{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3269", "width": "2090", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": ",A^^", "height": "3040", "width": "1925", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2x*\\n1\\nA\\nJ-\\n0 c", "height": "3077", "width": "1937", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3040", "width": "1925", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3102", "width": "1683", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3040", "width": "1925", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3077", "width": "1937", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "PIEDMONT AIR LINE RAILWAY.\\nTHE POPULAR ROUTE TO ALL POINTS IN FLORIDA,\\nPassenc^ers will find this line, via Ricliniond, Greensboro and\\nCharlotte^ the best route. The cars are comfortable; eating houses\\ngood scenery diversified and entertaining. It passes through\\nan upland country the entire distance, and through more of the\\nprincipal cities, and is 45 miles shorter than any other route via\\nColumbia to Aiken, Augusta, Savannah, Jacksonville and all points\\nin Florida. Tickets are on sale via Charlotte, Atlanta, Macon and\\nJesup to Jacksonville, at same price of via Columbia, Charleston\\nand Savannah. Excursion, Tickets have been put on sale on\\nthis Line via Washington, [.rnchburg, Danville, Charlotte and\\nAtlanta, and via Baltimore, Richmond, Charlotte and Atlanta.\\nPi-ice\u00e2\u0080\u0094 New York to Jacksonville and return, $G0.00.\\nSLEEPING CARS ON ALL NIGHT TRAINS.\\nThis line is now making tiie quickest time ever made to southern\\nand soutlmestern points. New York to Atlanta only 42 hours;\\nMontgomery, 50 Mobile, 59 New Orleans, 06 Galveston, 90\\nhours having the advantage (\u00c2\u00bbf from 64 to 235 miles in distance\\nConnections are easilv made and are always sure. Tickets good\\nuntil used, and always as cheap as by any other ^^ll-i ^^^^^J t^.^^l^.^^^,^\\nCAUTION.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Be sure and soo that your tickets read MA KlCHxMUJN^,\\nGREENSl .ORO and, CHARLOTTE. c n \u00e2\u0080\u009ef \u00c2\u00abn\\nFor full iuformatiou see small lime tables and circulars to be found at all\\nticket offices. MACMURDO, Oen l Pass Agent,\\nC. TINGLING, Richmond, ^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0a.\\nGen l Eastern Pa?seuspv Agent, 9 Astor House, N.", "height": "3116", "width": "2039", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3077", "width": "1937", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3116", "width": "2039", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2499", "width": "3885", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3104", "width": "1708", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "Txa:^]\\nkm To MB TflEOM Floim,\\nT+f\u00c2\u00a3 tAI^B Of rtOWE^S/\\nCONTAINIXG A\\nHISTORICAL SKETCH, GEOGRAPHICAL. AGRICULTURAL AND\\nCLIMATIC STATISTICS, ROUTES OF TRAVEL BY LAND\\nAND SEA, AND GENERAL INFORMATION\\nINVALUABI-E TO TUK\\niuDaUb, (liourist or (Jrmioiraut.\\nEnlerc-l according to Act of Congress, in the year 1875, by\\nC n AS. D. OWENS,\\nin tho Offlce of the Librarian of Congress, at Wasmngton.\\nPUBLISHED BY\\nCHAS. D. OWENS.\\nNEW YORK.\\n1875.", "height": "3077", "width": "1937", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "B.R\\nTHE\\nTO\\nFlorida and the South,\\nOFFEKS NOW\\nFIVE nOUTES TO JACKSONVILLE,\\nEither one of them better than can be offered by any other Line.\\nRoute 1.\\nVia Washington, Lynchburg, Knoxville, Dalton, Atlanta, Macon and Jesup,\\nhas only one change of cars between Baltimore and Jacksonville, and makes\\nthe trip from New York to Jacksonville in 72 hours.\\nRoute 2.\\nVia Washington, Lynchburg, Danville, Charlotte, Columbia, Augusta and\\nSavannah is the shortest in miles and avoids all transfers except one in\\nSavannah.\\nRoute 3.\\nVia V/ashington, Lynchburg, Danville, Chai-lotte, Columbia, Charleston and\\nSavannah gives an opportunity to visit Charleston, and is a very popular route.\\nRoute 4*\\nVia Washington, Lynchburg, Danville, Columbia, Augusta, Yemassee and\\nSavannah.\\nRoute 5\u00c2\u00bb\\nVia Washington, Lynchburg, Danville, Augusta, Macon and Jesup.\\nPULLMAN PALACE DAY AND NIGHT CARS ON\\nALL THESE ROUTES.\\nBaggage checked through, and every comfort of any first-class Line offered.\\nTickets for sale at all oflBices where BMthnore Ohio and Pennsylvania R. K.\\nTickets are sold.\\nFurther information may be obtained of\\nG. M. HUNTINGTON,\\nrj Q General Eastern Agent,\\nX 349 Broadway, N. Y.\\n0?s", "height": "3078", "width": "2027", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "c/\\nGUIDE TO AHD THROUGH FLOpA,\\nFive years after Christopher Cohimbus first saw land in\\nthe New World, another navigator, Sebastian Cabot, sailing\\nunder the English flag, discovered the coast of Florida.\\nThis v/as in 1497. It was not until the spring of 1512\\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 ban^\\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": "3077", "width": "2000", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "4 GUIDF 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, v/hich 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": "3078", "width": "2027", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_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 or 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 flourishing 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 1784, 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": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_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 v/orks 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.\\n.After the surrender of General Tee, at Appomattox,", "height": "3078", "width": "2027", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_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\u00c2\u00b0\\nNorth latitude to 25\u00c2\u00b0 North latitude, and lies within 80\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 ignited 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": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_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 ig 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 cm-ing 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": "3078", "width": "2027", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_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,\\nespecially 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\\nuf the peninsula. The upper part of Florida is, of course,\\nmuch older.\\nBupei Brok\\nPalmetto Tree,", "height": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "lo 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\u00c2\u00b0 in the\\nsummer, nor falls below 30\u00c2\u00b0 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": "3078", "width": "2027", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. ii\\nObservations made at Jacksonville during the six months\\nending April 30th, 1874; showing the highest and lowest\\nranges of the barometer and thermometer during each\\nmonth, the total rainfall, the number of rainy days, and the\\nprevailing wind. (Furnished by Richard McLaughlin, Esq.\\nMonth.\\nBAROMETER.\\n1 THERMOMETER.\\nHighest\\nLowest\\njHighest Lowest. Mean.\\nr\u00c2\u00ab5^\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ab\\nl^\\nNovember, 1873\\n30.437\\n29.374\\n1 83\\n30\\n59\\ni 2.88 j 8\\nsw\\nDecember,\\n30.480\\n29.643\\n1 79\\n32\\n56\\ni 3.38 7\\nN\\nJanuary, 1874\\n30.653\\n29.810 1\\n77\\n35\\n55\\n.82\\n7\\nN\\nFebruary,\\n30.362\\n29.845 i\\n81\\n37\\n58\\ni 7.33\\n12\\nNE\\nMarch,\\n30.335\\n29.761 1\\n87\\n37\\n66\\n2.13 j 7\\nSW\\nApril,\\n30.370\\n29.708 1\\n91\\n42\\n70\\n1.60\\n6\\nSW\\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, showi^ig the monthly\\nand yearly mean of twenty years at St. Augustine, of\\nthi7 ty-one years at West Point, aiid of thirty five years\\nat Fort Snelling, Mijin.\\nJan.\\nFeb.\\nMar.\\nApl.JMay\\nJun.\\nJuly\\nAug\\nSep.\\nOct.\\nNov.\\nDec.\\nYBAB.\\nSt. Augustine,\\nFla\\n57.03\\n.59.94\\n63.34\\n68.78\\n73.50\\n79.36\\n80.90\\n80.5r,\\n78.00\\n71.88\\n64.12\\n57.26\\n69.61\\nWest Point,\\nN. Y.\\n28.28\\n23.80\\n37.63\\n48.70\\n59.82\\n68.41\\n73.75\\n71.83\\n64.31\\n53.04\\n42.23\\n31.98\\n50.73\\nFt. Snelling,\\nMinn.\\n13.76\\n17.57\\n31.41\\n56.34\\n58.97\\n68.46\\n73.40\\n70.05\\n58.86\\n47.15\\n31.67\\n16.89\\n46.54", "height": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "12 GUIDE TO FLORIDA\\nV\\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\\nape produced. Berries grow profusely.", "height": "3078", "width": "2027", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 13\\nFlorida is tlie best timbered State in tlie Union. Over\\n30,000,000 of acres are covered with heavy forests. The\\nbusiness of cutting and shipping hmiber 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\\nimmitrrants.\\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 ovei\\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.\\nvThe 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 2,000 Lake\\nCity with 2,000, Pensacola with 2.000, Gainesville with\\n1,500, Key West with 3,000 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 Cover-\\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, tlie Comptroller, the State Treasurer,\\nthe Surveyor General, the Superintendent of Instruc-", "height": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_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. i\\nThe present State government (1875-6) is as follows\\nGovernor, M. L. Stearns.\\nLieutenant-Governor,\\nSecretary of State, S. B. McLin.\\nComptroller. C. A. Cowgill.\\nTreasurer, _ c. H. Foster.\\nAttorney- General, Wm. A. Cocke.\\nCommissioner of Immigra- -t) -p ^sj\\ntion.\\nSuperintendent of Public j q Qjpgg\\nInstruction,\\nAt the last Presidential election in the State (1872) the\\nvote was as follows Grant, 17,765 Greeley, 15,428; Re-\\npublican majority, 2,337. The Republicans elected two\\nmajority in the State Senate, and three majority in the\\nHouse of Representatives.\\nFlorida, though one of the first-settled countries on this\\ncontinent, has really all the characteristics of a new State.", "height": "3078", "width": "2027", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_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 Nortjiern man) writes\\nIn our correspondence the question is often asked:\\nIs 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, j 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": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "6 GUIDE TO FLORIDA\\nThe All-Rail Routes.\\nVisitors to Florida, going thither by rail, make Savannah\\nthe first objective point. From N. Y. by the N. Y. and\\nPhila. R. R., running through trains to which are attached\\ncars having all modern improvements to Baltimore, Wash-\\nington and Richmond. From Baltimore, via Bay Line of\\nStea??iers to Portsmouth, Va., and thence by Rail, or from\\nWashington, via All Rail and Va. Midland to Lynchburg,\\nDanville and the South; or, via Potomac River and R. F.\\nP. R. R. to Richmond, and thence via Piedmont Air\\nLine to Charlotte, Augusta and the South. There is also\\nthe Atlantic Coast Line, via Petersburg, Wilmington and\\nCharleston.\\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 to\\nCharleston, Savannah and Florida.\\nFrom Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Toledo, Detroit,\\nplaces on Lake Erie and Michigan, and points North and\\nEast of Louisville, the Short Line is via Louisville and\\nNashville R. R. From St. Louis, and points North and\\nWest, the most direct routes are via the St. Louis and Iron\\n.Mountain R. R., and St. Louis S. E. R.\\nExcursion Tickets at reduced rates can be purchased at\\nall the principal cities of the Union. Drawing Room and\\nPalace Sleeping Cars are attached to all Through Trains.\\nSchedules of the different routes will be found on advertise-\\nment pages elsewhere,", "height": "3078", "width": "2027", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "i6\u00c2\u00bb\\nDirectory of Eoutes of Travel, Hotels, Etc.\\nRAILROADS.\\nAtlantic Coast Line I02\\nAtlantic Gulf. 105 and 4th page cover,\\nBaltimore Ohio 109\\nErie Railway 87\\nJacksonville, Pensacola Mobile Railroad 3d page cover.\\nMagnolia Passenger Route 104\\nPiedmont Air Line 2d page cover.\\nSavannah Charleston 103\\nVirginia Midland 2\\nSTEAMSHIPS.\\nNew York Savannah Line 21\\nNew York Charleston Line 106\\nNew York Fernandina Line 100\\nNew York, Savannah Nassau loi\\nBoston Savannah Line 22\\nNew Orleans, Florida Havana 107\\nSt. Marks, Pensacola New Orleans 98\\nHOTELS.\\nPavilion, Charleston 99\\nCharleston, (A. Butterfield, Ticket Agent) 93\\nPavilion, Savannah 98\\nRoyal Victoria, Nassau, N. P 92\\nHighland Park, Aiken, N. C 113\\nSt. James, Jacksonville 112\\nSt. Augustine 88\\nSt. John s, Palatka 97\\nYACHTS and SAILING VESSELS.\\nEleanor, Charleston 94\\nEvans, Ball Co no\\nWINTER RESORTS.\\nAiken, S. C i6b\\nOnoro 96\\nEXCURSION TOURS.\\nCook, Son Jenkins 108\\nPHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS.\\nWilson Havens 95\\nFLORIDA CURIOSITIES.\\nA, Desbouillons, Savannah 96\\nMISCELLANEOUS.\\nMrs. J. Neubeck, Palatka J. X.. 95\\nJohn Thompson, Palatka 95\\nP. Lindenstruth, Savannah 97\\nA. C. Hughey, Mellonvllle 6i:\\nOrange Bitters iii\\nMilit?ry Academy U4", "height": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "i6^\\nAlKES is a thriving village o/ 2,000 inhabitajits, situ-\\nated oil the South Carolina Railroad, 120 miles north-west\\nof Charleston, and 17 miles south-east of Augusta.\\nIt loas incorporDted before the war, and is governed hy\\nan Intendant and six wardens. Occupying one of the\\nmost commanding positions in the State, being 600 feet\\nabove tide water, and 400 feet above {the Savannah River\\nat) Augusta, it has been aptly called the Village ofHdJs.^^\\nImmense forests of pine surround it on all sides, and\\nthese yield an aroma, which, with the dry invigorating air,\\nand the equable climate, have rendered Aiken a very favor-\\nably Jcnoion winter resort for i7ivalids.\\nThe main thoroughfare, ccdled Park Avenue, extends,\\nwith an even ^oidth of IbO feet, for over one mile, and from\\nthis at right angls branch the streets, all laid out with a\\nwidth of \\\\bO feet. Tiiere are seven churches: Episcopal,\\nPresbyterian, Methodist, Baptist, Roman Catholic, and\\ntwo colored denominations. A hall known as the Lyceum,\\nseating 400 people, is much used during winter for prio ate\\ntheatri ial entertainments. The chief hotel of Aiken is the\\nHighland Park Hotel, situated one-hcdf mile from depot,\\nat the west etid of Park Aveiiue, on an elevated plateau.\\nFrom this point, beyond the encircling forests of pine, may\\nbe seen the cotton factories of Graniteville and Langley,\\nand the paper mills and kaolin quarries of Bath. This\\nhotel offers every comfort and luxury to be desired with a\\nwinter home. Beside this, are the Aiken Hotel, opposite the\\ndepot, and many first-class boarding houses. Four trains\\nare run daily between Augusta and Charleston, and accom-\\nmodation trains are run between Aiken and Augusta.\\nThrough trains cofinect at Graniteville with traifis on the\\nSmith Carolina Railroad.", "height": "3078", "width": "2027", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nThrough Tickets For Sale at\\nJBOSTOW\u00e2\u0080\u0094 205, 222, 228, 232, 219 Washington St.; 3 Old State House; 15 United\\nStates Hotel Block, opposite B. A. R. R. Depot at offices of all New\\nYork Lines, and at all the Principal Railroad Ticket Offices in the East.\\nNEW YORK\u00e2\u0080\u0094 229, 261, 315,526 Broadway; Nos. 1 and 9 Aster House; at\\nthe offices of the New York Transfer Co., 944 Broadway, and at offices of\\nPennsylvania R. R. Co., foot of Cortlandt and Desbrosses Sts.; Dodd s Ex-\\npress, No. 4 Court St., Brooklyn, and at Jersey City Depot.\\nPHILADELiFmA\u00e2\u0080\u0094 No. 700, 732 and 838 Chestnut Street; S. E. cor.\\nBroad and Chestnut Sts., and at I hiladelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore\\nR. R. Depot, cor. Broad and Prime Streets.\\nBAIiTIMOitE\u00e2\u0080\u0094 S. E. comer West Baltimore and Calvert Sts. 9 German\\nSt. N. E. corner West Baltimore and Calvert Sts. 157 Baltimore Street\\nat Camden Station, Baltimore Ohio R. R. Baltimore Potomac R. R.;\\nalso, at Niagara Falls, Canandaigua, Elmira, Syracuse, Buffalo, and all in-\\ntermediate points on Northern Central R. R.\\nWASHIJVGTON\u00e2\u0080\u0094 603 Pennsylvania Avenue corner of Sixth Street and\\nPennsylvania Avenue corner of Thirteenth Street and Pennsylvania Ave-\\nnue; Depot Alexandria and Fredericksburg Railway; on Board Potomac\\nSteamers, foot of Seventh Street.\\nBy Sea to Florida.\\nFrom New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore.\\nBy Steamship to Savannah, and thence to Florida. Also\\nfrom New York by Steamship direct to Fernandina.\\nThe Sea Routes from New York, via Savannah, consist\\nof three lines of commodious and well appointed Steamers.\\nThe Zeo and Cleopatra^ of Murray, Ferris Go s Line, sail\\nfrom Pier i6 East River, alternately on Tuesdays. The\\nSteamships Herman Livingston, Genl. Barnes, Sa7i Jacinto\\nand San Salvador, of the Empire Line, from Pier 43 North\\nRiver, on Thursdays and Saturdays, W. R. Garrison, Agent,\\nNo. 5 Bowling Green and the Steamships Tybee and Ash-\\nland, of the Black Star Line, also leave Pier 12 North\\nRiver, every Saturday. Robt. Lowden, Agent, 93 West\\nStreet.", "height": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "i8 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\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 City of Atlanta^ Manhattan^ South Cai^olina, Champion^\\nGeorgia and Charleston^ sell Through Tickets to all points\\nin Florida. Their sailing days are Wednesdays and Satur-\\ndays, from Pier 29 North River. Jas. W. Quintard Co.,\\nAgents.\\nThe Florida Line of Steamships for Fernandina, Fla.,\\nand Port Royal, S. C, comprises the superior Steamers\\nHimtsville and Montgouiery. Sailing every Thursday from\\nPier 3 North River. Herm. Gelpcke, Agent, No. 5 Wil-\\nliam Street, N. Y. By this route passengers stop over for\\na day at Port Royal, visit Beaufort and other points, reach-\\ning Fernandina next morning.\\nBy Sea, from Boston.\\nThe Boston and Savannah S. S. Co. dispatch the new and\\nelegant Steamers Seminole and Oriental as advertised in\\ndaily papers of Boston and Savannah. Through Tickets to\\nall points in Florida sold by F. Nickerson Co., Agents,\\n205 State Street, Boston.\\nBy Sea, from Philadelphia.\\nThe Philadelphia and Southern Mail Steamship Co. have\\na weekly line to Savannah, leaving every Saturday, from\\nQueen Street Wharf The Wyoming and Juniata are noted\\nas first-class vessels. Through Tickets sold to all points in\\nFlorida and the interior of Georgia and Alabama. W. L.\\nJames, Agent, 416 South Delaware Street, Philadelphia.", "height": "3078", "width": "2027", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 19\\nBy Sea, from Baltimore.\\nThe Baltimore and Savannah Steamship Company dis-\\npatch, at intervals of five days, one of their thoroughly sea-\\nworthy and commodious Steamers to Savannah. The Line\\nis extremely well managed, and the America, Falcon and\\nSaragossa are commanded by experienced and able officers.\\nThrough Tickets to all points in Florida and the interior are\\nsold by the Agent, John R. Gould, Union Dock, Baltimore.\\nFrom Charleston and Savannah to Florida.\\nThe traveler has choice of routes from Charleston. First,\\nvia All Rail by way of the Savannah and Charleston Rail-\\nroad to Savannah, and thence, without change of cars, via\\nthe Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, to Live Oak, Florida, at\\nwhich point he connects with the Florida network of rail-\\nroads, and is thus brought in close railway or steamboat\\ncommunication with all the principal points in the State.\\nThe Express trains of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad leave\\nSavannah daily at 8.30 a.m. and 3.30 p.m., on the arrival of\\ntrains from Charleston. The conductors on the route are\\ncourteous and attentive, and to the night train Pullman\\nPalace and Sleeping Coaches are attached. Drawing\\nRoom Cars, especially adapted for invalids, accompany\\nthe day trains. Connection is made with all Northern in-\\nward trains, and with M. B. trains at Jesup. A good meal\\ncan be obtained en route at the Yemassee eating-house.\\nPassengers reach Jacksonville at 10.15 p.m. and 8.00 a.m.\\nOr, Second, by Steamers, making a short stop at Savan-\\nnah, thence running to Jacksonville.", "height": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "20 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nF Qmum wMQm Mmw mMM^M\\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 v. ay cf Ilavana or tl.e Missis-\\nsippi River can avail themselves of lh .i convenient route,\\nembarking at Cedar Keys. I. K. Robert;-, Ageut New\\nOrleans, Florida and Havana S. G 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 fiiid 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": "3078", "width": "2027", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "s@^ Excursion Tickets to Florida. ,^9\\nNew York and Savannali StGamship Line\\nMaking close connections ^^^th the Atlantic an-l Gulf L\\nFlorida, and via Central R. R. and Atlantic and Gulf R. K., to\\npoinf- in\\npoints in\\nGEORGIA, ALABAMA, MISSISSIPPI, TENNESSEE and LOUISIANA.\\nThe i)assenger accommodations of these Steamers are not surpassed by those\\nof any Line out of New Yorlv.\\nFOUR STEAMERS PER WEEK.\\nTUESDAYS. THURSDAYS and SATURDAYS\\nPASSAGE KATES, including Meals and Staterooms on Steamers,\\nbetween New York and Savannah.\\nSAVANNAH. $20.00.\\nJacksonville, Fla,. $2T 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 3U 50\\nQuinc#% Fla 31 50\\nAtlanta, Ga 27 50\\nAlbany, Ga 31 50\\nSelma,Ala 35 00\\nMobile, Ala 41 00\\nN ew Orleans, La 47 50\\nSt. Aueustine, Fla $31 25\\nPalatka, Fla 30 25\\nEnterprise, Fla 36 25\\nGainesville, Fla 30 25\\nLake City, Fla BO 25\\nMadison, Fla 30 25\\nTallahassee, Fla 30 75\\nMacon, Ga 28 75\\nEufaula, Ala 32 00\\nMontgomery, Ala 35 00\\nChattanooga, Tenn 30 00\\nRome,Ga 32 25\\nEveiy TUESDAY, from Pier 16, E.R.\\nfoot of Wall St.\\nMURRAY S LINE.\\nL El O Cleopatra\\nMurray, Fer is Co., Agents,\\n61 \u00c2\u00abfc 62 South St.\\nEvery THURSDAY, Pier 8, N. R.\\nEMPIRE LINE.\\nH. Livingston Gen. Barnes\\nWm. R. Garrison, Agent,\\nNo. 5 Bowling Green.\\nEvery SATURDAY, from Pier 8,\\nNorth River.\\nEMPIRE LINE.\\nSan Salvador San Jacinto\\nWm. R. Garrison, Agent,\\nNo. 5 Bowling Green.\\nEvery SATURDAY, Pier 12, N. R.\\nBLACK STAR LINE.\\nTYBEE I ASHLAND\\nR. Lowden, Agent,\\nNo. 93 West Street.\\nCEO. YONGE, Agent,\\nCenti R.R, of Georgia, 409 Broadway.\\nC. D. OWENS, Agent,\\nAtlantic Gulf R.R., 229 Broadway.", "height": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "Florida Excursion Tickets.\\nhk ad Smmli liiwia Liie.\\nCONNECTING WITH THE\\nCENTRAL RAILROAD OF GEORGIA,\\nATLANTIC GULF RAILROAD,\\nFLORIDA STEAMERS.\\nSailing from BOSTON and SAVANNAH as advertised in Boston and Savannah\\npapers.\\nFor further information, apply to\\nWM. H. RING,\\n18 T Wharf, Boston.\\np. NICKERSON CO,\\nAgents.\\nRICHARDSON BARNARD,\\nSavannah, Ga.", "height": "3078", "width": "2027", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"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.\\nV r^ ^fM ^^H^y^^^^^^c:\\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": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"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, almost\\nwithin a day s travel.", "height": "3078", "width": "2027", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"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 forty 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.\\n^The 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": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "20 GUIDE TO FLORIDA,\\nparts of the State, and a little fire is comfortable but\\nusually, throughout the winter, the inhabitants sit without\\na fire 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 saj^s 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 1870 showed that these deaths were as\\nfollows\\nMassachusetts, _ one in 283\\nMaine, 315\\nVermont, _ 463\\nNew York, 379\\nPennsylvania, 470\\nOhio, ^507\\nCalifornia, 450\\nVirginia, 5^5\\nIndiana, 599\\nIllinois, 698\\nFlorida, 1,433\\nThere is a wide-sprcud 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": "3078", "width": "2027", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"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 i death to 36\\ncases of remittent fever in the Northern Division, i to\\n52 j in the Southern Division, i to 54 in Texas, i in 78\\nin California, i in 122 in New Mexico, i in 148^ while\\nin Florida it is i 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.", "height": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "28 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nThe Legislature of Florida has taken active measures-:\\nto induce immigrants, from the North and West and fromi\\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\\nluxuriant 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 hammock, 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 hammock. These\\nlands stud the pine forests every few miles and vary in\\nextent from twenty acres to forty thousand acres. The", "height": "3078", "width": "2027", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"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 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.\\n^Unimproved lands on the St. Johns River can be had\\nat from ^5 to ;^i5 and improved lands in the same\\nlocality at from $20 to $;^o. Plantations in other parts\\nof the State, partially cleared and having some improve-\\nments, such as buildings and fences, are worth from to\\n$10 per acre. Lands, having orange groves in bearing,\\nare from ;^5o 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 ^200\\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": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "30 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nthem, with much less of the cost and hard labor expended\\nin other farming sections of th^ 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.\\n^Visitors 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\\nthaii 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 reijedies.", "height": "3078", "width": "2027", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 3*\\nCharleston, the principal city of South Carolina, and the\\nlargest on the Atlantic coast of the United States south of\\nBaltimore, is situated on a tongue of land between the\\nrivers Ashley and Cooper. Its population in 1870 was\\n48,956, of which 26,173 were negroes and mulattoes. It\\nis a large cotton and rice mart, and is connected with the\\ninterior of the country by extensive lines of railway.\\nHistory Charleston was originally settled by the\\nEnglish in 1679. It was one of the most important and\\nopulent of the old colonial cities. In 1776 the British\\nfleet, under Sir Peter Parker, was beaten off by the fort on\\nSullivan s Island. The city was captured by the British in\\n1780. The great civil war of 1860-65 began herewith\\nthe passage of the ordinance of secession in December,\\ni860.\\nHarbor The harbor is one of the largest and hanti\\nsomest on the coast of America. The ruins of Fort Sum-\\nter, situated at its entrance, constitutes the spot of most\\ninterest to strangers visiting Charleston. Castle Pinckney,\\na short distance from the city, and Fort Moultrie, on Sulli-\\nvan s Island, are also fortresses of historic renown. A\\npacket yacht conveys visitors to these points every after-\\nnoon, ilnformation of the hour of sailing, etc., may be\\nobtained at the hotels.\\nRemiiiisceisces. Charleston possesses an unusual\\ninterest for visitors, as having been the birthplace of the\\nSouthern Confederacy, and the scene of some of its most\\nstirring incidents. Its streets to this day abound with re-\\nminders of the momentous events which characterized its\\nexistence during that memorable four year s struggle.", "height": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "32 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nStreets Meeting street is the longest and most ele-\\ngant avenue. King street is the fashionable shopping\\nthoroughfare. They run parallel the entire length of the\\ncity.\\nSt. inichaers Clltirch\u00e2\u0080\u0094 This venerable edifice\\non the corner of Broad and Meeting streets, is worth seeing.\\nThe chime of bells in its belfry were first imported from\\nEngland about the middle of the last century; during the\\nConfederacy were removed to Columbia for safety at the\\nclose of the war were sent to England for re- casting, and in\\n1866 were returned, and once more rang out from the spire\\ntheir merry peal to the air of Home Again. From this\\nsteeple the Colonial troops kept watch upon the movements\\nof the British, and later, the Confederate lookouts upon\\nthe Federal blockading squadron. The view which it\\naffords of the city, the harbor and the back country is one\\nwhich no tourist should miss.\\nPublic Buildings\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Post Office building at the\\nlower end of Broad street, is an ante- revolutionary struc-\\nture. In its cellars American prisoners were cruelly in-\\ncarcerated during the war for independence. The new\\nCustom House is an imposing marble building. The\\nOrphan House on Calhoun street is one of the architectural\\nornaments of the city. On its grounds is a marble statue\\nof William Pitt; erected by the citizens of Charleston pre-\\nvious to tha Revolution. The Charleston College, the\\nMedical College, Roper s Hospital, the City Hall, the\\nCitadel, and the Arsenal, are large and handsome buildings.\\nThere is an interesting museum connected with the Charles-\\nton College.\\nHotels\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ^Those tourists who include a stop a Charles-\\nton in their Florida trip, either going or returning, will find", "height": "3078", "width": "2027", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 33\\nthe Charleston Hotel still deserving its well-earned popu-\\nlarity.\\nDuring the sutr mer of 1874 this famous house underwent\\na complete and expensive renovation. The proprietors\\nhave added to its many comfortable appointments the\\nluxury of hot and cold water baths on each floor of the\\nbuilding, these baths being supplied at great expense with\\nthe celebrated Artesian water, famous for its many curative\\nqualities.\\nOne of the great attractions of the hotel is its superb\\nj double colonnade. During the past season the Post Band\\ndiscoursed fine music from the balcony twice a week in the\\nevenings.\\nFamilies desiring rooms can write or telegraph their re-\\nI quirements to the proprietors in advance, and so avoid dis-\\nappointment.\\n1 The Pavilion Hotel, too, under the experienced pro-\\nprietorship of Messrs. G. T. Alford Co., deservedly\\nreceives a large share of tourists patronage. Recently\\nI refitted and decorated throughout, and, offering in addition\\nI to the comforts of a home, the attractions of an unsurpassed\\n\\\\c21isi71e and delightful verandahs, it ranks among thie first\\nI hotels on the Atlantic Southern seaboard, and will be\\nI found everything that either the transient or permanent\\nI visitor could desire. Tourists can telegraph and secure\\n1 rooms in advance.\\nj Places worth Visiting:\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Pleasant trips may be\\nmade by the ferry-boats to Aloultrieville and Mount Pleas-\\nant, the summer resorts of the Charlestonians. Those who\\nprefer to sail or row around the historic waters of Charles-\\njton Harbor, will find a fine collection of boats for hire, on\\nreasonable terms, at Capt. Young s wharf Magnolia\\nCemetery, a short distance beyond the city lines, is a beau-", "height": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "34 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\ntiful spot and has many fine monuments. The Battery, at\\nthe lower end of Meeting street, is a magnificent promenade\\nand affords an excellent view of the harbor. The Burnt\\nDistrict, which extends from river to river across the middle\\nof the city, marks the track of the great fire of 1864. The\\nMarkets should be visited on a Saturday night, and some\\nof the large Rice Mills are interesting. A trip to the won-\\nderful Phosphate Grounds should not be omitted. At the\\nAcademy of Music, one of the most elegant theatres in the\\nUnion, operatic and dramatic performances are given dur-\\ning the winter.\\nThe Suburbs of Charleston\u00e2\u0080\u0094 There are many\\npoints of beauty and historic interest within easy distance\\nof the city, and which no tourist should omit to visit.\\nProminent among these are the Drayton House, a splendid\\nold baronial mansion of brick, redolent with traditions of\\nthe grandeur and hospitality it has witnessed in its past.\\nIt fronts upon the Ashley River, and is surrounded by a\\nwealth of shrubbery and foliage. Magnolia Plantation and\\nSchievelin, both also upon the same stream, are well worth\\nvisiting. A small steamer pUes up the Ashley from Charles-\\nton for the accommodation of tourists.", "height": "3078", "width": "2027", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA, 35\\nThe commercial emporium of the Empire State of the\\nSouth, is beautifully situated on the Savannah River, about\\n18 miles from its mouth. Savannah, next to New Orleans,\\nis the largest port of shipment of cotton in the Southern\\nStates, and one of the largest in the vorld. It is advan-\\ntageously placed, for a great thriving and increasing busi-\\nness. The Savannah River affording water communication\\nwith the Northern part of the State for 380 miles. The\\nAtlantic and Gulf Railroad connects it with the rich and\\ngrowing sections of Southern, Middle and Upper Georgia,\\nand with Florida and the Gulf ports. The Georgia Central\\nroad running through Middle Georgia to Atlanta, and the\\nSavannah and Charleston Railroad to Charleston S. C, are\\nimportant links connecting the city with the West and\\nNorth, There are four lines of first-class steamers to New\\nYork, and weekly lines to Baltimore, Philadelphia and\\nBoston.\\nSavannah, according to the census of 1870, had a popu-\\nlation of 28,235, which 13,068 were colored. Its receipts\\nof cotton in 1872-3 amounted to 626,768 bales. It also\\nexported 34,000,000 feet of lumber, and the total value of\\nits exports that year was $50,000,000, which gave it the\\nrank of the third exporting port in the United States. The\\ncity is handsomely laid out with broad streets closely\\nshaded by water oaks, live oaks, magnolia, sycamore and\\npride of India trees. At nearly every other corner there is\\na public square, planted with these magnificent shade trees.\\nThe number of these squares is 24. South, Broad and Bay\\nstreets have grassy promenades in the middle, with carriage\\nways on either side.", "height": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "36 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nHistory Savannah was first settled in 1733 by Genl.\\nOglethorpe and about thirty families. Here, three years\\nlater, John Wesley preached for the first time in America.\\nIn 1766 there were four hundred dwellings here. In 1788\\nthe British captured the city. Nearly a year later the brave\\nPulaski fell in a vain attempt by the combined French and\\nAmerican forces to recapture it. The British held posses-\\nsion till the war ended In 1791 Washington, and in 1825,\\nLafayette visited Savannah. It v/as prominent during the\\nConfederate war as the terminus of Genl. Sherman s\\ncelebrated March to the Sea.\\nPublic Building s There are many fine build-\\nings in Savannah, among which may be mentioned the\\nCity Exchange, New Market House, St. Andrews Hall, the\\nNew Custom House and the Hall of the Georgia Histori-\\ncal Society. The Independent Presbyterian Church, the\\nMasonic Temple, and St. John s Episcopal Church have\\nconsiderable architectural merits. The Greene Monument\\nin Johnson square, and the Pulaski Monument in Monterey\\nsquare should also be seen by visitors.\\nSuburban Points\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Strangers will find many spots\\nin and about Savannah worth visiting. Fort Pulaski^ a few\\nmiles down the river, was the scene of a long siege during\\nthe late war. The original cost of its construction was\\n$988,859. Daufuskie Island, near by, is memorable as the\\nscene of the Bloody Point massacre of Indians by white\\nsettlers. Beach Hammock, Greenwich Park and Jasper\\nSprings are also noted resorts within a few miles of the\\ncity.\\nHotels The Pavihon Hotel, under the proprietorship\\nof P. J. Hobart, continues to furnish the best of accommo-\\ndations, and at most reasonable prices, to tourists stopping", "height": "3078", "width": "2058", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 37\\nin Savannah. The Pulaski, Marshall, and European\\nHouses are also included in the list of hotels.\\nForsyth Park, though small in area (20 acres), is\\nquite a resort for the citizens and attractive to strangers, as\\nit is composed mostly of the natural growth of the forests.\\nThe fountain in the centre is considered a beautiful model.\\nIt is after the style of the fountains in the Place de la Con-\\ncord in Paris. The walks are prettily laid out, and covered\\nwith shell. It is the fashionable resort for the elite of the\\ncity. In the rear of the Park, in a large enclosure known\\nas the Parade Ground, stands the Confederate Monument,\\nrecently erected by the Ladies Memorial Association, and\\nwhich in point of beauty of design and finish, compares\\nfavorably with any in the South, and will cost when com-\\npleted $25,000. In this spot, with its surrounding luxu-\\nriance of shrubbery and vegetation, the tourist will find much\\nto charm and please the eye.\\nBonaTenture Cemetery, one of the loveliest\\nspots in the world, has rural charms peculiar to itself.\\nThe long avenues, by the side of which the dead are sleep-\\ning are arched by the branches of great trees from which\\nthe gray moss sweeps in heavy festoons. There are some\\nnoticeable monuments in this cemetery, which derives its\\nname from the original tract of which it formed a part, and\\nwhich was first settled in or about 1670 by Col. John Mul-\\nryne, an Englishman. By the marriage of his daughter\\nMary in 1761 to Josiah Tatnall of Charleston, it came in-\\nto possession of the latter family, and Gov. Tatnall of\\nGeorgia was born there in 1765. This marriage is of\\nespecial interest, as having, it is said, been the occasion of\\nthe planting of the great live oaks which now grace the\\nspot. Tradition has it that they were planted injhe forms", "height": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "38 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nof the letters M and T the initials of the bride s and\\ngroom s respective family names.\\nIn 1847 the estate passed into the hands of a Capt P.\\nWiltberger, and was by him adapted to its present use.\\nHis remains now rest within its limits.*\\nThunderbolt, a picturesque bluff, 5 miles from the\\ncity, from which a good view of the country can be ob-\\ntained, is a favorite resort for pleasure parties.\\nJloniimeilts. A monument in honor of General\\nNathaniel Greene adorns Johnson Square. One to the\\nmemory of Count Pulaski is erected on the spot where he\\nfell in the attack on the city in 1779.\\nThe Theatre is open during the winter season and\\npresents the best musical and dramatic artists of the coun-\\ntry in succession.\\nViews of Savannah. Visitors invariably endeavor\\nto visit the Photographic Studios and Ferrotype rooms\\nof Wilson Havens, situated at 143 Broughton Street.\\nIt is the oldest and finest establishment of the kind in the\\ncity, and visitors are always welcome whether they buy or\\nnot. Here may be seen a large and varied assortment of\\nstereoscopic views of the beautiful Forest City and its\\nlovely environs, the aggregate forming a complete art gallery.\\nSavannah enjoys an enviable reputation for salubrity.\\nDuring the winter months the hotels and private boarding\\nhouses are filled with Northern visitors. The climate is\\nbetter suited to some invalids than points further South.\\nTourists bound to Florida usually sojourn a few days in\\nSavannah to enjoy its genial weather and visit its places of\\ninterest.\\nThis sketch was kindly furnished bv Commodore Josiah TatnaM,and WiH\\nprove of interest to all visiting Savi-nnoh.", "height": "3078", "width": "2027", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "39\\nPoints of Prominence in Florida and Sontliern Mm, on tlie\\nLine of the Atlantic anflMRailroail.\\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 atDu Pontand extending to Live Oak, a distance\\nof forty-eight miles, and connecting with the Jacksonville,\\nPensacola and Mobile Railroad and the other from TJtom-\\nasville to Albany, Ga., a distance of fifty-eight miles.\\nThe Atlantic and Gulf Railroad also connects at Jesup\\nwith the Macon and Brunswick R. R., and at Way Cross\\nwith the Brunswick and Albany R. R. passengers and\\nfreight are taken either for the coast, or for all points in\\nMiddle and Upper Georgia and Alabama.\\nThe following are the stations on the Atlantic and Gulf\\nRailroad after leaving Savannah\\nWtiys ^S^A I l ^^ilcs from Savannah, 220^ miles\\nfrom Bainbridge. Wood station. There are Presbyterian\\nand Baptist Churches near her6. 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-", "height": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "4.0 GUIDE TO .FLORIDA\\ntared after a sharp fight, by Shennan 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.\\nIHcllltOSll 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.\\nWalt hour Ville 39 miles from Savannah, 197\\nmiles from Bainbridge. The village of Walthourville is\\ntwo 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\u00c2\u00abfollIl!!! toil 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": "3078", "width": "2027", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 41.\\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.\\nDoctortoirn 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, v/henc5 the name of the station.\\nJTeiSUp 57 miles from Savannah, 179 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. Population\\nof Jesup, 600. The new hotel the Metropolitan will ac-\\ncommodate 100 guests, has been fitted up with every\\ncomfort, and is well kept. It is the eating-house for\\nboth roads. The Wayne Triumph (weekly) is published\\nhere.\\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. The", "height": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "4.2 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nlumber interest is annually increasing in importance, and\\nadds largely to the revenues of tiiis road. Tiie shipments\\nof lumber over the road have increased from 8,000,000\\nfeet in 1866, to 32,000,000 feet in 1871. 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.\\nMlackshear S6 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 (Mrs. Way)\\naccommodates travelers at $2.50 per day or $7.00 per\\nweek, The country hereabouJ:s is heavily timbered, and\\nlarge quantities of round and square timber are cut and\\nshipped. There is a Methodist Church in the village.\\nWay Cross 96 miles from Savannah, 140 miles from\\nBainbridge Junction of the Brunswick and Albany R. R.\\n57 miles from Brunswick. Population 600. County\\nseat of Ware County. The tov/n, which was laid out in 1 87 2,\\nstands on a sandy ridge, with a clay sub-soil, and a clear,\\nbold stream of running water on the south. There is a\\ncommodious hotel (board $2.00 per day or $30.00 per\\nmonth), a fine Church (Methodist), a neat Academy and a\\nnumber of beautiful residences.\\nTebeauville 97 miles from Savannah, 139\\nmilts 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. Remshart, will accommodate\\nabout thirty guests at $2.00 per day.\\nJ", "height": "3142", "width": "2051", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 4-3\\nHoiliersville 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.\\nJ 11 Pont 131 miles from Savannah, 105 miles\\nfrom Bainbridge. Te-Legraph oftice. 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 139 miles from Savannah, 105 miles from\\nBainbridge. Wood station.\\n]\u00c2\u00a5ayIor 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.oo 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": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "44 GUIDE TO FLORIDA\\npasses thvoagh 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 gomg\\nSouth in pursuit of health or seeking a home.\\nOusiey 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\\nWithiacoochee 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.\\nQ^uitllian 174 miles from Savannah, 62 miles from\\nBainbridge. Telegraph office. One of the most flourishing\\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\\n175,000; five churches, belonging to the Methodists,", "height": "3103", "width": "2039", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 45\\nBaptists and Presbyterians thirty business houses, mostly\\nbuilt of brick, and three educational institutions the\\nLovick Pierce College with 60 students, Quitman Academy\\nwith TOO students, and the Howard Institute (colored)\\nwith 60 students. This young town was planned and the\\nstreets blazed out of the pine forests ia i860. Two weekly\\npapers, Gallaher s Indepe?idenf and the Quitman Reporter^\\nboth well conducted sheets, are published here. In the\\ncounty is a partially explored cave, called the Devil s Hop-\\nper, which is a great natural curiosity. The sulphur springs\\nare four miles distant from the town. Travelers are ac-\\ncommodated at the City Hotel (D. U. McNeil), and Mc-\\nintosh House (J. R. Edmonson). Rates $2.00 per day.\\nDixie ^181 miles from Savannah, 55 miles from\\nP ainbridge. 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. Cj\\nThOMiaSTilie 200 miles from Savannah, 7,(i miles\\nfrom Bainbridge. Telegraph office. Junction with Albanv\\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 healthv, and", "height": "3114", "width": "1977", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "46 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nic 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 two newspapers, the Southern Enter-\\nprise and Thomasville Times. The South Georgia Agri-\\ncultural and Mechanical Association holds its annual fairs\\nhere, generally continuing five days. The country around\\nis cultivated with cotton and sugar, and is well settled.\\nTravelers and invalids will find accommodations at the\\nGulf Railroad House, kept by G. W. Parnell, and Young s\\nHotel, by John McKinnon charges $3.00 per day or\\n$12.00 per weefe At the boarding houses rates are from\\n$20.00 to $25.00 per month. A Swiss Colony is success-\\nfully engaged in the grape culture near Thomasville.\\nThomasville shipped about 1 2,000 bales of cotton last year.\\nCairo 214 miles from Savannah, 22 miles from Bain-\\nbridge. Population 66. Boarding houses kept by W.\\nRigsby, William Powell and Wily Pearce. Rates ^i.oo\\nper day.\\nWhlgliaill 221 miles from Savannah, 15 miles from\\nBainbridge. A considerable trade done here with the\\nsurrounding country.\\nCSisiiax 228 miles from Savannah, 8 miles from\\nBainbridge. Wood station. At this station the road\\ndescends westward into the valley of the Flint River.\\nBain R rid\u00c2\u00a7^e\u00e2\u0080\u0094 236 miles from Savannah. The\\nWestern terminus of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad.\\nTelegrap]i office, and the head of navigation on the\\nFlint River, which is navigable all the year. Steamboats\\nmake semi-weekly trips to Colwmbus, Georgia, on the\\nChattahoochee and Apalachicola, Florida, on the Gulf of\\nMexico. The population of Bainbridge is 2000. It con-\\ntains a corton factory, two steam saw mills, and three", "height": "3103", "width": "2039", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 47\\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, 1^15.00 per week.\\nBainbridge is the county scat 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.\\nF Q i B^ \u00c2\u00aem^.w\u00e2\u0082\u00acM QF wmm Mw^.^^tiq ^e\u00c2\u00a5@\\nFrom 1)u Pont, Georgia, to Live Oak, Florida.\\nDll Pont 131 miles from Savannah, 132 miles from\\nJacksonville. i he 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, iii 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 tlie Hately House, by Mrs. Z. Hatcly.\\nCharges, $15.00 to $20.00 per month, $2.00 per day.", "height": "3115", "width": "1999", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "48 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.\\nliive Oak 179 miles from Savannah, 8^ miles from\\nJacksonville. Telegraph office. Junction with the Jack-\\nsonville, Pensacola and Mobile Railroad.\\nFrom Thomasville to Albany, Georgia.\\nThoinasTille 200 miles from Savannah, 60 miles\\nfrom Albany. Junction of the main trunk and the Albany\\nDivision of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad.\\nOkloknee 211 miles from Savannah, 49 miles from\\nAlbany.\\nPelliaBBl 224 miles from Savannah, 2 miles from\\nAlbany.\\nCaiIifllla 232 miles from Savannah, 28 miles from\\nAlbany. Telegraph office. Anew town, laid out in 1S57,\\nand growing rapidly. Population, 500. Ships 5000 bales", "height": "3103", "width": "2039", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 49\\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 uumber of boarding\\nhouses. Prices at the former, per day ^2.00 to ;^2.5o;\\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 P^iver, and through an almost continuous\\nbelt of extensive and fertile cotton plantations.\\nBacoitton 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 IMacon. 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,\\ntwo newspapers, the News and Central City, and two ho-\\ntels the Town House, kept by Collier Co., and the\\nAlbany House by M. Burnes. Rates $3.00 per day and\\n$30.00 per month. Upland cotton is the staple product\\nof the surrounding country. Blue Spring, three miles from\\nAlbany, is a bold stream, gushing from the earth, and\\nabounding with fish. The many ponds in the county are\\nsupposed to have an underground connection with this\\nspring.", "height": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "50 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 ai.d 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\\n^Quincy 189 miles from Jacksonville. Telegraph\\nofhce. Population, 800. County seat of Gadsden\\nCounty. The Wiliard House, kept by Mrs. Willard, is\\nrecommended. Board, $3 00 pe. 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": "3103", "width": "2039", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA, 5^\\nfornia and Ohio vintages. A number of Swedish immi-\\ngrants have settled in Gadsden County, and have done so\\nwell that a large party has been induced to join them.\\nQuincy is 22 miles from Bainbridge.. Georgia, and with it\\nhas daily stage communication.\\nTallahassee 24 miles from Quincy, 165 from Jack-\\nsonville (Telegraph office). Population 2,500. State capi-\\ntal and Leon county seat. The city is healthfully located\\nupon the summit of a short ridge in the centre of a fine\\nfarming country, containing some of the best rolling lands\\nin the State. Leon county raises about 1 2,000 bales of\\ncotton annually. The climate is delightful, the summer\\nheat being tempered by Gulf breezes. In the neighbor-\\nhood of the city are Lakes Bradford, Jackson and Lafayette,\\nall picturesque and beautiful bodies of water, and only six-\\nteen miles distant are the celebrated Wakulla Springs,\\nthrough the crystal waters of which one can plainly discern\\nobjects on the bottom, 130 feet below. Tallahassee boasts\\ntwo newspapers, the Floridian and the Sentinel, a well kept\\nhotel (the City) accommodating 150 guests, and kept by\\nMr. W. P. Slusser (board ^3 per day), and in addition to\\nthe State House, numerous neat and tasteful edifices, pub-\\nlic and private. During the past year, too, a grand impetus\\nhas been given to its manufacturing industries. A cotton\\nmill, established by the Tallahassee Manf g Co., is in active\\nand prosperous operation, and the car shops of the J. P.\\nM. R. R. employ numerous hands in the construction of\\n^^ggage, mail and express cars, containing all modern im-\\nprovements. Under the energetic exertions of Major Wal-\\nker, Receiver, and Col. F. B. Papy, G. P. A. of the J. P.\\nM. Road, emigration from the North to this section of\\nFlorida has of late begun to assume surprising dimensions,\\nseveral large colonies having already settled or purchased\\nin the immediate vicinity. For Northern Florida in gene-", "height": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "52 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nral, and Tallahassee in particular, a new era of prosperity\\nseems now to be dawning.\\nJUonticello Junction 51 miles from Q.uincy,\\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.\\nAucilla 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.\\nIfladi^on 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": "3103", "width": "2039", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO F-LORIDA. 53\\n\u00c2\u00a3liaTille 94 miles from Quincy and 95 miles from\\nJacksonville. An extensive lumbering place situated on\\nthe Suvvanee 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.\\nJLive 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. Popu a-\\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 \\\\s 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 Ti??ies is published here.\\nWellburil 119 miles from Quincy and 71 miles\\nI from Jacksonville. Passengers going to White Sulphur\\nSprings stop here. Population, 350. Wellborn is situated\\nion the highest point above the level of the Gulf, on this\\nI railroad. It is in a healthy country and a resort for inva-\\nlids. The celebrated White Sulphur Springs on the\\n(Suwanee River, are eight miles distant. They are much\\nI used by sufferers from dyspepsia and rheumatism. Lake\\nI Wellborn and several other inland sheets of water, are in\\nithis 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": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "54 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\n1). Rigsb-e, S. L. Williams and others. Rites, $1.50\\ndaily, ^7.00 to ^8.00 weekly, $20.00 to ^^o.oo monthly.\\nJLake 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 l.;!f 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. \\\\V. Cathey, Hancock\\nHouse by Mrs. Ashurst, and Thrasher House by T. B.\\nThrasher, each containing from 25 to 30 rooms.\\nOIll$$tee 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\\nGei^eral 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": "3103", "width": "2039", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO HLOKIDA. 55\\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.\\nWllite House 178 miles from Quincy and 11\\nmiles from Jacksonville.\\nJaeksonYllle 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. JUarks 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. (See advertisement, j", "height": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "56 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nFrom Fernandina, via Baldwin, to Cedar Keys,\\nBY THE Atlantic, Gulf and West India\\nTransit Go s Railroad.\\nThe Florida Railroad stretches across the State, from\\nthe city of Fernandina in the extreme north-east, to Gedar\\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 vrell 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 follov/inc^ are the stations on this route\\nFemaildilfia 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, v/hen 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": "3103", "width": "2039", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 57\\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 there is a\\nprospect of the town becoming a large depot for Govern-\\nment naval stores. It is to the market gardener that the\\nneighborhood of Fernandina offers the greatest induce-\\nments. Vegetables can be raised, particularly in the win-\\nter season, so much earlier than at the North, that they are\\na very profitable article of shipment to New York.\\nFernandina has seven churches, one Episcopal, one\\nPresbyterian, two Methodist, tw6 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 is one\\nnewspaper published in the city, entitled the Fernandina\\nObserve} A good first-class hotel is greatly needed in\\nFernandina, and any capitaHst would find the estabHshment\\nof such a hou^e abundantly remunerative. At present the\\nrates charged per day are from $2.00 to $3.50, but there\\nare numerous boarding houses where hberal terms can be\\nmade by the week or month. The healthfulness of Fer-\\nnandina cannot be surpassed in the South. The cool sea\\nbreeze in summer makes it a delightful residence, while the\\ngeneral mildness of the climate in winter renders it equally\\nattractive.\\nDirect communication is had with all the principal\\nrailroad points in Florida and seaports to the northward\\nand a new railroad is contemplated from Frrnandina 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": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "58 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 st -uggle. It consists of. about\\n10,000 acres, and has been iaid 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\\nHenryLee, of Virginia, the famous Light Horse Harry\\nof the Revolution. He died at this place in March, 1818,\\naged 63 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.\\nCallalian 27 miles from Fernandina, 127 miles from\\nCedar Keys. Junction point of the Great Southern R. R.\\nfrom Jesup to Jacksonville, nov/ under construction. The\\nvillage has two churches. 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.\\nBaldivin Telegraph Office. 47 miles from Fer-\\nnandina, 107 miles from Cedar Keys- The junction with", "height": "3103", "width": "2039", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\n59\\nthe Jacksonville, Pensacola and Horida 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 Rid^e 62 miles from Fernandina, 92 miles\\nfrom Cedar Keys.\\nl^tai ke 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 $2^ 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 natural 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\\ndisappccirs several miles from the village, and flows uader\\nground, thus forming a natural bridge. The lakes and", "height": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "6o 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 wliich 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.\\nGaifilC ^vllIe 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, a- id the New Era, conservative, and three\\nliotels 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 wdiich 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 offish, 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, grapesu", "height": "3118", "width": "2065", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA, 6i\\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.\\nBronsoil 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, (Sec. In the\\nneighboring creeks, besides many varieties of fish, there\\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 niiles from Fernandina, 126 miles\\nfrom Jacksonville. The Gulf of Mexico terminus of the", "height": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "62 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nFlorida Railroad. Regular packet steamers connect here\\nwith New Orleans, Key West and Havana. Population,\\n400. There are two hotels, the Gulf House, fare ^^2.50,\\nand the Exchange, ^3.00 per day. The Suwanee River en-\\nters the Gulf eighteen miles west of Cedar Keys, and the\\nWithlacooche, eighteen miles south. The former is\\nnavigable to Ellaville. Cedar Keys is situated on a fine,\\nlarge bay, which affords excellent facilities for bathing,\\nboating and fishing.\\nThe New Orleans, Florida and Havana Steamship Com-\\npany dispatch one of the steamers of their line every\\nSaturday morning for Havana, New Orleans and Key\\nWest. Passengers desiring to go by these steamers should\\nbe in Cedar Keys on Friday night.\\nThis grand water-course of Eastern Florida, has \\\\t%\\nsource in the springs and swamps of the southern extremity\\nof the peninsula, and flowing northward, for a distance of\\nfour hundred mifes, 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": "3103", "width": "2039", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 63\\nthis river and its navigable branches give one thoiisana 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 S^ilver Springs, and the interior lake\\ncountry. There are three daily lines from Jacksonville to\\nPalatka and return, the Gen l Sedgwick, the Hampton, and\\nthe Florence (Brock s Line), all leaving at 9.00 a.m. In\\naddition to these the Starlight leaves on Tuesdays and Satur-\\ndays, and the Tuskawilla and the Okahumkee on Thursdays,\\nthe latter boats running through to Silver Springs and interme-\\ndiate points on the Ocklawaha. The David Clark or Hat-\\ntie (Brock s Line) leave on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri-\\ndays at 9.00 A M. for Enterprise, and the Hattie Barker on\\nTuesdays and Fridays at 9.00 a.m. for Mellon ville. Fares\\nare: to Green Cove Springs and intermediate points $1.00;\\nto Palatka and intermediate points $2.00. Meals $1.00 ex-\\ntra; to Mellonville and Enterprise (including meals and\\nstateroom) $9.00 from Jacksonville and $6.00 from Palat-\\nka. Time from Jacksonville to Enterprise 36 hours.", "height": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "64 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nGeneral Sketch. County seat of Duval County,\\nsituated 25 miles from the mouth of the St. Johns River on\\nits western bank. The commercial emporium of East\\nFlorida, and the largest city on the Atlantic coast of the\\nUnited States south of Savannah; it is the chief objective\\npoint of tourists to the Land of Flowers. The city is regu-\\nlarly incorporated, has a Mayor and Board of Aldermen,\\nand is the seat of the United States District Court and of\\nthe Federal Customs and Internal Revenue Offices. Its\\nstreets have been regularly laid out, with fine sidewalks\\nand shade trees, and numerous structures, public and pri-\\nvate, bespeak its wealth and importance. Within its limits\\nare twelve Churches, three being Baptist, three Methodist,\\ntwo Episcopalian, two Presbyterian, one Roman Catholic\\nand one Second Advent.\\nOriginally named in honor of General Andrew Jackson,\\nthe place remained a small village, though considerably re-\\nsorted to by invalids for half a century past, until the close\\nof the late war. A census taken by Ex-Senator Osborne,\\nin charge of the Freedmen s Bureau in Florida, in 1866,\\nshowed a population of less than 1700, most of them ragged\\nblacks. To-day there is a permanent population of nearly\\n13.000, and while then there were but five brick buildings\\nin the place, there are now to be seen long rows of stores,\\nrivaling those of the MetropoUs in the variety of the stocks\\nand the richness of display. No such ratio of growth can\\nbe shown by any other city of the Union.\\nTopography and Suburbs. The rapid growth\\nof Jacksonville has caused it to extend along the bank of\\nthe St. Johns River for more than four miles, calling into\\nexistence East Jacksonville, Oakland, Wyoming, on the\\neast, and La Villa, Brooklyn and Riverside on the west.", "height": "3103", "width": "2039", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 65\\nSpringfield, a locality to the North of Jacksonville, of more\\nrecent growth, is expected to be in time the centre of the\\ngrowth of fashionable residences of northern sojourners.\\nThe land here slopes from a considerable height south-\\nward to Hogan s Creek, the city limit, and commands a\\nfine view of the St. Johns River and surrounding country.\\nThe villages of Riverside, Reed s Landing, South Shore\\nand Alexandria are reached by ferryboat. Land at either\\nof the points mentioned can be advantageously purchased,\\nand the attention of Northern capitalists has of late years\\nbeen largely directed to its value as an investment.\\nStreets The principal business thoroughfare is Bay\\nstreet, and from this, at right angles, branch off the other\\nstreets of Jacksonville. Bay street, for a distance of three-\\nquarters of a mile, is built up on both sides with solid brick\\nbusiness houses, and is a leading feature of interest to\\nvisitors.\\nHotels As might be naturally inferred, a winter re-\\nsort so generously patronized as Jacksonville, abounds in\\nthe best of hotel accommodations and boarding houses\\nwhere visitors may find ail the comforts and conveniences\\nof life. Prominent among the hotels may be mentioned\\nthe St. James (J. R. Campbell, Manager), accommodating\\n300 guests, and located within easy distance of the cars and\\nsteamboats. This elegant building has a frontage of 210\\nfeet upon the St. James Park, and is provided with every\\nmodern convenience. The Grand National Hotel (Geo.\\nMcGinley, Prop r,) and the Metropolitan, are also commo-\\ndious and well kept houses.\\nEducational Establishments\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Both the Pro-\\ntestant and Roman Catholic portions of the community", "height": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "66 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nare furnished with the means of careful education. For\\nthe former St. Mary s Priory, under the personal supervision\\nof the Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese, and for the latter,\\nthe St. Joseph s Academy, under the Lady Superior, as-\\nsisted by the Sisters of the Order of St. Joseph, offer com-\\nplete courses of study and discipline, without sectarian\\nproselytism, to those whose children s health demand a\\nsouthern climate.\\nCommerce and JlldUSllies, As a trade centre,\\nthis city must, as the outlet for the immense lumber busi-\\nness of the State on the one hand, and its chief port of\\nentry for the merchandise of the world on the other, nec-\\nessarily retain its pre-eminence, and continually attract\\nto its counters the business of dealers from the interior, who,\\neven now, rarely go as they did once to Savannah or\\nCharleston to buy their goods. Jacksonville merchants\\nshow in this, and many other regards, the enterprise which\\nnot only deserves but commands success. There are nine\\nlarge saw mills in operation, for instance, while many\\nothers located along the thousand miles of inland naviga-\\nble water ship their lumber from this port. This fact alone\\nalso serves to show the immense inland wealth of this re-\\ngion awaiting development at the hands of enterprise and\\ncapital.\\nBanking facilities are offered at the Banking Houses of\\nD. G. Ambler and Denny Brown, both on Bay street.\\nThere is a Freedman s Saving Bank situated on the corner\\nof Ocean and Bay Streets, and a New National Bank is\\nthis year to be started. Among the industrial enterprises\\nmay be especially mentioned the manufacture from the\\npalmetto leaf of a fine quality of bank note paper. A shoe\\nfactory and a cotton factory are both talked of, and, more\\nimportant than all, direct steamship communication witli\\nNew York is seriously contemplated for the coming season.", "height": "3103", "width": "2039", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 67\\nNor should mention be forgotten of the novel industry of\\nwild orange champagne manufacture, recently entered up-\\non by Mr. J. H. Paine, a chemist, who has lately made\\nJacksonville his home. From the refuse of the wine pro-\\ncess he also eHminates a valuable wax, and an essential oil\\nwhich commands a high price.\\nThe Fire Department of Jacksonville is, in its\\napparatus ?iW(\\\\ personel^ another unmistakable evidence of\\nthe city s enterprise, and includes in its equipage two fine\\nAmoskeag engines and several handsome hose carriages\\nand trucks.\\nPoints of Interest. A visit to Jacksonville\\nwould be incomplete without a drive out by the magnifi-\\ncent shell road, cut one hundred feet wide through the pine\\nforest, a distance of four miles, to the now famous Mon-\\ncrief s Springs, the waters of which possess rare medicinal\\nvirtues, especially beneficial for sufferers by malarial com-\\nplaints. The place is said to have derived its name from\\na French Jew who, having married an Indian maiden, was\\nhere robbed and slain by her relatives. Recently a com-\\npany was formed, with the Mayor of Jacksonville at its\\nhead, for tlie purpose of improving the grounds about the\\nsprings, and rendering them a pleasant resort for Jack-\\nsonville visitors. Two fine baths, or pools, have been es-\\ntablished with dressing rooms attached; a restaurant,\\npavilion and orchestra stand have been erected, and now\\nthere are few, if any, pleasanter springs than Moncrief s to\\nbe found anywhere throughout the South.\\nVisitors desiring to carry home mementoes of Jackson-\\nville, will find at the gallery of Messrs. Wood Bickle, on\\nBay street, a fine assortment of stereoscopic views of the\\nmany interesting points in and about the city.\\nAt B n Greenleaf s Museum of Florida Curiosities,\\nalso on Bay street, they may pass, too, an instructive and en-", "height": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "68 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\ntertaining visit in inspecting his valuable collection of liv-\\ning reptiles, birds and wild animals. This museum, where\\ncrowds daily assemble, is among the fashionable resorts of\\nthe city during the winter season.\\nCivil Engineer and Surveyor,\\nMellonviile, Orange Co., Fia,\\n(See page T\u00c2\u00bb.)\\nSpecial attention given to locating lands suit-\\nable for Orange Groves.\\nThe St. Johns River Continued.\\njflultoerry Grove The first landing-place after\\nleaving Jacksonville, 12 miles distant, on the west bank.\\nA beautiful grove.\\nillaildarisi 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": "3103", "width": "2039", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 69\\nmoderate-sized cottage of dark brown color. A Catholic\\nConvent has recently been established at this point by the\\nBishop of Florida, and is now inhabited by the Sisters.\\nHibernia 25 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 lirst to fill up.\\nili:^g^nolia zS miles from Tackson\\\\i!le. on the west\\nbank a beautiful place, with a fine hotel kept by Mr.\\nHoughton. With the contiguous cottages about eighty\\nguests can be accommodated. Near t)y 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.\\nCrrecil Cove ^praisg-^ 30 miles from Jackson-\\nville, on the west bank one of the most popular reports 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 S[)ring, 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.\\nHograrth^N l^Vliarf\u00e2\u0080\u0094 35 miles from Jacksonville,\\non [he east bank a post-office and wood landing.", "height": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "JO GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nPiCOlata 45 miles from Jacksonville, on the east\\nbank. This snrall 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, we re\\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.\\nOpi)Osite Picolata, on the western bank, are the remains of\\na great earthwork fort belonging to the Spanish era.\\nTocoi 53 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 40 minutes. Before the use\\nof locomotives the time required to make this journey was\\ntwo hours. I here are a few objects of interest to be seen in\\nthe time allowed here, and the restaurant of Mr. Thomas\\ncan be recommended to tourists.\\nPalatka 75 miles from Jacksonville, west bank.\\nPopulation 1000 (Telegraph office). It is the largest town\\non the St. Johns above Jacksonville, and is the head of\\nnavigation for ocean steamers, which here transfer their\\nfreight and passengers for the upper St. Johns and Ockla-\\nNvaha rivers. It occupies an elevated site, and extends\\nabout half a mile along the bank. The town has numerous\\nstores doing a good business, two hotels, the St. Johns, (a\\nfirst-class house, conducted by P. H. Petermann,) and\\nthe Putnam House, a weekly pa])er, the Eastern Herald, a\\nship yard, and several mills and other industries. The\\nbusiness houses are large and attractive in appearance, and\\nthe wharves, which are numerous, are lined with commo-\\ndious warehouses, in which is constantly stored merchandise\\nfrom most of the Atlantic seaports. Palatka is an impor-\\ntant commercial point, and is each year becoming more so.", "height": "3103", "width": "2039", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 71\\nSteamers run from Palatka to Dunn s Lake, and also up\\nthe Ocklawaha River to Silver Springs, Ocala, and the head\\nof navigation, a distance of 1 80 miles. Opposite to Palat-\\nka, a distance of a mile and a half, and accessible by boat\\nat all times, is Col. Hart s famous Orange Grove of six\\nacres, said to be the most highly cultivated of any in the\\nSouth. In different parts of the grove can be seen every\\nvariety of tropical fruit, including a fine grove of bananas.\\nFrom a single orange tree Col. Hart gathered last year 4500\\noranges. No visitor staying over a day at Palatka should\\nfail to visit this beautifuL spot.\\nIVelnka 100 miles from Jacksonville and 20 miles\\nfrom Palatka, on the east hunk, 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 Georg^e 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 Rembert, 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": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "72 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nVolusia\u00e2\u0080\u0094 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 anotlier 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 theMusquito Inlet country. The modern village\\nwas settled in 181 8. During the Seminole war a fort was\\nbuilt here, and from this post Creneral 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 sjjot settled by\\nDr. Turnbull and his colony of 1500 Minorcans, ni the\\nyear 1767. TurnbiilFs wife being a native of Smyrna, in\\nAsia, 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 liis name into t ne Hillsboro\\nRiver at New Smyrna.\\n\u00c2\u00a9raiig e Cirl ove\u00e2\u0080\u0094 10 miles from Lake George.\\nWood landing.\\n)IIa U kill\u00c2\u00a7Ti]le^2o miles from Lake George. Wood\\nlanding.", "height": "3103", "width": "2039", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORiOA.\\nBlue spring 33 miles from Lake George. Wood\\nlanding. Near here is o^e of th\u00c2\u00ab largest springs in the\\nState. The water boils up from a bottom eighty feet wick,\\nand forms a considerable river. The spring is several hmi-\\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 tiie element over their heads.\\nJTIellonville 125 miles from Palatka, and 200 miles\\nfrom Jacksonville, on the west bank of Lake Monroe. One\\nof the most important landings on the Upper St. Johns It\\nwas formerly the site of Fort Mellon, built during the Indi-\\nan War. There are two hotels here. The orange groves\\nin the neighborhood are handsome and productive, and have\\ninduced the estabHshment at this point of a manufactory of\\na new and health-giving beverage known as Orange\\nBitters, and which as a tonic for invalids are pronounced\\nby physicians as unsurpassed. The advertisement of the\\nproprietor, Mr. J. J. Hite, will be found elsewhere. 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.\\n^Enterprise 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 on\u00c2\u00ab", "height": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "74 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\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 15.00 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 o( a delicate green color, and at times transparent.\\nIr is nearly eighty feet in diameter, and fully one hundred\\nfeet deep. The waters are sulphurous, and few 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 v/ith Indian River, Sand Point, Mosquito Inlet,\\nIndian River Inlet, Susannah, Jupiter Inlet, and the capes,", "height": "3103", "width": "2039", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 76\\nand opens up the entire south-east coast of Florida to the\\nextremity of the Pcninsuhi. To the tourist in search oi\\nadventure, this section of the State presents a magnificent\\nfield. The Indian River is alive with every variety of fish\\nthat inhabit the Southern waters, and the woods abound\\nin game.\\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 nine o clock daily, Sundays ex-\\ncepted; and connect at Tocoi (57 miles from Jacksonville)\\nwith the St. Augustine Railroad. The train runs through\\nfrom Tocoi to St. Augastine in forty minutes, The distance\\nbetween Tocoi and St. Augustine is fifteen miles. Through\\nfare from Jacksonville, ina steamer and railroad, $3.00.\\nMeals 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 2,000 souls, mostly of Spanish and Minorcan descent.\\nAcross the Bay is Anastasia Island. Tlie 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 histor}-.,^ First, it was laid waste\\nby the French, under De Oourgues in 1580, it was\\nattacked and plundered by the English, under Sir Francis", "height": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "7^ GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nDrake. In i6i i, 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 consev\\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 181 9 transferred to the United States. During the\\nlate war between the States, it changed masters three\\nlimes.\\nHoteBiS St. Augustine, Hke Jacksonville, is provided\\nwith the very best of hotel accommodations, affording the\\nNorthern visitor all the comforts and luxuries which modern\\nciviHzation can furnish. The St. Augustine Hotel (E. E.\\nVain, Proprietor), fronting upon the bay and overlooking\\nthe ocean, seals 300 guests, and has been entirely refitted\\nand refurnished thoughout. The Magnolia House (W. W.\\nF aimer, Proprietor,) is also a first class estabfishment, de-\\nservedly popular with winter tourists to St. Augustine.\\nOld Town Wall\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Built by the Spaniards two\\ncenturies ago. It ])rotected 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-\\nf", "height": "3103", "width": "2039", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\n11\\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\\nBarper Brof.\\nInterior of Fort Marion.\\nend of the town, and its material is almost wholly the\\nCoquina rock, quarried on Anastasia Island. A ramble\\nthrough its heavy casements, its crumbling Roman chapel,\\nwith elaborate portico and inner altar and holy-water niches,\\nits dark passages, gloomy vaults, and more recently-\\ndiscovered dungeons, bring you ready credence of its\\nmany traditions of inquisitorial tortures. In one of the\\narched dungeons, discovered by accident, beneath the", "height": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "7\u00c2\u00ab GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nwalls of the fort, was found a sealed up stone doorway,\\nwhich being dug away, gave access to an inner dungeon.\\nIn this place were found two cages, in each of which were\\nskeletons, one of them that of a female. One of these is\\nnow preserved in the Smithsonian Institute, the other was\\ninterred on the north side of the fort. A visit to the fort\\nby moonlight also is recommended.\\nCathedral. 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.\\nOther Churches.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Episcopalians have a neat\\nchapel on the Plaza. There are also Methodist, Baptist\\nand Presbyterian rhurches in the city.\\nThe Plaza. A fine public square in the centre of\\nthe city is called the Plaza de la Constitution. On it\\nstand the ancient markets, and it is faced by the cathe-\\ndral, the old palace, the convent, and the Episcopal church.\\nIn the middle is a monument erected in honor of the\\nSpanish Liberal Constitution. Effigies of John Hancock\\nand Samuel Adams were burned on this spot by the British\\ntroops early in the Revolution. The Plaza is a very\\npleasant resort for idlers, who will find a firm, green turf\\nfor lounging, benches and shade trees. The visit by\\nmoonlight is enchanting.\\nThe Palace^ or old Government house of the Span-\\nish era, on the Plaza, is now used as the post-ofiice. Court,\\nSt. Aug. Library and Reading Rooms, and Peabody School.\\nBarracks\u00e2\u0080\u0094 occupied by United States troops, said\\nto have once been a monastery or convent.", "height": "3103", "width": "2039", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "GUlDt TO FLORIDA. 79\\nConvents. There are three, the old Spanisn con-\\nvent of St. Mary s, the one m the rear of the palace, a taste-\\nful edifice built of Coquina, and largest of all, the new con-\\nvent on St. George street, near the Barracks.\\nOnieteries. 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- WalI. A fine sea-wall of nearly a mile in\\nlength, built of Coquina, with a coping of granite, pro-\\ntects the entire bay 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 Ian term A new light-house, 160 feet high, has\\nalso been erected here by the Government.\\nThe Hay and Anaf $la; iia Island.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Boating\\noa the bay is a favorite amusement on moonlight nights.\\nThe sail by day across tiie 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.\\n^tS Cels. 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 banging balconies along their second stories, whicli\\nseem almost to touch each other across the narrow street.\\nImprovements. Half a million dollars have been\\nexpended on improvements, public and private, in St. Augus-\\ntine since 1870. Charlotte, St. Creorge and Bay streets are\\nall interesting thoroughfares. Among the private resi-\\ndences recently completed may be named those of Henry\\nBall, of Ball, Black Co., costing $50,000; of John How-", "height": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "go GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nard, costing $30,000 and of Wm. H. Aspinwall, costing\\n$25,000. Speculation in land has been rife for some time,\\nand the natural charms, added to its historic, will probably\\nmake St. Augustine soon outstrip in development the\\nyounger cities of thu State.\\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 Railroad, will soon remove any\\nfeeling of discontent which may exfst in Western Florida.\\nvipalachicoia. 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 v.-hy, with capital and energy, its former pros-\\nperity should not be revived.\\nMaria II iia. 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 Mari?.nna. The business cf this town is ordina-\\nrily done through Bellevue and Neal s Landing, about 18\\nmiles distant, on the Chattahoochee.", "height": "3103", "width": "2039", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 8i\\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.\\nPeiasacola The principal city of \\\\Vcstern f lorida.\\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.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2The 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 t.he Gulf of\\nMexico, in latitude 30 deg. 28 m. north, and longitude 87\\ndcg. 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 idth, 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 \\\\\\\\\\\\Q.\\\\i ^x o{ tweflty-four\\nfect. 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": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "82 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nThe rapid development of the iron mires 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 wili, in\\nconnectio i with the Florida forests, furnish superior mate-\\nrial for ship-building, which, at no distant day, must rival\\nin extent the simihir industry of northern ports the prox-\\nimity and cheapness of all material required giving br.iid-\\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 m the busmess of wrecking and\\nfishing. The raising of cattle upon the main- and 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 vState, bordering\\nupon the Kissimee River, the head waters of the St. Johns,\\nand the upper Caloosahatchee. They are dotted over with", "height": "3103", "width": "2039", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 83\\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 lierdsmen 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 Giulf 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 57 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 follov/ing are some of the most notable places in\\nSouthern Florida:\\nTampa ISay 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": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "84 GUIDE TO FLORiDA\\nbands of soldiers in red uniforms. The village of Tampa\\nhas regular mail communication 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.\\n-Charlotte 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.\\n,Alpativkee J^^vaitip, upon the head waters of\\nthe St. Lucie River, is the only swamp of any magnitude\\nin Tropical Florida.\\nIndian liiver 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.\\n\\\\Iiake Okee-cho-bee\u00e2\u0080\u0094 A large, wild, solitary lake,\\nnear the everglades. Its length is twenty miles.\\nThe Ever\u00c2\u00a7^ lades 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": "3103", "width": "2039", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 85\\nmorning-glories, grapes and other vines, and are extremely\\nfertile. The water is from four inciics 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.\\n^Flowers 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.\\nDi\u00c2\u00ab iCayiie Bay\u00e2\u0080\u0094 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 niain-land and the Florida Reefs,\\nand within three to five miles of the Gulf Stream. They", "height": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "86 GUIDE TO FLORfDA.\\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 W est (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 3,000 It has a large trade in jiponges, 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 tlie 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 sev^eral 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 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": "3103", "width": "2039", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 87\\nhotels in Key West are the Russell House and the Leland\\nHotel, recently erected by a stock company. Board can be\\nol)taiiied in numerous private families at reasonable rates.\\nThe I^ry ToB lllSS^riiS islands, at the extreme end of\\nthe Florida Keys, aiul 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 confmcd there. They are\\nforlorn, barren rocks, defended by fortifications, ami\\nornamented ^?i witli a light house.\\nHEiipTEES FOB TIISTS!\\n401 Broadway, New York.\\nThe Erie Railway Company calls attention to its beautiful scenery of the Ram-\\napo Pass, Delaware River, Susquehanna Viaduct and Valley, Portage Bridge and\\nNiagara Falls. Combination Pleasure Exc rsion Tickets are sold during the\\nsummer seas(m to Watkins Glen, Niagara Falls, Thousand Islands, River St.\\nLawrence, Oooperstown, Lake George and all other i)rominent points of interest,\\nembracing all the chief places ot summer resort, at the lowest rates of fare.\\nTourists will get more for their money on the ERIE Railway than on any other\\nroad in the country. Remember the office,\\n401 BROADWAY, TsEVV YORK.\\nJNO. N, ABBOTT,\\nGenH Passenger Agent,", "height": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "88\\nTHE ST. AUGIISTIHE HOTEL,\\niiiiii\\nST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA.\\nE. H:. YAITjIj, Proprietor.\\nSixth Season Opens Wednesday, December 1st, 1875.\\nThis spacious and elegant Hotel occupies the most commanding situation in\\nthe City, and, during the past Summer, having been enlarged to double its former\\ncapacity, offers superior accommodations to the travelling public. It has a\\nSoutherly front of 200 feet upon the Plaza, or Public Square, and an Easterly\\nfront of 160 feet upon the Bay, with wide piazzas and hanging balconies from\\neach story overlooking the City, Bay and Atlantic Ocean. TiiC House has been\\nentirely refitted and refurnished throughout. Is lighted with gas and provided\\nwith every modern improvement, including water conveniences, electiic bells,\\nc., c. The Dining Hall is capable of seating over 300 guests, and the table\\nwill be furnished with all the luxuries of the Northern markets. At this Hotel\\nevery convenience will be found in the way of Telegraph and Ticket Offices, Bar\\nand Billiard Saloo: s, c., c. The climate of St. Augustine is unsurpassed.\\nFor many years it has been the favorite resort for thousands of invalids, and\\nothers who desire to escape the rigid winters of the North. Ye ancient City\\npossesses more attractions than any other place on this continent prominent\\namong which are the old fort San Marco, with its dungeons, the ancient\\nCathedral, Spanish Government nouse. Coquina buildings, narrow streets, with\\noverhanging balconies, sea walls. c. c. The City has a very eventful history,\\nand still retains all the characteristics of its Spanish origin. The United States\\nGovernment built a sea wall, extending the entire length of the City, as a protec-\\ntion from the waves during severe storms, which is much used as the fashion-\\nable promenade for both citizens and strangers. It is a favorite resort on\\nmoonlight nights, which are enjoj^ed here to perfection. Persons wishing to\\navoid the cold weather of the North, or afflicted with pulmonary complaints, will\\nfind St. Augustine one of the most desirable places in the world. To reach St.\\nAugustine from New York, there are four distinct routes\u00e2\u0080\u0094 all rail to Jackson-\\nville, thence by boat to Tocoi (forty miles up the St. Johns River, daily), and\\nthence by rail, fourteeu railcs, to St. Augustine or by steamer to Charleston,\\nSavannah or Fernandiua, and by boat or rail from thence to St. Augustine.\\nSteamers to Charleston and Savannah three times a week, and to Fernandina\\nonce a week.", "height": "3108", "width": "2049", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0102.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "89\\nINDEX.\\nPage.\\nAlachua Sink...... 60\\nAlbany, Ga 49\\nAlexandria 65\\nAlligator Shooting 23-7 1\\nAltahama River 41\\nAlpotivkee Swamp 84\\nAnastasia Island 76\\nAncient Florida 23-70-72\\nApalachicola 80\\nArcher 61\\nArea of Florida 7\\nAtlantic and Gulf Railroad 39\\nA. G. W.I.Trans.Co. R.R. 56\\nAncilla 52\\nBacon ton 49\\nBald\\\\vin 55-58\\nBainbridge 46\\nBissayne Bay 85\\nBishop of Florida, V. E 57\\nBlackshear 42\\nBlue Spring, (Albany, Ga. 49\\nBlue Spring, (St. John s Riv.) 70\\nBona venture Cemetery 37\\nBoston, Ga 45\\nBrock s Steamer Line 63\\nBronson 61\\nBrunswick, Ga 41\\nCairo 46\\nCallahan 58\\nCamilla 48\\nCathedral, St. Augustiae 75\\nCedar Keys 61\\nCession of Florida to U. S. 5\\nChalybeate Spring 54\\nPaoe.\\nCharleston, S. C 31\\nHistory 31\\nHarbor 31\\nHotels 32-33\\nStreets 32\\nPublic Buildings 32\\nPlacesVorth visiting 34\\nCharlotte Harbor 84\\nChipola Big Spring 8\\nCivil War 6-31-37\\nClimate of Florida 10\\nClimax 46\\nConsumptives, Florida for.. 25-26\\nCotton 12-29-36-47-51\\nDarlington, Steamer 63\\nDevil s Hopper 45\\nDixie 45\\nDoctortown 41\\nDungeness Estate 58\\nDunn s Lake 68\\nDuPont 43-47\\nDry Tortugas 87\\nEllaville 53\\nEnterprise 73\\nEverglades 84\\nFernandina 56\\nFevers 27\\nFinegan, General 6-54\\nFishing in Florida 20\\nFleming 40\\nForrest Station 47\\nForsythPark 37\\nFort McAllister 39", "height": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0103.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "90\\nINDEX.\\nPage.\\nFort Marion 77 j\\nFort Pulaski 36\\nGrinesville 60\\nGeography of Florida 7\\nGeological Formation 8\\nGoodman 52\\nGovernment, present State.... 14\\nGreat Southern Majl Route... 16\\nGreen Cove Springs 69\\nGreene, Genl, Nathaniel, Es-\\ntate of 58\\nGreen Spring 74\\nHardaway 49\\nHart s Grove 71\\nHattie, Steamer 63\\nHawkinsville 72\\nHavana Steamers 62-86\\nHibernia 69\\nHistoric Sketch 3\\nHogarth s Wharf 69\\nHomersville 43\\nHotel business in Florida 30\\nHouses, Cost of Building 29\\nHoviT to get to Florida 16\\nHuguenots in Florida 4\\nHunting in Florida... 20-23-74-83\\nImmigrants, Florida for 28\\nIndian River 72-75-82\\nInvalids, Florida for 25\\nJacksonville 55 64\\nTopography and Suburbs. 64\\nHotels and Educational\\nEstablishments 65\\nCommerce Industries. 66\\nPoints of Interest 67\\nJacksonville, Pensacola and\\nMobile Railroad 50\\nJasper 47\\nJesup 41\\nJohnston 40\\nKeys, the Florida 85\\nKey West 86\\nPaob.\\nLake City 54\\nLake George 71\\nLake Harney 74\\nLake Jessup 74\\nLake Monroe 73\\nLake Rachel 52\\nLands, Cheap 28\\nLands, Price of 29\\nLa Villa 64\\nLee, General 58\\nLeon County 51\\nLive Oak .48-53\\nLittle Lake George 71\\nLovick Pierce College 45\\nLumber Business 13-30-57\\nMadison 52\\nMalaria in Florida 26\\nMandarin 68\\nMarrianna 80\\nMcintosh 40\\nMellonville 73\\nMicanopy 61\\nMiccosukie $2\\nMobile Steamers 62\\nMonticello 52\\nMonuments 38\\nMoncriefs Springs 67\\nMosquitoes 30\\nMulberry Grove 68\\nNaylor 43\\nNev^^nansville 61\\nNew Orleans Steamers 62\\nNew Smyrna 72\\nNorthern Florida 50\\nNorthern Settlers 15\\nOcklawaha River yi\\nOkafonokee Swamp 4^-43\\nOkeechobee 84\\nOkloknee 48\\nOlustee, Battle of 6-54\\nOlustee Station 54\\nOrange Grove 7^\\nOrange Raising 29\\nOtter Creek 61\\nOusley 44", "height": "3103", "width": "2059", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0104.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\n91\\nPage.\\nPalatka 70\\nPalmetto 61\\nPatterson 42\\nPelham 48\\nPensacola 5-81\\nPicolata 70\\nPleasure Seekers, Florida for. 20\\nPolitical Parties 14\\nPopulation 13\\nQuincy 50\\nQuitman 44\\nRain in Florida 10\\nRattlesnakes 30\\nRembert Island 71\\nRiverside 65\\nSanderson 55\\nSanta Fe Lake 59\\nSavannah, Ga 35\\nHotels 36\\nParks and Cemeteries.... 37\\nPoints of Interest 38\\nScott, General 72\\nScreven 41\\nScuppernong Grapes 50\\nSea Routes to Florida 17-18\\nSeminole War 6\\nSeymour s Defeat 6-54\\nSilver Spring 8-71\\nSouthern Florida 82\\nSprings 8-44-48-53-54-69-72-74\\nSpringfield 65\\nStarke 59\\nStatenville 47\\nSt. Augustine 5-23-7 S\\nHotels 76\\nSt John s River 62\\nSt. Marks 55\\nPaqb.\\nStockton 43\\nStowe, Mrs. H. Beecher 68\\nSunbury Fort 40\\nSulphur Springs (Suwanee).... 48\\nSulphur Springs (Withlacoo-\\nchee) 44\\nSuwanee Station 48\\nSuwanee Spa 8\\nSwedish Colony 51\\nSwiss Colony 46\\nTallahassee 51\\nTampa Bay 83\\nTebeauville 42\\nThermometer, Range of 1 1\\nThomasville 45-48\\nThunderbolt 38\\nTocoi 70\\nTrail Ridge 59\\nTurnbull 72\\nUpperWhite Sulphur Sprg s .47-48\\nValdosta 43\\nVegetable Trade 12-57\\nVolusia 72\\nWakulla River 8\\nWaldo 59\\nWalthourville 40\\nWay Cross 42\\nWay s Station 39\\nWelaka 71\\nWelborn 53\\nWestern Florida 80\\nWhigham 46\\nWhite House 55\\nWhite Sulphur Springs 53\\nWine Culture 5^", "height": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0105.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "steamers\\nevery Ten Days from Savannah, Ga.\\nW/( y^^\\n*tiuiiuvavs ii9tauino Y u^^iunjf; of fiiddv iooi[ opyn^ nnssv^ .todf", "height": "3141", "width": "2064", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0106.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "93^^\\nIITEL\\n.aiil!s* i^|,l|i|il3ii|i]i\\ni Ji J i i Mi\\nRefitted and Repainted Throughout,\\nBATHS ON EACH FLOOR,\\nARTESIAN WATER.\\nRooms secured by Lettek or Telegraph in Advance.\\nADDREStt\\nlE^roprietors.", "height": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0107.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "94\\nTHE CELEBRATED YACHT\\nELBANOB.\\nChampion Yacht of the Charleston Regatta, 1874\\nTHE ABOVE YACHT,\\nSafely, Handsomely and Comfortably Appointed,\\nPCSSESSINC ASTO^ ISHINC SPEED,\\nWill leave Southeru Wharf every diiy at 10 a.m. and 3.30 p. m.,\\nFort Sumter, Battery Wagner,\\nFort Moultrie,\\nAnd all tlie othor interesting: i oints\\nax oiind tlie Havt ox\\nFor \u00e2\u0080\u00a2ngagements apply on board to\\nCapt. THOMAS YOUNG-.\\nCharlMton, Oct. 1875.", "height": "3103", "width": "2039", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0108.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "95\\nWILSON HAVENS,\\nISio. 14r3 BroTiglitorL Street.\\nOldest Photoijrraphic Establislimpnt in Snvannafa.\\nPortraits in Ink and Oil,\\nCARTES DE VISITES, c., c.\\nStereoscopic Views of all the Principal Points of Interest\\nin the Southern States,\\nCOMPRiSING;\\nSavannah and its Bun-onndings, Bouaveutura, St. Johns and Oclawaha Rivers,\\nJacksonville, St. AugustlRe, (ireen Cove Springs, Mandarin, the residence of\\nMrs. H. B. Stowe, with a large number of interesting views delineating negro life.\\nPALATKA, FLA.\\nMillinery and Dress Making,\\nPalmetto Hats and Florida Curiosities.\\nORDERS FILLED AT SHORTEST NOTICE.\\nJOHN THOMPSON,\\nPALATKA, FLA.\\nTRUNKS REPAIRED,\\nORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED.", "height": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0109.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "FLORIDA CURIOSITIES!\\nAlligator s Teetli,\\nSea Beans, Oranges^\\nGanes, Plumes, Etc.\\nA. DESBOUILLONS,\\nHo. 21 BULL STPvEET,\\n(Opp. Screven House.) Savannah, Ga-\\nDr. W. A. SPENCE having purchased Onoro, the fine\\nresidence of Mr. Moses Lyman, in Orange County, Florida,\\nadjoining the beautiful Orange Plantation of Col. B. F. Whitner,\\nand made large additions to it, opened on the 1st of November,\\na comfortable resort for persons seeking a winter home in that\\ndelightful climate. The location has been selected with great\\ncare in a refined and highly cultivated neighborhood, entirely\\nfree from all malarious influences, and possessing great advan-\\ntages for health, recreation and amusement. It is situated in a\\nhigh pine forest, three miles inland from Mellonviiie or Sanford,\\non Lake Monroe, surrounded by extensive Orange and Banana\\nGroves, and bordering on two beautiful lakes, affording facilities\\nfor boating and lishin^g.\\nIt is accessible by comfortable steamers, which leave Jackson-\\nville almost daily during the winter for Sanford and Mellonville,\\nwhence good conveyance will be furnished. The houses and\\nfurniture are new, and the accommodation, fare and attendance\\nwill be carefully attended to.\\nMedical attendance will be given when desired, by the propri-\\netor, who has been actively engaged in the practice of his profes-\\nsion for more than thirty-five years.\\nReference\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Georgia Medical Society, Savannah, Georgia.\\n\\\\v. A. SPKNOE, m:. I\\nLat8 Of 149 Jones St., SaTannali, Ga. PORT REID.IOEAITGE 00., PLA.", "height": "3103", "width": "2039", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0110.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "97\\nPETER LINDENSTRUTH,\\nDEALER IN\\nWatches, Clocks Jewelry,\\nALSO,\\nToys, Violins, Accordions, Confectionery, Florida Cnriosities,\\nAlligators Teeth, Sea Beans, c., c.\\nSAVANNAH, Ga.\\nrit-I aii inig: of TTatclies, Oloclcs and JeT^elry.\\nALL ORDERS FILLED AT SHORTEST NOTICE.\\n\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00a33\\n[\u00c2\u00aetel\\nPALATKA, E. Fla,\\nThe proprietors of this well-known house take pleasure in\\nannouncing that since the last season it has been\\ngreatly enlarged and improved by the\\naddition of thirty new rooms,\\nand that it now offers\\nEVERY COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE\\nusually to be found in\\nA FIRST-CLASS HOTEL,\\nP. H. PETERMANN\\nPA OPh JIs JOJ^S.", "height": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0111.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "98\\nWM mm*\\np. J. HOBART, Proprietor.\\nOomif Bill; Soitl-Bfoi^d aid Iill Sti iils,\\nSAVilMlTAH, Gil.\\nTHE ST. MARKS, PENSACOIA NEW ORLEANS\\nSTEAMSHIP LINE.\\nThe new and well- x^^lit fast and popular\\nappointed SrMxrM Steamship\\nXj I Z Z I E\\nCapt. Fletcher.\\nWill sail from St. Marks for the above ports on alternate\\nSaturdays, on arrival of train. And\\nRETURNING\\nWill leave New Orleans on the intermediate Saturdays, calling\\nat Pensacola both ways.\\n1^^ For freight or passage, having fine accommodations, apply\\nto any of the Agents of the J. P. M. R. R.,, or to\\nF. B. PAPY, POST \u00c2\u00abfe HOBBY,\\nGen l Freight and Ticket Agent. New Orleans.", "height": "3103", "width": "2039", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0112.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "99\\np AVILION HOTE T\\nCHARLESTON, S. C\\nThis long established and favorite House having been\\nthoroughly renovated, painted ajid newly furnished, and\\nhaving had the celebrated Artesian Water and Baths in-\\ntroduced, is now open for the reception of the traveling\\npublic.\\nThe Proprietors have spared neither pains nor expense\\nin making this Hotel equal to any\\nin the South, and trust by strict attention to merit a share\\nof public patronage.\\nTerms, $3,00 per Day.\\nTRANSFER COUPONS TAKEN BY OMNI-\\nBUSES OF THIS HOUSE.\\nG. T. ALFORD CO.", "height": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0113.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "1110 TONS\\nm:ointoo]vxek^y,\\n1110 TONS.\\nSa.il e-^ery Tli. a.rsd.a.3r.\\nC\\nm\\nNO TRANSFER OF BAGGAGE.\\nQUICK PASSAGES.\\nNO DETENTION BY MISSING CONNECTIGNS\\nGOOD TABLE 1 SAFE COMMANDERS!", "height": "3103", "width": "2039", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0114.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "to:\\nA^^^k-^m^^^^Wff Jmn arm\\n(BAHAMAS.)\\nNew York, Savannah and Nassau\\nMAIL STEAMSHIP LINE,\\nUnder Gontract loitli the Bahamas Governmerit, and carrying the\\nBritish and United States Mails.\\nA FIRST-CLASS PASSENGER STEAMSHIP WILL LEAVE\\nSAVANNAH FOR NASSAU, N. P.\\nEVERY TEN DAYS,\\nlualdug close connections at SAVANNAH with FIRST-CLASS STEAMERS, to\\nand from NEW YORK, or by Rail to all parts of the country, thus giving the\\noption of a short sea vovage to or from SAVANNAH, or a longer voyao-e to or\\nfrom NEW YORK also affording\\nFLORIDA AND SOUTHERN TOURISTS\\nevery facility for including NASSAU in their trip, without being forced to take\\npassage from a Northern port.\\nseeking a still milder climate than Florida can afford, Nassau is strongly recom-\\nmended, as the temperature never falls below 64 Fahrenheit, nor rises above 82\u00c2\u00b0,\\nand where the variatiou never exceeds 5\u00c2\u00b0 in 24 hours.\\nTourists and Bleasnre SeeJcers, will lind the varied scenery of New Provi-\\ndence and the surrounding islands a source of constant enjoyment.\\nN. B.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Tlie steamers always go to the wharf at Nassau.\\nTHE EOYAL VICTOEIA HOTEL AT NASSAU,\\nis beautifully situated and well kept. It is favorably known the world over by\\ntourists and travelers.\\nExcursion Tickets issued at reduced rates, fi-om prominent points in tlie\\nUnited States and Canada?, by Steamer from New York to Savannah, and thence\\nto Nassau, and return also inchiding points in Florida.\\nFor further information, rates, schedules of departures, etc., apply to the\\nAgents,\\nGUSTAVE LEVE, MURRAY, FERRIS CO.\\nGem Passenger Agent, 62 South St., New York.\\n210 Washington St., Boston.\\n202 St. James St., Monrreal. HUNTER GAMMELL,\\nAnd Opposite St. Louis Hotel, (jH^hec. Savannah, Ga.", "height": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0115.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "I mm m m,\\nCOMPRISING THE\\nWILMINGTON and WELDON, WILMINGTON,\\nCOLUMBIA and AUGUSTA, and CHARLOTTE,\\nCOLUMBIA and AUGUSTA ROADS.\\nTo all Points South and Southwest.\\nAll Travelers should examine the Schedules of this Route before\\npurcLasing Through Tickets.\\nTickets Good Until Used.\\nBaggage Checked Through.\\nGOOD EATING-HOUSES\\nAnd Ample Time for Meals.\\nSPECIAL NOTICE. Attentive Stewardesses accompany\\nall Trains of\\nTHE ATLANTIC COAST LINE BOADS,\\nto see that the Ladies and Children are made comfortable.\\nTHROUGH TICKETS\\nvia this route can be bought at the principal ticket offices in\\nNew York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington and\\nall important points in the Nortli and East.\\n(See list of Ticket Offices on page 17.)\\nASK FOR TICKETS VIA WIL MINGTON.\\nW. J. TfALKER, R. R. BRIDGER8,\\nGeneral Agent. President.\\nJ. H. WHITE, A. POPE,\\nSoutJwrn Parn r Agent Oen l Paas^r d- lleket Agent.", "height": "3103", "width": "2039", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0116.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "I03\\nSAVANNAH CHARLESTON\\nBAILKOAD.\\nBest and Shortest Route to Florida.\\nNO OMNIBUS TRANSFER IN SAVANNAH.\\nIDOXTBI-iE HD-^II-i a?^^-^II^T3-\\n368 Miles\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Time Through to Jacksonville\\nin 24 Hours.\\nAVOII OXJTSir E HEA VOYAOE.\\nPULLMAN SLEEPEES ON NIOTT TRAINS.\\nS. C. BOYLSTON,\\nGen l Freight and Ticket Agent.\\nC. S. GADSDEN,\\nEng. and Snpt.\\nDAY.\\nNIGHT.\\nMis\\n8.15 A.M.\\n8.30 P.M.\\n9.15\\n9.30\\n9\\n10.33\\n11.10\\n29\\n11.56\\n1.00 A.M.\\n53!\\n12.20 P.M.\\n2.00\\n12.43\\n2.45\\n61\\n1.45\\n4.30\\n83\\n3.20\\n7.00\\n107\\nDecember 5tli, 1875.\\nLEAVE. AKRIVE.\\nCliarleston\\nJohn s Island\\nJacksonboro\\n;-;}.,..iroo.a\u00c2\u00abee.\\n61 I Cooswhatchie\\nIlarderville\\nSavannali\\nARRIVE. LEAVE.\\nNIGHT.\\n6.30 A.M.\\n5.35\\n3.50\\n1.40\\n2.10\\n1.10\\n12.00 M.\\nDAT.\\n4.20 P.M.\\n3..30\\nI 2.12\\n12.18\\n12.40\\n11.55 A.M.\\n10.53\\n10.20 P.M. 9.20\\nO. ID- OT7v^EIST3,\\nGENERAL AGENT, A. G. R. R.,\\n315 Broadway? New York.", "height": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0117.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "I04\\nAUGUST A, Ca.,\\nAND\\nJPoxt JE^oye^l XSailroad..\\nNew York, December 6th, 18T5.\\nOFFICIAL CIRCULAR.\\nThe completion of the Junction Branch Railroad at Savannah, Ga., an-\\nnounced in the New York Herald of 2d inst,, enables us to offer to Tourists,\\nInvalids, and the traveling public generally, an\\nUNBROKEN ALL RAIL LINE TO FLORIDA.\\nPassengers from New York and Eastern points, en route to Savannah and\\nFloridii via the following favorite routes;\\nATLANTIC COAST LINE,\\nPIEDMONT Am LINE,\\nYIROINIA MIDLAND,\\nare offered the following double daily schedule, now in effect, from Augusta, Ga.:\\nLeave Augusta, via Port Royal R, R., 7.30 a. m. 9.00 p. M.\\nArrive Yemassek, 12.00 noon. 2.20 a. M.\\nLeave 12.20 p. m, 2.35 a. m.\\nArrive Savannah, via Sav. Ch tn R. R., 3.20 p. m, 7.00 a. m.\\nLeave f?\u00c2\u00ab A. G. R. R. 3.40 p. M. 8.30 a. M.\\nArrive Jacksonviixe, 7.45 a. m. 10.10 p. m.\\nIn purchasing tickets passengers should select the Magnolia Route, for the\\nfollowing reasons\\nlet. It is the o/i^?/ line, via Angusta, conuecting with the Atlantic and Gulf\\nRailroad at Savannah, avoiding the long, tedious and well-knoivn Omnibus\\ntransfer through that city.\\n2d. It is the only line, via Augusta, offering close doable daily all rail connec-\\ntions between Augusta, Ga., and Jacksonville, Fla.\\n3d. It is the only line, via Augusta, running Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars be-\\ntween Augusta and Savannah.\\n4th. It is the only line, via Augusta, running Through Day Coaches without\\ntransfer between Augusta and Savannah.\\nAs it is usual for Ticket Agents and the representatives of initial roads to inform\\nthe passenger as to schedules, c., of the different lines by which his destina-\\ntion is reached, and as it is also usual, and to the interest of all parties con-\\ncerned, in instances where the passenger does 7iot select his route, to ticket him\\nby the one offering the greatest comforts and most expeditious schedules, it is\\nrespectfully urged that the //7eMYs -and /rtc^o above stated be carefully compared\\nwith those of other hues, and that we receive that recognition which the result\\nof such comparison entitles us to.\\nTickets rm the Magnolia Route are now on. sale in all the offices of the\\nPenn. and Balto. Ohio Railroads in this city and the East.\\nFurther information cheerfully granted upon application to\\nR. H. THAYER, T. S. DAVANT,\\nGeneral Agent Port Royal R. R. Gen l Pass. Agent Port Royal R. R.\\n347 Broadway N. T. AUGUSTA. Ga.", "height": "3103", "width": "2039", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0118.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "105\\nThe Atlantic fe Gulf\\nFREIGHT AND PASSENGER LINE\\nVIA SAVANNAH, GA., TO ALL POINTS IN\\nFLOIUDA, Southern and Middle (Jeorgia,\\nFlint, Apalaohicola and Chattahoochee Kivers,\\nFast Freig-lit Express, via Savannah Steamships, to Savannah,\\nGa., and Atlantic Sc Gulf; Macon Brunswick; Jack-\\nsonville, Pensacola Mobile Rail Roads,\\nAND CONNECTING LINES.\\nPULLMAN S PALACE SLEEPING CARS ON ALL NIGHT TRAINS.\\nTWO TRAINS DAILY FROM SAVANNAH\\nto JACKSONVILLE, connecliug with Steamers on ST. JOHN S RIVER, for\\nSt. Augustine, Palatl^a, Green Cove Springs, Hibernia, Orange\\nMills, Enterprise, etc., etc.\\nShippers are requested to mark all Packages\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Care of ATLANTIC AND\\nGULP R. R. Agent. SAVANNAH, Ga, and to so state it on Ship s Receipt and\\nBill of Lading.\\nFreight Received and Through Bills of Lading issued by Agents of IJie Li-ie as\\nfollows\\nBOSTON TO SAVANNAH, GA.\\nDIRECT\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Steamers SEMINOLE and ORIENTAL leave on the 10th, 20th\\nand 30th of each mouth. F. NICKERSON CO., Agents, 206 State St., Boston.\\nBOSTON via NEW YORK TO SAVANNAH. GA.\\nShip daily via BOSTON AND PROVIDENCE R. R. and PROVIDENCE AND\\nNEW YORK STEAMSHIP CO., or OLD COLONY R. R.\\nGEO. C. MORRILL, Agent, 77 Washington St., Boston.\\nNEW VORK TO SAVAiNNAH, OA.\\nFOUR DEPAUTURES PER WEEK\\nMURRAY, FERRIS CO\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ships Leo and Cleopatra, Sailing Tues^days from\\nPier 16 East River. Office, Nos. 61 and 62 South Street.\\nWM. R. GARRISON\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ships San Salvador, San Jacinto, Herman Livingston,\\nand General Barnes, Sailing Thursdays and Saturdays, from Pier 43 North\\nRiver. Office, No. 5 Bowling Green.\\nR. LOWDEN\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ships Asiiland and Tybee, Sailing Saturdays, from Pier 12 North\\nRiver. Office, No. 99 Wust St. Returning, leave Savannah same days.\\nPHILADELPHIA TO J^AVAINNAH, \u00c2\u00abA.\\nThe PHILADELPHIA AND SOLTHERN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO. despatch\\n.one of their Steamers, Wyoming or Juniata, every Saturday, Returning, leave\\nSavannah same day. W. L. JAMES, Agent, 410 South Delaware Ave., Phila.\\nBAL.TIITIORE TO SAVAIVJVAH, OA.\\nThe AMERICA, SARAGOSSA AND NORTH POINT, leave on 10th, 20th and\\n30th of each month. JNO. R. GOULD, Agent, Flanigau s Wharf, Baltimore.\\nInformation given and tickets sold to all points in Florida, in connection witli\\nthe Atlantic and Gulf Railway. C. D. OWENS, t^en l Ag t, 316 Broadway, N.Y.", "height": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0119.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "io6\\nFlo* Fast Fr8i\u00c2\u00a3lit aM Passaapr Una,\\nCHARLESTON, S. C.\\nTERNANDINA, CEDAR KEYS, MANATEE, JACKSON-\\nVlliIiE, TAMPA, APALACHICOLA,\\nHAVANA, KEY WEST,\\nAND ALL INTERMEDIATE POINTS.\\nThe following mognificent side-wheel Steamships sail Semi-weekly at 3 P. M.\\nevery Wednesday and Saturday,\\nCHAMPION, CIIAELESTOjy, SOUTH CAROLINA,\\nCapt. R. W. Loc;kv.-oocI. Capt. Jas. Berry. Capt, J. T. Beckett.\\nCITY OF ATLANTA OEOROIA,\\nCapt. M. S. Woodhull. Capt. S. Crowell.\\nMAKING CLOSE CONNECTION WITH THE\\nCharleston and Florida Steamslii] Co.\\nAtlantic, Gulf and West India Transportation Co.\\nand New Orleans, Florida and Havana S. S. Co.\\nPASSAGE RATES, including tirst-cla?s Stateroom and Meals on Steam-\\nships to Charleston.\\nSAVANNAH, $20,00.\\nTampa $41 M)\\nSt. Augustine 31 75\\nPalatka 29 75\\nGainesville 30 25\\nLake City 30 25\\nTallahassee 31 25\\nApalachicola 50 00\\nPeusacola 41 00\\nHavana 60 00\\nJacksonville $27 75\\nFernandina 27 75\\nPicolata 28 75\\nGreen Cove Springs 28 75\\nHihernia 28 75\\nOrange Mills 30 25\\nMonticeUo 31 25\\nQuincy 32 50\\nBaldwin 27 75\\nCedar Keys 32 75\\nN. B.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Passengers have the privilege of taking either Railroad or Steamboat\\nfrom Charleston to the Florida Ports and St. John s River Landings-\\nFreight received ut all honrs of the day at Pier 29 North River, and Through\\nBills of Lading and Tickets issued at the office of\\nJAS. W. QLINTABD CO., A^rts., No. 177 West St., N. T.\\nExcursion Tickets to Florida Ports at Reduced Rates.", "height": "3103", "width": "2039", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0120.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "loy\\ngUI\u00e2\u0082\u00acK DISPATCH, SAFET Y COMFORT.\\nTHE\\nNew Orleans, Florida and Havana\\nSTJBA I\u00c2\u00a911II\u00c2\u00bb CO.\\nWill digpatch one of their first-class U. S. Mail Steamers from New Orleans and\\nHavana\\nEVERY WEDNESDAY,\\nToucliing at Cedar Keys and Key West, and connecting with Steamers for Apa-\\nlacliicola, St. Mark s, Tampa and the Suwanee River.\\nTJiese Steamers are flrst-class iiave goodpasseiger accommodations are kept\\nin good condition, and are commanded by careful and experienced officers, who\\nmake every effort for the safety, comfort and pleasure of travelers.\\nThe advantages to travelers seeking safety, comfort and pleasure on a steam-\\nBhip, are apparent in selecting this route, as rough sea is almost unknown in\\nthese waters.\\nRATES OF FIRST-CLASS PASSAGE.\\nrROM f\\nNew\\nCedar\\nTam-\\nKey\\n-TO\\nHa-\\nJ^ck-\\nFer-\\nChar-\\nSa-^\\nOrl ns.\\nKeys.\\npa.\\nWest.\\nvana.\\ns nvllie\\nn ndi a\\nleston\\nvan h.\\nNew Orleans\\n$25\\n$35\\n$40\\n$40\\n$31\\n$31\\n$35\\n$36\\nCedar Keys..\\n$25\\n10\\n20\\n25\\nTampa\\nKey West...\\n35\\n10\\n25\\n35\\n16\\n16\\n25\\n25\\n40\\n20\\n25\\n12\\n26\\n26\\n32\\n32\\nllavana\\n40\\n25\\n35\\n12\\n26\\n26\\n35\\n35\\nJacksonville.\\n31\\n16\\n26\\n26\\nFemandina\\n31\\n16\\n26\\n26\\nCharleston.\\n35\\n32\\n35\\nSavannah\\n36\\n32\\n35\\nFor further information apply to\\nAtlantic, Gulf West India Transit Company Femandina, Fla.\\nFlorida Central Railroad Co Jacksonville,\\nE. J. Lutterloh Cedar Keys,\\nMiller k Henderson Tampa,\\nJno. Jay Philbrick Key West,\\nRavenel Co Charleston, S C.\\nAgents Florida Steam Packet Co Savannah, Ga.\\nLawton Bros,, 13 Mercaderes Street Havana, Cuba.\\n120 Oommon St., New Orleans, La*.", "height": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0121.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "io8\\nCOOK S\\nCOOK, SON JENKINS, 261 Broadway, N. Y.\\nTHOMAS COOK SON, Fleet Street, London.\\nPIOXEERS, INAUGUUATORS and PROMOTERS of the principal systems of\\nTours established iu Great Britain and Ireland and the Continenr of Europe, have\\nopened a Branch of their House in America, and are now giving increased atten-\\ntion to ordinary traveling arrangements,\\nWith a view to rendering it Easy, Practicable Eccnomical\\nDuring the past thirty-five years, over four million traveJert? have visited near\\nand distant points, under their management, safely and pleasantly.\\nTheir arrangements are now so extensive, that they cover portions of the\\nfour quarters of the Glooe.\\nAt their ofiices can be found the Railway and Steamship Tickets used by the\\ntraveler for a journey through parts of\\nEurope, Asia, Africa and America.\\nThese Tickets allow one or more individuals to travel at any time, by any train,\\nsteamer or diligence by the route specified. They are first or second class, and\\nallov\\\\ breaks of journey at all places of interest to the tourist or pleasure seeker.\\nThe great advantages derived from their system are the prevention of loss from\\nexcJiange or money through the differences of currencies in a European or\\nOriental Tour, the prevention of imposition, overcharges, c., \u00c2\u00a3-c.,andthe\\nfact that most of the tickets are at reductions varying from ten to forty-five\\n2ier cent, from the ordiuary fares, while all the tickets issued by them give the\\nholder privileges which the ordinary tickets do not Those contemplating a tour\\nto Europe should a{)ply personally or by letter to Mess. COOK, SON JENKINS,\\nfiving an outline of tour they wish to take in reply to which a quotation will\\ne given, showing the total expense, including, if desired, hotel accommodations.\\nBRANCH OFFICES:\\nRONTON\u00e2\u0080\u0094 69 Wasliia-ton Street i MANCHESTER\u00e2\u0080\u0094 48 Piccadilly.\\nWASHINGToKl Fmeenth St^ ^^^l^ESTER-GS^Grajiby^St^^^^^^\\ncor. (i, opp. Treasury Department.\\nPHlLADELPHIA-614 Chestnut Street.\\nNEW ORLEANS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 35 Carondelet St.\\nPITTSBl KG- 167 Federal St. (Allegheny)\\nSAN FRANCISCO\u00e2\u0080\u0094 3 New Moutgomery St.\\nLIVERPOOL\u00e2\u0080\u0094 19 Cases Street, Opposite\\nCentral Station.\\nEDINBl RGH\u00e2\u0080\u0094 9 Princes Street.\\nGLASGOW\u00e2\u0080\u0094 165 Buchanan Street.\\nDUBLIN\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Royal Insurance Building-,\\n45 I)ame Street.\\nAll communications to be addressed to\\nCOOK, SON JENKINS, 261 Broadway, N. Y.\\nBIRMINGHAM\u00e2\u0080\u0094 16 Stephenson\\nPlace, New Street.\\nPARIS- 15 Place du Havre.\\nCOLOGNE\u00e2\u0080\u0094 40 Domhof.\\nBRUSSELS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 22 Galerie du Rol.\\nGENEVA\u00e2\u0080\u0094 90 Rue de Rhone.\\nVENICE\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Grand Hotel Victoria.\\nROME\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1 B Piazza de Spagna.\\nCAIRO\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Cook s Pavilion.\\nBEYROUT\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Alexander Howard.\\nJAFFA\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Twelve Tribes Hotel.", "height": "3103", "width": "2039", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0122.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "I09\\nThe National Route,\\nRUNNING ITS CARS THROUGH WITHOUT ANY CHANGE BETWEEN --2\\nBALTIMORE\\nMMATUT^Lks, CHICAGO.\\nWASHINGTON\\nCINClMATUT.loUIS.CHlCA O,\\nWASHINGTON AND NEW YORK,\\nNEW YORK AND CHSCACO.\\nrullman Hotel Farlor and i*Uepln f Cars,\\nJ. M COLE E. K. DORSEY,\\nGon I Ticket Agent, Baltimore. Ass t (Uni l Ticket Agent,\\nFRED. W. RANKIN, THOS. R. SHARP,\\nEast. Passenger Agent, Master Transportation,\\n315 Broadway, New York. Baltimore.", "height": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0123.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "no\\nRegular Line of Southern Packets.\\nMerchant s Line for Charleston, SozttJi Carolina, Messrs. Roach\\nMoffet, Agents at Charleston, S. C.\\nUnion Line for Savannah, Ga., Messrs. Hunter Gammell, Agents at\\nSavannah, Ga.\\nRegular Loading berth Pier 10, E. R. Insurance Ji per cent.\\nThrough rates of freight guaranteed to all interior points in South Carolina,\\nMacon and Albany, Ga., and to points in Southern Georgia, Middle and West\\nFlorida. No charge for forwarding goods at Charleston or Savannah. Vessels\\nprocured to load to and from otlier Southern Ports and West Indies. Apply to\\nEVANS, BALL CO.\\n36 SOUTH STREET, NEW YORK.\\nOne Million of the Citrus family offered for sale this season.\\nL. A. HARDEE. Proprietor,\\nJACKSONVILLJE, FLA.", "height": "3103", "width": "2039", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0124.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "II\\nORANGE BITTERS,\\nMade from the Bigarade or indigenous Orange of Florida, and protected by\\npatent; is a coraponnd of tbeactive modiciual agents of the Bigarade Orange,\\nwith pure, refined vvhiskej^ it is no highly-seasoned, cheap alcoholic mixture,\\nbut is prepared from the pure, simple substances mentioned. In the early days\\nof Florida, the Indians taught the Spaniards to cure our climatic diseases with a\\nmere decoction of the Bigarade Orange and the experience of all who have used\\nthe BIT t ERS has been enthusiastically in their favor, attesting them to be an\\nadmirable tonic for the debilitated states resulting from miasmatic iufliHiuces,\\nsuch as paleness, loss of appetite, languor and weakness. The BITTEES are\\ngently laxative, and seem to appeal to tlie liver and stomach peculiarly. The\\noils, acid salts, and other components of the orange are all highly useful as\\nrestorative agent s, and their strengthening and alterative influences are hastened\\nand facilitated by the pure liquor employed as a vehicle for their conveyance to\\nthe ])l )od.\\nIs a good tonic for invalids, inviaroratingr and strengthening the system\\nit assists digestion, and is a delightful beverage.\\nTherir. u no purer or more healthful drink to he had.\\nOrange County, Fla., January. 1875.\\nWe. whose names appear below, regular practioners of medicine in South\\nFlorida, are as averse as are any of our brethren to recommending, or in an\\nwav encouraging proprietary mc-dical compounds or nostrums.\\nBut, in the case of an article whose formula of preparation has been submitted\\nto us, and wbic h we know is made strictly thereby, oflered by Mr. I. I. lil IE as\\nOrang-c Oitters, we feel that we can lelax the rigorous rule that UKuaily\\nguides us, and can say that this compound is made as represented, and fur-\\nnishes in an eligible form the useful qualities of the Bigarade Orange.\\nIn certain atonic conditions of the Btomach, resulting from miasmatic influ-\\nences, in much of the constitutional debility arising frtmi tlie same cause, and in\\nmany other morbid states in which the use of bitters, aromatics and carmina-\\ntives is indicated, we incline to believe the Orange Bitters will serve many\\ngood j)urposes, and will answer fully as well as any such medicines, besides pre-\\nsenting, where it is needed, alcohol in an agreeable form. So, for such uses a^^\\nare above mentioned, we can recommend the BITTERS.\\nVV. A. SPENCE, M. U.\\nZELOTES H. MASON, M. 1).\\nS.M.TUCKER, M. D.\\nA. C. CALDWELL, M, D.\\nMelionville, Orange County, Fla., January 15, 18T6.\\nNOTE.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I have famished invalids with the BITTERS for the past three vears,\\nand it has proven to be a good Liver Regulator and as good a tonic as can be de-\\nsired. In fact, to a considerable extent, it supplies the place of quinine.\\nOrange Bitters by the Case, $10.00 I Orange Bitters Pnnch, per Case, $8.00\\nBottle, 1.26 1 Bottle, 1.00\\nI. I. HITE, Druggist,\\nMiellonville, Florida.", "height": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0125.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "I 12\\n1875-6,\\nis ^a.i^\u00c2\u00a9e B#t\u00c2\u00a9l^\\n.Fronting 8t. James Park),\\nJACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA.\\nThe Hotel is finely located upon elevated ground, having a frontage\\nof 2IO feet on St. James Park, and the same on Laura Street, with\\nentrances from both, and is easily accessible from Depot and Steamer.\\nIt is now the largest and most comfortable Hotel in Florida, having\\naccommodations for 300 guests. It is lighted throughout with Gas; the\\n?Ialls and spaces are heated with Steam, and connected with it are\\nBath-rooms, Billiard Hall, Bowling Alley, and other improvements\\nfound in first-class hotels.\\nThe Table will continue, as heretofore, to be a leading feature of the\\nSt. James.\\nMusic will be furnished during the season.\\nThe House is open from November to May. Liberal arrangements\\nwill be made for board by the week or the entire season.\\nFor further information, address\\nJ. R. CAMPBELL, JIaiiager,\\nJacksonville. Fla.", "height": "3103", "width": "2039", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0126.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "3\\nJ- T3 J 2 O\\n8\u00c2\u00a3 o g\\nr. H S S\\n_ U c/ S\\n3 J- rt\\nU\\nN O c\u00c2\u00ab C rf\\nCLo*- c\\no c c i; u o\\nWill III\\no\\nu\\nA\\n:i\\no\\nVi\\nWv- c c c\\nO O\\n5^1\\n0.\\n(U-\\n-o c L- o o\\n\u00c2\u00a7^il|lil\\nM r^\\nC Tculars and rates fur bu;ird lurnished by addressing\\n2 OT)_|2 _o\\ni^ lU o\\nS fe\\nN o o o;s\\nB. P. C HATFIELD, Proprietor.\\ni^OTE.-PLANTEJiS HOTEL, Augu ta, Ga., refitted and furnished new\\nthroughout. Open the whole year. Rooms at Highland Park Hotel can be\\nsecured here.\\nH. P. C HATFIELD, Proprietor.", "height": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0127.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "4\\nMOUNT PLEASANT\\nMilitary Academy,\\nA BOYS BOARDING SCHOOL,\\nAT\\nSING SINO, ON THE HUDSON,\\nThis lustitiitioii, founded in 1832, has long been widely and favorably I nown.\\nThe location is unsurpassed in beauty and healthfulness the grounds are\\nample and attractive; che buildings neat and commodious.\\nThe corps of teachers embraces six resident teachers, three visiting teacher?,\\nand tln-ee lecturing professors.\\nThere are jlve graded classes in the Regular Course of Study, and parallel\\ncour.-es in the Latin, Greek, French and German Languages. Instruction in\\nPenmanship, English Composition, Elocution, and Vocal Music is given to every\\nmember of the School.\\nIt is believed that ample provision is made for every department of tudy, and\\nfor the proper n.oral and physical care and training of the young.\\nFor further particulars, address the Principals,\\n_ SINC SING, N. Y.\\nW. W. Benjamin. J. Howe Allen.", "height": "3103", "width": "2039", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0128.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "ALL RAIL ROUTES I FLORIDA\\nTo EVERY POINT uithe UNITED STATES,\\nA lA.\\nThe iManagement take pleasnrein informing tlie public, tliat in connection\\nwitli their connecting Lines iirraugements have been made to greatly facilitate\\ntravel. T)ie coniple ion of Junction Branches at Savannah and Eu-\\nfaula obviate the inconvenience and delays of trajisportation by omnibus at\\nthose points, Avhile the introducton of the Lucas Parlor and Drawing Room\\nCars on the day trains, with accommodating servants in attendance, will be\\nfound a great addition t their comforts. ISIew and luxurious Pullman SLEEP-\\nING CARS are attachedto the night line, and the, conductors and attachees of\\nthe Company are specially instructed to bestow every care and attention on in-\\nvalids, ladiet- and children, their passengers.\\nDouble Daily\\nTri\\nains\\nto\\nSavannah and\\nthe West.\\nLcavii\\ni!2: Jacksonville 7.45 a\\nm.\\nand 5.00 p. m.\\nTallaliasj-\\n:CQ\\n2.15 p. m.\\nLiveOalv\\nJune. A.\\nct G\\nR. H., 12.55\\np. m., 10.40 p.\\nni.\\nAlbany\\ns.\\nW. 1\\nK.,\\n8.40 p.\\n111.\\nJesnp\\nM.\\nA: B.\\nR. R., G.oOp,\\nm.\\nand 5.55 a.\\nin.\\nArrive\\nSavannah,\\n9.40 p.\\nm.,\\nand 0.00 a.\\nm.\\nThe r .m p. m. train connects at Albany with passenger trains both ways on\\nSouthwestern Railroad to and from Eufaula, Montgomery, New Orleans, etc.\\nand at Jesui) Junction with trains on the Mac(/n and Brunswick R. R., arriving\\nin Macon 4.40 p.m. Both trains connect at Savannah with the Savannah and\\nCharleston R. R., leaving 9.20 a. m., and 10.30 p. m.\\nTrains on the Central Road of Georgia leave at 9.15 a., and 7.30 p.m.\\nNew Orleans, Havana Key West\\nVia CEDAR KEYS.\\nN. B.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Passengers should take train for Cedar Keys on Fridays, in order\\nto guard against unnecessary delays there while awaiting the arrival of ihe\\nsteamer. Pas.-enger.- should telegraph either from Charleston, Savannah, Fer-\\nnandina or Jacksonville to I. K. Roberts, New Orleans, asking if steamer will be\\non time that week at Cedar Keys, en route for Key West, Havana or New Or-\\nleans. Both message and reply will be at expense of I. K. Robfrls, who will in-\\nform of the proper time of steamer s arrival at Cedar Keys, giving ample time\\nfor passengers to make connections.\\nAll information relative to passage and freights will be cheerfully furjiished\\non application at Companies Offices.\\nF. B. PAPY,\\nR. AVALKER, Gen l Fr t Ticket Agt.\\ngen l sup t. Tallahassee^ Fla,", "height": "3140", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl01olne_0129.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "THE\\nPKEIRRED ROUTE TO FLORIDA\\nIS VIA THE\\nAtlantic -d Gulf Railroad.\\nFROM\\nAVOIDING SEASICKNESS, AND THE DETENTION OE\\nSTEAMER LINES AT ST. JOHNS RIVER BAR\\nTwo Fast Trains Daily between\\nLeave Savannah 8,30 A. M. (Sundays excepted.)\\nArrive Jacksonville 10.10 P. M.\\nLeave Savannah 3.40 P. M. Daily.\\nArrive Jacksonville 7.45 A. M. Daily.\\nThe Morniiiar Train from Savannah connects with all Northern\\ninward trains, and with M. B. R. H. trains at Jesup.\\nLucas^ T)ra Ying -Room Cars, especially arranged for the con-\\nvenience of invalids, are attached to the train. Also throijfl^h Pull-\\nman Sleeping Cars from Louisville to JacksonviHe, via Jesup.\\nThe Eyenini^ Train connects with Northern trains via Au.a usta\\nand Yemas.see, and Charleston and Yemassee only. Pullman\\nPalace Sleeping* Cars run through Savannah to Jacksonville.\\nThis train makes close connection with Steamers on St. Johns\\nRiver.\\nNo Omnibns Transfer between the Savannah C luarlcston and\\nA. G. Railroads at Savannah.\\nGood Eating Houses at regular intervals.\\nFor further information appU to\\nC. O. OWENS, JNO. EVANS,\\nGen l Agent, 3t5 Broadway, N. Y. 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