves along the banks, and the broad,\\nplacid waters through which the steamer ploughs its way,\\ncombine to make a picture of surpassing loveliness.\\nThe banks of the St. Johns are the principal attraction\\nto the invalids coming to Florida in search of a balmy\\nclimate, change of scene and pleasant surroundings.\\nThousands of visitors from the North are scattered among\\nits towns and villages every winter. The means of access\\nare easy and comfortable. Large steamers ascend as far\\nas Palatka, from which smaller steamers continue the tour-\\nist s journey on the St. Johns to Lake Monroe, and on the\\nOclawaha River to Silver Springs, and the interior lake\\ncountry. The regular packets from Jacksonville are the\\nFlorence, which runs to Palatka, 75 miles and back, every\\nday; and the steamers Darlington and Hattie, a semi-\\nweekly line to Enterprise, a distance of 205 miles,\\nMr. John Clark, on Clark s wharf, Jacksonville, is the\\ncourteous and enterprising agent. The local fares on\\nBrock s line of steamboats, from Jacksonville to Green\\nCove Springs and intermediate landings, are $1.00 from\\nJacksonville to landings between Green Cove Springs and\\nPalatka, $2.00. Meals, $1. 00 each extra. From Jackson-\\nville to Mellonville and Enterprise, including meals and\\nstaterooms, $9.00; and from Palatka to Mellonville and\\nEnterprise, including meals and staterooms, $6.00. The\\nthrough trip from Jacksonville to Enterprise, including\\ntime of stoppages, consumes 36 hours.\\nThe following are brief notices of the principal points\\non the river", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "53 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nJacksonville County -seat of Duval County.\\nTelegraph Office. The commercial emporium of East\\nFlorida, and the largest city on the Atlantic coast of the\\nUnited States south of Savannah is a place of about\\n13,000 inhabitants. It is situated on the western bank of\\nthe St. Johns river, 25 miles from its mouth. The city is\\nregularly incorporated, having a Mayor and Board of\\nAldermen, and is the seat of the United States District\\nCourt, and of the Federal Customs and Internal Revenue\\nOffices. There are twelve churches within its limits:\\nThree being Baptist, three Methodist, two Episcopalian,\\ntwo Presbyterian, one Roman Catholic and one Second\\nAdventist. Banking facilities are offered at the Banking\\nHouses of D. G. Ambler and Denny Brown, both on\\nBay street. There is a Freedman s Saving Bank situated\\non the corner of Ocean and Bay streets. The leading\\nhotels are the St. James, a large and commodious house,\\nkept by Wilder Co.; the Metropolitan, by Bettelini\\nTogni the Price House, by A. P. Holbrook; the St. Johns,\\nby Mrs. Hudnall the Rochester, by J. B. Jamison the\\nMagnolia, the Ocean, the Stickney and the New England.\\nThere are besides nearly one hundred boarding houses^\\nmany of them first-class and equal to the best hotels for\\ncomfort and desirableness of location. Price of board\\nranges from $10.00 to $25.00 per week at the hotels.\\nPleasant furnished rooms in private houses can be had for\\nfrom $4.00 to $6.00 per week, which includes lights, fuel\\nand attendance and board, without rooms, at the hotels,\\nis $11.00 per week. It can be obtained for less at the\\nboarding houses. Unfurnished cottages can be had from\\n$20.00 to $30.00 per month; washing is extra, and costs\\nabout $1.00 per dozen.\\nJacksonville takes its name from General Andrew Jack-\\nson. It is regularly laid out, the streets crossing each", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 59\\nother at right angles and being adorned with handsome\\nshade trees. Bay street is the principal business thorough-\\nfare. On the northwestern side of the city is a picturesque\\nbluff, covered with fine residences, called La Villa. A\\ncharming view up the river can be obtained here. The\\nsuburban villages of Riverside, Reed s Landing, South\\nShore and Alexandria are connected with the city by the\\nferryboat Fanny Fern, which makes several trips daily.\\nThe commerce of Jacksonville is large, the wharves being\\nwell crowded with shipping, and arrivals and departures\\nfor all parts of the world being constant. The largest\\nbusiness interest is the cutting and shipping of lumber.\\nThere are a number of large saw mills in the city, and the\\nshipments last year aggregated as much as 50,000,000 feet.\\nThe cotton, sugar, fruit, fish and early vegetable crops of\\nFlorida also pass through Jacksonville for distribution at\\nthe North and at foreign ports. By the Jacksonville, Pen-\\nsacola and Mobile Railroad, rapid communication by land\\nis had with Savannah and Fernandina in the North, Tal-\\nlahassee and St. Marks in the West, and Cedar Keys on\\nthe Gulf of Mexico in the South. There is telegraphic\\ncommunication with all parts of the United States. Two\\nnewspapers are printed in Jacksonville, the Courier, con-\\nservative, and the Union, republican, both tri-weeklies.\\nMulberry Grove The first landing-place after\\nleaving Jacksonville, 1 2 miles distant, on the west bank.\\nA beautiful grove.\\nHfa.ncla.risi 15 miles from Jacksonville, on the\\neast bank, a village of 200 inhabitants, one of the old-\\nest settlements on the river has several stores and two or\\nthree fine orange groves. This place is of interest to\\nNorthern visitors as being the winter residence of Mrs.\\nHarriet Beecher Stowe. Her house is near the bank, a\\nfew rods to the left of the shore end of the pier. It is a", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "60 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nmoderate-sized cottage of dark brown color. The most\\nconspicuous feature of her place are some towering water-\\noaks. She owns about 40 acres of land, three or four of\\nwhich are planted with orange trees.\\nH i be i* ilia 23 miles from Jacksonville, on the west\\nbank. This is quite a resort for invalids. Mrs. Fleming\\nhas a large, commodious house, which will accommodate\\nabout forty boarders and is one of the first to fill up.\\nMagnolia 27 miles from Jacksonville, on the west\\nbank; a beautiful place, with a fine hotel kept by Messrs.\\nRogers and Adams. With the contiguous cottages about 80\\nguests can be accommodated. Near by is Magnolia Point,\\none of the highest points of land extending into the river\\nbetween Jacksonville and Palatka. A short distance north\\nof Magnolia Point a navigable stream, called Black Creek,\\nempties into the St. Johns. Small steamers from Jackson-\\nville make weekly trips up Black Creek as far as Middle-\\nburg. Large quantities of lumber are floated down this\\nstream to a market. The banks abound with alligators.\\nGreen Cove Springs 30 miles from Jackson-\\nville, on the west bank one of the most popular resorts on\\nthe river. The Union House, kept by Remington and\\nReed, will accommodate comfortably about fifty guests.\\nThere are other hotels and several good boarding houses.\\nRates at the hotels, $3.00 per day; at the boarding houses,\\nper week, $10 to #15. One of the attractions at this place\\nis the Spring, which is held in high esteem for its health-\\ngiving qualities. The water has a temperature of about 75\\ndegrees is as clear as crystal and has a slight sulphurous\\ntaste, not unpleasant. Facilities are afforded to both sexes\\nfor bathing at the Spring. Green Cove promises to be-\\ncome in time a flourishing and populous village.\\nHogarth s Wharf\u00e2\u0080\u0094 35 miles from Jacksonville,\\non the east bank a post-office and wood landing.", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 61\\nPicolata 45 miles from Jacksonville, on the east\\nbank. This small settlement is the site of an ancient\\nSpanish city, of which scarce one vestige remains. Two\\ncenturies ago, it was the main depot of supply for the\\nSpanish plantations of the up country, and through it, was\\nshipped to St. Augustine and abroad, such products as the\\nsettlers raised. The Franciscan monks erected a splendid\\nchurch here and some religious houses for their order.\\nOpposite Picolata, on the western bank, are the remains of\\na great earthwork fort belonging to the Spanish era.\\nTocoi 5 7 miles from Jacksonville, on the east bank.\\nThe depot of the St. Augustine Railroad. The distance\\nto St. Augustine is 15 miles, and trains connecting with\\nthe river boats run through in 4 hours.\\nFederal Point 63 miles from Jacksonville, on the\\neast bank. Wood station.\\nOrange Mills 66 miles from Jacksonville, on the\\neast bank. There are several fine orange groves at this\\nlanding.\\nJDancey s Place 67 miles from Jacksonville. A\\npost-office and orange grove. The plantation of Colonel\\nDancey is here.\\nPalatka 75 miles from Jacksonville, on the west\\nbank. The largest town on the St. Johns River after\\nleaving Jacksonville. Population, about 1000. It occupies\\nan elevated site above the river, and extends about half\\na mile along the banks. As Palatka has a thriving back\\ncountry to support it, there are many stores and a flourish-\\ning business doing. A telegraph line will be in operation\\nabout the first of December, connecting this thriving town\\nwith all points of the United States. A newspaper is pub-\\nlished here. There are two good hotels, the Putnam\\nHouse, kept by Geo. McGinley, formerly of Scriven\\nHouse, Savannah and the St. Johns, by P. H. Peter-", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "62 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nman. This place is steamboat headquarters for the Upper\\nSt. Johns and its tributaries. The steamers Florence,\\nDarlington and Hattie, en route to Enterprise, lie over\\none night at Palatka, to discharge and receive freight\\ngiving passengers an opportunity to spend a few hours on\\nshore if they desire. Steamers run from Palatka to Dunn s\\nLake, and also up the Ocklawaha River to Silver Spring,\\nOcala, and the head of navigation, a distance of 180\\nmiles. Opposite to Palatka, on the eastern bank, is a\\nhandsome orange grove of 500 trees. It is kept -in excel-\\nlent order and is worth visiting. The St. Johns becomes\\nnarrower at this point.\\nWclaka 95 miles from Jacksonville and 20 miles\\nfrom Palatka, on the east bank, is the site first, of an old\\nIndian village, and afterwards, of a flourishing Spanish\\nsettlement. It is near the entrance to Dunn s Lake, and\\nalso to the Ocklawaha River. The scenery along the\\nOcklawaha is very wild and picturesque, and is much ad-\\nmired by tourists. There are some magnificent planta-\\ntions on the banks, and large quantities of cotton and\\nsugar are raised. Silver Spring is a basin of beautiful,\\nclear and deep water. This the site of a Seminole village\\nof 600 inhabitants.\\nLake George After leaving Welaka, the river\\nwidens into Little Lake George, four miles wide and seven\\nmiles long, and then into Big Lake George, one of the\\nloveliest sheets of water in the world twelve miles wide\\nand eighteen miles long. It is dotted with pretty islands,\\none of them called Rembrandt, being seventeen hundred\\nacres in extent, and having one of the largest orange\\ngroves on the river. The banks of Lake George are musi-\\ncal with the song and brilliant with the plumage of the\\nSouthern birds. Flocks of herons, the white curlew, the\\ncrane, the pelican, the loon and the paroquet may be\\nseen. The latter can be bought of the negroes.", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 6 S\\nVolusia 5 miles from Lake George, and 65 miles\\nfrom Palatka, on the east bank; a wood station, with a\\nconsiderable settlement back from the river. This is the\\nsite of another ancient Spanish city, wiped out by the\\nwars of the past, so that not a trace remains. It was the\\nprincipal point on the line of travel between St. Augus-\\ntine and the Musquito Inlet country. The-modern village\\nwas settled in 181 8. During the Seminole war a fort was\\nbuilt here, and from this post General Eustis, in command\\nof the left wing of the army, composed mostly of regu-\\nlars and drafted three months men from South Carolina\\nand Georgia, set out to cross the country to the Withla-\\ncoochee, to join General Scott. After a brief and fruit-\\nless campaign of three months, General Scott and his\\narmy recrossed the river at Volusia on their way to St. Au-\\ngustine.\\nMeans can be had at Volusia to get to New Smyrna and\\nIndian River on the coast; a famous country for the\\nhunter. New Smyrna is celebrated as the spot settled by\\nDr. Turnbull and his colony of 1500 Minorcans, in the\\nyear 1767. Turnbull s wife being a native of Smyrna, in\\nGreece, the settlement was named New Smyrna. The\\ncrop cultivated by Turnbull was indigo, of which he\\nraised thousands of dollars worth annually. These col-\\nonists not being dealt with according to contract, all\\nabandoned the settlement and located in and near St.\\nAugustine, where their descendants now reside. The only\\npermanent monument left by Turnbull is a large canal,\\ndraining the swamp that bears his name into the Hillsboro\\nRiver at New Smyrna.\\nOrange Grove- 3 miles from Lake George.\\nWood landing.\\nHa wkiiisrille\u00e2\u0080\u0094 5 miles from Lake George. Wood\\nlanding.", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "64 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nBlue Spring 15 miles from Lake George. Wood\\nlanding. Near here is one of the largest springs in the\\nState. The water boils up from a bottom eighty feet wide,\\nand forms a considerable river. The spring is several hun-\\ndred yards from the St. Johns, but the stream flowing from\\nthe spring is large enough, at its confluence at the river,\\nfor the steamers to float in it. It is a most interesting\\nsight to look over the side of the steamer, into the crystal-\\nclear water, and observe the every-day life of the shoals of\\nfish below, as they flit here and there, seeking a living,\\nmaking love to and war on each other, quite unconscious of\\nthe lookers-on in the element over their heads. It is a\\ncapital place for a naturalist to observe the ordinary habits\\nof aquatic animals.\\nMellonville 125 miles from Palatka, and 200\\nmiles from Jacksonville on the west bank of Lake Mon-\\nroe. One of the most important landings on the Upper\\nSt. Johns. It was formerly the site of Fort Mellon, built\\nduring the Indian War. There are two hotels here One\\nkept by Evans Martin, and the other, the Orange House,\\nby J. N. Whitner. There is a flourishing back country,\\nand several stores do a good business. The orange groves\\nin the neighborhood are handsome and productive. Lake\\nMonroe, upon which Mellonville is situated, is twelve\\nmiles long and five miles wide. It is crowded with fish of\\nmany varieties, and the opportunities for rare sport to the\\nangler, are unsurpassed. Wild fowls are likewise abun-\\ndant.\\nEnterprise Almost directly opposite Mellonville,\\non the east bank of Lake Monroe; is 130 miles from\\nPalatka and 205 miles from Jacksonville, and the head of\\nregular steamboat navigation. Here is one of the best\\nand most popular hotels on the river, the Brock House a\\nlarge comfortable building, capable of entertaining one", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 65\\nhundred guests. It is usually crowded during the winter.\\nAttached to it are a billiard saloon and a ten-pin alley.\\nThe rates for board rank from $12.00 to $20 00 per week,\\naccording to rooms. The Green Spring, at Old Enter-\\nprise, about a mile from the Brock House, is worth a\\nvisit, as well as the orange groves in the vicinity. The\\nSpring is of a delicate green color and quite transparent.\\nIt is nearly eighty feet in diameter, and fully one hundred\\nfeet deep. The waters are sulphurous, and no fish live in\\nthem. Enterprise is the great headquarters for the sports-\\nman. Fishing and hunting expeditions are fitted out here\\nfor the upper lakes and the Indian River country. Horses\\nand boats are kept on hire, and during the winter a small\\nsteamboat makes frequent excursions to Lakes Jessup and\\nHarney, taking parties who wish to enjoy the ravishing\\nscenery and indulge in that novel and exciting sport,\\nalligator shooting. The run up to Lake Harney and back,\\ncan be made in a day. Lake Jessup, which is in the\\nneighborhood of Lake Harney, is seventeen miles long by\\nfive miles wide, and is so shallow, that it cannot be en-\\ntered by a boat drawing over three feet of water. The\\nSt. John s River has its rise in the Everglades, fully 120\\nmiles further south than Enterprise, but tourists do not\\nusually ascend beyond Lake Harney, twelve miles from\\nEnterprise. The climate in this locality is perceptibly\\nmilder than below. The winter resembles very much the\\nmonths of May and June at the North, though without\\ntheir occasional scorching heat.\\nThe Southern Inland Navigation and Improvement\\nCompany have contracted to deepen the waters of the\\nSt. Johns, from Enterprise, as far as Lake Washington.\\nThis much-needed improvement will give inland commu-\\nnication with Indian River, Sand Point, Mosquito Inlet,\\nIndian River Inlet, Susannah, Jupiter Inlet, and the capes,", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "66 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nand opens up the entire south-east coast of Florida to the\\nextremity of the Peninsula. To the tourist in search of\\nadventure, this section of the State presents a magnificent\\nfield. The Indian River is perfectly alive with every vari-\\nety of fish that inhabit the Southern waters, and the woods\\nabound in game of every description.\\nSince the completion of the railroad from St. Augustine\\nto Tocoi, on the St. Johns River, access to this picturesque\\nand beautiful old Spanish town has been easy, pleasant and\\nrapid. The regular packet steamers up the St. Johns\\nRiver leave Jacksonville at eight and nine o clock a. m.,\\ndaily, Sundays excepted and connect at Tocoi (57 miles\\nfrom Jacksonville) with the St. Augustine Railroad. The\\ntrain leaves Tocoi at two o clock p. m., and is due at St.\\nAugustine at The distance between Tocoi and St.\\nAugustine is fifteen miles. Through fare from Jack-\\nsonville, by the steamers Florence, Darlington and Hattie,\\n$3.00. Meals and staterooms, $1.00 extra.\\nSt. Augustine, the most ancient town in North America,\\nis situated on a peninsula nearly surrounded by the St.\\nSebastian River and St. Augustine Bay. The population\\nis 3500 souls, mostly of Spanish and Minorcan descent.\\nAcross the Bay is Anastasia Island. The town was\\nfounded by Menendez, the Spanish Governor of Florida,\\nin 1565, which was forty- three years before the settlement\\nof Jamestown, in Virginia, and fifty-five years before the\\nlanding of the Pilgrims on Plymouth Rock. St. Augus-\\ntine has had an eventful history. First, it was laid waste\\nby the French, under De Gourgues in 1580, it was\\nattacked and plundered by the English, under Sir Francis", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 67\\nDrake. In 161 1, it was pillaged by the Indians. In 1665,\\nthe English buccaneer, Davis, sacked it, after the inhabi-\\ntants had taken refuge in the fort. In 1702, Governor\\nMoore, of the English Colony of South Carolina, invaded\\nFlorida, and attacked the city, but was baffled by the fort.\\nIn 1 71 2, the inhabitants suffered from a famine in conse-\\nquence of the non-arrival of supply ships from Spain. In\\n1725, the Georgians, under Colonel Palmer, were beaten\\noff. In 1740, General Oglethorpe, the Governor of Geor-\\ngia, laid regular siege to the place, planting his batteries\\non Anastasia Island and bombarding the fort for thirty-eight\\ndays. He failed to force the Spaniards to surrender, and\\nretired. The city passed into British possession, by\\ntreaty, in 1763, and held a British garrison during our\\nRevolutionary war. In 1784, it was re-ceded to Spain,\\nand in 1819 transferred to the United States. During the\\nlate war between the States, it changed masters three\\ntimes.\\nThe following is a brief summary of the principal\\nplaces of business and of interest to visitors in St.\\nAugustine.\\nHotels. The St. Augustine Hotel, which has just\\nbeen finished, is a large, commodious building, and has\\nfirst-rate accommodations. Price of board and lodging\\nper day, $3.50. Per month, at lower rates. Florida House.\\nMagnolia House, kept by Mrs. Bufnngton, and a number\\nof good boarding houses. St. Augustine has telegraphic\\ncommunication with Jacksonville.\\nOld Town Wall\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Built by the Spaniards two\\ncenturies ago. It protected the town on its northern side,\\nand extended across the peninsula from shore to shore.\\nThe gateway of the old wall still stands, and is a pictur--", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "68\\nGUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nesque and imposing ruin, with ornamented lofty towers\\nand loop-holed sentry-boxes. The ditch is clearly\\nmarked.\\nFort Marion The old Spanish fort once called\\nSan Juan. It was begun in 1620, and built principally by\\nthe forced labor of Indian slaves who toiled on it for one\\nhundred years. It stands on the sea front, at the upper\\nHarper Bros.\\nInterior of Fort Marion.\\nend of the town, and its material is almost wholly the\\nCoquina rock, quarried on Anastasia Island. Its castel-\\nlated battlements/ says Rev. Mr. Trumbull, its formid-\\nable bastions with their frowning guns, its lofty and im-\\nposing sally-port surrounded by the Spanish arms, its port-\\ncullis, moat, drawbridge, its circular and ornate sentry-\\nboxes, its commanding outlook tower, and its stained and\\nmoss-grown massive walls impress the external observer", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 69\\nas a relic of the distant past while a ramble through its\\nheavy casemates, its crumbling Roman chapel, with elab-\\norate portico and inner altar and holy- water niches, its\\ndark passages, gloomy vaults, and more recently-discovered\\ndungeons, bring you ready credence of its many tradi-\\ntions of inquisitorial tortures. A visit to the fort by\\nmoonlight also is recommended.\\nCathedral.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The old Catholic cathedral, with its\\nquaint Moorish belfry, its chime of four bells in separate\\nniches, and its clock, together forming a cross, and its\\nantique interior, is one of the most interesting objects in\\nSt. Augustine. The oldest of the bells is marked 1682.\\nThe bells, instead of being rung, are beaten with sticks,\\nafter the Spanish-American fashion.\\nOther Churches. The Episcopalians have a neat\\nchapel on the Plaza. There are also Methodist, Baptist\\nand Presbyterian churches in the city. A fine pub-\\nlic square in the centre of the city is called the Plaza de\\nla Constitution. On it stands the ancient markets, and\\nit is faced by the cathedral, the old palace, the convent,\\nand the Episcopal church. In the middle is a monument\\nerected in honor of the Spanish Liberal Constitution.\\nEffigies of John Hancock and Samuel Adams were burned\\non this spot by the British troops early in the Revolution.\\nThe Plaza is a very pleasant resort for idlers, who will find\\na firm, green turf for lounging, benches and shade trees.\\nThe visit by moonlight is enchanting.\\nThe Palace, or old Government house of the Span-\\nish era, on the Plaza, is now used as the post-office and\\nUnited States Court Rooms.\\nBarracks occupied by United States troops, said\\nto have once been a monastery or convent.", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "70 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nConvents. There are two, the old Spanish convent\\nof St. Mary s, an interesting building, and the new con?\\nvent, a tasteful edifice built of Coquina.\\nCemeteries. The old Huguenot burying-ground is\\na place of much interest. In the military burying-ground,\\nunder three pyramids of Coquina, stuccoed and whitened,\\nare the ashes of Major Dade and 107 men of his command,\\nwho were massacred by Osceola and his band.\\nSea- Wall. A fine sea-wall of nearly a mile in\\nlength, built of Coquina, with a coping of granite, pro-\\ntects the entire ocean front of the city, and affords a de-\\nlightful promenade on a moonlight evening. In full view\\nof this is the old light-house on Anastasia Island, built\\nmore than a century ago, and now surmounted by a fine\\nrevolving lantern.\\nThe Bay and Anastasia Island. Boating\\non the bay is a favorite amusement on moonlight nights.\\nThe sail by day across the bay to Anastasia Island is\\ncharming. Beautiful shells of all descriptions may be\\ngathered on the beach, and sea-mosses and lichens may be\\ncollected for albums.\\nStreets. They are nearly all quite narrow; one,\\nwhich is nearly a mile long, being but fifteen feet wide.\\nMany of the houses, with high roof and dormer windows,\\nhave hanging balconies along their second stories, which\\nseem almost to touch each other across the narrow street.\\nThere are a number of fine modern residences in the city,\\nand the gardens and orange trees are worth seeing.\\nSt. Augustine by moonlight.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Hon.\\nMrs. Yelverton writes: Moonlight nights are the\\nglory of St. Augustine. So bright and cool, and soft and\\nbalmy, few can resist the enjoyableness of a stroll, or the\\ndreamy bliss of sitting out on the veranda listening to the", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 71\\nechoes of the band, or the tinkling of some distant guitar,\\ndreaming over all the happiness we know past, present\\nor to come.\\nThe country west of the Apalachicola River has not yet\\nbeen brought into railroad communication with the other\\nparts of the State. Its comparative isolation was the\\ncause of the recent movement in favor of annexing it to\\nAlabama. The extension of lines of the Jacksonville,\\nPensacola and the Mobile Railroads, will soon remove any\\nfeeling of discontent which may exist in Western Florida.\\nThe following are the principal cities and towns in this\\nsection of the State.\\nApalachicola. This city was formerly the seat of\\na very considerable trade. It was the shipping port for\\nthat rich cotton-growing region lying on the Chatta-\\nhoochie and Flint Rivers, which empty into the Apalachi-\\ncola River, and thus into Apalachicola Bay. The Chatta-\\nhoochee is navigable as far up as Columbus, Georgia; a\\ndistance of 367 miles. The building of numerous rail-\\nroads in lower Georgia and Alabama, which tapped the\\nriver line, diverted trade from this old city to Mobile and\\nSavannah. The population has decreased, but it still can\\nboast about 1000 inhabitants. Owing to its fine site there\\nis no reason why, with capital and energy, its former pros-\\nperity should not be revived.\\nMarian lia. County seat of Jackson County. This\\ntown is situated on the Chipola River, an affluent of the\\nApalachicola, and navigable at certain seasons by small\\ncraft to Marianna. The business of this town is ordina-\\nrily done through Bellevue and Neal s Landing, about 18\\nmiles distant, on the Chattahoochee.", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "72 GUIDE TO FLORIDA\\nThe extension of the Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mobile\\nRailroad will pass through Marianna, and must very much\\nincrease its prosperity, already ensured by the fertility of\\nthe adjacent country.\\nPensacola The principal city of Western Florida.\\nPopulation, 2,000. It is situated on Pensacola Bay, and\\nis enjoying a lucrative and growing trade. At the entrance\\nof the bay lies Santa Rosa Island, upon which is built Fort\\nPickens, the scene of one of the most famous sieges of the\\nearlier years of the late war between the States. The city\\nwas laid out by the English in 1763. Pensacola may be\\nreached from Jacksonville and Eastern Florida by means\\nof the railroad to St. Marks on the Gulf, and regular packet\\nsteamer from St. Marks to Pensacola Bay. The Pensacola\\nand Louisville Railroad connects at Pollard with the\\nMobile and Montgomery Railroad.\\nThe following observations upon the future of Pensacola\\nare taken from a pamphlet issued by the New City Com-\\npany\\nThe City of Pensacola has natural advantages which\\ndestine it to become, by rapid strides, the Chicago of the\\nSouth. It is situated on the north coast of the Gulf of\\nMexico, in latitude 30 deg. 28 m. north, and longitude 87\\ndeg. 22 m. west of Greenwich, only ten miles from the\\nopen sea. Its thoroughly land-locked harbor covers an\\narea of over two hundred square miles, being about thirty\\nmiles long, and from five to eight miles in width, having\\nunsurpassed anchorage, and a depth of from thirty to thir-\\nty-five feet. The entrance to the harbor is about half a\\nmile wide, with an average depth on the bar of twenty-four\\nfeet. The same depth is readily secured at the wharfage\\nline of the city. A laden ship of largest tonnage can ap-\\nproach the city at any time in the year, or leaving its\\nwharves can be in the open sea in an hour-and-a-half.", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 73\\nThe rapid development of the iron mines of Ala-\\nbama, whose natural outlet to the markets of the world is\\nthe port of Pensacola, will not only contribute a consid-\\nerable quota to the commerce of this port, but will, in\\nconnection with the Florida forests, furnish superior mate-\\nrial for ship-building, which, at no distant day, must rival\\nin extent the similar industry of northern ports the prox-\\nimity and cheapness of all material required giving build-\\ners in this locality peculiar advantages.\\nSouthern or Tropical Florida is, properly speaking, that\\npart of the State lying south of latitude 28 deg. north. It\\ncomprises an area of 20,000 square miles, and has a pop-\\nulation of about 9,000 inhabitants. About half of this\\npopulation reside on the Island of Key West and the\\nneighboring Keys and islands extending into the Gulf of\\nMexico, and are engaged in the business of wrecking and\\nfishing. The raising of cattle upon the main-land is the\\nall-absorbing business of the inhabitants, who reside from\\n30 to 40 miles apart, and allow the cattle to graze on the\\npublic domain. The herds are immense in Manatee\\nCounty alone, there are 100,000 head of cattle.\\nThe main-land is level and divided into hummocks, pine\\nopenings and prairies. The hummocks are very rich, and\\nare covered over with a dense growth of timber; consist-\\ning of live oak, water oaks, magnolia, bay, etc. The soil\\nis sandy. The pine openings are covered with scattering\\npines and a grass which affords fine pasturage. The prairie\\nlands occupy the interior portion of the State, bordering\\nupon the Kissimee River, the head waters of the St. Johns,\\nand the upper Caloosahatchee. They are dotted over with", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "74 GUIDE TO FLORIDA\\nsmall clumps of hummocks, containing from one to five\\nacres each, which give beauty and variety to the scenery,\\nand afford shelter during the heat of the day to innumer-\\nable herds of deer and cattle. There are also numerous\\nsmall lakes of pure water, filled with fish, some of which\\nare only a few rods in extent, while others are from two to\\nten miles in length. These prairies are the paradise of\\nthe herdsmen and the hunters.\\nThis section of Florida is capable of producing all the\\ndifferent products of the West Indies. There is a constant\\nsea-breeze off the Gulf Stream, commencing about eight\\no clock, a. m., and lasting until nearly sundown. The\\nclimate is very exhilarating. The thermometer averages,\\nthe year round, 73 deg. and the extremes are 5 7 deg. and\\n92 deg.\\nA railroad is projected from Jacksonville, along the\\nSt. John s River into Southern Florida. At present, the\\nmeans of getting to the harbors, on the extreme southern\\ncoast, are by sailing vessels from Jacksonville, Key West\\nand New Orleans, or overland, by the mail carrier s con-\\nveyances from Gainesville on the Florida Railroad, and\\nEnterprise on the Upper St. John s River.\\nThe following are some of the most notable places in\\nSouthern Florida:\\nTampa Bay On the western coast, is a noble har-\\nbor for the largest vessels, and is about 40 miles long.\\nTowards the interior it divides into two branches, called\\nLittle Tampa and Hillsborough Bay. It is dotted with\\nsmall islands, the pleasantest of which is Egmont. In the\\nwaters of Tampa Bay enormous quantities of fish and tur-\\ntles may be found. In shoal places the fish are so numer-\\nous that they impede the passage of boats. Sea fowl are\\nexceedingly numerous the beautiful flamingoes, in partic-\\nular, appear in long files drawn up on the beach, like", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 75\\nbands of soldiers in red uniforms. The village of Tampa\\nhas regular mail communieation with Gainesville, and\\npassengers avail themselves of the mail wagon for transit.\\nA railroad is projected to Waldo, on the Cedar Keys and\\nFernandina Railroad when it is completed, Tampa will\\nbecome one of the most important ports on the Gulf.\\nCharlotte Harbor, or Boca Grande, on the west-\\nern coast, south of Tampa Bay. It is about 25 miles long,\\nand eight to ten miles wide, and is sheltered from the sea\\nby several islands. The entrance between Boca Grande\\nKey and Gasperillo is six fathoms deep and three-quarters\\nof a mile wide.\\nThe fisheries in and around Charlotte Harbor are very\\nvaluable, and may be made more so. Probably a thousand\\npersons could find profitable employment. The fish are\\ncaught with seines. The finest oysters on the coast are\\ngathered here.\\nAlpativkee Swamp, upon the head waters of\\nthe St. Lucie River, is the only swamp of any magnitude\\nin Tropical Florida.\\nIndian River is a vast lagoon along the Atlantic\\ncoast of Florida, extending a distance of nearly 100 miles.\\nIn some places it is four miles wide, and in others, not\\nmore than fifty yards wide. The Indian River country is\\nfilled with game, and is a celebrated resort of the sportsman.\\nLake Okee-CllO-bee A large, wild, solitary lake,\\nnear the everglades. Its length is twenty miles.\\nThe Everglades\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Situated almost in the southern\\nextremity of the peninsula, is a vast shallow lake, over-\\ngrown with grass, pond lilies and other aquatic plants, in-\\nterspersed with innumerable small islands, of from one to\\none hundred acres each. These islands are principally\\nhummock lands, covered over with a growth of live and\\nwater-oaks and cocoa plums, with an undergrowth of", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "7 6 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nmorning-glories, grapes and other vines, and are extremely\\nfertile. The water is from four inches to four feet deep,\\nand is very clear and pure. In many places are channels\\nand sinks where the water is from ten to fifty feet deep\\nthese holes are well supplied with fish, of which the trout\\nis the most desirable. Alligators and turtle are abundant,\\nand panthers, wild-cats, and bears are quite numerous.\\nFlowers of the sweetest fragance, and of every hue and\\ncolor, greet the eye. The border and outer margin of the\\nEverglades is prairie, of from one-fourth to one mile in\\nbreadth, and comprises some of the finest and richest land\\nin America, having once been a portion of the Everglades,\\nand formed by the receding of the waters. During the\\nIndian war the Everglades were the last retreat of the Semi-\\nnoles, and it was with the utmost difficulty that the gov-\\nernment dislodged them, so well adapted were the almost\\nhidden islands for defence and concealment.\\nBiscayne Bay At the end of the peninsula, and\\nemptying into Barnes Sound and Florida Bay, is an ex-\\ncellent harbor for all vessels drawing less than ten feet of\\nwater. It can be entered at all times. Great quantities of\\nturtle and sponges of the finest variety are secured here.\\nThe sponges and turtle taken from these waters are valued\\nat $100,000 per annum. Lieutenant Governor Gleason\\nsays of the Biscayne Bay country The pure water, the\\nchalybeate and other mineral springs, the magnificent\\nbeauty of its scenery, the salubrity and equability of its\\nclimate, must make Biscayne Bay, at no distant day, the\\nresort of the invalid, the tourist, and the lover of adven-\\nture.\\nThe Keys. These are a series of islands, extending\\nalong the south coast, from Cape Florida to the Dry Tor-\\ntugas, lying between the main-land and the Florida Reefs,\\nand within three to five miles of the Gulf Stream. They", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORfDA. 77\\nare of uniform character, being of coral formation and\\nvery rocky. Some are only a few acres in extent, while\\nothers contain as many as 15,000 acres. Cayo Largo is\\nthe largest. These Keys are only a few feet above tide-\\nwater, and are mostly covered with a growth of hard-\\nwood timber. The land is too rocky to admit of general\\ncultivation.\\nKey West (The city and port of.) Telegraph\\nOffice. Is situated on the island of the same name, which\\nis seven miles long and one-and-a-half wide. It is eleven\\nfeet above the sea level. The population of the city is\\nabout 5000. It has a large trade in sponges, turtles and\\nfruits, and is a place of some manufacturing importance.\\nThere are twelve or fifteen cigar factories, making in the\\naggregate thirty to thirty-five thousand of the best Havana\\ncigars per diem. There is also a manufactory in successful\\noperation, for canning the pineapple the only one in the\\nUnited States. From five to eight thousand cans are put\\nup daily. Key West has five churches and the usual pub-\\nlic buildings. The United States Admiralty Court sits\\nhere. Two newspapers are published, the Dispatch, dem-\\nocratic, and the Guardian, republican. There are a few\\nlakes on the island, and several beautiful drives. The\\nland is covered in mid-winter with the greenest of foliage,\\nand tropical flowers grow in profusion. The climate\\nhereabouts is mild and agreeable, the thermometer ranging\\nfrom 79 to 86 degrees in summer, and 48 to 60 degrees in\\nwinter. The island is much visited by invalids. Constant\\ncommunication is had with New York, New Orleans,\\nHavana, Galveston and Cedar Keys by packet steamers.\\nThe passage to Havana occupies but a few hours. The\\nNew Orleans, Cedar Keys and Havana steamers afford\\nweekly connection with all points in Upper and Middle\\nFlorida, by means of the Florida Railroad. The principal", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "78 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nhotel in Key West is the Russell House, which takes per-\\nmanent guests at $15.00 per week. Board can be obtained\\nin numerous private families at reasonable rates.\\nThe Dry Tortllgas islands, at the extreme end of\\nthe Florida Keys, and extending some distance into the\\nGulf of Mexico. They were used as a penal place for\\nConfederate prisoners during the late war, and several of\\nthe Lincoln conspirators were confined there. They are\\nforlorn, barren rocks, defended by fortifications, and\\nornamented with a light house.\\n^cJ", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "INDEX\\nAlachua Sink, 54\\nAlbany, Ga., 43\\nAlexandria, 59\\nAlligator Shooting, 23-65\\nAltamaha River, 35\\nAlpativkee Swamp, 75\\nAnastasia Island, 67\\nAncient Florida.. 23-61-C3\\nApalachicola, 71\\nArcher, 55\\nArea of Florida, 7\\nArgyle, 36\\nAtlantic and Gulf Railroad, 31\\nAncilla, 46\\nBaconton, 43\\nBaldwin, 49-52\\nBainbridge, 40\\nBiscayne Bay, 76\\nBishop of Florida, P. E., .51\\nBlackshear, 36\\nBlue Spring (Albany, Ga.,) 43\\nBlue Spring (St. Johns River) 64\\nBoston, Ga., 39\\nBrock s Steamer Line, 57\\nBronson, 55\\nBrunswick, Ga., 35\\nCairo 40\\nCallahan, 52\\nCamilla 42\\nCathedral, St. Augustine, 69\\nCedar Keys, 55\\nCession of Florida to U. S., 5\\nChaires, 45\\nChalybeate Spring, 48\\nPage.\\nCharlotte Harbor, 75\\nChipolaBig Spring,.. 8\\nClimate of Florida, 10\\nClimax, 40\\nConfederate Government, 6\\nConsumptives, Florida for 25-26\\nCoosa whatchie, 44\\nCotton, .12-29\\nDancey s Place, 61\\nDarlington, Steamer, 57\\nDevil s Hopper, .39\\nDixie, 39\\nDoctortown, .35\\nDungeness Estate, 52\\nDunn s Lake, 62\\nDry Tortugas, 78\\nEarly Vegetable Trade, 12-51\\nEllaville, 47\\nEnterprise, 64\\nEverglades, 75\\nFederal Point, 61\\nFernandina, 50\\nFevers, 27\\nFinegan, General, 6^LS\\nFishing in Florida, 20\\nFleming, 84\\nFlorida Railroad, 50\\nForrest Station, 41\\nFort McAllister, 38\\nFort Marion 68\\nGainesville, 54\\nGeography of Florida, 7\\nGeological Formation, 8", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "Index.\\nGlenmore, 36\\nGoodman, 46\\nGovernment, Present State, 14\\nGreat Southern Mail Route, 16\\nGreen Cove Springs, 60\\nGreene, Genl. Nathaniel, Estate of. 52\\nGreen Spring, 05\\nHardaway, 43\\nHart s Road, 53\\nHattie, Steamer, 57\\nHawkinsville 03\\nHavana Steamers, 56-77\\nHibernia, CO\\nHistoric Sketch, 3\\nHogarth s Wharf, 60\\nHomcrsville, \u00c2\u00a37\\nHotel Business in Florida, CO\\nHouses, coet of building 29\\nHow to get to Florida, 16\\nHuguenots in Florida, 4\\nHunting in Florida 20-74\\nI (fcnigrants, Florida fcr 2b\\nIndian River, 03-06-7:\\nInvalids, Florida for, 25\\nJacksonville, .49-58\\nJacksonville, Pensacola and Mo-\\nbile Railroad, 44\\nJasper, 41\\nJesup, 35\\nJohnston, 34\\nKeys, the Florida,\\nKey West,\\n.70\\nLake City, 48\\nLake George, 02\\nLake Harney, 05\\nLake Jessup, G5\\nLake Monroe, 04\\nLake Rachel, 46\\nLands, cheap, 28\\nLands, price of, 29\\nLaYilla, 59\\nLawton, 37-41\\nLeo, General, 52\\nLeon County, 45\\nLive Oak, 42-47\\nLittle Lake George, 02\\nLloyd s, 45\\nLoviek, Pierce, College, 39\\nLumber Business, 30-51\\nMadison, 46\\nMalaria in Florida, 26\\nMandarin, 59\\nMarianna 71\\nMcintosh 34\\nMellonville, 64\\nMicanopy, 55\\nMiccosukie, 46\\nMidway, 45\\nMiller s Station, 33\\nMobile Steamers, .56\\nMonticello, 46\\nMosquitoes, 30\\nMulberry, 3J\\nNaylor, 37\\nNewmansville, 55\\nNew Oilcans Steamers, 56\\nNew Smyrna, 63\\nNorthern Florida, 44\\nNorthern Settlers 15\\nOcklawaha River, 62\\nOkafonokce Swamp, 36-37\\nOkeechobee. 75\\nOkloknee, 42\\nOlustee, Battle of, 0-48\\nOlnstee Station, 48\\nOrange Grove, 63\\nOrange Mills, 61\\nOrange Raising, 29\\nOtter Creek, 55\\nOusley, 38\\nPalatka, 61\\nPalmetto,\\nPatterson, 36\\nPelham, 42\\nPensacola, 5-72\\nPicolata, 61\\nPleasure Seekers, Florida for, .20\\nPolitical Parties, 14\\nPopulation, 13", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "IxDE^.\\nin\\nQuincy, 44\\nQuitman, 38\\nRachel, Lake, 45\\nRain in Florida, 10\\nRattlesnakes, 30\\nRembrandt Island, C 2\\nRiverside, 59\\nSanderson,.... 40\\nSanta FeLake,... 53\\nScott, General, G3\\nScreven, 35\\nScuppernong Grapes,. 44\\nSea Routes to Florida, 17-18\\nSeminole War,,. 6\\nSeymour s Defeat, 0-48\\nSilver Spring, 8-62\\nSnakes, 30\\nSouthern Florida, 73\\nSprings, 8, 38, 42, 47, 48, 60, 64, 65\\nStarke, 53\\nStatenville 41\\nSt. Augustine, 5-66\\nSt. Johns River, 56\\nSt. Marks, 49\\nStockton, 37\\nStowe, Mrs. H. Beecher, 59\\nSunbury Fort, 34\\nSulphur Springs (Suwanee), 42\\nSulphur Spring (Withlacoochee), .38\\nSuwanee Station, 42\\nPjkGF.\\nSuwanee Spa, B\\nSwedish Colony, 45\\nSwiss Colony, 40\\nTallahassee, 45\\nTampa Bay, 74\\nTebeauville SG\\nThermometer, range of, 10\\nThomasville, 39-42\\nTimber, .......13\\nTime Table Atlantic Gulf R. R..32\\nTocoi, 61\\nTrail Ridge, 53\\nTurnbull, 63\\nUpper White Sulphur Spring,.. .41-42\\nValdosta, 37\\nVegetable Trade, 12\\nVolusia, 63\\nWakulla River, 8\\nWaldo 53\\nWalthomville, 34\\nWay s Station, 33\\nWelaka, 62\\nWellborn,; .......47\\nWestern Fiorida, 71\\nWhigham, 40\\nWhite House, 49\\nWhite Sulphur Springs 47\\nWine Culture, 44\\nYelverton, Mrs., 70", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "Tri- Weekly Line of Sldewheel Steamships.\\nFOR CHARLESTON, S. C,\\nFLORIDA PORTS, SOUTH SOUTH-WEST,\\nSAILING AT 3 P. X,\\n29,\\nPROM PIER\\nWORT]\\nRIVER\\nThis Magnificent Lino of Steamships composed of\\nCHAMPION, CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA,\\nCapt. R. W. Lockwood. Capt. James Bkery. Capt. J. T. Beckett.\\nMANHATTAN, J AS. ADGER, GEORGIA,\\nCapt. M. S. Woodhull. Capt. T. J. Lockwood. Capt. S. Croweli..\\nHave been newly and handsomely fitted up for the convenience of passengers, and are unrivaled on the\\n\u00c2\u00aboa\u00c2\u00bbt for aafety, tpeed and comfort. They have large carryiug capacity, and insure at the lowest r.ites.\\nFASSAGrE TICKETS,\\nIncluding First-class Stateroom and Meals on Steamships to Charleston, viz:\\nCharleston, S.C $20 00\\nColumbia, kl 22 00\\nCharlotte, N. C 2f3 00\\nAugusta, Ga 22 00\\nMilledgeville, Ga 27 00\\nMacon, Ga 27 00\\nGreensboro, Ga 26 25\\nMadison, Ga 27 25\\nWashington, Ga 25 75\\nAthens, Ga 27 75\\nAtlanta, Ga 27 50\\nWest Point, Ga 30 50\\nAlbany 31 50\\nColumbus. Ga 3100\\nMontgomery, Ala 35 00\\nMoBiLE.Ala 41 00\\nNew Orleans, La 45 00\\nRome, Ga 30 00\\nSELMA.Ala 35 00\\nChattanooga, Tenn 30 00\\nFernandina, Fla 27 75\\nPassengers have the privilege of taking either Railroad or Steamboat\\nfrom Charleston to the Florida Ports and St. John s River Landing* and for\\nSt. Augustine, they can go via Picolata, aud thence by Stage, or by Steam-\\nboats outside, direct.\\nHENRY R. MORGAN CO., Agts., 177 West St., N. Y.\\nJAMES ADGER Co., Agts, New York Charleston Steamship Company,\\nWAGNER, HUGER CO., or Agents, N. Y. So. Carolina Steamship Co.,\\nWM. A. COURTNEY, Charleston, S. C.\\n80\\nJacksonville Fla $27 75\\nEnterprise, Fla 36 75\\nCedar Keys, 32 75\\nBaldwin, 27 75\\nSt. Augustine, Fla 31 25\\nGreen Cove Springs, Fla 29 25\\nHibernia, Fla 29 25\\nLake City, 30 25\\nMonticello, 32 25\\nOrange Mills, Fla 30 25\\nPalatka, Fla 30 25\\nPicolata, 29 25\\nQuincy, 34 75\\nTallahassee, Fla 33 50\\nGainesville, Fla 30 25\\nFlorence, S. C 22 00\\nDarljngton, S.C 22 50\\nSociety Hill, S. C 23 50\\nCheraw, S.C 24 5\\nSavannah, Ga 22 00", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "SOUTHERN MAIL ROUTE\\nIS THE SHOBTEST LINE OUT OF\\nBoston, New York, Philadelphia,\\nBaltimore and W ashing ton,\\nTo Chattanooga, Atlanta, Nashville,\\nMacon, Montgomery, Enfaula,\\nMEMPHIS, MOBILE AND NEW OBLEANS.\\nTWO DAILY THROUGH TRAILS.\\nCONNECTIONS PERFECT. TiME QUICK.\\nPassengers for the SOUTH oy any other Monte, mtist commence\\ntheir journey early in the tveek, or be detained at\\nsome point on the line.\\nLadies or Families taking tbis Route cannot be contused or annoyed at\\nplaces of transfer, as all the changes are made at Union Depots.\\nBaggage checked Through, thus avoiding all annoyance from runners for other routes.\\nAmple Time given at convenient distances for partaking of Excellent Meals\\nYlgr-r^The Post Office Department, after careful and repeated trials, has\\nl|^!aS~ ^fixed upon this Route as the Most Direct, Reliable and Expeditious \\\\or\\nthe transportation of the Great Southern United States Mai!. Nobetterendorse-\\nment than this will be required by the discriminating traveler to the South.\\nDo not be deceived by other lines using our name and style, and\\nremembe r, the Fareis in every case as low as by any other route.\\nTICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED\\nI N BOSTON,\\nAt 82, 86 and 87 Washington Street, 3 Old State House, No. 15 United States\\nHotel Block, Boston Providence Depot, Boston, Hartford Erie Depot,\\nBoston Albany Depot, Old Colony Depot, and of the Principal Ticket\\nAgents in the Eastern States and Canadas.\\nIN NEW YORK,\\nAtfootofDesbrosses and Courtlandt Streets, 175, 229, 303, 319, 409 and 944\\nBroadway, 765 Sixth Avenue, 2 and 9 Astor House, Harlem Express Co., Cor.\\n125th St. and 3d Ave., at all the Principal Hotels, and No. 1 Battery Place.\\nIn Brooklyn, at 1 Court Street, City Hall Square.\\nIN PHILADELPHIA,\\nAt 811 838 Chestnut St., 44 South 5th St., Exchange in Continental Hotel,\\nand at the Philadelphia, Wilmington Baltimore Depot, corner of Broad and\\nPrime Streets.\\nIN BALTIMORE,\\nAt 149 West Baltimore Street, and Camden Street Station of the Baltimore\\nand Ohio Railroad.\\nIN WASHINGTON,\\nAt Adams Express Bnilding opposite Baltimore Depot, 603 Pennsylvania\\nAve., and at the Maryland Ave. Depot.\\nG. M. Huntington, New York Agent .229 Broadway, New York.\\nJ. C. Smith, New England Agent 82 Washington Street, Boston, Mass.\\nH.J. Ball, Pennsylvania Agent 811 Chestnut Street. Philadelphia. Pa.\\nMaryland Agent 149 West Baltimore St. Baltimore, Md.\\nWashington Agent, 603 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.\\nJ. B. YATES, Gen. East. Pass. Ag t, 229 Broadway, N. Y\\n81", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "THE ATLANTIC COAST LINE OF RAILWAYS\\nIs the Shortest, Quickest, and Only Direct Route to\\nCHARLESTON, SAVANNAH FLORIDA\\nAND THE MOST AGREEABLE ROUTE TO\\nNEW ORLEAKTS.\\nARRIVES\\nPHILADELPHIA\\nBALTIMORE\\nWASHINGTON\\n3 40 p.m\\n5.05 p.m\\nRICHMOND\\nPETERSBURG\\nWELDON\\n3.30 a.m\\n5.15 a.m\\n9.30 a.m\\nO 70 Miles Shorter to Charleston, and S3 Miles Shorter to Savannah and\\nFlorida than by any other Route.\\n4S New Fast Schedule Perfected. Time between New York and New Orleans\\nShortened 22 Hours. Reduction of time to all intermediate points. Double Daily\\nto Savannah, via Cha rleston.\\nThrough Express to Savannah and Florida, via Charleston.\\nLEAVES\\nNEW YORK 8.30 a.m.\\nPHILADELPHIA 1 1 45 a.m.\\nBALTIMORE 355 P-m.\\nWASHINGTON 7.00 p.m.\\nRICHMOND 345 a.m.\\nPETERSBURG 545 am.\\nWELDON 10.05 a.m. GOLDSBORO 2.30 p.m.\\nGOLDSBORO 250p.m. WILMINGTON 7.00p.m.\\nWILMINGTON 7.10p.m. FLORENCE 1.45 a.m.\\nFLORENCE 2.00a.m. CHARLESTON 7.30a.m.\\nCHARLESTON 8.15 a.m. SAVANNAH 415 P-m.\\nTrains leave SAVANNAH, Dally., for JACKSONVILLE and\\nTALLAHASSEE, at 5.00 p.m., arriving at Jacksonville at 7,50a.m.,\\nand Tallahassee, at 4.30 p.m.\\nPASSENGERS by this schedule make CLOSE CONNECTION at BALTI-\\nMORE with the popular Old Bay Line, leaving Baltimore at 4.00 p.m.,\\nand arriving at Weldon at 9.30 next morning, making close connection at\\nthat point for WIL IN\u00c2\u00ab.TON, CHARLESTON, AUGUSTA, SA-\\nVANNAH, JACKSONVILLE and TALLAHASSEE.\\n4 pPassengers will please take notice, that by this Schedule they lay over\\nSundays.\\nTHROUGH FAST EXPRESS TO NEW ORLEANS DA IL T.\\nLEAVES\\nNEW YORK 020 p.m.\\nPHILADELPHIA 11.30 p.m.\\nBALTIMORE 4.50 a.m.\\nWASHINGTON 7.15 a.m.\\nRICHMOND 2.35 p.m.\\nPETERSBURG 4-\u00c2\u00b0\u00c2\u00b0 P-m.\\nWELDON 7-45P-m.\\nWILMINGTON 4-3\u00c2\u00b0 a.m.\\nFLORENCE 915 a.m.\\nKINGSVILLE 2.00 p.m.\\nAIKEN 6.45 p.m.\\nAUGUSTA 8.15p.m.\\nATLANTA 6.50 a.m.\\nMONTGOMERY 5-45 pm.\\nMOBILE 8.00 a.m.\\nARRIVES\\nPHILADELPHIA\\nBALTIMORE 4.00 a.m.\\nWASHINGTON 6.20 a.m.\\nRICHMOND 2.25 p.m.\\nPETERSBURG 340 p.m.\\nWELDON 7.15p.m.\\nWILMINGTON 4.10 a.m.\\nFLORENCE 9.10 a.m.\\nKINGSVILLE 1.30 p.m.\\nAIKEN 6.40 p.m.\\nAUGUSTA 7 45 P-m.\\nATLANTA 6.30a.m.\\nMONTGOMERY s-3op.m.\\nMOBILE 7-45 a.m.\\nNEW ORLEANS 2.00 p.m.\\n\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ae-CLOSE CONNECTION made by this schedule at FLORENCE, with\\nNortheastern Railroad, for Charleston, Savannah, and all points in\\nFLORIDA.\\nLEAVES ARRIVES\\nFLORENCE 9.15 a.m I CHARLESTON 2.30 p.m.\\nCHARLESTON 325 P-m. I SAVANNAH 9.15 pm.\\nSAVANNAH 11.00 p.m. I TACKSONVII.LE 6.00p.m.\\nj TALLAHASSEE 5.25 pm\\nON LY ONE CHANGE OF CABS between Richmond Augusta.\\nSee that your Ticket read Via WILMI NGTON, N. C, otherwise you may be put\\nto Great Inconvenience and Trouble.\\nA, POPE, Gen. Ticket Ag t, Wilmington, N C.\\n42\\nW.J. WALKER Gen, Ag t.", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "FOR SPEED, SAFETY COMFORT,\\nTAKE\\nt\\\\t |rat $mt%\u00e2\u0084\u00a2 Jftteijltt\\nAND\\nFor Charleston, S.C.,\\nFLORIDA PORTS,\\nAND THE\\nSouth South- West,\\nSailing from Pier 29, North River, at 3 p. m., every\\nTUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY.\\nThrough Passage Tickets and Bills of Lading issued at lowest rates.\\nFor Local Freight and Passage apply to\\nHENRY R. MORGAN CO.,\\n177 West St., cor. Warren.\\nFor Through Freight Tariff and Rates, apply to\\nBENTLEY D. HASELXi,\\nGeneral Agent Great Southern Freight Line,\\n317 Broadway, corner of Thomas St.", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "New York Savannah Steamship Line\\nor all points in FLORIDA, the South and Southwest,\\nFOUR STEAMERS PER WEEK,\\nTUESDAYS,\\nTHURSDAYS,\\nSATURDAYS\\nMaking close connections at Savannah with the Atlantic and Gulf Railroads, for\\nall points in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and Louisiana\\nPassage Rates including Meals and Staterooms on Steamers, between New York\\nand Savannah.\\nH, $20.00.\\nSt. Augustine, Fla $3125\\nPalatka, Fla 30 25\\nEnterprise Fla 36 25\\nGainesville, Fla SO 25\\nLakeCity, Fla 30 25\\nMadison Fla 80 25\\nTallahassee Fla 33 50\\nMacon. Ga 27 00\\nEufaula, Ala 32 00\\nMontgomery, Ala 35 00\\nChattanooga, Tenn 30 00\\nRome, Ga 32 25\\nSAVANNA\\nJacksonville, Fla $27 75\\nFernandina, Fla 27 75\\nPicolata, Fla 29 25\\nGreen Cove Springs 29 25\\nHibernia, Fla 29 25\\nOrange Mills, Fla 30 25\\nMonticello, Fla 32 25\\nQuincy, Fla 34 75\\nAtlanta, Ga 27 50\\nAlbany, Ga 31 50\\nSelma, Ala 35 00\\nMobile. Ala 41 00\\nNew Orleans, La 45 00\\nFreight Received and Through Bills of Lading Signed on Piers.\\nInsurance One-half per Cent. low Bates, Quick Time and Prompt\\nSettlements are our claims for patronage.\\nMURRAY, FERRIS CO., Ships Leo and Virgo sailing\\nTUESDAYS, Pier 16, East River, Office 61 and 62 South St.\\nLIVINGSTON, FOX CO., Ships Herman Livingston and\\nGeneral Barnes, sailing THURSDA YS, Pier 36, North\\nRiver, Office 187 West Street, cor. Reade.\\nWILLIAM R. GARRISON, Ships San Salvador and San\\nJacinto, sailing SATURDAYS, Pier 8, North River, Office\\n5 Bowling Green.\\nR. LOWDEN, Ships Montgomery and Huntsvillc, sailing\\nSATURDAYS, Pier 13, North River, Office 93 West Street.\\nC. D. OWENS,\\nGeneral Agent, 229 Broadway, cor. Barclay St.\\n84", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "Philadelphia Southern Mail Steamship\\no oiMi^-^-ixr ir r s\\nSTEAMSHIPS TONAWANDA AND WYOMING,\\nSailing regularly every Saturday, alternately, from Bier 41, foot of Queen\\nStreet, Philadelphia, and from foot of Abercorn Street, Savannah, con-\\nnecting with the Central It. R. of Geokgia, and Atlantic and Gulp R. R.,\\nand connecting Roads to all interior points.\\nTHE ESPECIAL ATTENTION OF INVALIDS\\nand others desiring to escape the severity of our Northern climate, and who\\ndesign wintering in Florida, is called to this route, via Savannah, as being\\nmore comfortable and expeditious than any other route now open to the travel-,\\ning public.\\nThe accommodations of the Steamers of the Company are unsurpassed,\\nand Florida passengers have choice of routes from Savannah, either by\\ndaily trains on the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, or by first-class steamers\\nfrom Savannah.\\nNo extra charge for Meals or State-rooms on the Steamers of this Line, or\\nfor transfer of passengers or baggage at Savannah, when passengers hold\\nThrough Tickets.\\nFor further information, or for Freight or Passage, apply \\\\9\\nWILLIAM L. JAMES, General Agent,\\n130 South Third Street, Philadelphia,\\nOR TO\\nHUNTER CAMMELL, Agents,\\n84 Bay Street, Jones Block, Savannah.\\nVOSE, DINSMORE GO.\\nNATIONAL SPRING WORKS,\\nMANUFACTURERS of\\nVOLUTE BUFFER, INDIA RUBBER, RUBBER CENTRE SPIRAL,\\nCOMPOUND SPBRAL, DINSMORE,\\nAND OTHER\\nBinsmore Spring, Volute Buffer Spring.\\nPrincipal Office, No. 1 Barclay St., New York.\\nBRANCH HOUSES:\\nho. 238 Michigan A*e., Chicago. No. 713 N. Second St., St. Louis.\\n85", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "BALTIMORE AND SAVANNAH.\\nThe Baltimore and Savannah Steamship Company is composed of\\nSteamships\\nAMERICA, 1000 Tons,\\nSABAGOSSA, 1000 Tons,\\nAnd NORTH POINT, 600 Tons.\\nAll first class and well fitted for Passengers. Over 200 miles inland\\nwhile Passengers ca.i enjoy the delightful scenery of Chesapeake Bay,\\nConnection made with Railroad and Steamboat to all points in Florida,\\nGeorgia and Alabama, and Through Tickets issued to all principal points.\\nJAS. B. ANDREWS, Agent,\\nJAS. B. WEST CO., 78 Smith s Wharf,\\nAgents, Savannah, Ga. BALTIMORE.\\nInvalids, Tourists and Pleasure Seekers will find the Route to\\nFlorida, via the\\nRICHMOND k DANVILLE PIEDMONT RAILWAY\\nAnd its Connections, the most comfortable and expeditious.\\nF$mm MQW MY MMT QTMEW B\u00c2\u00aeWTE*\\nClose connections are made twice daily, by this line at Richmond,\\nwith the RICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG AND POTOMAC RAIL\\nROAD, and traverses along its entire line a beautiful rolling country\\npassing through the Cities of DANVILLE, VA., GREENSBORO and\\nCHARLOTTE, N. C, COLUMBIA, S. C, AUGUSTA and SAVAN-\\nNAH, GA.\\nGood Eating Houses and ample time for Meals.\\nSleeping Cars on all Night Trains.\\nCAUTION.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 See that your Tickets read via DANVILLE, GREENS-\\nBORO COLUMBUS, c.\\nThrough Tickets can be procured at all principal points North and East.\\nFor Latest Time Tables, see Circulars of Richmond and Danville and\\nPiedmont Railways\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Virginia Short Line.\\nT. LI. B. TALCOTT, JNO. MACMURDO,\\nEng r and Sup t, Gen. T. F. Ag t.\\nRICHMOND. RICHMOND.\\nC. YIXGB1XG, East n Pass. Ay% 257 Broadway, X. Y,\\n86", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "SAVANNAH CHARLESTON R. R.\\nThe Initial Road South of the\\nGREAT ATLANTIC COAST LINE\\nSavannah to New York in 47 Hours.\\nBeing the Shortest Route by 53 Miles to and from the Cities on the Atlantic Coast.\\nFRO!U\\nCharleston to Jacksonville, Fla., 20 Hours.\\nPassengers from Charleston to all points in Florida make the quickest time\\nind avoid the discomforts and risks attendant upon a Sea Voyage along an ex-\\nposed and dangerous Coast. This risk is especially great in the case of Invalids.\\nPassengers will find that every comfort has been provided for them.\\nOn all Night Trains. Good Eating Houses along the entire line, and polite and\\nattentive Conductors.\\nSCHEDULE DECEMBER I I, 1871.\\nExpress Train.\\nLeaves Charleston daily 3.25 p.m.\\nArrives at Savannah daily 9.15 p.m.\\nLeaves Savannah daily n. 15 p.m.\\nArrives at Charleston daily 5.35 a.m.\\nDay Train.\\nLeaves Charleston (Sundays excepted) 8.15 a.m.\\nArrives at Savannah (Sundays excepted 4.15 p.m.\\nLeaves Savannah (Sundays excepted 1 8.00 a.m.\\nArrives at Charleston (Sundays excepted) 4.05 p.m.\\nCall at Ticket Offices in Savannah and Charleston for latest changes in Schedules\\nS. C. BOYLSTON, C. S. GADSDEN,\\nGeneral Ticket Agent. Engineer and Sup t,\\nCharleston, December xxth, 1871.\\n87", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.\\nThis well-known and popular first-class Hotel, situated in the centre of\\nthe City, and also In the centre of the Wholesale Business Houses, affords\\nfacilities, comforts and attention to Travelers for pleasure, and Merchants on\\nbusiness, second to none in the United States.\\nHaving been recently thoroughly repaired and newly furnished throughout,\\nthe Proprietor pledges himself to spare no pains in its management to main-\\ntain the high reputation heretofore enjoyed by the old CHARLESTON\\nas a first-class house.\\nE. H. JACKSON, Prop r.\\nGeneral Railway and Steamship Ticket Office. Through Tickets sold by\\nRail to all points in the United States, and by Rail or Steamship to BALTI-\\nMORE, PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK.\\nA, BUTTEHFIELD, General Ticket Agent,\\nCHARLESTON HOTEL.\\n88", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0102.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "Invalids and pleasure seekers visiting the South\\nwill find\\nTHE H. I. KIMBALL HOUSE,\\nOP ATLANTA, GEORGIA,\\ncomfortable and pleasant, having all modern improve-\\nments, mclnding water and gas, with one of the finest\\nElevators, built by Messrs. Otis, Totts Co of\\nBoston, the celebrated Safety Elevator Manufacturers\\nThis Hotel, being first-class in every respect and\\nsecond to sose is the usited states,\\nhaving one of the most magnificent Ball Booms\\nwh.ch is at the disposal of the guests, with a fine\\ntfand to discourse music nightly, cannot fail to please\\ntne traveling public.\\n89", "height": "3255", "width": "1998", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0103.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "BE SURE TO T AKETR Attf TO REACH CEDAR KEYS FRIDAY NIGHT.\\nITT MAIL LINE STEADIEST\\nSIDE-WHEEL STEAMER\\nThe New Orleans, Florida and Havana Steamship Company will dispatch one of\\nthe above first-class Steamers from NEW ORLEANS and from HAVANA EVERY\\nWEDNESDAY, touching at CEDAR KEYS on FRIDAYS, and Leaving\\nEVERY SATURDAY MORNING,\\nFOR\\nHavana, New Orleans and Key West.\\nThese Steamers have splendid passenger accommodations, and every effort will\\nbe made for the SAFETY, COMFORT and PLEASURE of Travelers.\\nBy this Route the long sea vo3 age is avoided. The distance from CEDAR\\nKEYS to HAVANA is only 360 Miles, mostly along coast and smooth navigation.\\nRates of Passage:\\nFernandina to Havana, $20 I Fernandina to Netv Orleans, $31\\nJacksonville 26 I Jacksonville 31\\nCharleston 35 I Charleston 35\\nSavannah 35 Savannah 35\\nSTATE ROOMS AND MEALS INCLUDED.\\n_. _ r _, _ At Offices Jacksonville, Pensacola Mobile R. R. Co.,\\nTickets for Sale sLSAcity^obt: and on board Steamers\\nFor further information apply to\\nI. K. ROBERTS,\\n120 Common St., New Orleans.\\nThe QUICKEST, the MOST COMFORTABLE and the SAFEST ROUTE.\\n90", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0104.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "1872. THE OLD RELIABLE 1872,\\nBROCKS LINES STEAMERS\\nRUNNING BETWEEN\\nJACKSONVILLE AND ENTERPRISE,\\nOX THE\\nST. 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JLT7GTTSTINE, ENTERPRISE, and all\\npoints on the River, can he had on application\\nto the PURSER on board the Boat.\\nJOHN CLARK, G-eneral Agent,\\nJACKSONVILLE, FLA.\\n91", "height": "3255", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "guidetofloridath01olne_0105.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "npstto jtoifl\\nITT\\nIIUIeIz .jiluLjiiBi\\nI III II 111 III I II III I II I II III III II\\nLi JU ..HHI JlZlItt^\\nThis handsome and commodious edifice was erect-\\ned in 1869, by the present proprietors. It is situated\\non the Plaza, commanding an entire view of the\\nbeautiful Harbor and the Ocean beyond. From the\\nobservatories of the house, the city is spread out in\\none grand panoramic view, making one of the most\\nbeautiful of tropical pictures.\\nThe house is lighted with gas, and furnished with\\nall the modern improvements. The table is supplied\\nwith every luxury the country affords. Billiard\\nTables for the use of the guests. 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