{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3447", "width": "2055", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "Oass\\nBook\\nCOPYRIGHT DEPOSiT", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "m\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0S\\nUIPB\\nTO AND THROUGH\\nTHE\\nLand of Flow^ers\\nSEASON OF 18 76-77\\nPRESENTED B\u00c2\u00a5,TH\u00c2\u00a3:\\n*ilaitie Coast Liie Bf Bail\\nPAGES 88, 89, 90 96.", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "Aim I f L01I1A.\\nTourists and Invalids attention is respectfully\\ninvited to the Double Daily all Rail Sched-\\nule via. \\\\A/ashington, Richmond, Wilmington\\nCharleston, and daily all Rail, via. Wash-\\nington, Richnaond, Wilmington and Augusta.\\nAlso to tlie perfect system of Sleeping and Parlor Car\\nService in operation and now presented to tl\u00c2\u00bbe\\nSouilicrn travel by the manage-\\nment of tlie\\nAtlaitic Coast Line of Railways.\\nEASTERN and NEW EN LAND passengers can reach Kew\\nYork by all Sound Lines and Niglit Rail trains, in time to con-\\nnect with 8.35 A. M. and 9.30 A. M. (Limited Express.) Trains\\nfrom New York daily (Sunday excepted), for Charleston, Sa-\\nvannah, Jacksonville, c., c., with Parlor Cars from New York\\nto Washington, Pullman Sleepers to Wilmington, Parlor Car to\\nCharleston and Lucas Sleeping Car to Savannah.\\n6.00 P. M. train daily from New York, with Pullman Sleep-\\nhig Car to Richmond, with through train _for Wilmington\\n(Parlor Car attached), there connecting with Pullman Sleeping\\nCars for Charleston and Augusta, thence direct either via.\\nCharleston or Augusta, to Savannah, Jacksonville, c. c.\\nPersons contemplating a Southern trip would do well to ex-\\namine the Ailantk Coast Line time-tables heiore purchasing tickets.\\nFor Full particulars applj?- at all Pennsylvania R. R. and\\nBaltimore Ohio R. R. Offices, and at the\\nGENERAL OFFICES OF THE ROUTE, 229 Broadway, N. Y.\\nW.J.WALKER, A. POPE,\\nOen l Agent. Oen l Pass. Sc Tieket Agent.\\nJONAH H. WHITK, Soutliern Passenger Agent.", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "Arlington ^^^l", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "i-i\\n^riEaiEs\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2DIDE To Al THKOBeE FlOEIBA,\\n4i\\nObNTAININ\u00c2\u00a9 A\\nHISTORICAL SKETCH, GEOGRAPHICAL, AGRICULTURAL ANB\\nCLIMATIC STATISTICS, ROUTES OP TRAVEL BY LAND\\nAND SEA, AND GENERAL INFORMATION\\nINVALUABT.E TO THE\\nSntjaUi, ^oxxriBt or (ffmxgranf.\\nEnterefl|accoicling to Act of Coiis;res8, in the year 1876, by\\nJONAH H. WHITE,\\nin the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington,\\n..o;./3 S3i\\nl-tJBLISHEl) BY\\nJONAH H. WHITE\\nNEW TOBK.\\nisrei.\\nn", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "theh:\\nAtlantic Coast Line of Gailf ays.\\nALL RAIL ROUTE TO\\nSTA,\\nSavaimali, Jacksonville.\\nAND ALL POINTS IN\\nr Xj o ::ei. n S3 ..a=\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094VIA\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nWASHINGTON, EIOHMOND WILMINGTON.\\nThe through arrangements between the East and Florida have been made with\\nthe view to deserve the patronage of the public,\\nSAFETY, SPEED AfiD COMFORT,\\nARE THE ESSENTIALS PROVIDED.\\nPULLMAN PALACE SLEEPING CARS\\nAEE NOW RUNNING FROM\\nNgw York to RiohmondM\\nATLANTIC COAST LINE PARLOR CARS,\\nPULLMAN SLEEPING- CAR,\\nWlLMir^CTOi^ TO AUGUSTA.\\nELEGANT DAY COACHES,\\nAUGUSTA TO SAVANNAH.\\nPULLMAN SLEEPING CAR,\\nSAVANHAH TO JAOKSONVILLB\\nDuring the Winter and Spring Months, 1876-7.\\nPersons wishing to avail themselves of the through Pullman Sleeping Care,\\ncan be furnished with fall information by addressing\\nJONAH H. WHITE, Scnthern Passenger Agent,\\n229 Broadway, New York.\\nPersons visiting Aiken en route to Florida, will find this the most desirable route.\\nThrough Tickets by this Line, good until used, with privilege of stop-\\nping over, can be obtained at all offices of connecting lines, and at Ticket\\nOffices in Jacksonville, Savannah, and on board Steamers plying betw .en\\nSavannah and St. Johns River.\\nW. J. WAIiHLER, A. POPE,\\nGeneral Agent. U *X\\\\L, ^^n. Pass. Ticket Agent\\nOS W", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "V-JS\\nGUIDE TO AUD THROUGH FLOIIIDA.\\nFive years after Christopher Columbus first saw land in\\nthe New World, another navigator, Sebastian Cabot, sailing\\nunder the English flag, discovered the coast of Florida.\\nThis was in 1497. It was not until the spring of 15 12\\nthat the Europeans made a permanent landing. A veteran\\ncavalier of Spain, Juan Ponce de Leon, impelled by a\\nromantic fancy that in the West there existed a fountain\\nwhose waters restored the aged to perpetual youth, raised\\nan expedition of enthusiasts like himself and set sail on\\nthis wondrous voyage of discovery. He sav/ the coast for\\nthe first time on Easter Sunday, in April, 15 12, which day\\nthe Spaniards call Pasqua Florida, and because the\\ncharming country spread before him was fairly radiant\\nwith wild flowers, he gave it the beautiful name of Florida.\\nThis landing was made near the site of the present city of\\nSt. Augustine\\nThe cavalier s search for the immortal spring was\\nfruitless. The Indians harassed and picked off his band\\nwith poisoned arrows, and he was finally forced to quit\\nthe country. He carried with him to Cuba a mortal\\nwound which caused his death soon after his arrival there.\\nA. dozen years later Spain again attempted to colonize the\\npeninsula. Narvaez was appointed Governor and landed", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "4 GUID^ TO FLORIDA.\\nwith three hundred rnen. He made no attempt at settle-\\nment however, but wandered off on an exploring expedi-\\ntion, and after i\u00c2\u00bbany hardships, finally reached the far off\\ncountry of the Mexicans. The illustrious Ferdinand de\\nSoto, the discoverer of the Mississippi river, followed him\\nto Florida. He landed in Tampa Bay with a thousand\\nfollowers, in the spring of 1539. His march through the\\ninterior was disputed at every step by the aborigines, and\\nhis little army was so decimated by war, fatigue and sick-\\nness, that when his own body was committed to the bosom\\nof the Father of Waters two years later, but a third of\\nthem survived.\\nThe first actual settlement of Florida was made oy the\\nFrench Huguenots who, under Jean Ribault, attempted to\\nplant a colony at the mouth of the St. Johns River in\\n1564. This roused the ire of the Spaniards, who claimed\\nthe country as their own, and an expedition was sent out\\nunder the command of Don Pedro Menendez to extermi-\\nnate the Frenchmen. The Don did his bloody work\\neffectually. The little French city was taken by surprise,\\nand all of its inhabitants were massacred. Above their\\nbodies, which he had suspended from the trees, Menendez\\nleft this inscription Not because they are Frenchmen,\\nbut because they are heretics and enemies of God. V 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 muf\\nderers.", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"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 i^6^ 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 1818, 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\\nill 181^, and consented to the cession of the entire terri-", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"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.\\nj Florida, like her sister Southern States, was a battle-\\nground between North and South in the late civil war.\\nAfter the passage of the ordinance of secession in 1861,\\nFort Pickens in Pensacola harbor, was invested by the Con-\\nfederate troops, and the Navy Yard was occupied. Fer-\\nnandina and St. Augustine were captured by Admiral\\nDupont s fleet in 1862. The following month the United\\nStates forces occupied Jacksonville, and the Confederate\\nauthorities abandoned nearly the whole of Northern and\\nWestern Florida, including Pensacola, and withdrew their\\narmy into Georgia. The year 1864 was characterized by\\nraids on both sides. General Birney penetrated to Trent\\nCreek, and the Confederate salt works at Ocala were de-\\nstroyed. In February of this year General Trueman Sey-\\nmour marched westward with a large body of United\\nStates troops, and at Olustee v/as 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.\\ny After the surrender of General T-ee, at Appomattox,", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"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 united kingdoms of Portugal,\\nBelgium and the Netherlands. The extent of her coast\\nline is rather extraordinary. It is not less than i, 100 miles\\na distance nearly equal to that from Portland, Maine, to\\nJacksonville, Florida, in a straight line.\\n^The surface of the eastern section of the State is gener-\\nally level, In Western Florida it is rolling or hilly. The", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "8 GUIDE TO FLORIDA,\\nextreme southern part is covered with swanfps. 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 I*1orida. The great stream\\nof the State, however, is the magnificent St. Johns, which\\nrises in the Everglades, and. winds northward a distance of\\nfour hundred miles until it empties into the Atlantic Ocean\\nbelow Jacksonville.\\nThe peninsula is filled with beautiful lakes, some of them\\nbeing navigable for large steamers, and one of them, Lake\\nOkeechobee, in the Everglades, being fully forty miles\\nlong and thirty miles wide. The lake scenery, in the\\nneighborhood of the upper waters of the St. John, is un-\\nsurpassed in loveliness. Several of the larger bays on the\\ncoast deserve notice. Tampa Bay, Apalachee Bay and Pen-\\nsacola Bay, are broad and deep enough to float navies.\\nThe State abounds in remarkable mineral springs. The\\nWakulla River rises about ten miles northwest of St. Marks\\nfrom one of them. ^The water is moderately cold and\\nhighly impregnated with lime. From the big spring of\\nChipola bursts a furious river Silver Spring, in Marion\\nCounty, is a basin of surpassingly clear and deep water.\\nThe Sulphur Springs of- the Suwanee are a curiosity, and\\nenjoy a local reputation for curing rheumatism, dyspepsia\\nand other kindred diseases. Springs of salt water are\\nnot uncommon in the interior.\\nScientists say that the geological formation of Florida is\\nof comparatively recent origin. The opinion of one of\\nthem, relative to the peninsula, is expressed in this lan-\\nguage The Vn^igIc peninsula has been formed by the\\nsuccessive growth of coral reefs added roncentricallv fror^", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"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\\nof the peninsula. The upper part of Florida is, of course,\\nmuch older.\\n|U*pM Broi.\\nPalmetto Tree,", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"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\\ntemxperature as compared with that of given points in the\\nJ^orthern States.", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\ni I\\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.\\nBAEOMETEK.\\nTHEEMOMETEE.\\nO.S PI\\n3 b\\nHighest\\nLowest\\nHighesr\\nLowest.\\nMean.\\n^^^-pWfi\\nNovember, 18T3\\n30.437\\n29.374\\n-B3\\n80\\n59\\nj 2.88 1 8\\nSW\\nDecember,\\n30.480\\n29.643 i\\n1 79\\n1 32\\n58\\n3.38\\n7\\nN\\nJanuary, 18T4\\n30.653\\n29.810\\nTT\\ni 35\\n55\\ni .82\\n7\\nN\\nFebruary,\\n30.362\\n29.845 i\\n81\\n37\\n58\\n7.33\\n12\\nNE\\nMarch,\\n30.y35\\n29,761 1\\n87\\n1 87\\n66\\n2.13\\n7\\nSW\\nApril, 1 30.370\\n29.703 1\\n91\\n1 42\\n70\\nI 1.60 j 6\\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, showing the monthly\\nand yearly mean of twenty years at St. Augustine, of\\nthirty-one years at West Point, a?id of thirty fve years\\nat Port Snelling, Minji.\\nSt. Augustine,\\nFla\\nWest Point,\\nN. Y.\\nFt. Snelling,\\nMinn.\\nJan.\\n57.03\\n23.28\\n13.76\\nFeb.\\n39.94\\n28.80\\n17.57\\nMar.\\n63.34\\n37.63\\n31.41\\nApl.jMay\\n68.7873.50\\n48.70\\n56.34\\n.59.82\\nJun\\n79.36\\n68.41\\nJuly\\n80.90\\n73.75\\n58.97 68.46 73.40\\nAug\\n80.5\\n71.83\\nSep.; Oct. -Vov.\\n78.60 71.88 64.12\\n64.31 53.04,42.23 31.9850.73\\nDoc. YEAH.\\n57.26 60.01\\n0.05 58.86,47.15 31 67 16.80.46.54", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "12 GUIDE TO FLORIDA\\nIn Florida an extraordinary variety of valuable produc-\\ntions are successfully cultivated. Lying as it does partly\\nwithin the temperate zone and partly within the semi-\\ntropical regions, within its limits may be seen flourishing\\nmost of the vegetation familiar to the soil of the Middle\\nand Western States, together with the fruits of the West\\nIndies. At least one-fourth of the entire area of the State\\nis south of the line of frost, and will grow successfully the\\norange, the lemon, the citron, the grape fruit, the banana,\\nthe pine-apple, and the cocoa-nut. Most of the tropical\\ntrees and shrubs grow spontaneously. Tobacco, sugar and\\nhemp have been cultivated to some extent, and can be\\nmade very valuable productions if systematically treated.\\nThe yield of sugar is much more to the acre than i a 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, tab-\\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, an^l 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 reas(m why tea and\\ncoffee cannot be cultivated, as the climate and soil are\\nespecially adapted to the purpose. Of the fruits other\\nthan tropical, the peach, grape, fig, pomegranate and plum\\nare produced. Berries grow profusely. i^", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 13\\nFlorida is the best timbered State in the Union. Over\\n30,000,000 of acres are covered with heavy forests. The\\nbusiness of cutting and shipping lumber is large and in-\\ncreasing. Florida also exports naval stores, and at Key\\nWest there are extensive salt works. Further remarks on\\nthe soil and productiveness of the State will be found in\\nthe paragraphs devoted to the advantages of Florida for\\nimmigrants.\\nAccording to the census of 1870 the population of Plor\\nida aggregates 187,748; of which 96,057 are whites and\\n91,689 blacks. This shows a proportion of a fraction over\\nthree inhabitants to the square mile; a density about\\nequal to that of the States of Kansas and Texas. The\\npopulation of the State in i860 was 140,123, so that in\\nspite of the ravages caused by the civil war, the increase\\nin ten years has been 47^625, or thirty-four per cent.\\n^The 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. r,\\nThe seat of government is at Tallahassee. The new\\nconstitution, adopted by the people and approved by\\nCongress in 1868, vests the executive power in a Gover-\\nnor, who is elected for four years. He is assisted in his\\ndeliberations by a Cabinet, composed of the principal\\nofficersr-in the State, viz: the Secretary of State, the\\nAttorney-General, the Comptroller, the State Treasurer,\\nthe Surveyor General, the Superintendent of Instruc-", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "/4 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 j the latter of fifty\\nthree members, elected for two years. The judicial pow-\\ner is vested in a Supreme Court, Circuit Courts, County\\nCourts and Justices of the Peace. The Judges of the Su-\\npreme Court are appointed for life, of the Circuit Courts\\nfor eight years, and of the County Courts for four years.\\nThe election for State and County Officers and Members\\nof the Legislature takes place the first Tuesday after the\\nfirst Monday in November. Annual Sessions of the Legis-\\nlature are held, beginning on the first Tuesday after the\\nfirst Monday in January.\\nThe present State govermnent (1875-6) is as follows r\\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- -p. Fapan\\ntion, j\\nSuperintendent of Public t q Qjpog\\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\\ncgntiR^ntj h^s XQaWy all the characteristics of a new State.", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 15\\nIts scanty population has been scattered over a territory\\nof nearly 60,000 square miles, and has heretofore been en-\\ngaged almost wholly in agriculture. The social conveni-\\nences and advantages enjoyed in the thickly-settled States\\nfurther North must not, therefore, be expected here. But\\nimmigration is pouring in and the State is rapidly im-\\nproving. Schools and churches are to be found in all the\\ntowns and villages throughout the State, and a new sys-\\ntem of public education has been provided for in the new\\nconstitution. In reference to the feeling of the old inhab-\\nitants towards new comers, the State Commissioner of Im-\\nmigration, Mr. Adams, (himself a Northern man) writes\\nIn our correspondence the question is often asked:\\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 gpod 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 hii^-\\ndrance,", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "i5 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\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 fii.d 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": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a27\\nAlligator hunting is a sport peculiar to these southern\\nlatitudes and can be enjoyed to perfection along the\\nrivers, lakes and lagoons of Florida. It takes a practiced\\neye to detect an alligator, for it closely resembles a rotten\\nlog, half-submerged and motionless. Shooting the alliga-\\ntor from the decks of the river steamers is a common\\nenough custom, but the real alligator hunt is to be had on\\nthe upper lakes where they swarm in almost countless\\nnumbers. Hunting parties for Lake Harney are made up\\nat Enterprise, on the Upper St. Johns. The expense is\\nnot much and the amusement prodigious.\\nHarper Bros.\\nSt. Augustine,\\nThe antiquarian and enthusiast in historical research\\nwill lind 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": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00ab8 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": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\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.\\nThe mildness of the atmosphere in winter permits much\\nexercise in the open air. It is not uncommon for the\\nnative ladies to walk late in the moonlight evenings\\ncovered, as to the head, only with a lace veil. Some\\nnights are damp and chilly, particularly in the Northern", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "20 GUIDE TO FLORIDA,\\nDarts 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 says As a rule, invalids should not expose\\nthemselves to the night air nor be tempted on warm, bright\\ndays to lay aside thick shoes and comfortable clothing.\\nThe invalid should always be clad in woolen clothing, and\\nthe robust do not require a linen suit except in the summer\\nmonths.\\nStatistics testify to the healthfulness of Florida. Not-\\nwithstanding the fact that so many thousands of consump-\\ntives resort to the State for relief, the proportion of deaths\\nfrom pulmonary complaints in it is less than in any other\\nState in the Union.\\nThe census of 1870 showed that these deaths were as\\nfollows\\nMassachusetts, one in 283\\nMaine, S ^S\\nVermont, _ _ 463\\nNew York, 379\\nPennsylvania, 470\\nOhio, 507\\nCalifornia, 450\\nVirginia, 585\\nIndiana, 599\\nIllinois, 698\\nFlorida, 1,433\\nThere is a wide-spread misapprehension respecting the\\nmalarial character of the interior of Florida. It is sup-\\nposed that in some parts the air is charged with the most\\npoisonous and noxious vapors arising from the swamp\\nlands, and that fevers are common in consequence of it,", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "GUiDE TO FLORIDA. 21\\ntt 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; 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.\\n^The 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": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "22 GUIDE TO FLORIDA\\nThe Legislature of Florida has taken active measures\\nto induce immigrants^ from, the North and West and from\\nEurope, to settle in the State. A Department of Immigra-\\ntion has been established in connection with the State\\nGovernment the officer is styled Commissioner of Immi-\\ngration, and he is a member of the Governor s Cabinet.\\nThe Bureau furnishes, upon application, all the informa-\\ntion an intending settler may desire about the pfrice,\\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\\nzlassified 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. The\\\\\\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 oi\\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": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\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 ;^io\\nper acre, according to location.\\nUnimproved lands on the St. Johns River can be had\\nat from ;^5 to $15; and improved lands in the same\\nlocality at from ;^2o to $t,o. Plantations in other parts\\nof the State, partially cleared and having some improve-\\nments, such as buildings and fences, are worth from ;^3 to\\n$10 per acre. Lands, having orange groves in bearing,\\nare from ^o 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": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "24 ^UIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nthem, with much less of the cost and hard labor expended\\nin other farming sections of tl t Union, can be made\\nexceedingly profitable. For settlers of small means the\\nearly vegetable cultivation and the raising of fruit make\\nhandsome returns, and for large capitalists there are\\nfortunes in the production of cotton, sugar, fine Cuban\\ntobacco and naval stores. There are also similar induce-\\nments in stock raising, the cutting of timber and lumber,\\nsalt making and the fisheries. Enterprising men and\\nwomen, who know how to keep a hotel, can settle any-\\nwhere along the railroad lines or on the St. Johns, and\\ndepend on constant and remunerative business.\\nVisitors to Florida, for the first time, are usually appre-\\nhensive about snakes. Notwithstanding its tropical situ-\\nation there are few poisonous reptiles in Florida. In\\nsome localities the rattlesnake may be found, if sought for\\ndiligently, but generally the only snake visible is a species\\nof harmless, water snake. The alligators are not aggres-\\nsive towards strangers. They are rather disposed to run\\nthan fight when attacked. The mosquitoes flourish in the\\nsummer season, as they do everywhere else, but are less\\nvoracious than the Jersey breed. The other bugbear to\\nthe stranger in Florida the malarial fever, is spoken of\\nelsewhere. When it does occur, it is of the very mildest\\ntype, is not necessarily dangerous and yields easily to\\nsimple retri^edies.", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. ^5\\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 here with\\nthe passage of the ordinance of secession in December,\\ni860.\\nHarbor The harbor is one of the largest and hand\\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.\\nReininisceiices,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 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": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "26 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. Miehael s Church This venerable edifice\\non the corner of Broad and Meeting street, is worth see-\\ning. The chime of bells in its belfry were first imported\\nfrom England about the middle of the last century j\\nduring the Confederacy were removed to Columbia for\\nsafety at the close of the war were sent to England for\\nre-casting, and in 1866 were returned, and once more\\nrang out from the spire their merry peal to the air of\\nHome Again. From this steeple the Colonial troops\\nkept watch upon the movements of the British, and\\nlater, the Confederate lookouts upon the Federal block-\\nading squadron. The view which it affords of the city,\\nthe harbor and the back country is one which no tourist\\nshould miss.\\nPublic Huiidiugs The Post Office building at\\nthe lower end of Broad street, is an ante-revolutionary\\nstructure. In its cellars American prisoners were cruelly\\nincarcerated during the war for independence. The new\\nCustom House is an imposing marble building. The\\nOrphan House on Calhoun street is one of the archi-\\ntectural ornaments of the city. On its grounds is a\\nmarble statue of William Pitt, erected by the citizens of\\nCharleston previous to the Revolution. The Charleston\\nCollege, the Medical College, Eoper s Hospital, the City\\nHall, Citadel, and the Arsenal, are large and handsome\\nbuildings. There is an interesting museum connected\\nwith the Charleston College.\\nHotels Those tourists who include a stop at Char-\\nleston in their Florida trip, either going or returning.", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 27\\nwill find the Charleston Hotel still deserving its well\\nearned popularity.\\nDuring the summer of 1874 this famous house under-\\nwent a complete and expensive renovation. The pro-\\nprietors have added to its many comfortable appoint-\\nments the luxury of hot and cold water baths on each\\nfloor of the building, these baths being supplied at great\\nexpense with the celebrated Artesian water, famous for\\nits many curative qualities.\\nOne of the great attractions of the hotel is its superb\\ndouble colonnade. During the past season the Post\\nBand discoursed tine music from the balcony twice a\\nweek in the evenings.\\nFamilies desiring rooms can write or telegraph their\\nrequirements to the, proprietors in advance, and so avoid\\ndisappointment.\\nThe Pavilion Hotel, too, under the experienced pro-\\nprietorship of Messrs. G. T. Alford Co., deservedly\\nreceives a large share of tourists patronage. Recently\\nrefitted and decorated throughout, and, offering in addi-\\ntion to the comforts of a home, the attractions of an un-\\nsurpassed cuisine and delightful verandahs, it ranks\\namong the first hotels on the Atlantic Southern seaboard,\\nand will be found everything that either the transient or\\npermanent visitor could desire. Tourists can telegraph\\nand secure rooms in advance.\\nPlaces worth Tisitin^ Pleasant trips may be\\nmade by the ferry-boats to Moultrieville and Mount Plea-\\nsant, the summer resorts of the Charlestonians. Those\\nw^ho prefer to sail or row around the historic waters of\\nCharleston Harbor, will find a fine collection of boats for\\nhire, on reasonable terms, at Oapt. Young s wharf*\\nMagnolia Cemetery, a short distance beyond the city", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "28 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nlines, is a beautiful spot and has many fine monuments.\\nThe Battery, at the lower end of Meeting street, is a\\nmagnificent promenade and affords an excellent view of\\nthe harbor. The Burnt District, which extends from\\nriver to river across the middle of the city, marks the\\ntrack of the great fire of 1864. The markets should be\\nvisited on a Saturday night, and some of the large Eice\\nMills are interesting. A trip to the wonderful Phos-\\nphate Grounds should not be omitted. At the Academy\\nof Music, one of the most elegant theatres in the Union,\\noperatic and dramatic performances are given during\\nthe winter.\\nThe iSubiirbs of \u00e2\u0082\u00acliarle\u00c2\u00a7toii There are many\\npoints of beauty and historic interest within easy distance\\nof the city, and which no tourist shpuld omit to visit.\\nProminent among these are the Drayton House, a splen-\\ndid old baronial mansion of brick, redolent with tradi-\\ntions of the grandeur and hospitality it has witnessed in\\nits past. It fronts upon the Ashley River, and is sur-\\nrounded by a wealth of shrubbery and foliage. Magno-\\nlia Plantation and Schievelin, both also upon the same\\nstream, are well worth visiting. A small steamer plies\\nup the Ashley from Charleston foi the accommodation\\nof tourists.\\nThe connecting at Savannah, of the Savannah\\nCharleston and Atlantic and Gulf E, ilroads, form an\\nunbroken line from Charleston to Jacksonville, includ-\\ning all Eastern and Western points, via. Augusta (Port\\nRoyal R. R.) to Jacksonville, c.", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA 29\\nThe commercial emporium of the Empire State of the\\nSouth, is beautifully situated on the Savannah Kiver,\\nabout 18 miles from its mouth. Savannah, next to New\\nOrleans, is the largest port of shipment of cotton in the\\nSouthern States, and one of the largest in the world.\\nIt is advantageously placed, for a great thriving and in-\\ncreasing business. The Savannah Eiver affording water\\ncommunication with the Northern part of the State for\\n380 miles. The Atlantic and Gulf Railroad connects it\\nwith the rich and growing sections of Southern, Middle\\nand Upper Georgia, and with Florida and the Gulf ports.\\nThe Georgia Central road running through Middle Geor-\\ngia to Atlanta, and the Savannah and Charleston Rail-\\nroad to Charleston S. C, are important links connecting\\nthe city with the West and North. There are two lines\\nof first-class steamers to New York, and weekly lines to\\nBaltimore, Philadelphia and Boston.\\nSavannah, according to the census of 1870, had a popu-\\nlation of 28,235, of which 13,068 were colored. Its re-\\nceipts of cotton in 1872-3 amounted to 626,768 bales.\\nIt also exported 34,000,000 feet of lumber, and the total\\nvalue of its exports that year was 150,000,000, which\\ngave it the rank of the third exporting port in the United\\nStates. The city is handsomely laid out with broad\\nstreets closely shaded by water oaks, live oaks, magnolia,\\nsycamore and pride of India trees. At nearly every other\\ncorner there is a public square, planted with these mag-\\nnificent shade trees. The number of these squares is 24.\\nSouth, Broad and Bay streets have grassy promenades\\nin the middle, with carriage ways on either side.", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "30 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nHistor Savannali 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\\n1788 the British captured the city. ISTearly a year later\\nthe brave Pulaski fell in a vain attempt by the combined\\nFrench and American forces to recapture it. The British\\nheld possession till the war ended. In 1 791 Washington,\\nand in 1825, Lafayette visited Savannah. It was promi-\\nnent during the Confederate war as the terminus of\\nGenl. Sherman s celebrated March to the Sea.\\nPublic Buildill^\u00c2\u00a7 There are many fine build-\\nings in Savannah, among which may be mentioned the\\nCity Exchange, New Market House, St. Andrews Hall,\\nthe New Custom House and the Hall of the Georgia His-\\ntorical Society. The Independent Presbyterian Church,\\nthe Masonic Temple, and St. John s Episcopal Church\\nhave considerable architectural merits. Greene Monu-\\nment in Johnson square, and the Pulaski Monument in\\nMonterey square should also be seen by visitors.\\nI^uburban Points\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Strangers will find many\\nspots in and about Savannah worth visiting. Fort Pu-\\nlasTci, a few miles down the river, was the scene of a long\\nsiege during the late war. The original cost of its con-\\nstruction was $988,859. Daufuskie Island, near by, is\\nmemorable as the scene of the Bloody Point massacre\\nof Indians by white settlers. Beach Hammock, Green-\\nwich Park and Jasper Springs are also noted resorts\\nwithin a few miles of the city.\\nHotels The Screven and Marshall Houses continue\\nto furnish the best of accommodations, and at most\\nI easonable prices, to tourists ^stoppingj in [Savahuab.", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 31\\nThe Planters and O Connel s European House are also\\nincluded in the list of Hotels.\\nForsylli Park, though small in area (20 acres), is\\nquite a resort for the citizens and attractive to strangers,\\nas it is composed mostly of the natural growth of the\\nlorests. The fountain in the centre is considered a beau-\\ntiful model. It is after the style of the fountains in the\\nPlace de la Concord in Paris. The walks are prettily\\nlaid out, and covered with shell. It is the fashionable\\nresort for the elite of the city. In the rear of the Park,\\nin a large enclosure known as the Parade Ground, stands\\nthe Confederate Monument, recently erected by the La-\\ndies Memorial Association, and which in point of beauty\\nof df^sign and finish, compares favorably with any in the\\nSouth, and will cost when completed $25,000. In this\\nspot, with its surroundiug luxuriance of shrubbery and\\nvegetation, the tourist will find much to charm and please\\nthe eye.\\nBonaventiire Ceisi^ery, oue of the loveliest\\nspots in the world, has rural charms peculiar to itself.\\nThe long avenues, by the side of which the dead are\\nsleeping are arched by the branches of great trees from\\nv/hich the gray moss sweeps in heavy festoons. There\\nare some noticeable monuments in this cemetery, which\\nderives its name from the original tract of which it\\nformed a part, and which was first settled in or about\\n1670 by Col. John Mulryne, an Englishman. By the\\nmarriage of his daughter Mary in 1761 to Josiah Tatnall\\nof Charleston, it came into possession of the latter family,\\nand Gov. Tatnall of Georgia was born there in 1765.\\nThis marriage is of especial interest, as having, it is said,\\nbeen the occasion of the planting of the great live oaks\\nwhich now grace the spot. Tradition has it that they", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nwere planted in the forms of the letters M and T the\\ninitials of the bride s and groom s respective family\\nnames.\\nIn 1847 the estate passed into the hands of a Oapt. P.\\nWiltberger, and was by him adapted to its present use.\\nHis remains now rest within its limits.\\nTliunderbolt, a picturesque bluff, 8 miles from\\nthe city, from which a good view of the country can be\\nobtained, is a favorite resort for pleasure parties.\\n]floniiineilt\u00c2\u00a7. A monument in honor of General\\nNathaniel Greene adorns Johnson Square. One to the\\nmemory of Count Pulaski is erected on the spot where\\nhe fell in the attack on the city in 1779.\\nTh*^ Theatre is open during the winter season\\nand presents the best musical and dramatic artists of the\\ncountry in succession.\\nSavannah enjoys an enviable reputation for salubrity.\\nDuring the winter months .the hotels and private board-\\ning bouses are filled with JSTorthern visitors. The cli-\\nmate is better suited to some invalids than points further\\nSouth. Tourists bound to Florida usually sojourn a few\\ndays in Savannah to enjoy its genial weather and visit\\nits places of interest.", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "33\\nPoints of Froiinence in Florida and Sonttiern Georgia, on ttie\\nLine of tlie Atlantic and nif Railroad.\\nThis Railroad is the great connecting link between the\\nAtlantic coast railroads from the North (via Savannah)\\nand Southern Georgia and Florida. It affords a through\\nrailroad connection for passengers and freight between\\nthose flourishing sections and Baltim ore, 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 Pont and extending to Live Oak, a distance\\nof forty-eight miles, and connecting with the Jacksonville,\\nPensacola and Mobile Railroad and the other from Tkom-\\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\\nWays 15^ miles from Savannah, 220^ miles\\nfrom Bainbridge. Wood station. There are Presbyterian\\nand Baptist Churches near here. The County seat of\\nBryan County is near here. Within one mile east of\\nthis station the road crosses the Great Ogeechee River.\\nSome of the largest rice plantations in Georgia are\\nsituated on its banks. A short distance below the\\nbridge the blockade runner, Rattlesnake, previously\\nthe Nashville, was sunk by the guns of the Federal\\nfleet, then lying below Genesis Point. On this point was\\nthe Confederate battery, Fort McAllister^ which was cap-", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "H GUIDE TO FLORIDA\\ntured after a sharp fight, by Sherman s Army, on its\\nmarch to the sea.\\nFieming 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.\\nMclntosfe 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.\\nWaltliOfirville 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.\\nafotmston 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.\\nypon leaving this statipn, the road descends into the", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA,\\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.\\nI OCtortoWll 53 miles from Savannah, 183\\nmiles from Bainbridge. This station is near the site\\nof an old Indian town, whicli was the abode of a famous\\nmedicine man, whence the name of the station.\\nJesiip 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. Po pulation\\nof Jesup, 600. The new hotel the Altamaha will ac-\\ncommodate TOO guests, has been fitted up with every\\ncomfort, and is well kept. It is the eating-house for\\nboth roads. The Wayne T7-iumph (weekly) is pubHshed\\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 i^^iiUs.- The", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "36 GUIDE TO FLORIDA\\nlumber interest is annually increasing in importance, and\\nadds largely to the revenues of this road. The shipments\\nof lumber over the road have increased from 8,000,000\\nfeet in 1866, to 32,000,000 feet in 1871. Short lateral\\nbranches are being constructed into the virgin forests on\\neither side of Jhe line, and it is probable that the annual\\nshipments will continue to increase for many years to\\ncome.\\nPattersoil 77 miles from Savannah, 159 miles\\nfrom Bainbridge. There are three churches in the\\nvicinity.\\niiliaclislieai* 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 hereabouts 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 town, which was laid out in 1 872,\\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.\\nTetoeawville 97 miles from Savannah, 139\\nmiles from Bainbridge. Telegraph office. Population\\nabout 100. Situated near the head of the great Okafono-\\nkee Swamp, which abounds with game and fish, and is a\\nlamous 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,", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 37\\nHomersville 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.\\nJDu Pont 131 miles from Savannah, 105 miles\\nfrom Bainbridge. Telegraph office. Junction with\\nthe Florida branch of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad,\\n(which see, at the end of this article.) The Railroad\\nHouse accommodates travelers at $2.00 per day. In\\nthe village the Primitive Baptists have a small meeting-\\nhouse. The climate here is agreeable and the water excel-\\nlent. The country is heavily covered with yellow pine.\\nI^tocliton 139 miles from Savannah, 105 miles from\\nBainbridge. Wood station.\\nI\u00c2\u00a5aylor 144 miles from Savannah, 97 miles from\\nBainbridge. Population, about 75. There are two saw\\nmills and a wool-carding establishment near here.\\nValdosta 157 miles from Savannah, 79 miles from\\nBainbridge. Telegraph office. Population, 2000. County\\nseat of Lowndes County. The largest town on the rail-\\nroad between Savannah and Thomasville. It ships about\\n5000 bales of cotton per season, and contains several mills,\\nfive white and two negro Churches, and two good hotels,\\nStuart s Railroad Hotel and Tranquil Hall, where accom-\\nmodations may be had at ^^5.00 per week for permanent\\nguests. The South Georgia Times is published here. In\\nthe neighborhood are many natural curiosities; one\\nof the small rivers enters a cave and disappears.\\nOcean Pond and Long Pond, from three to five miles in\\nextent, afford tjie best fresh-water fishing in Georgia.\\nFrorn this station westward to Thomasville, the road", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "38 GUIDE TO FLORIDA\\npasses throdgh a region which, perhaps, offers more\\ninducements to emigration than any other part of Southern\\nGeorgia or Florida. It is a rolling country, well watered,\\nand thickly wooded with yellow pine and other timber,\\nThere are many thrifty farmers engaged in planting cotton,\\ncorn and sugar cane, and in raising stock for the Savannah\\nmarket. In summer the southerly winds are cooled in\\npassing over the Gulf of Mexico, and the nights are\\nalways pleasant. Cases of malarial disease are rare, and\\nmosquitoes are almost unknown. In short, there is no\\nother part of the Southern country possessing the same\\nadvantages of climate, soil and productions, of health,\\nproximity to schools, churches and centres of trade, where\\nland can be purchased at as small a price as in this vicin-\\nity. The Atlantic and Gulf Railroad was only extended\\nto Thomasville at the beginning of the late war, and as it\\nis not on any of the great Southern Through Lines, it has\\nin a great measure escaped the attention of persons going\\nSouth in pursuit of health or seeking a home.\\nOusley 1 66 miles from Savannah, 70 miles from\\nBainbridge. Population, 150. Travelers are accommo-\\ndated by J. A. and W. H. Ousley. In the vicinity are\\nseveral pretty lakes.\\nTwo miles west of this station the road crosses the\\nWithlacoochee River, an affluent of the Suwanee. Upon\\nits banks and near the road are two springs (one of them\\na sulphur spring), which enjoy quite a local reputation.\\nQ,llitlll\u00c2\u00a3l-fl 174 miles from Savannah, 62 miles from\\nBainbridge. Telegraph office. One of the most flourishing\\ntowns ia 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 arid wool Victory with a capital of\\n^75,000; five fhnrches, belonging to the Methodists,", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 39\\nBaptists and Presbyterians thirty business houses, mostly\\nbuilt of brick, and three educational institutions the\\nLovick Pierce College with 60 students, Quitman Academy\\nwith 100 students, and the Howard Institute (colored)\\nwith 60 students. This young town was planned and the\\nstreets blazed out of the pine forests in i860. Two weekly\\npapers, Gallaher s Independent 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.\\nUixie iSi miles from Savannah, 55 miles fro hi\\nBainbridge. Bryan s Hotel has good accommodations at\\n^1.50 per day. Near by is Dry Lake, a large and beauti-\\nful sheet of water, and a sink hole into which three rivers\\nempty and show no outlet again.\\nISostOR 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.\\n.ThOMiasville 200 miles from Savannah, -T^d miles\\nfrom Bainbridge. Telegraph office. Junction with Albany\\nbranch of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, (which see, at\\nthe end of this article.) Population, 4000. County seat\\nof Thomas County. The town is situated on the highest\\nland between Savannah and the Flint River, and is 97 feet\\nhigher than Albany. It is the centre of a thriving trade\\nand bids fair to become the most important town in\\nSouthern Georgia. Its location is dry and healthy, and", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "40 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nit is tnerefore a favorite resort for Northern invalids. The\\nstreets are broad and beautifully shaded with evergreens.\\nThe town has Episcopal, Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian\\nand Roman Catholic churches five saw mills, a foundry\\nand a tannery, and two newspapers, the Southern Enter-\\nprise zxid. 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 week. 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 12,000 bales of cotton last year.\\nCairo 214 miles from Savannah, 22 miles from Bain-\\nbridge. Population 66. Boarding houses kept by W. T.\\nRigsby, William Powell and Wily Pearce. Rates ^i.oo\\nper day.\\nWtlig liSliH 221 miles from Savannah, 15 miles from\\nBainbridge. A considerable trade done here with the\\nsurrounding country.\\nClimSIX 228 miles from Savannah, 8 miles from\\nBainbridge. Wood station. At this station the road\\ndescends westward into the valley of the Flint River.\\nBa.illbridg e 236 miles from Savannah. The\\nWestern terminus of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad.\\nTelegraph office, and the head of navigation on the\\nFlint River, which is navigable all the year. Steamboats\\nmake semi-weekly trips to Columbus, Georgia, on the\\nChattahoochee and Apalachicola, Florida, on the Gulf of\\nMexico. The population of Bainbridge is 2000. It con-\\ntains a cotton factory, two steam saw mills, and three", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 41\\nchurches. Two newspapers, the Southern Sun and the\\nArgus are printed here. The neighboring lakes abound\\nwith fresh-water fish. The Sharon House, kept by John\\nSharon, is a first-class country house. Board ;ig3.oo per\\nday, ^^15.00 per week.\\nBainbridge is the county seat of Decatur County. The\\nlocal shipments of cotton are 11,000 bales. The steamers\\nlanding here bring about 16,000 bales per annum for ship-\\nment by rail to Savannah. The town is rapidly improving.\\nIt is also the terminus of the Bainbridge, Cuthbert and\\nColumbus Railroad, (narrow gauge) now under construc-\\ntion.\\nFrom Du Pont, Georgia, to Live Oak, Florida.\\nDll Pont 131 miles from Savannah, 132 miles from\\nJacksonville. The junction of the main trunk of the\\nAtlantic and Gulf Railroad and the Florida Branch.\\nForrest 143 miles from Savannah, 121 miles from\\nJacksonville. Wood station.\\nStatcoville 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 the Hately House, by Mrs. Z. Hately.\\nCharges, I15.00 to |;2o.ooper month, ^2.00 per day.", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "42 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nSu^ranee 171 miles from Savannah, 90 miles\\nfrom Jacksonville. Wood station. About one mile from\\nhis statio 1 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, S^ miles from\\nJacksonville. Telegraph office. Junction with the Jack-\\nsonville, Pensacola and Mobile Railroad.\\n^MMsi^r \u00c2\u00aemm^\u00e2\u0082\u00acm @f rmm ^wmm;^wi\u00e2\u0082\u00ac ^^m\\nFrom Thomasville to Albany, Georgia.\\nTllomasTillc 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.\\nPelliaill 224 miles from Savannah. 36 miles from\\nAlbany.\\nCamilla 232 miles from Savannah, 28 miles from\\nAlbany. Telegraph office. Anew town, laid out in 1857,\\nand growing rapidly. Population, 500. Ships 5000 bales", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 43\\nof cotton. It is situated in the midst of a flourishing cot-\\nton region. The town contains several steam saw mills,\\ntwo corn mills, Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian\\nchurches, two good hotels and a number of boarding\\nhouses. Prices at the former, per day ^2.00 to ;^2.5o;\\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 River, and through an almost continuous\\nbelt of extensive and fertile cotton plantations.\\nBaconton 242 miles from Savannah, 18 miles from\\nAlbany.\\nHardaway 252 miles from Savannah, 8 miles from\\nAlbany.\\nAlbany Telegraph Office, 258 miles from Savannah\\nand on the Flint River. The terminus of three railroads,\\nthe Albany Branch of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, the\\nBrunswick and Albany Railroad to the Atlantic coast, and\\nthe South-western Railroad to Macon. Population, 3500.\\nCounty seat of Dougherty County. This is also a new\\nplace and has risen to the dignity of an incorporated city.\\nIt contains a number of mills and foundries, seven churches,\\ntwo newspapers, the News and Central City, and two ho-\\ntels: the Central Hotel, kept by S. Atkinson, 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": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "4V GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nFrom Quincy, via Live Oak, to Jacksonville, by the\\nJacksonville, Pensacola and Mobile Railroad,\\nThe Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mobile Railroad con-\\nnects the Apalachicola River in Western Florida with the\\nAtlantic Ocean at Jacksonville, and therefore traverses the\\nentire Northern section of the State, east of the Apalachi-\\ncola. It also connects at Live Oak with the Atlantic and\\nGulf Railroad, and all stations in Georgia at Tallahassee\\nwith St. Marks and the Gulf of Mexico, and at Baldwin\\nwith Fernandina in the North and Cedar Keys in the\\nSouth. At present the road is in running condition from\\nQuincy east to Jacksonville, a distance of 189 miles. The.\\nroad will be completed this winter to Chattahoochee, and\\nthe work of making the connection with Pensacola and\\nMobile will be pushed forward rapidly.\\nThe following are the stations on this road, going east\\nC(uilIcy 189 miles from Jacksonville. Telegraph\\noffice. Population, 800. County seat of Gadsden\\nCounty. The Wiliard House, kept by Mrs. Willard, is\\nrecommended. Board, ;^3.oopei 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": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "GUFDE TO FLORIDA 4?\\nnornia 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\u00e2\u0080\u0094 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- 12,000 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\\nbaggage, mail and express cars, containing all modern im-\\nprovements. Emigration from the North in 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": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "^6 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nral, and Tallahassee in particular, a new era of prosperity\\nseems now to be dawning.\\nITIonticello Junction 51 miles from Quincy,\\n138 miles from Jacksonville. Connection is had here with\\nthe town of Monticello, county seat of Jefferson County,\\nwhich is the terminus of a branch road, four and a quarter\\nmiles distant. The population of Monticello is about 2000.\\nTelegraph office. The Monticello Advertiser is published\\nhere, and there are Episcopalian, Methodist, Baptist and\\nPresbyterian churches. The principal hotel is the Monti-\\ncello, with good accommodations, and kept by Mrs. M.\\nA. Madden. Board and lodging may be had for $25.00\\nper month. Lake Miccosukie is in this vicinity. Its\\nbanks are famous in the ancient history of Florida, as the\\ncamping ground of De Soto and in modern history, as\\nthe field of a sanguinary battle between General Jackson\\nand the Miccosukie tribe of Indians.\\nMonticello is twenty miles distant from Dixie, on the\\nAtlantic and Gulf Railroad.\\nAlicilla 58 miles from Quincy and 131 miles from\\nJacksonville.\\nQoodman\u00e2\u0080\u0094 65 miles from Quincy and 124 miles\\nfrom Jacksonville. These two stations are shipping points\\nfor a fine planting country.\\njfladii^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": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 47\\nIillaville 94 miles from Quincy and 95 miles from\\nJacksonville. An extensive lumbering place situated on\\nthe Suwanee River, which empties into the Gulf of Mex-\\nico. Population, about 500. There are large saw mills at\\nthis place, whose cutting capacity is fifty thousand feet\\ndaily, also planing and grist mills. A boarding house in\\nthe village is kept by Mrs. Drew. The church is used by\\nall denominations.\\nI^ive 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. Countyseatof Suwanee County. Popula-\\ntion, 800. The village contains a saw mill, a planing mill,\\na manufactory and a church, which is used alternately by\\nthe Episcopalians, Baptists, Methodists and Presbyterians.\\nThe Live Oak Herald published here. Conner s Hotel\\naffords good accommodations. Fare, $3.00 per diem.\\nThere is a private boarding house kept by Mrs. McLarran.\\nNear the village are many waterfalls, some of them very\\npretty. The site of Live Oak was once an Indian camping\\nground. .The Live Oak Times is published here.\\nlil^ellboiril 119 miles from Quincy and 71 miles\\nfrom Jacksonville. Passengers going to White Sulphur\\nSprings stop here. Population, 350. Wellborn is situated\\non the highest point above the level of the Gulf, on this\\nrailroad. It is in a healthy country and a resort for inva-\\nlids. The celebrated White Sulphur Springs on the\\nSuwanee River, are eight miles distant. They are much\\nused by sufferers from dyspepsia and rheumatism. Lake\\nWellborn and several other inland sheets of water, are in\\nthis neighborhood, and are well stocked with fish. The\\nvillage contains two churches, one used by the Baptists,\\nand the other by the Methodists and Presbyterians. Trav-\\nelers and invalids are accommodated at the houses of H.", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "48 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nD. Kigsbee, S. L. Williams and others. Rates, ^1.50\\ndaily, ^7.00 to ^8.00 weekly, ^20.00 to ^30.00 monthly.\\nl^ake 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 h:.If a mile from Lake\\nCity, of trenches built by De Soto in his conflicts with the\\nIndians over three hundred years ago. The city has three\\nhotels, the Cathey House by J. W. Cathey, Hancock\\nHouse by Mrs. Ashurst, and Thrasher House by T. B.\\nThrasher, each containing from 25 to 30 rooms.\\n^Olustee 142 miles from Quincy and 47 miles from\\nJacksonville. Olustee is the site of the most important\\nbattle fought in Florida during the late civil war. Major\\nGeneral Trueman Seymour, with a large body of United\\nStates troops, in February, 1864, marched from Jackson-\\nville, westward, and at this place encountered the Confed-\\nerate army under Brigadier-General Joseph Finegan. A\\ndesperate battle ensued, which lasted all day, and was", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 49\\ncharacterized by great bravery on both sides. General\\nSeymour was beaten, and retreated from the fieldj aban-\\ndoning his dead and wounded to the enemy. His loss\\nwas 1 200, including Colonel P ibley, of the negro troopsj\\nkilled. Finegans s loss was 250. The Confederate cavalry\\npursued General Seymour as far as Baldwin, picking up\\nmany prisoners.\\niSandersoII 152 miles from Quincy and 37 miles\\nfrom Jacksonville. Telegraph Office. County seat of\\nBaker County.\\nBaldwin 170 miles from Quincy and 19 miles\\nfrom Jacksonville. Telegraph Office. Junction with the\\nFlorida Railroad, connecting with Fernandina and the\\nAtlantic Ocean on the north, and Cedar Keys and the\\nGulf of Mexico, on the south. (See article on the Florida\\nRailroad.) The telegraph line to Cuba branches off at\\nthis station.\\nWhite House 178 miles from Quincy and 11\\nmiles from Jacksonville.\\nJacksoiITille 189 miles from Quincy. Termi-\\nnus of the Ji 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. ITIarks\u00e2\u0080\u0094 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 H*vana. (See advertisement.)", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "so GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nFrom Fernandina, via Baldwin, to Cedar Keys,\\nBY THE Atlantic, Gule and West India\\nTransit Co*s Railroad.\\nThe Florida Railroad stretches across the State, from\\nthe city of Fernandina in the extreme north-east, to Cedar\\nKeys on the Gulf of Mexico, 154 miles south-west; thus\\nconnecting the waters of the Gulf and the Atlantic with\\nan iron link. The road is well built and comfortable, and\\npasses through some of the most picturesque parts of\\nFlorida. Through trains leaving daily from either termi-\\nnus make the passage in twe\\nThe following are the stations on this route\\nFernandina Telegraph Office. An old but\\nthriving city situated on the inner or western shore of\\nAmelia Island, and at the mouth of the Amelia River,\\nwhich divides it from the main land, and forms, with Cum-\\nberland Sound, one of the best and safest seaports on the\\nAtlantic coast, south of the Virginia capes. The city was\\nbuilt by the Spaniards. For many years it languished,\\nbut the completion of the railroad connection with the\\nGulf of Mexico gave it a new start, and it is now one of\\nthe most promising cities in the South. The population is\\nabout 2500. The harbor of Fernandina is so capacious,\\nthat, during the war of 181 2, when the town was Spanish\\nand neutral, more than three hundred square-rigged\\nessels 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": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 51\\nThe lumber interest in this city is very considerable and\\nis increasing. There are four large saw mills in operation,\\nand others are contemplated. English capital has lately\\nstarted a large cotton-ginning establishment, and 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, two Baptist and one Roman\\nCatholic. It is the seat of the Episcopal Bishoprick of\\nFlorida. A large and flourishing academy for young\\nladies is under the charge of the Bishop. There is one\\nnewspaper published in the city, entitled the Fernandina\\nObserver. A good first-class hotel is greatly needed in^\\nFernandina, and any capitalist would find the establishment\\nof such a house abundantly remunerative. At present the\\nrates charged per day are from $2.00 to $3.50, but there\\nare numerous boarding houses where liberal terras 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 j;\\nand a new railroad is contemplated from Fernandina tO)\\nJacksonville, which will lessen the traveling distance be-\\ntween that place and Savannah. Besides its pleasant\\nclimate, Fernandina has, in its neighborhood, some places\\nof historical interest and natural beauty, which make it", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "52 GUIDE TO FLORIDA\\nattractive to visitors. The magnificent sea beach affords\\nat low v/ater 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\\nHenry Lee, of Virginia, the famous Light Horse Harry\\nof the Revolution. He died at this place in March, 1818,\\naged 6t, 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\u00e2\u0080\u0094 12 miles from Fernandina, 143\\njiiles from Cedar Keys. Wood station.\\nCallahan 27 miles from Fernandina, 127 miles from\\nCedar Keys. Junction point of the Great Southern R. R.\\nfrom Jesup to Jacksonville, now 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.\\nBaldirin Telegraph Office. 47 miles from Fer-\\nnandina, 107 miles from Cedar Keys. The junction with", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nthe Jacksonville, Pensacola and Florida Railroad. The\\nCity of Jacksonville is only 20 miles distant. Population\\nof this settlement, about 150. It contains two hotels, the\\nBaldwin House and the Florida House, which have\\naccommodations for 100 guests.\\nTrail Ridg-e 62 miles from Fernandina, 92 miles\\nfrom Cedar Keys.\\nStarke\u00e2\u0080\u0094 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 ;^i.5o per day or ^25 per month.\\nThere are a number of lakes from two and a-half to ten\\nmiles distant, some of them large with very clear water.\\nGame is scarce, but fresh water fish abound in the lakes.\\nThis part of Florida is principally inhabited by small far-\\nmers, who cultivate the sea island cotton, corn, sugar cane,\\nsweet oranges, peaches and a variety of garden pro-\\nductions.\\nWaldo 84 miles from Fernandina and 70 miles from\\nCedar Keys. Junction of the railroad now being con-\\nstructed to Tampa Bay. Population, about 125. Has\\ntwo Baptist and one Methodist churches. No hotel, but\\nboard can be obtained in private families, at from ;^i5,oo\\nto ;^2o.oo 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\\ndisappeiirs several miles from the village, and flows under\\nground, thus forining a natural bridge. The lakes and", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "54 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\ncreeks here about are filled -with trout and perch, and the\\nwoods with deer, ducks, quails, etc. This neighborhood\\nis remarkable for its healthfulness. The only local dis-\\nease is the malarial fever, which prevails during the later\\nmonths of summer, but which is in a mild form and easily\\ncontrolled by remedies. The climate is peculiarly adapted\\nto sufferers from diseases of the lungs, the air being, dry\\nand pleasant.\\nGainesville 96 miles from Fernandina, 55 miles\\nfrom Cedar Keys. Telegraph Office. The largest and\\nmost im-portant station on the Florida Railroad, and a\\nfavorite resort for invalids. County seat of Alachua\\nCounty. Population, 1500. The town contains Presbyte-\\njrian, Baptist, Methodist and Episcopalian churches, three\\niflourishing academies, two newspapers, the Independent,\\nirepublican, and the New Era, conservative, and three\\nihotels 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;^3o.oo per month. There are tAvo livery stables, affording\\n.ample means for conveyance into the interior and to the\\nnatural curiosities with which the vicinity abounds. The\\nAlachua, a body of water, termed in Florida, a sink,\\nis the recipient of several streams, with a subterranean\\npassage to the ocean. It is filled with alligators and all\\nkinds of fish, and the surrounding scenery is very charm-\\ning and romantic. In Alachua County there is a large\\nand, beautiful prairie, twenty miles long and five miles\\nwide. The county is the largest in the State, with a pop-\\nulation of 20,000. There are twenty-eight public schools.\\nA tri-weekly mail line starts from Gainesville for Tampa\\non the Gulf. Passengers are taken. There is plenty of\\ngame in the woods. Oranges, lemons, limes, grapes^", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA 55\\nbananas, and peaches thrive here. Peach trees sometimes\\nbear at the age of fifteen months, a thing unknown in any\\nother section of the Union. Garden truck is raised in\\nabundance for the Northern markets. Immigrants are\\nwelcomed. Land from 75 cents to ^50.00 per acre. New-\\nmansville and Micanopy are important towns in the county,\\nWhich have stage connections with Gainesville.\\nArcher 113 miles from Fernandina, and 41 miles\\nfrom Cedar Keys. The Suwanee River is distant about\\n25 miles. Population, 200. No hotels, but travelers are\\naccommodated at the houses of Joseph S. McDonell and\\nMrs. Young. There are three Methodist and one Baptist\\nchurches. Hereabouts are magnificent pine forests and\\nbeautiful prairie views.\\nBrORSOn 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 ;^i.oo per day. Twelve miles from the village is an\\ninexhaustible bed of iron ore, which has not yet been\\nworked. The railroad here passes through some of the\\nfinest land in the State, the Gulf hummock, adapted for\\nthe culture of sugar cane, cotton, corn, c. In the\\nneighboring creeks, besides many varieties of fish, 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 mil^s from Fernandina, 126 miles\\nfrom Jacksonville. The Gulf of Mexico terminus of the", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "56 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.\\njThe New Orleans, Florida and Havana Steamship Com-\\npany dispatch one of the steamers of their line every\\nvSaturday 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 itii\\nsource in the springs and swamps of the southern extremity\\nof the peninsula, and flowing northward, for a distance of\\nfour hundred miles, turns abruptly eastward in the neigh\\nborhood of Jacksonville, and empties into the Atlantic\\nOcean. Its whole course lies through an extremely level\\nregion. For one hundred and fifty miles it has an average\\nwidth of more than one and a-half miles, and is said to\\ncarry a volume of water much larger than does the Rio\\nGrande, which is one thousand miles long. In some\\nplaces it expands to a width of six miles, nor does it con-\\ntract at any point to less than a mile, below Lake George.\\nMany of the tributaries of the St. Johns are navigabU\\nto quite a distance by steaniboats, and it is believed that", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 57\\nthis river and its navigable branches give one thousana 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. he means of access\\nare easy and comfortable. Large steamers ascend as far\\nas Palatka, from which smaller steamers continue the tour-\\nist s journey on the St. Johns to Lake Monroe, and on the\\nOclawaha River to Silver Springs, and the interior lake\\ncountry.\\nThere are two dnily Ymes from Jacksonville to Palatka\\nHampton an^l Sappho, leaving t 9.00 A.M. In addition,\\nBrocks Ooxetler s daily line to Enterprise and inter-\\nmediate landings, leaving at 11.00 A. M., as follows\\nStarlight, Mondays and Thursdays; Hattie, Tuesdays\\nand Fridays; D vid Clark, Wednesdays and Saturdays.\\nSteamer Geo. M. Bird, on arrival of A. M. trains, every\\nWednesday and Saturday from Enterprise and Elver\\nlandings. Steamer Hattie Barker leaves 9.30 A. M.\\nTuesdays and Fridays, ior Melvonville and intermediate\\nlandings. Oanie leaves Thursdays, for Enterprise and\\nintermediate landings.\\nPioneer Line, Steamers Volusia and Daylight. Vol-\\nusia leaves every Saturday at 11.00 A. M., and Daylight\\nevery Tuesday at 11.00 A. M., for Enterprise, Lake\\nJesup and Lake Harney, connecting there with Hacks,\\nc. to Indian Elver. The Lollie Boy, Tuskawilla, Oka-\\nhumkee and other Steamers are also engaged in trans-\\nporting passengers and freight to points on the St, John *s\\nf^lid Ocklawh^ HiyeTs,", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "S8 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nGeneral Sketcll. 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,\\ncwo Episcopalian, two Presbyterian, one Roman Catholic\\nind 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 chaige 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\\n1^,000, and while then there were but five brick buildings\\nin the place there are now to be seen long rows of stores,\\nrivaUng thosi. of the Metropohs 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.\\nTopograply and Siitinrtos. The rapid growth\\nof Jacksonville har caused it to extend along the bank of\\nthe St. Johns RivCx for more than four miles, calling into\\nexistence East Jacksonville, Oakland, Wyoming, pn the\\n\u00c2\u00a7ast, and La Axilla, Brooklyn ^nd Riy^rsi^^ on th^ Wfst,", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 59\\nSpringfield, a locality in the North of Jacksonville, of\\nmore recent growth, is expected to be in time the centre\\nof the growth of fashionable residences of JSTorthern so-\\njourners. The land here slopes from a considerable\\nheight southward to Hogan s Creek, the city limit, and\\ncommands a fine view of the St. John s River and sur-\\nrounding country. The villages of Riverside, Reed s\\nLanding, South Shore and Alexandria are reached by\\nferryboat. Land at either of the points mentioned can\\nbe advantageously purchased, and tlie attention of\\nNorthern capitalists has of late years been largely di-\\nrected to its value as an investment.\\nStreets The principal business thoroughfare is\\nBay Street, and from this, at right angles, branch off the\\nother Streets of Jacksonville. Bay Street, for a distance\\nof three-quarters of a mile, is built up on both sides with\\nsolid brick business houses, and is a leading feature of\\ninterest to visitors.\\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 all the comforts and conve-\\nniences of life. Prominent among the hotels may be\\nmentioned the St. James (J. R. Campbell, Manager),\\nGrand National Hotel (Geo. McGinly, Proprietor), Carle-\\nton House (Stimpson, Devernel Davis, Proprietors),\\nWindsor Hotel, Metropolitan, Moncrief and St. John s\\nare also commodious and well kept houses.\\nEducational Estafclishments\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Both the Pro-\\ntestant and Iloman Catholic portions of the community", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "6o 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 industries. 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 with\\nNew York is seriously contemplated for the coming season,", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 6i\\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 eliminates a valuable wax, and an essential oil\\nwhich commands a high price.\\nTlie Fire Department of Jacksonville is, in its\\napparatus SLud J ersonel, 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\\n]iead, for the purpose of improving the grounds about the\\nsprings, and rendering them a pleasant resort for Jack-\\nsonvi le 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 arid about the city.\\nAt B n Greenleafs Museum of Florida Curiosities,\\nlilso on Bay street, they may pass, too, an instructive and en-", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "-62 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\ntertaining visit in inspecting his valuable collection of lifv-\\ning reptiles, birds and wild animals. This museum, where\\ncrowds daily assemble, is among the fashionable re-sorts of\\nthe city during the winter season.\\nDaily Line Between Jacksoiirille and Palatka.\\nThe Old Dominion Steamship Company s New and\\nElegant Saloon Steamer Hamptoi^, Capt. A. W. Starke,\\nPurser, James M. G-allagher, will leate Clark s Wharf,\\nJacksonville, daily, 9.00 A. M. (Sundays excepted) for\\nPalatka, touching both ways at Green Cove Springs and.\\nTocoi, connecting at the latter place with trains to and\\nfrom St. Augustine, and at Palatka with the U. S. Mail\\nSteamer Pastime, tri weekly, for Entetprise and in-\\ntermediate landings on the upper St. John s.\\nJOHN GLARE, Agent, Jacksonville, Fla\\nThe St. Johns River Continued.\\nmulfocrry Orove The first landing-place after\\nleaving Jacksonville, 12 miles distant, on the west bank.\\nA beautiful grove.\\njncHldarin 15 miles from Jacksonville, on the\\nx:3st 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": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 63\\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.\\nHlbernia 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 first to fill up.\\ni^lag^nolia. 28 miles from Jacksonville, 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 by is Magnolia Point,\\no:ie of the highest points of land extending into the river\\nbetween Jacksonville and Piilatka. 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.\\nCrrecn Cove l^pring^S 30 n^-iles from Jacksonville,\\non the west bank one of the most popular resorts on the river.\\nThe Union House will accommodate comfortably about fii:y\\nguests. There are other hotels and several good boarding houses.\\nRates at the hotels, ^3.00 per day; at the boarding houses,\\nper week, ^10 to ^15. One of the attractions at this place\\nis the Spring, which is held in high esteem for its health-\\ngiving qualities. The water has a temperature of about 75\\ndegrees is as clear as crystal and has a slight sulphurous\\ntaste, not unpleasant. Facilities are afforded to both sexes\\nfor bathing at the Spring. Green Cove promises to be-\\ncome in time a flourishing and populous village.\\nIlog^arth^S Wharf\u00e2\u0080\u0094 35 miles from Jacksonville,\\nQii the east bank a post-office and wood landing.", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "64 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nPlCOlata. 45 miles from Jacksonville, on the east\\nbank. This small settlement is the site of an ancient\\nSpanish city, of which scarce one vestige remains. Two\\ncenturies ago, it was the main depot of supply for the\\nSpanish plantations of the up country, and through it,were\\nshipped to St. Augustine and abroad, such products as the\\nsettlers raised. The Franciscan monks erected a splendid\\n\u00c2\u00a3hurch here and some religious houses for their order.\\nOpposite Picolata, on the we; tern bank, are the remains of\\na great eartliwork 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. There 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.\\nPalatLa 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-\\nwaha 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 paper, 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": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 65\\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.\\nWelaka 100 miles from Jacksonville and 20 miles\\nfrom Palatka, on the east bank, is the site first, of an old\\nTndian 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.\\nliake \u00e2\u0082\u00acreor^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 ihusi-\\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 bg\\nseen. The latter can be bought of the negroes.", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "66 GUIDE TO FLORIDA,\\nVolusia\u00e2\u0080\u0094 5 J miles from Lake George, and 65 miles\\nfrom Palatka, on the east bank; a wood station, with a\\nconsiderable settlement back from the river. This is the\\nsite of another ancient Spanish city, wiped out by the\\nwars of the past, so that not a trace remains, It was the\\nprincipal point on the line of travel between St. Augus-\\ntine and the Musquito Inlet country. The modern village\\nwas settled in 181 8. During the Seminole war a fort was\\nbuilt here, and from this post General Eustis, in command\\nof the left wing of the army, composed mostly of regu-\\nlars and drafted three months men from South Carolina\\nand Georgia, set out to cross the country to the Withla-\\ncoochee, to join General Scott. After a brief and fruit-\\nless campaign of three months, General Scott and his\\narmy recrossed the river at Volusia on their way to St. Au-\\ngustine.\\nMeans can be had at Volusia to get to New Smyrna and\\nIndian River on the coast; a famous country for the\\nhunter. New Smyrna is celebrated as the spot settled by\\nDr. Turnbull and his colony of 1500 Minorcans, in the\\nyear 1767. Turnbull s wife being a native of Smyrna, in\\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 his name into the Hillsboro*\\nRiver at New Smyrna.\\nOrailg^e Crrove\u00e2\u0080\u0094 10 miles from Lake George.\\nWood landing.\\nHaii kinsTille^2o miles from Lake George. Wood\\nlanding.", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": ",GU1DE TO FLORIDA. 67\\nBlue Spring 33 miles from Lake George. Wood\\nlanding. Near here is one of the largest springs in the\\nState. The water boils up from a bottom eighty feet wide,\\nand forms a considerable river. The spring is several hun-\\ndred yards from the St. Johns, but the stream flowing from\\nthe spring is large enough, at its confluence at the river,\\nfor the steamers to float in it. It is a most interesting\\nsight to look over the side of the steamer, into the crystal-\\nclear water, and observe the every-day life of the shoals of\\nfish below, as they flit here and there, seeking a living,\\nmaking love to and war on each other, quite unconscious of\\nthe lookers-on in the element over their heads.\\nJflellOllTille 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\u00c2\u00a3llterprise 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 pf entertaining on^", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "68 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 ;^2o 00 per week,\\naccording to rooms. The Green Spring, at Old Enter-\\nprise, about a mile from the Brock House, is worth a\\nvisit, as well as the orange groves in the vicinity. The\\nSpring is of a delicate green color, and at times transparent.\\nIt 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 with Indian River, Sand Point, Mosquito Inlet,\\nIndian River Inlet, Susannah, Jupiter Inlet, and the capes,", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nand opens up the entire south-east coast of Florida to the\\nextremity of the Peninsula. To the tourist in search of\\nadventure, this section of the State presents a magnificent\\nfield. The Indian River is 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. Augustine in forty minutes. The distance\\nbetween Tocoi and St. Augustine is fifteen miles. Through\\nfare from Jacksonville, via 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. The town was\\nfounded by Menendez, the Spanish Governor of Florida,\\nin 1565, which was forty-three years before the settlement\\nof Jamestown, in Virginia, and fifty-five years before the\\nlanding of the Pilgrims on Plymouth Rock. St. Augus-\\ntine has had an eventful history. First, it was laid waste\\nby the French, under De Gourgues in 1580, it was\\nattacked and plundered by the English, under Sir Francfe", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "7^ GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nDrake. In 1611, it was pillaged by the Indians. In 1665,\\nthe English buccaneer, Davis, sacked it, after the inhabi-\\ntants had taken refuge in the fort* In 1702, Governor\\nMoore, of the English Colony of South Carolina, invaded\\nFlorida, and attacked the city, but was baffled by the fort.\\nIn 1 71 2, the inhabitants suffered from a famine in conse-\\nquence of the non-arrival of supply ships from Spain. In\\n1725, the Georgians, under Colonel Palmer, were beaten\\noff. J 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\\ntimes.\\nHotels St, Augustine, like Jacksonville, is provided\\nwith the very best of hotel accommodations, affording the\\nNorthern visitor all the comforts and luxuries which modern\\ncivilization can furnish. The St. Augustine Hotel (E. E.\\nVaill, Proprietor), fronting upon the bay and overlooking\\nthe ocean, seats 300 guests, and has been entirely refitted\\nand refurnished thoughout. The Magnolia House (W. W.\\nF aimer, Proprietor,) is also a first-class establishment, de-\\nservedly popular with winter tourists to St. Augustiae.\\nOld Town Wall\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Built by the Spaniards two\\ncenturies ago. It protected the town on its northern side,\\nand extended across the peninsula from shore to shore.\\nThe gateway of the old wall still stands, and is a pictur-", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "GUIDE to FLORIDA.\\n71\\nesque and imposing ruin, with ornamented lofty towers\\nand loop-holed sentry-boxes. The ditch is clearly\\nmarked.\\nFort mar ion 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\\naarperBro.. Iiiteiior 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": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "72 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 ChurcheiS. The Episcopalians have a neat\\nchapel on the Plaza. There are also Methodist, Baptist\\nand Presbyterian churches 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-office, 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": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "GUlDt TO FLORIDA. 73\\nConvents. There are three, the old Spanisn con-\\nvent of St. Mary s, the one in 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.\\nCemeteries. The old Huguenot burying-ground is\\na place of much interest. In the military burying-ground,\\nunder three pyramids of Coquina, stuccoed and whitened,\\nare the ashes of Major Dade and 107 men of his command,\\nwho were massacred by Osceohi and his band.\\n^ea-WaSI. 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 lantern. A new light-house, x6o feet high, has\\nalso been erected here by the Government.\\nThe Hay and Anastasia Island. Boating\\non the bay is a favorite amusement on moonlight nights.\\nThe sail by day across the bay to Anastasia Island is\\ncharming. Beautiful shells of all descriptions may be\\ngathered on the beach, and sea-mosses and lichens may be\\ncollected for albums.\\nstreets. They are nearly all quite narrow; one,\\nwhich is nearly a mile long, being but fifteen feet wide.\\nMany of the houses, with high roof and dormer windows,\\nhave hanging balconies along their second stories, which\\nseem almost to touch each other across the narrow street.\\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": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "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 the 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.\\nApala\u00e2\u0082\u00acllicola. 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 E^ivers, which empty into the Apalachi-\\ncola River, and thus into Apalachicola Bay. The Chatta-\\nhoochee is navigable as far up as Columbus, Georgia a\\ndistance of 367 miles. The building of numerous rail-\\nroads in lower Georgia and Alabama, which tapped the\\nriver line, diverted trade from this old city to Mobile and\\nSavannah. The population has decreased, but it still can\\nboast about 1000 inhabitants. Owing to its fine site there\\nis no reason why, with capital and energy, its former pros-\\nperity should not be revived.\\nMarian na. County seat of Jackson County. This\\ntown is situated on the Chipola River, an affluent of the\\nApalachicola, and navigable at certain seasons by small\\ncraft to Marianna. The business of this town is ordina-\\nrily done through Bellevue and Neal s Landing, about 18\\nmiles distant, on the Chattahoochee,", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA 75\\nThe extension of the Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mobile\\nRailroad will pass through Marianna, and must very rnucli\\nincrease its prosperity, already ensured by the fertility of\\nthe adjacent country.\\nPensacola The principal city of Western Florida.\\nPopulation, 2,000. It is situated on Pensacola Bay, and\\nis enjoying a lucrative and growing trade. At the entrance\\nof the bay lies Santa Rosa Island, upon which is built Fort\\nPickens, the scene of one of the most famous sieges of the\\nearlier years of the late war between the States. The city\\nwas laid out by the English in 1 763. 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 PensacoUi\\nand Louisville Railroad connects at Pollard with the\\nMobile and Montgomery Railroad.\\n-The following observations upon the future of Pensacola\\nare taken from a pamphlet issued by the New City Com-\\npany\\nThe City of Pensacola has natural advantages which\\ndestine it to become, by rapid strides, the Chicago of the\\nSouth. It is situated on the north coast of the Gulf of\\nMexico, in latitude 30 deg. 28 m. north, and longitude 87\\ndeg. 22 m. west of Greenwich, only ten miles from the\\nopen sea. Its thoroughly land-locked harbor covers an\\narea of over two hundred square miles, being about thirty\\nmiles long, and from five to eight miles in width, having\\nunsurpassed anchorage, and. a depth of from thirty to thir-\\nty-five feet. The entrance to the harbor is about half a\\nmile wide, with an average depth on the bar of twenty-four\\nfeet. The same depth is readily secured at the wharfage\\nline of the city. A laden ship of largest tonnage can ap-\\nproach the city at any time in the year, or leaving its\\nwharves can be in the open sea in an hour-and-a-half.", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "76 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\n**The rapid development of the iron mines of Ala^\\nbama, whose natural outlet to the markets of the world is\\nthe port of Pensacola, will not only contribute a consid-\\nerable quota to the commerce of this port, but will, in\\nconnection with the Florida forests, furnish superior mate-\\nrial for ship-building, which, at no distant day, must rival\\nin extent the similar industry of northern ports the prox-\\nimity and cheapness of all material required giving build-\\ners in this locality peculiar advantages.\\nSouthern or Tropical Florida is, properly speaking, that\\npart of the State lying south of latitude 28 deg. north. It\\ncomprises an area of 20,000 square miles, and has a pop-\\nulation of about 9,000 inhabitants. About half of this\\npopulation reside on the Island of Key West and the\\nneighboring Keys and islands extending into the Gulf of\\nMexico, and are engaged m the business of wrecking and\\nfishing. The raising of cattle upon the main-land is the\\nall-absorbing business of the mhabitants, who reside from\\n30 to 40 miles apart, and allow the cattle to graze on the\\npublic domain. The herds are immense in Manatee\\nCounty alone, there are 100,000 head of cattle.\\nThe main-land is level and divided into hummocks, pine\\nopenings and prairies. The hummocks are very rich, and\\nare covered over with a dense growth of timber; consist-\\ning of live oak, water oaks, magnolia, bay, etc. The soil\\nis sandy. The pine openings are covered with scattering\\npines and a grass which affords fine pasturage. The prairie\\nlands occupy the interior portion of the State, bordering\\nupon the Kissimee River, the head waters of the St. Johns.\\nand the upper Caloosahatchee, They are dotted over with", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA 77\\nsmall cluiiTips 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 i animier-\\nable herds of deer and cattle. There are also numerous\\nsmall lakes of pure water, iiUed with fish, some of which\\nare only a few rods m extent, while others are from two to\\nten miles in length. These prairies are the paradise of\\nthe herdsmen and the hunters.\\nThis section of Florida is capa,ble of producing all the\\ndifferent products of the West Indies. There is a constant\\nsea-breeze off the Gulf Stream, commencing about eight\\no clock, A. M., and lasting until nearly sundown. The\\nclimate is very exhilarating. The thermometer averages,\\nthe year round, 73 deg. and the extremes are 57 deg. and\\n92 deg.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2A 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.\\nTlie following are some of the most notable places in\\nSouthern Florida:\\nTampa Bay\u00e2\u0080\u0094 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": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORiDA\\nbands of soldiers in red uniforms. The village of Tampa\\nhas regular mail communication with Gainesville, and i\\npassengers avail themselves of the mail wagon for transit.\\nA railroad is projected to Waldo, on the Cedar Keys and\\nFernandina Railroad when it is completed, Tampa will\\nbecome one of the most important ports on the Gulf.\\nCharlotte Martoor^ 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.\\nAlpali^kee JSliramp, upon the head waters of\\nthe St. Lucie River, is the only swamp of any magnitude\\nin Tropical Florida.\\nIndian S-iver 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.\\nliake Okee-eho-liee A large, wild, solitary lake,\\nnear the everglades. Its length is twenty miles.\\nThe Everg^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": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 79\\nmorning-glories, grapes and other vines, and are extremely\\nfertile^ The water is from four inches to four feet deep,\\nand is very clear and pure. In many places are channels\\nand sinks where the water is from ten to fifty feet deep\\nthese holes are well supplied with fish, of which the trout\\nis the most desirable. Alligators and turtle are abundant,\\nand panthers, wild-cats, and bears are quite numerous.\\nFlowers of the sweetest fragance, and of every hue and\\ncolor, greet the eye. The border and outer margin of the\\nEverglades is prairie, of from one -fourth to one mile in\\nbreadth, and comprises some of the finest and richest land\\nin America, having once been a portion of the Everglades,\\nand formed by the receding of the waters. During the\\nIndian war the Everglades were the last retreat of the Semi-\\nnoles, and it was with the utmost difficulty that the gov-\\nernment dislodged them, so well adapted were the almost\\nhidden islands for defence and concealment.\\nBiscayne Bay At the end of the peninsula, and\\nemptying into Barnes Sound and Florida Bay, is an ex-\\ncellent harbor for all vessels drawing less than ten feet of\\nwater. It can be entered at all times. Great quantities of\\nturtle and sponges of the finest variety are secured here.\\nThe sponges and turtle taken from these waters are valued\\nat ^100,000 per annum. Lieutenant Governor Gleason\\nsays of the Biscayne Bay country The pure water, the\\nchalybeate and other mineral springs, the magnificent\\nbeauty of its scenery, the salubrity and equability of its\\nclimate, must make Biscayne Bay, at no distant day, the\\nresort of the invalid, the tourist, and the lover of adven-\\nture.\\nThe Keys. These are a series of islands, extending\\nalong the south coast, from Cape Florida to the Dry Tor-\\ntugas, lying between the main-land and the Florida Reefs,\\nand within three to five miles of the Gulf Stream. They", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "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 West (The city and port of.) Telegraph\\nOffice. Is situated on the island of the same name, which\\nis seven miles long and one-and-a-half wide. It is eleven\\nfeet above the sea level. The population of the city is\\nabout 3,000 It has a large trade in sponges, turtles and\\nfruits, and is a place of some manufacturing importance.\\nThere are twelve or fifteen cigar factories, making in the\\naggregate thirty to thirty-five thousand of the best Havana\\ncigars per diem. There is also a manufactory in successful\\noperation, for canning the pineapple the only one in the\\nUnited States. From five to eight thousand cans are put\\nup daily. Key West has five churches and the usual pub-\\nlic buildings. The United States Admiralty Court sits\\nhere. Two newspapers are published, the Dispatch, dem-\\nocratic, and the Guardian, republican. There are a few\\nlakes on the island, and several beautiful drives. The\\nland is covered in mid-winter with the greenest of foliage,\\nand tropical flowers grow in profusion. The climate\\nhereabouts is mild and agreeable, the thermometer ranging\\nfrom 79 to ^d 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": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "(5UIDE TO FLORIDA. 81\\nhotels in Rev West are the Russell House and the Leland\\nHotel, recently erected by a stock company. Board can be\\nobtained in numerous private families at reasonable rates.\\nTil\u00c2\u00a9 Ury ToS isig as islands, at the extreme end of\\nthe Florida Keys, and extending some distance into the\\nGulf of Mexico. They were used as a penal place for\\nConfederate prisoners during the late war, and several of\\nthe Lincoln conspirators were confined there. They are\\nforlorn, barren rocks, defended by fortifications, and\\nornamented with a light house.\\nJohn s Eiver iDjIDayliglit.\\nThe OliD E OMIMIOi^ Steamship Company s New and\\nElegant Saloon Steamer,\\n9\\nLeaves Clarli s Wliarf, Jacksonville, at 9:00 a. m. daily,\\n(except Sunday), for\\nPALATKA AND RETURN.\\nTOUCHING BOTH WAYS AT\\nGrssn Cove Springs and Tocoi,\\nConnecting at Tocoi with Trains to and from St. Augustine,\\nConnection made on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday with\\nU. S. Mail Steamer\\n9\\nLeaving Palatka on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings\\nfor Enterprise and intermediate Landings off the Upper St. Johns\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Thus making the entire trip on the river by daylight.\\nThrough Tickets at Usual Kates (including meals on steamers\\nand Hotel Coupons\u00e2\u0080\u0094 acceptable for the night s Board and lodg-\\ning at any hotel in Palatka), sold on board.\\nAlso connecting with steamer EUPHEMIA, at Palatka, every\\nday (Sunday excepted) for Crescent City and the Halifax Kiver.\\nJOHN CLARK, Agent,\\nA. J. HEIDRICK, Agent, Palatka.\\nW. H. STANFORD, Secretary.\\nQ-reenwich and Fulton, Streets, New York.", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "82 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nFrom Bachelder^s Popular Resorts and How to Reach\\nThem. {Ill)\\nFOETRESS MOKROE, HAMPTON EOADS AND VICINITY.\\nFortress Monroe and its immediate surroundings,\\nto Americans certainly, and to a large number of Euro-\\npeans, have now become classic. It was here the Army\\nof the Potomac first landed in Virginia on its me-\\nmorable march up the Peninsula, undergoing all the\\ntrials and sufferings of a protracted and bloody war. It\\nwas here that four years later this same army embarked\\nfor the homes they so longed to reach, with peace again\\nruling o er the nation. Here, too, under the eyes of\\nthousands of anxious watchers, the great battle of the\\nMerrimac and Monitor was fought. Many residents\\nat ^Old Point Comfort give vivid descriptions of every\\nevent in that mighty conflict, and mark the steps of its\\nprogress to the listener with vivid scenes of it before\\nhim. The Fortress itself, the largest in the United States,\\nis a grand feature in the attractiveness of the locality\\nand contains within it many objects of the greatest in-\\nterest to the visitor. Its extensive and beautiful parade\\nground, shaded with live-oaks its slopes are coated with\\ngreen from March until November, and its garrison\\nmakes it very popular. The famed Artillery School\\nwith the music of an excellent band at morning guard\\nmount and the evening dress parade, give to the visitor\\npleasure to be found at very few resorts in the country.\\nThere is within the fortress, also, a Museum containing\\nobjects of great interest to the civilian as well as to the\\nsoldier, and many hours may be pleasantly and profitably\\npassed by the visitor in looking over the collection. The\\ndrives in the vicinity to the Hampton Normal School,\\nthe National Military Home, the National Cemetery and\\nto and through the town of Hampton, are over good\\nroads, and also command many exceedingly interesting\\nlandscape views. In the town of Hampton is one of\\nthe oldest churches in our country. The incriptions on\\nsome of its tombs in its cemetery bearing date as early\\nas 1658.", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 83\\nFor the invalid, as well as the robust pleasure seeker,\\nthe climate at Old Point Comfort is unsurpassed for\\nsalubrity. The invalid en route for the warmer climate\\nof Florida to recuperate, or returning therefrom, and\\nfearing to face the rigors of an uncertain month in\\nspring at the N orth, may find a resting place at Fortress\\nMonroe free from all dangers of sudden and violent\\nchange in temperature. Boating and fishing may be\\nenjoyed on and in the broad waters of Hampton roads\\nand Chesapeake bay, and the fish are very plentiful and\\nexcellent m character. The Hampton Bar and Lynn-\\nhaven oysters, deservedly celebrated wherever this lux-\\nury is known, are here found in abundance. The\\nbathing is also very fine, the beach being of an easy and\\ncontinuous slope and unusually free from large pebbles.\\nThe Hygeia Hotel, lately built and this year en-\\nlarged and having ample accomodations for five\\nhundred guests, at Fortress Monroe, or Old Point Cora-\\nfort as it was generally named by visitors in ante-iellufn\\ntimes, takes the place ot the one of that name which\\nwas in existence before the war, and was patronized by\\nmany of our people from all sections of the Union.\\nThis hotel is most thoroughly built and elegantly\\nfurnished, and its situation is admirable, far superior to\\nthe old Hygeia, and is in all its appointments every way\\nworthy of its beautiful locality. It stands upon the beach\\nat the head of the broad and substantial landing pro-\\nvided by the IN ational Government for the various\\nsteamers which stop here from fifteen totwenty time daily\\nto land their passengers and mails- From its balconies\\nand corridors which have a water frontage of over\\neighteen hundred feet, the view of Hampton roads and\\nChesapeake bay is unsurpassed even Cape Henry and\\nCape Charles lighthouses may be seen on a clear day, or\\ntheir lights by night, without the aid of a glass. Ves-\\nsels of all classes, steam and sail, American and foreign,\\nare passing at all times or riding at their anchors in\\nsight faom every room. The ever changing scenes from\\nthe balconies are a source of never ending interest and\\npleasure. In conducting the hotel every effort is made", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "84 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nby the proprietor to insure the comfort and pleasure of\\nhis guests, and to make the H jgeia in every respec-\\nworthy of patronage. The table is supplied in abunt\\ndance with every delicacy of a locality rich with edibles\\nrare in more northern latitudes, and facilities are pro-\\nvided for bathing, boating and fishing, all of which can\\nbe reached literally at the doorsteps of the hotel.\\n-^4-\\nAIKEN is a thriving village of 2,000 inhabitants,\\nsituated on the South Carolina Railroad, 120 miles\\nnorth-west of Charleston, and 17 miles south-east of\\nAugusta.\\nIt was iucorporated before the war, and is governed\\nby an Intendant and six wardens. Occupying one of\\nthe most commanding positions in the State, being 600\\nfeet above tide water, and 400 feet above (the Savannah\\nEiver at) Augusta, it has been aptly called the Village\\nof Hills.\\nImmense forests of pine surround it on all sides, and\\nthese yield an aroma, which, with the dry invigorating\\nair and equable climate, have rendered Aiken a very\\nfavorably known winter resort for invalids.\\nThe main thoroughfare, called Park Avenue, extends,\\nwith an even width of 200 feet, for over one mile, and\\nfrom this at right angles branch the streets, all laid out\\nwith a width of 150 feet.\\nAt the extreme western end of Park Avenue, seated\\non the very brow of a hill commanding an extensive\\nprospect, is the Highland Park Hotel, kept by Mr.\\nB. P. Chatfield, (also proprietor of the Planters\\nHotel, at Augusta, Ga.)\\nThe house has recently been enlarged and supplied\\nwith new furniture, the bed-room sets being of black\\nwalnut, having spring bed and hair mattress. Pure\\nspring water conducted to all parts of the building, and", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 8|\\ndrainage from the premises is perfect, the greatest care\\nhaying been taken in perfecting this important depart-\\nment. Bed-rooms and Parlors arranged in suits are\\ndesirable as to location and size, there being none but\\noutside rooms, all having open fireplaces and sunny ex-\\nposure, Saloon Parlor arranged for private theatricals\\nGas and Electrical Bells in every room; Bath-room on\\neach floor. Five stairways leading to upper stories offer\\nsufficient egress. Billiard-Eoom, Bowling-Alley, Oro-\\nquet-Grrounds, and a well stocked Livery-Stable con-\\nnected with the Hotel. The table is abundantly supplied\\nand the cooking department carefully attended to.\\nExposed as it is to the South, the sun, in a clear day,\\nseems to shine with a special brilliancy on its broad piaz-\\nzas, which, with the corridors and halls, exceed a quarter\\nof a mile in length.\\nTo the invalid in search of health, Aiken offers the\\nmost favorable inducements, and is not without at-\\ntractions to those who visit the Sunny South for relax-\\nation from business or avoidence of Northern Winter.\\nApart from the Highlakd Park Hotel, there are\\nample accommodations for visitors. Immediately oppo-\\nsite the Railroad Depot stands the Oarleton Hotel, favor-\\nably known to visitors, and excellent and well appointed\\nboarding houses are scattered throughout the village.\\nFronting both sides of Main street are numerous stores,\\nwell stocked with all necessary articles, as well as those\\nof luxury, and among them are two pharmaceutical\\nestablishments, fitted up in a style that might well be-\\ncome those of a large city, whose proprietors are always\\nready to fill any prescription ordered by the skilful\\nphysicians residing in the place.\\nThe modest, neat little churches, of which there are\\nseven, are indeed ornamental to the Village of the\\nHills, and comprise an Episcopal, Presbyterian, Metho-\\ndist, Baptist, Roman Catholic, and two plain edifices for\\ncolored denominations. A Lyceum, capable of seating\\nfour hundred persons, through its private theatrical\\nentertainments, contributes materially to the pleasure\\nand Ratification of the residents of Aiken, and those", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "86 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nwho have selected the hill country of Carolina as their\\nWinter home. Four livery stables afford an ample supply\\nof horses and vehicles for riding and driving over the\\nnumberless roads which radiate in every direction from\\nthe village. A large grove in which are erected buildings\\nfor the convenience and enjoyment of the Aiken Schuet-\\nzen Club, is but a few minutes walk from the Hotel. For\\ndaily Railroad trains between Charleston and Augusta,\\nto which may be added a special accommodation for\\nAugusta, which leaves Aiken at 9 10 A. m., returning at\\n3 30 p. M.\\nWith attributes thus enumerated, it must be obvious\\nto every traveler that Aiken is tuthfully entitled to the\\nwarm encomiums that have been awarded it that its\\nrapid growth within the past few years has been a\\nhealthy one; and that it offers more than ordinary\\ninducements to those who seek in the balmy climate of\\nthe South a contrast to the cold and unpleasant Winters\\nof the North.\\nThis beautiful city, situated on the Cape Fear River\\n[30 miles from its mouth] is the largest city in the\\nState, and its commercial advantages are second to none\\non the southern coast. Large fleets of sailing vessels\\nof all nationalities are constantly arriving f\u00c2\u00bbnd departing\\nfrom this port. It is the largest naval store depot in\\nthe world. The climate is delightful, rivaling even\\nFlorida. The thermometers seldom rising above 75\\ndegrees in summer, or going below 45 in winter.\\nThe Purcell House presided over by the genial and\\njovial Col. J. R. Davis, is one of the best hotels in the\\ncountry, and affords all the comforts of a home to those\\ndesiring to spend a few days in the City by the Sea.\\nA new Shell Road has been completed to the\\nSound, distant six miles, and magnificent carriages,\\nbuggies, c., at reasonable rates can be had to convey\\nthe visitor to and from the Ocean over this beautiful", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\n87\\ndrive. Hundreds of tourists aud visitors going to\\nand returning from Florida linger here for weeks loth to\\nleave the delightful climate and the many pleasures that\\nsurround them.\\nAn elegant and commodious Union Passenger Depot,\\nin the heart of the city has lately been erected by the\\nW. W.; 0. A. Eailroads. It is provided with all\\nmodern conveniences. The eating house is one of the\\nbest in the southern country, the table being supplied\\nwith all the delicacies of the season.\\nNumerous other places of interest might be mentioned\\nsnch as the Cotton Factory, employing hundreds of op-\\neratives. The cotton compress, which compresses, for\\nshipment to all parts of the civilized world, over 75,000\\nbales of cotton per year.\\nThe Theatre, one of the prettiest in the South. The\\nOld Brunswick Church, over 100 years old. The mag-\\nnificent residences with their beautiful lawns dotted\\nwith tropical flowers, and the many groves where trees\\nare hung with the celebrated !N orth Carolina G-ray\\nMoss.\\nm\\nm\\nWILMINGTON, N. C.\\nJ. R. DAVIS,\\nPROPRIETOR", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "86\\nHOW TO GET TO FLORIDA\\nATLANTIC COAST LINE.\\nDAILY ALL KAIL ROUTE No. 1.\\nVia Richmond^ Wilmington, Augusta and Savannah.\\nLeave New York, 6:00 p.m.; Philadelphia, 8:50 p.m.;\\nBaltimore, 12:05 night; Washington, 1:55 a. m. Eich-\\nmond, 7:25 A. M. Pullman Sleeping Cars New York to\\nRichmond. Ihrough train, Parlor Oar attached, ar-\\nriving at Wilmington, N. C, 7:50 p.m.; leave Wilming-\\nton, 8:05 P. M. (Pullman Sleeping Oar Wilmington to\\nAugusta), arrive Augusta 9:00 a.m. Leave Augusta,\\n9:30 A.M., via Central Railroad, and 9:30 a.m. Port\\nRoyal Railroad, arrive Savannah 5:25 p.m., via Central\\nRaih oad, and 4:30 p.m. Port Royal and Savannah and\\nCharleston Railroads; Leave Savannah 4:45 p. m., arrive\\nJacksonville 11:00 A. m. (Pullman Sleeping Cars Savan-\\nnah to Jacksonville.)\\nAikoi passengers connect at G-raniteville, 12 miles\\nthis side of Augusta, 8:14 a. m., arrive at Aiken, 9:30 A. m.\\nATLANTIC COAST LINE.\\nDAILY ALL BAIL ROUTE No. 2.\\nVia Richmo7id, Wihnington, Charleston^ and Savannah.\\nLeave New York 6:00 p. m. Philadelphia, 8:50 p.m.;\\nBaltimore, 12.05 night; Washingson, 1:55 p. m; Rich-\\nmond, 7:25 a.m. Pullman Sleeping Cars New York to\\nRichmond. Through train, with parlor cars attached,\\narriving at Wilmington, 7:50 p. m. leave Wilmington\\n8:05 P. M. Pullman Sleeping Car Wilmington to Char-\\nleston arrive Charleston 6:15 a.m.; leave Cnarleston\\n9:30 AM.; arrive Savannah 4:30 p.m.; leave Savannah\\n4:45 P.M. arrive Jacksonville 11:00 a.m. Pullman\\nSleeping Cars Savannah to Jacksonville.", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "89\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0SS. JI ^V5SB--\\nATLANTIC COAST LINE.\\nDAILY (EXCEPT SUNDAY), ALL RAIL\\nROUTE No. 3.\\nVia Rtchynond, Wilmington, Cliarleston and Savannah.\\nLeave New York, 8:35 a. m. Philadelphia, 12:15 noon\\nBaltimore (via Baltimore and Potomac U.K.), 3:40 p. m.\\nBaltimore (via Baltimore and Ohio E. E.), 4:20 p.m.;\\nWashington, B. and P. K. E. Depot, 6:00 P. M. Eich-\\nmond, 11:10 p. m, Petersburg, 12:20 night Weldon, 3:45\\nA.M.; Wilmington, 12:10 noon; Charleston, 11:00 p.m.;\\nSavannah, 8:30 a.m.; arrive Jacksonville, 10:20 p.m.\\nParlor Cars to Washington, Pullman Sleeping Cars to\\nWilmington, Parlor Car to Charleston and liucas\\nSleeper to Savannah.\\nATLANTIC COAST LINE.\\nDAILY (EXCEPT SUNDAY), ALL RAIL\\nROUTE No. 4.\\nVia Riclimond, Wilmington, CliarlestoJi and Savannah.\\nLeave New York, 9:30 a. m., Limited Express Phila-\\ndelphia, 12:13 noon; Baltimore, 2:55 p.m.; arrive\\nWashington, 4:17 p.m. Leave Washington, 6:00 p.m.;\\nEichmond, 11:10 p.m. Petersburg, 12:20 p. M.; Weldon,\\n3:45 A.M.; Washington, 12:50 p.m.; Charleston, 11:00\\nP.M.; Savannah, 8:30 a.m., arrive Jacksonville, 10:20\\np. m.\\nLimited Express is composed entirely of Pullmrn Par-\\nlor Cars. Extra from New York to Baltimore, $2.30;\\nNew York to Washington, $2.50.\\nParlor and sleeping accommodations see Eoute No. 3.\\nROUTE No. 5.\\nVia Washington, Richmond, Wilmi^igton and Augusta.\\nLeave New York daily, 6:00 p. m. Philadelphia, 8:50\\nP. M. Baltimore, 12:05 a. m.; Washington, 1:55 a. m.\\narrive Eichmond, 7:05 A. M. (Pullman Sleeper, New\\nYork to Eichmond), leave 7:25 A. m. Through train to\\nWilmington with parlor car attached, arrive Wilmington,\\n7:50 P. M. leave 8:05 P. M. Pullman Sleeping Cars to", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "9\u00c2\u00a9\\nAugusta, arrive at Augueta, 9:00 A. M. leave 9:30 a. m.\\narrive Macon, 6:25 p. m., there connect with 7:15 p. m.,\\nand 3:45 A. m. trains to Jacksonville, via Jesup and Live\\nOak, arrive at Jacksonville, 10:20 p. m.\\nROUTE No. 6.\\nVia Cu7nl)erl(md Route.\\nArrive at Macon as in Atlantic Coast Line Route,\\nNo. 5, and Leave 7:15 p. m. Arrive at Brunswick,\\n6:40 A. M. leave on Steamer 7:00 a. m. Leave Fer-\\nnandina, 12:15 noon. Arrive Jacksonville, 2:15 p. m.\\nLeave Macon, 3:45 A. M. Arrive Brunswick. Leave on\\nSteamer 3:00 p. m. Leave Fernandina, 7:15 p. m. Arrive\\nJacksonville, 10:20 p. m. Elegant Pullman Lucas and\\nWoodruff Sleeping Oars run on the above trains from\\nMacon to Jesup and Brunswick.\\nDAILY (EXCEPT SUNDAY) BAY LINE\\nEOUTE No. 1.\\nVia Baltimore, Portsmouth, Wilmingto7i, Charleston\\nand Savannah,\\nLeave New York 8:40 A. m. Philadelphia, 12:15 p. m.\\nBaltimore 4:00 p. m. steamer arrive Portsmouth 7:00\\nA.M., in time to connect with through tra^n, with parlor\\ncar attached; arrive at Wilmington 7:50 p.m.; thence,\\nsame as Route (Atlantic Ooast Line) No. 2.\\nDAILY (EXCEPT SUNDAY) BAY LINE\\nROUTE No. 2.\\nVia Baltimore, Portsmouth, Wilmington, Aiken, Au-\\ngusta and Savannah to Jacksonville, c., c.\\nLeave New York, 8:40 a. m. Philadelphia, 12:15 p. m.\\nBaltimore, 4:00 P. m. Steamer arrive at Portsmouth,\\n7:00 a.m., connecting with through train with Parlar\\nattached for Wilmington, arriving there at 7:50 p.m.;\\nthence as (Atlantic Ooast Line) Route No. 1. Limited\\nExpress leaving Neiv York daily (except Sunday;, 9:30\\na.m.; Philadelphia, 12:10 noon; arrive at Baltimore,\\n2:55 p. M. (extra fare, $2.30), connecting with Bay Line\\nSteamers as Nos. 1 and 2 Bay Line Routes.", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "91\\nOLD DOMINION STEAMSHIP ROUTE TO\\nFLORIDA AND THE SOUTH.\\nThe Old Dominion fleet of Passenger Steamers com-\\nprised of the following Magnificent Sidewheel Steam-\\nships\\nWyanoke, 2,020 tons, (Tuesday), Capt. Couch.\\nIsaac Bell, 1,600 tons (Thursday), Oapt. Lawrence.\\nOld Dominion, 2,240 tons (Saturday), Capt. Walker.\\nMeals and state-room accommodations (included in\\nall through tickets on steamers) are equal to any first-\\nclass Hotel or Eestaurant.\\nTime from New York to Norfolk or Portsmouth 25\\nhours.\\nBaggage checked to all the principal points south.\\nLeave New York, Pier 37 North River, 3 P. m. Steam-\\ner sailing every Tuesday, Thursday, ai d Saturday;\\narrive at Portsmouth, V a., 4:00 p. m. following day.\\nThrough train leave Portsmsuth 7:00 A. m. (Parlor Car\\nattached), arrive Wilmington 7:50 p. M. thence same as\\nAtlantic Ccasfc Line Route Nos. 1 and 2.\\nThrough tickets sold, and information given at the\\nCompany s various agencies, or at the\\nGeneral Office of the Company,\\n197 GREENWICH ST., Cor. of Fulton St., N. Y.\\nW. H. STANFORD, Sec y.\\n1 I\\nThe elegant Steamer Hampton connects daily at Palatka with Steamer\\nEupliemia, for Cresent City, leaving Jacksonville at 9 A. M., and\\narriving at Cresent City same day. Through tickets issued by agents o\\nHampton and Euphemia.\\nNo charge for transferring baggage from boats to Hack line.\\nAll Freight shipped by Hampton go through from Jacksonville to Cresent\\nCity at usual rates, daily.\\nEasy Hacks run from Cresent City to the Halifax Kiver, every\\nTuesday and Saturday. Tourists will find this the shortest, cheapest and\\nquickest route to Halifax.\\nJ08EHH W. GARDINER, Secretary,\\nW. H. CHASE, Ticket Agent, 3 Bay St Florida In, Nav. Co.", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "92.\\nTRAVELERS CUIDE TO THE\\nVIA PSED^O^T AIR LINE.\\nC. iringling, Gen, Eastern Agent, 9 Astor Mouse.\\nROUTE NO. 1, All Rail via Richmond, Charlotte and Atlanta.\\nLeave New York at 6:00 P. M., with Pullman Palace\\nSleeping Oars and first-class Passenger Cars through to\\nBelle Isle Junction (opposite Eichmond,) without\\nchange.\\nLeave West Philadelphia Depot, 8:50 P. M.\\nLeave Charles Street Depot, Baltimore, at 12:05 A. M.\\nA Sleeping Car for Richmond without change, leave\\nCalvert Station, Baltimore, which passengers can occupy\\nas early as 9:00 P. M.\\nLeave Washington 1:55 A. M. Arrive at Richmond\\n7:05 A. M. Leave Richmond, via Richmond and Dan-\\nville R. R. at 7:30 A. M. Leave Belle Isle Junction at\\n8.22 A. M. (Breakfast). Via Piedmont Air Line, R.\\nD. R. R. and A. R. A. L. Railway and connections on\\ntrain with Palace Sleeping Cars, and new first-class Par-\\nlor Cars attached. The Sleeping Cars run through to\\nBrunswick, Ga 836 miles, without change, from Rich-\\nmond, via Atlanta. Another Sleeping Car being at-\\ntached to train at Atlanta for New Orleans, makes prac-\\ntically but one change of cars from New York to New\\nOrleans by this route. Leave Danville at 2:55 P. M.\\nDinner. Leave G-reensboro 5:40 P. M Arrive at Sali s-\\nbury 7:55 P. M.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supper. Arrive at Charlotte 10:37\\nP. M. Arrive G-reenville 3:04 A. M. Arrive at Buford\\n8:05 A. M.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Breakfast. Arrive at Atlanta 10:15 A. M.\\nSix hours better time than by any other line, only 40\\nhours from New York to Atlanta. Arrive at Opelika\\n6:29 P. M. Arrive at Columbus 10:00 P. M. Arrive at\\nMontgomery 9:30 P. M. Mobile 4:10 A. M. Arrive New\\nOrleans 10:00 A. M., making close connection for\\nGalveston, Texas. Arriving next day at 11:00 A. M.\\nQUICKEST TIME MADE\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ONLY 64 HOURS\\nNEW YORK TO NEW ORLEANS, and 89 hours to\\nGalveifiton. 48 hours to Macon.\\nFOR FLOR9DA,\\nLeave Richmond 7:30 A. M., Belle Isle Junction 8:2^", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "93\\nA. M. in through Palace Sleeping Car to Brunswick,\\nGa., 836 miles without change, Arrive at Atlanta 10:15\\nA. M. Arrive at Macon 6:00 P. M. Arrive Brunswick,\\nGa., at 6:30 A. M. Thence by steamer, inside route,\\nBreakfast on Boat, a beautiful run of 3?] hours. Arriving\\nat Fernandia 10:30 A. M. Leave Fcrnandia via rail\\nwithout change of cars and Arrive at Jacksonville at\\n2 00 P. M., only 68 hours New York to Jacksonville,\\na-nd with less changes of cars than via any other route.\\nROUTE NO. 2, All Rail via Richmond, Charlotte and Columbia.\\nLeave New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wash-\\nington and Richmond as in schedule route JSTo. I Arrive\\nat Salisbury 7:55 P. M. Supper, and leave at 8:15 P. M.,\\nin through Sleeping Oar to Augusta without change.\\nArrive at Columbia 5:10 A. }sL Arrive at Graniteville\\n8:14 A. M. ArriAe at Aiken 9:30 A. M. Arrive at Au-\\ngusta 9:00 A M. Arrive at Savannah 4:30 P. M., via\\nPort Koyal E. R., via the Central R. R. of Ga. at 5:25\\nP. M. Leave Savannah at 4;45 P. M., with through\\nSleeping Cars without change, and arrive in Jacksonville\\nat 10.55 A. M., only 64 hours Ne r York to Jacksonville.\\nQuickest time ever made and less changes of Cars.\\nPractically but ONE CHANGE of Cars from NEW\\nYORK to AUGU81A. Arrive at Macon 6.35 P. M,\\nOnly 39^ hours New York to Augusta, and 46 hours to\\nSavannah. ASK FOR TICKETS via this Route, by\\nRICHMOND, CHARLOTTE and A UG USIA.\\nVirginia Midland Ronte.\\nCr. OT. Huntington, Agent. 315 Broadway, N, Y.\\nVia EanvlUe, Atlanta, Brunswick, Fernandina.\\nLeave New York 6.00 P. M. sleeping car to Dan-\\nville. Leave Philadelphia 8.50 P. M., Baltimore 12.05\\nP. M., Washington 2.10 A. M., Charlottesville 1.55 P.M.\\nArrive at Gordonsville 6.55 A. M., (breakfast). Arrive at\\nLynchburg 11.07 A. M. Arrive at Dundee (Danville\\nJunction) 2.30 P. M., (dinner;) change. Take through\\nsleeping car to Brunswick. Arrive 6.30 A. M. Leave\\nvia boat to Fernandina 7.00 A. M. Arrive at Fernandina\\n11. A. M, Cars to Jacksonville. Arrive 2.15 P. M.", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "94\\nNEW YOKE AND SAYANNAH STEAMSHIP\\nLINE.\\nThe Sea routes from New York to Savannah are com-\\nposed of the most finely appointed steamers on the At-\\nlantic coast, and comprise the following steamships\\nGen. Barnes and Herman Livingston, sailing alter-\\nnately, Tuesdays, from Pier 43 North River, at 3:00 p. m.,\\nGrEOEGE YojSTGE, Agent, 409 Broadway Magnolia and\\nRapidau, alternately, from Pier 16 East River, Thurs-.\\ndays, at 3:00 p. m., Murray, Ferris Co., Agents\\nSan Salvador and San Jacinto, sailing Saturdays, alter-\\nna ely, from Pier 43 North River, George Yoi^ge,\\nAgent, 409 Broadway, New York.\\nFrom Savannah to Jacksonville, Inside Route. The\\nelegant, fast and Commodious ste imer J. B. Schuyler\\nwill leave Savannah twice a week for Jacksonville, making\\nconnections with New York and Savannah steamships,\\nand aIjL Rail Routes both ways.\\nHunter Gammell, Agents, Savannah, Ga.\\nNEW YORK AND CHAELESTON STEAM-\\nSHIP COMPANY S LINE.\\nGreat Southern Freight and Passenger Route, via\\nCharleston. Favorite Route to Florida.\\nOne of the follov/ing elegant and well-known Steam-\\nships is appointed to sail every Wednesday and\\nSaturday, from Pier 29 North River, 3 p. m. City of\\nAtlanta, Capt. M. S. Woodhull. Cleopatra, Capt.\\nBulkley. Champion, Capt. R. W. Lockwood. G. W.\\nClyde, Capt. Ingrahm.\\nThe above steamers have been handsomely fitted up\\nfor the. convenience of passengers, and are unrivaled on\\nthe coast for Safety, Speed and Comfort. Excursion\\nTickets at reduced rates, apply to\\nBently D. Hazel, Gen l Agt. 317 Broadway, N. Y.\\nW. P. Clyde Co., No. 6 Bowling Green.\\nJ W. QuiNTTARD Co.. Agts., 177 West St., N. Y.", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0102.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "95\\nr\\\\-\\\\n\\nPIEDMOITT Am LINE.\\nROUTE No. 1.\\nAll Bail via Riclimond, Charlotte and Atlanta.\\nONLY 68 HOURS, NEW YORK TO JACKSONVILLE.\\nPullman Palace Sleeping Cars, and First-Class\\nPassenger Cars run Tlirougli,\\nNew York to Riohmond withont Change-\\nPALACE SLEEPING CARS.\\nThis route now offers the most comfortable arrangements and\\nand Perfect Schedules, with through cars, c., that has ever been\\nenjoyed by visitors to Florida and the South.\\nEQUIPMENT NEW and FIRST-CLASS in all its appoint-\\nments.\\nPALACE SLEEPING and PARLOR CARS, and SUPERB\\nDAY COxlCHES, with all modern improvements, Automatic\\nAir Brakes, c.\\nPractically, but one change of cars Nev/ York to New Orleans,\\nJacksonville, or xlugusta.\\nEXCURSION TICKETS\\nVia this Route to Jacksonville good to return on till May 31st,\\n1877, at greatly reduced rates.\\nROUTE No. 2.\\nAll Bail via Riclimond, Charlotte and ColumMa.\\nLeave New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington and\\nRichmond as in Sciiedule Route No. 1. Arrive at Salisbury 7:55\\np. M. Supper and leave at 8:15 P. m., in through Sleeping Car\\nto Augusta without change. Arrive at Columbia 5 :10 a. m. Ar-\\nrive at Graniteville 8:14 a. m. Arrive at Aiken 9:30 a.m. Arrive\\nat Augusta 9 :00 a. iviArrive at Savannah 4 :30 p. m. via Fort Roy-\\nal R.R., via the Central R.R. of Georgia, at 5:25 p.m. Leave\\nSavannah at 4:45 p.m., with Through Sleeping Cars, without\\nchange, and arrive at Jacksonville at 10:55 a.m., only 64 Hours\\nNew York to Jacksonville.\\nBe sure and get your Tickets via Richmond, Greensboro and\\nAtlanta.\\nGen. Eastern Passenger Agent, 9 A^tor House.\\nJ. R. MACMURDO,\\nGen. Passenger Agent, Richmond, Va.", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0103.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "the:\\nALL RAIL ROUTE TO\\nGh,arleston, Savannah^ Jacksonville:\\nAND ALL POINTS IN\\n-VIA-\\nWk^l|iH^tor\\\\, ^idl:\\\\ir|or((i Wiliiqin^ton\\nThe Transportation arrangements of this Line for the Fall anrl Winter business\\nof 1876-7 have been perfected witti reference to the requisite accommo-\\ndation in a flrst-class manner of all bouthern-bound travel.\\nDouble Daily Trains are run between\\nWashington and Jacksonville via Charleston^\\nGiving close connections with all lines North thereof.\\nAnd the Schedule Time between NEW YORK and CHARLES-\\nTON has been quickened to an extent never before attempted.\\nThrough Pullman Sleeping Cars and Atlantic\\nCoast Line Parlor Cars,\\nArejran betw^een all prominent points on this route, and in such unbroken\\nmanner as commends the line above all olhers to invalids and families.\\nBaggage Checked Through. Tickets Good Until Used,\\nWith privilege of stopping off at all terminal points.\\nTHBOUGH TICKETS\\nSold throughout the East to all points South via this line and all information\\ngiven at the principal Railroad offices, North and South.\\nJONAH H. WHITE, Southern Passenger Agent.\\nGeneral Office, Ho. 229 Broadway^ New York^\\nWi^l answer all communications addressed to him.\\nW. J. WAL.KER,\\nGeneral Agent.\\n.i^\\nI^ O X^ E\\nGen. Pass. Ticket Agent", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0104.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "FAVORITE FLORIDA ROUTE\\nVIA\\nBaltimore, Portsmouth and Wilmington,\\nPopularly known to the traveling public as the\\nMm MMigWW^fSU)) MTMmm\\nPersons visiting FLORIDA should rememher that the\\nMaw Idimm of g^^Mi^iiMms\\nIs one of the oldest and hest managed lines in the South. The steamers of\\nthis Line are the Largest, Fastest and Most Elegant South o/ New York.\\nLEAVING DAILY (Sunday Excepted)\\non the arrival of the Morning Train from\\nand noon train from\\n^5\\nA Section of the Steamers with State Rooms, Berths, c., is reserved ex-\\nclusively for Ladies and Children traveling alone.\\nPassengers arrive at\\nI= 1=1. T S ]VE O XJ T HE\\nIn time to take the through train to\\nWilmington (Without Change,)\\nConnecting with\\nPULLMAN PALACE SLEEPING- CARS\\nroB\\nmwjMiMiiiiiigr /Alia HTMiff d^iin ,ii\\nConnecting at both the above points with throught trains for\\nSavannah and all Points in Florida.\\nThe Meals furnished are unequalled: having access to the markets of Balti-\\nmore and Norfolk, unquestionably the best in the country.\\nHW Supper and Breakfast and an entire Night s Kest on the\\nBay Lina Steamers,\\nBaggage Checked Through to all the principal points.\\nPersons returning north will find Schedule, c., c., equally as perfect as\\ngoing south.\\nTickets good until nsed, with the privilege of stopping over at all\\nTerminal Points, can be obtained at all Principal Ticket Ofllces, North and\\nSouth. Schedules giving time and all necessary information can be obtained\\nwherever Through Tickets are sold.\\nW.J.WALKER, EMMET BROWN,\\nGeneral Passenger Agent. General Ticket Agent.\\nH. V. TOMPKINS, Southern Passenger Agent.\\n9T", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0105.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "Fhe Atlantic Gulf\\nFREIGHT AND PASSENGER LINE\\nVIA SAVANNAH, GA., TO ALL POINTS IN\\nFlorida, Soutliern and Middle Georgia,\\nFLINT, APALACHICOLA AND CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVERS,\\nFast Freight Express, via Savannah Steamships, to Savan-\\nnah, Ga., and Atlantic Gulf; Macon Brunswick\\nJacksonville, Pensacola Mobile Rail Roads.\\nAND CONNECTING LINES.\\nPullman s Palace Sleeping Cars on all Night Trains*\\nTWO TRAIKS DAILY FROM SAVANNAH\\nto JACKSONVILLE, connecting with Steamers on ST. JOHN S EIVER, for\\nSt, Augustine, Palatka, 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\\nand Bill of Lading.\\nFreight Received and Through Bills of Lading issued by Agents of the Line as\\nfollows:\\nBOSTON TO SAVANNAH, GA.\\nDIRECT\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Steamers SEMINOLE and SOMERSET leave on the 10th, 20th\\nand 30th of each month, F. NICKERSON CO. Agents, 205 State St. Boston\\nA. M. BOCK, General Agent, Jacksonville, Fla.\\nBOSTON via NEW YORK TO SAVANNAH, GA.\\nShip daily, via of BOSTON, AND PROVIDENCE R. R. and PROVIDENCE\\nAND NEW YORK STEAMSHIP CO., or OLD COLONY R. R.\\nGEO. C. MORRILL, Agent, 77 Washington St., Boston.\\nNEW YORK TO SAVANNAH, GA.\\nTHKBE DEPARTURES PER WEEK\\nShips Rapidan and Magnolia, Sailing Thursdays from Pier 16 East River.\\nOffice, Nos. 60 and 62 South Street.\\nShips San Salvador, San Jacinto, Herman Livingston, and General Barnes,\\nSailing Thursdays and Saturdays, from Pier 43 North River. Office, No. 409\\nBroadway. New York.\\nPHILADELPHIA TO SAVANNAH, GA.\\nThe PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN STEAMSHIP CO. despatch one\\nof their Steamers, Wyoming or Juniata, every Saturday. Returning, leave\\nSavannah same day. W. L. James, Agent, 46 South Delaware Ave., Phila,\\nBALTIMORE TO SAVANNAH, GA.\\nThe AMERICA, SARAGOSSA AND NORTH POINT, leave on 10th, 20th\\nand 30th of each month. A. L. HUGGINS, Long Dock Wharf, Baltimore.\\nInformation given and tickets sold to all points in Florida, in connection with\\nthe Atlantic and Gulf RaUway, C. D, OWENS, Gen l Ag t, 315 Broadway, N.Y\\n98", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0106.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "For Plorida, and all Points South and South-West.\\nTHE aREAT^ sOUTHERN\\nVIA\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nNew York and Savannah Steamship Line.\\nOne of the following first-class side-wheel steamships will sail\\nas follows, punctually, at 3 o clock, p. m.\\nEVERY TUESDAY\u00e2\u0080\u0094 H. LIVINGSTON, Capt. Mallory;\\nor GEN. BAENES, Capt. Cheeseman, from Pier 43 North\\nRiver. George Yonge, Agent, 409 Broadway.\\nEVERY THURSDAY.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 MAGNOLIA, Capt. Daggett; or\\nRAPIDAN, Capt. Kempton, from Pier 16 East River, foot\\nof Wall St. Murray, Ferris Co. Agents, 62 South St.\\nEVERY SATURDAY.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 SAN SALVADOR, Capt. Nicker-\\nson; or SAN JACINTO, Capt. Hazard, from Pier 43\\nNorth River. George Yonge, Agent, 409 Broadway.\\nConnecting at Savannali, Ga., with CENTMAI. ICAIEiKOAH.\\nTwo trains daily for all points in Middle, North, and South-West Georgia,\\nAlabama, Mississippi. Tennessee and Louisiana, and with the ATLj ANTIC\\nAN\u00c2\u00bb OUIiF liAIIiROA\u00c2\u00ae, to all points in Florida, tSouthern and Mid-\\ndle Georgia, and with steamers in the Chattahoochee River. Two fast trains\\ndaily between Savannah and Jacksonville, Fla. Pullman s Palace Sleeping\\nCars and elegant Parlor Coaches attached to both trains.\\nTickets for St. Joh7i s Riiier and St. Augustine also good by Steam-\\nboats from Savannah,\\nThese fine steamers, on this favorite line of travel to the South are newly\\nand handsomely fitted up for the comfort and convenience of passengers;\\nhave large carrying capacity; and are of sufficient light draft of water to insure\\nno detetition in the Savannah River.\\nFamilies en route for Florida, Georgia Alabama, and even as far New\\nOrleans will find the Savannah route the most enjoyable, for comfort as well\\nas saving in expense.\\nThe Florida Steamers leave Savannah three days in the week, for all points\\non the coast.\\nThrough Bills of Ladmg given for freights to all point in Florida, Geor-\\ngia, Alabama, and Tennessee. Rates and Classifications will be furnished\\nby the undersigned:\\nShippers may feel assured of no delay to their goods in being forwarded,\\nand as the increase of trade demands, additional steamers, equally suitable to\\nall the requirements, will be placed on the route.\\nGoods forwarded through New York and Savannah Free of Commission,\\nFreight received daily at the Covered Pier 43 Nortli River, and\\nPier 16 East River.\\nFor Freight or passage by ships sailing on Thursdays, from Pier 16 East\\nRiver, apply to\\nMURRAY, FERRIS CO., Agents, 62 South St.\\nFor Freight or Passage by ships sailing from Pier i:i North Riiffer, on\\nTuesdays and Saturdays, apply to\\nOEORGE YONGE, Agent :09 Broadway.\\n99", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0107.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "NEW LINK TO FROM FLORIDA.\\n\u00c2\u00a51\u00c2\u00a9 i\u00c2\u00abaii\u00c2\u00a9rlasi Btmto.\\nComfort, Speed and Attraetimness GomUned. Ihe Shortest Line to\\nand from Jacksonmlle. New Fast Double Daily\\nLine to and from Florida.\\nThe Macon Brunswick R. R. in connection with the At-\\nlantic, Gulf West India Transit Co. will open, on and after\\nDecember 1st, 1876, a new line to and from Florida, by way of\\nMacon, Jesup, Brunswick, Fernandina, Baldwin and Jackson-\\nville. The steamer between Brunswick and Fernandina is first-\\nclass in all her appointments, and the run is all daylight or\\ncomparatively early evening.\\nThe table on the boat will be unsurpassed and la carte.\\nThe navigation is entirely inland along the attractive sea island,\\nand sometimes in view of the ocean. Time on the steamer,\\nbetween three and four hours. The connections at Atlanta,\\nAugusta and Macon are complete. Fare same as by any other\\nroute. Baggage checked through, or checks exchanged by bag-\\ngage masters, without disturbance to the passengers. The change\\nfrom an all rail trip to and from Florida to one with above\\namount of water, will, it is believed, afford rest, refreshment and\\nattractiveness. Where one, however, prefers all rail, the other\\nroute to and from Florida, via Macon, Jesup, Live Oak and\\nJacksonville is open to them. ISTo change of cars between Fer-\\nnandina and Jacksonville. The Cumberland Route is, as between\\nthe common points Jesup and Jacksonville, fifty-eight miles\\nshorter than any other route, and as between the common points\\nJacksonville, Florida and Kashville, Tennessee, is forty-six miles\\nthe shortest. Palace Sleeping Cars on all night trains.\\nStraight, Excursion and Tourists Tickets on sale at all\\nprincipal ticket offices. Ask for tickets by the Cumberland\\nRoute, and take no other. For schedules and further particulars\\nsee small bills, or address either\\nH. IHT. \u00c2\u00a9KANE, G. T. P. Aet. M. B. R. R., Macon, Ga.\\nA. Oi?MacI oneSI, G. T. Agt, A. G. Wt. In. I. Co., Fernandina. Fla,\\n\u00e2\u0082\u00acapt. A. A. SHARP, Gen. Traveling Agt., Jacksonville, FJa.\\n100", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0108.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "El W IR. O XJT\\nTO AND FROM\\n-VIA\\ni lillllil Mil\\nit\\nOF STEAMERS\\nAND THE\\nAtlantic Goast Line of Railways.\\nElegant Side-Wheel Passenger Steamers.\\nOLD DOi^il^iOl^y 2222 Tons.\\nWYANOKE, 2067\\nBSAAC BELL, leOO\\nThe Steamers are the largest and most comfortable sailing out of New York,\\nLeaving Pier 37 Noth River, Foot of Beach Street,\\nEVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY,\\nAt 3 O clock, P. M.\\nTlae Steaixiers Leave iN^OR-IT OIl.K:\\nEVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY,\\nAt 7:80 P. M., on the arrival of the southern trains.\\nOnly 26 liours Sea Voyage by this line, avoiding exposure along\\nthe Coast of Cape Hatteras, c. Time through from all Points South\\nand Southwest to New York, within 4 hours of all the Rail Routes.\\nTickets by this Route include Meals and State Room accommodations on\\nBAGGAGE CHECKED THROUGH.\\nFor Tickets, Time Cards, and full information apply at\\nOLD BOMIMIOM S. S. OO.^\\n197 G^RKE^STTT^ICH STi?.E;ET,\\nOr 229 Broadway.\\nATLANTIC COAST LINE.\\nA. POPE, W. H. STANFORD,\\nGen. Pass. Agt. Atlantic Coast Line. Sec y O. D. S. S. CO.\\n101", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0109.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "EXCURSION TICKETS\\nTO FLORIDA.\\nARE NOW ON SALE, EXCLUSIVELY, BY THE\\nVirginia Midland Road\\nAN\u00c2\u00a9 ITS CONNECTIONS,\\nGiving tlie passenger tlie option of going by Lynch-\\nburg, Knoxville, and Atlanta^ or by Danville, Charlotte,\\nAtlanta, and Macon.\\nThese Tickets can also be nsed either by rail from\\nJesnp, G-a., to Jacksonville, or by water from Bruns-\\nwick, Ga., to Fernandina (the new Cumberland Eoute.)\\nThe Virgma Midland\\nOffers the greatest variety of straight tickets to\\nFlorida and all Southern points.\\nPalace Cars through from Boston to Danville, from\\nWashington to Atlanta, from Danville to Brunswick,\\nand from Atlanta to Jacksonville.\\nQuick time Close connections. Trains double\\ndaily over most of the distance.\\nPurchase tickets by the Virg^inia midland.\\nGen l Eastern Agent,\\n315 Broadway, New York.\\n102", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0110.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "the:\\nPEEFERRED ROUTE TO FLORIDA\\nIS YIA THE\\nFROM\\nSAVANNAH, JESUP, OE ALBANY, QA.\\nAvoiding sea -sickness and the detention of Steamer Lines\\nat the John s River Bar.\\nTwo Fast Trains Daily between Savannah Jacksonville.\\nLeave Savannah 8:30 A.M. (Sundays excepted).\\nAuRivB Jacksonville 10:10 P.M.\\nLeave Savannah 4:45 P.M. Daily.\\nAmirvE Jacksonville 11:00 A.M.\\nTallahassee 8:35 A.M.\\nThe Morning Train from Savannah connects with all Northern\\nTrains, and with the M. B. R. R. Train at Jesup,\\nThe Evening Train connects with Northern Trains via Au-\\ngusta and Yemassee only.\\nLucas Drawing Room Cars especially arranged for the conve-\\nnience of invalids, are attached to the Day Trains. Also through\\nPullman Sleeping Cars from Louisville, Ky., to Jacksonville via\\nJesup.\\nThe 4:45 P.M. Train makes close connection with Steamers on\\nSt. John s River.\\nNo omnibus transfer between the Savannah Charleston and\\nA. Gr. Railroads at Savannah.\\nGood Eating Houses at regular intervals.\\nFor further information apply to\\nGEO. S. HAINES,\\nGeneral Ticket Agents\\nSAVANNAH, GA.\\nC D. OWENS,\\nGeneral Agent,\\n315 Broadway, New York.\\n103", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0111.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "Boston New York Air Line E. E.\\nVIA NEW HATBN, MIDDLBTOWN AND WILLIMANTIC.\\nTUB]\\nBetween NEW YORK and\\nMIDDLETOWN, WILLIMANTIC, LOWELL, NASHUA,\\nWORCESTER, Ti/\\\\rim/\\\\ kT ^O^ ^I^^^D,\\nFITCHBURG, HI |!S I I l\\\\| AUGUSTA,\\nCONCORD, Ajf\\\\JKJ ^XJA. n BANGOR, ETC.\\nSECURE YOUR TICKETS VIA AIR LINE R. R,\\nNEV; YORK DEPOT, Grand Central Depot, 42d St. and 4th Ave.\\nJ E. li*OSTER, Gen l Pass, Ag t, 347 Broadway, N. Y.\\nW. H. TUMNER, Supt., New Haven, Ct.\\nWINTER RESORT,\\nFEei^ANDir^A, FLA.\\nII\\nAcoommodation for 150 Guests.\\nWith a shell road to the finest beach on the Atlantic\\ncoast, making a drive of twenty miles, and water for\\nsailing and fishing, and a clear, brilliant climate.\\nrmMmAmmMMA\\nstands Unrivalled as a Eesort for Sportsmen\\nand Yachtsmen.\\nLadies will also find a luxurious winter home in the\\nmidst of an orange grove and the rarest roses.\\nTable Furnished from the New York Market\\nBY ste^m:krs.\\nM. W. DOWNIE, Proprietor.\\n104", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0112.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "QUICK DISPATOH, SAFETY COMFORT.\\nTtiE\\new Orleans, Florida and Havaiii\\nSTEAMSHIP CO.\\nWill diepatch one of their first-class U. S. Mail Steamers from New Orleans\\nand Havana\\nEVEEY WEDHESBAY,\\nTouching at Cedar Keys and Key West, and connecting with Steamers for\\nApalachicola, St. Mark s, Tampa, and the Suwanee River.\\nThese Steamers are first-class\u00e2\u0080\u0094 have good passenger accommodations\u00e2\u0080\u0094 are\\nkept in good condition, and are commanded hy careful and experienced offi-\\ncers, who make every effort for the safety, comfort and pleasure of travelers.\\nThe advantages to travelers seeking safety, comfort and pleasure on a\\nsteamship, are apparent in selecting this route, as rough sea is almost un-\\nknown in these waters.\\nRATES OF FIRST-CLASS PASSAGE.\\nNew Orleans\\nCedar Keys..\\nTampa\\nKey West\\nHavana\\nJacksonville\\nFernandina..\\nCharleston\\nSavannah\\nNew\\nCedar\\nTam-\\nKey\\nHa-\\nJack-\\nFer-\\nChar-\\nOrl ns\\nKeys.\\n$25\\npa\\nWest.\\nvana.\\ns n ill\\nn n i a\\nleston\\n$35\\n|40\\n$40\\n$31\\n$31\\n$35\\n$25\\n10\\n20\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a225\\n35\\n10\\n25\\n35\\n18\\nie\\n25\\n40\\n20\\n25\\n12\\n26\\n26\\n32\\n40\\n25\\n35\\n12\\n26\\n26\\n35\\n31\\n16\\n26\\n26\\n31\\n16\\n26\\n26\\n35\\n32\\n35\\n35\\n32\\n35\\nSa-\\n25\\n32\\n35\\nFor further information apply to\\nAtlantic, Gulf West India Transit Company Fernandina. Fla.\\nFlorida Central Railroad Co Jacksonville,\\nE. J. Lutterloh Cedar Keys,\\nMiller Henderson Tampa,\\nJno. Jay Philbrick Key West,\\nRavenel Co Charleston, S C\\nAgents Florida Steam Packet Co Savannah, Ga.\\nLawlon Bros., 13 Mercaderes Street Havana, Caba.\\nI. K. ROBERTS,\\n120 \u00e2\u0082\u00acoiiiinou St., Ne^v Orleans, I^a\u00c2\u00bb\\n105", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0113.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "feTSMiml ilmrteiiti\\nONIiY ROUTE THROUGH CITY OF SAVANNAH HAV-\\nING NO OMNIBUS TRANSFER.\\nShortest, Most Comfortable, and Only Direct\\nRoute to ALL POINTSdN FLORIDA.\\nMiles Shorter tliaii any other Route.\\nDouble Daily Trains, Carrying the U..\\nS. Mails.\\nPULLI^AN CARS O^ THE ENTIRE ROUTE\\nS. C. BOVLiSTON, C. S. GADSBEN,\\nG. F. T. Agent. General Superintendent.\\nSt Joliifs Ri^er Schedule.\\nBEOCK COXETTER S DAILY LINE.\\nTHROUGH STEAMERS THROUGH STEAMERS\\nDaily except Sunday. Daily except Sunday.\\nLeave Jacksonville. .11 :00 a.m. Leave St. Augustine.. 5:00 a.m.\\nAmveTocoi 3:20 p.m. Palatka 6:00 p.m.\\nLeave 3:25 St. Augustine. 4:45\\nAmve St. Augustine. 4:15 Tocoi-. 7:30\\nPalatka 6:30 Am ve Jacksonville.. 11:00\\nEnterprise (next day) 10:00 a.m.\\nWAY STEAMERS. WAY STEAMERS.\\nDaily Except Sunday. Daily Exeept Simday.\\nLeave Jacksonville 2 :00 p.m. Leave Palatka 7 :00 a.m\\nArrive Tocoi 5 :30 St. Augustine. 7 :55\\nSt. Augustine.. 8:15 Tocoi 8:20\\nPalatka 7:30 Arrive Jacksonville., 13:30 p. m\\n106", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0114.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "THE I^MAGNOLIA\\nPassenger Route.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094VIA\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nAUGUSTA 1PORT ROYAL R. R.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094TO\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nSATAIAH, Mi FLORIDA,\\nTME OIVIiY lilNEyia Augusta connecting witii\\nthe ATLANTIC GULF EAILROAD at Sayannab,\\navoiding the long, tedious and well-known omnibus\\ntransfer through that city.\\nTHli: ONLY lilNE via Augusta offering Close\\nDouble Daily All Rail Connections between Augusta and\\nJacksonville, Florida.\\nTHE OiiriiY lilNE via Augusta running P^^?Z-\\nman Palace Sleeping Cars between Augusta and Savan-\\nnah, Gra.\\nTHE ONIiY lilME via Augusta, running\\nThrough Day Coaches between Augusta and Savannah,\\nGa., thus avoiding disagreeable changes, at midway sta-\\ntions, incident to other lines.\\nPassengers by the following favorite routes to Savan-\\nnah, Ga., and Florida Atlantic Coast ff^ine^\\nPiedmont Air Line, Virginia midland\\nRoute will please see that their tickets read **via\\nAugusta and Yemassee.\\nBaggage Checked through and Tickets on Sale\\nat all Offices where those of the Pennsylvania and\\nBaltimore Ohio Eailroads are sold.\\nFurther information given upon application to\\nT. S. DAVANT/^\\nGeneral Freight and Pass. Agent,\\nAXJOXJSTA, OA.\\nR. H. THAYER, Gen S Ag t,\\n263 Broadway, New York.\\n107", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0115.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0116.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00abs\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a04^\\no\\nO\\nO\\nPi\\nO\\nl4\\nm\\nBHI\\nIII\\nsj a\\ns:?s a I Pi\\nJO cc ra zi\\nw\\n|i*\\nPI O)\\no\\nO i^\\ne tPl rS -C CC\\nrs fe 03 o S^\\ntr r-i h^ r^r m\\n.2\\no\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2jH-^^^a a\\nsiS OCS\\nf-i I fli T? l- (J^\\nC r- ra\\n.r i a\\na-\u00c2\u00a7 I o\\nPi\\na-\\ng^\\nPI 1\\no t^\\no\\n93 O\\n+3 as\\no m\\n^,\u00c2\u00a33\\nPI-C3\\nas--\\nf\\na. CS S \u00c2\u00b0S rn\\n52g 3 5\\nt^^fer-S o S\\n93 S aj -g\\nS M\\n93 O\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2N 03 W -tJ\\n\u00c2\u00ab-Sa3.Sga^\\na 03 00 13\\nsg^a s^fl\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2H .S\\nSo\\np:\\nPi a\\n03 o\\nS3 93\\no\\nr^ 93\\n,-5 rj\\nw\\np- -5\\nft\\no\\nT3 OE 93 .V-\\no 2 o\\nS^ 93\\nC3-C 93\\na p) Jr! 2\\n_ a PI o\\nDO \u00c2\u00ab3 a\\n*5 oo\\ng-H^Hj 03\\nQ fl\\nrcJ 93 S-\\n93 O O\\nI^ oj C\\n95 93 4)\\nO o _\\nf o\\n93 93 rt\\n^rd 93\\nOD -4-a\\nP 93 p]\\nt, s h\\noft\\n93 93\\n2 93 tc\\n:g,d o\\nCD j^\\n93-2+3\\nS^5\u00c2\u00ab\\n(H O 93 \u00c2\u00bbH\\n93 93 d\\ncc\\nH 2\\n2 93 O OO\\nO d 93 C\\n93 03;- be\\n93 03;:^ CiC\\n93 g--^\\nS O 05\\na\\nr?9r\\n93 C\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a21-1 03\\n00 a\\nS \u00c2\u00ab3 2\\nj-i\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I _\\no3 13\\n93 o\\n^.=3 ^-e\\n^:.h1\\n-1 eg\\npif) pi\\n00 S3 op 03\\n-t-j t 05 o3\\no 2-tf SS a\\nOH C\\nsJi-. a \u00c2\u00ab3\\n03\\n03\\nCrOrC\\n93\\n03S. S\\n03 a)\\nr- 93\\n^E- 00\\n8fc| i S\\n93 p.\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n*S\\n93.5:1 eS\\nft^^\\n93 ;-i\\n^a\\nO\\nfS3\\n93\\n93Q\\nc\\na\\no\\nO\\nO\\nPI\\nr-t\\n93 03 _\\n50 2 o\\nP 03^ O\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2r 00 ft g-\\n^93 TS\\n00 t--M oj\\nw-\\nc g is\\nS3\\n93 ^fl\\na\u00c2\u00a73\\n43 S;\\nc-^ 2\\n.2 03 J?\\n-u 93\\n*2^\\nP 4)\\n2 J\\n2? fl\\nP\\nP\\n2h\\nS2e\\n932\\n+JrP O\\no!+^jn\\nSaX\\ny 2 P\\n93*3\\naS-S\\nOB.P\\n\u00c2\u00abS 93\\n93^\\n4\\n93?; to\\nOi 93\\ng a ft\\nS So\\nc O- t-\\np p^\\n.s s\\n109", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0117.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "k^!\\nA FAMOUS WINTER RESORT.\\nROYAIi VICTOItIA HOTEL..\\n1\\nFIRST-CLASS MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMSHIPS\\nUnder contract with the Bahamas Government, leave\\nEVERY TEN DAYS.\\nMaking close connections at SaTaniiali with First-\\nClass Steamers to and from New York, or by Rail\\nto all parts of the country, thus giving the option of a\\nshort sea voyage to or from Savannah, or a longer\\nvoyage to or from New York; also affording to\\ninvalids seeking a more equaMe climate than\\nFlorida can offer, Nassau is particularly recommended,\\nwhere the temperature never falls below 64^\\nFahrenheit, nor rises above 82\u00c2\u00ae, and where the\\nvariation does not exceed 5\u00c2\u00ae in 24 hours.\\nFor Illustrated Nassau Guides and Schedules\\ngiving full particulars, address,\\nMURRAY, FERRIS CO., Or HUNTER GAMMELL,\\n62 South St., N. Y. Savannah, Ga.\\nG-, LEVE, Gen i Passenger Agent, 202 St. James ^t. Montreal, Canada.\\nA. M. BOCK, General Agent, Jacksonville, Fla.\\n110", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0118.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "o\\nQ\\no .d O tj\\n-g oj J3 \u00c2\u00abU O\\n;3\\npa O OJ CS\\npi\\nID o\\no cd o\\n_r1 /T* f^ c:i\\na;\\nl^M\\nEhmO^^ mH ^\u00c2\u00a703\\n03 o t: Tl\\nj:^ fl O c3 03\\nw\\nUl", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0119.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "uc: :^:f=oil=ii:, Trjt^\\nR. S. DODSON, Proprietor\\nBoard, $9. 5 O and $3.00 per Bay\\nAnd Liberal Arrangements by the Week or Month.\\ncc^\\n\u00c2\u00bb5?\\nWILMINGTON, N. C.\\nJ T\\\\.. ID.i^ VIS,\\nU\u00c2\u00bb", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0120.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAHOLINA.\\nThis well-known and popular first class Hotel, situated in the centre\\nof the city, and also in the centre of the Wholesale Business Houses,\\naffords facilities, comfort, and attention to travellers for pleasure and\\nmerchants on business, second to none in the United States\\nHaving been recently thoroughly repaired and newly furnished\\nthroughout, the Proprietors pledge themselves to spare no pains in the\\nmanagement to maintain the high reputation heretofore enjoyed by the\\nold CHARLESTON as a first-class house.\\nE. E. JAOKSOH U 00., Proprietors.\\nALTAMAHA HOTEL,\\nThis well-known Hotel, at the Junction of the Atlantic Gulf\\nand Macon and Brunswick Railroads, has passed under the con-\\ntrol of the A. G. R. R. Co. and under the management of Mr.\\nW. G. Norwood, for the past three years manager of the Screven\\nHouse, Savannah, Ga.\\nBoard by the week or month can be obtained on reasonable\\nterms, upon application to the Manager. All passenger trains on\\nboth roads stop here, and allow ample time for meals.\\n118", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0121.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "PATUItH lOf ill\\nG. T. ALFORD CO.,\\nOn and after tlie 17tli day of October, 1876, the transient rate of\\nthis well known house will be reduced to suit the times. Board from\\n$2.50 to $3 per day, according to location of rooms. This Hotel has\\nrecently been renovated and repainted, and no pains shall be spared\\nto make our guests comfortable and happy. All transfer coupons\\ntaken by omnibuses of Pavilion Hotel.\\nMARSHALL HOUSE, SAVAHNAH, GA.\\nTlie only Perfect Edifice in tlie City Originally\\nBuilt for Hotel Purposes.\\nIt is of modern style of construction, and possesses all the ap-\\npointments of a first-class establishment, embracing a ciiisine of\\nsuperlative excellence, offering superior accommodations at rates\\nreduced to Tiiree Dollars Per Day.\\nA. B. LUOE, Proprietor.\\n114", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0122.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00abJfN]\\nf II 101\\nSAVANNAH, GA\\nR. BRADLEY, Proprietor.\\nRates, 83. 00, per Day.\\nSpecial arrangements by the week or month.\\nGEO. McGINLY, Proprietor.\\n115", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0123.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "116", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0124.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "ARLETON HOUSE,\\nJacksonville Florida.\\nPROPRIETORS\\nThe above cut represents tkis spacious, new brick hotel, 3 ust completed\\nS.S in ewy room; Laundry and Bath Rooms. The house is Provided\\nith Crei^iton s Or^l Enunciator, an Elevator, and is thoroughly finished\\nA rouffhout in first-class style. j.\\nThe house has been built with especial reference to egress mease of\\ne, having also stand pipes with line of hose on each floor connected with\\nhrcuisine department has all the modern improvements and is under\\n.arge of a competent person who has had long experience m a leading\\n3sto\u00c2\u00bb hotel, The is to be kept first-class in every respect,", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0125.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "TREMONT HOUSE.\\nWASHINGTON, D, 0.\\nHas been Enlarged to accommodate 300 Guests.\\nIs newly farnislied tliroughout with Superior Furniture, and\\nkept in every respect as a First-Class Hotel.\\nOur Motto A Full House at a Moderate Price.\\nTerms, $2.50 per Day.\\nThe Proprietor runs his own omnibuses to all trains\\nand steamboats, and will carry the guests to the house\\nfree of charge. F P HILL.\\nA WINTER RESORT.\\nPalaika, Florida, on the St John s River.\\nIs an entirely new Hotel, has large rooms, high Ceilings and\\nPerfect Ventilation; is lighted with gas; has electric Bells and\\nWardrobes in every room the sleeping Rooms are handsomely\\nfurnished throughout the table is equal to any in the country.\\nAccommodation for 250 guests. Open December 20th, 1876,\\nliARKIN MORRIS, Proprietors,\\n118", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0126.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "ST. AUCUSTIPSE, FLORflDA.\\nW. W. PALMER, Proprietor,\\nGreatly repaired during the past Summer.\\nSt, Augustine Florida,\\nE U VjlILL, Frojoriefor.\\nW^ ^^^s\\niAT WIMW\\nQ^ wm.\\nBRUNSWICK, G-A.\\nL. N. CLARK, Proprietor,\\nOf Mansion House Rochland Lake, JY- Y,\\nJ. L. SCOTT, Masiager.\\nPALATKA, FLORIDA.\\nF. H. Q RVIS. Prop.\\nJACKSONVBLLE9 FLORIDA.\\nQ-ould Co., Props.\\nKSmrai tBBEKHBSn^\\nmaaaeat^^atiQ^sBi^ETcraaeHB^iEBnH\\nAUGUSTA, CA.\\nThos. M. Binford, John W. Cameron,\\nChief Clerk. Proprietor,\\nU9", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0127.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "IXsTIDIE]:^\\n-v\u00c2\u00ab-\\nHistoric Sketch 3\\nGeography. 7\\nA Palmetto Tree. (Engraving) 9\\nClimate and Production 10\\nThermometer Range 11\\nPopulation, Social and Political Con-\\ndition 13\\nFlorida for Pleasure Seekers 16\\nSt. Augustine. (Engraving) 17\\nFlorida, for Invalids 19\\nFlorida tor Immigrants 22\\nSketch of Charleston, S. C 25\\nSketch of Savannah, Ga 29\\nPoints of Interest on the Atlantic\\nand Gulf R R 33\\nPoints of Interest on the Florida\\nBranch R. R 41\\nPoints of Interest on the Albany\\nBranch R. R 42\\nPoints of Interest in Northern\\nFlorida 44\\nPoints of Interest in Middle Florida 50\\nThe St. John s River 56\\nSteamboats on St. John s River 57\\nJacksonville 58\\nSchedule of the Steamer Hampton. 62\\nJ he Attractive Points on the St.\\nJohn s 62 to 69\\nSt. Augustine 69\\nFort Marion. (Engraving) 71\\nWestern Florida 74\\nSouthern Florida 76\\nSteamers to Jacksonville and Enter-\\nprise 81\\nFortress Monroe, Hampton Roads,\\netc 82\\nAiken, S. C 84\\nWilmington, N. C 86\\nPurcell House 87\\nHow to get to Florida, (Schedules). 88\\nAtlantic Coast Lines 88, 89, 90\\nBay Line Steamers 90\\nOld Dominion Steamers 91\\nJacksonville to Crescent City 91\\nPeidmont Air Line 92\\nVirginia Midland Route\\nN. Y. Savannah Steamers l|\\nN. Y. Charleston Steamers S\\nAdvertisements, Peidmont Air Line i\\nAtlantic Coast Line Railways\\nBay Line Steamers S\\nAtlantic and Gulf Railroad 9\\nN. Y. and Savannah Steamers 9\\nThe Cumberland Route 10\\nOld Dominion Steamship Line... 10\\nVirginia Midland Route 10\\nAtlantic and Gulf Railroad 10\\nBoston and New York Air Line 10\\nMansion House, Fernandina 10\\nNew Orleans, Florida Havana S.S,\\nCorapaTiy 10\\nBrock Coxetter s Line of Steam-\\ners lOi\\nSavannah and Charleston Railroad. lOi\\nThe Magnolia Passenger Route 10\\nThe Hygeia Hotel, Old Point Com-\\nfort, Va 108-10J\\nRoyal Victoria Hotel, Nassau, N. P\\nBahamas IK\\nNassau Steamers IK\\nHighland Park Hotel, Aiken, S. C. .Ill\\nArlantic Hotel, Norfolk, Va.\\nCharleston Hotel, Charleston, S C\\nAltamaha Hotel, Jesup, Ga\\nPavilion Hotel, Charleston, S. C.\\nMarshall House, Savani ah, Ga 114\\nScreven House, Savannah, Ga 11.\\nGrand National, Jacksonville, Fia..ll.^.\\nSt. James Hotel, Jacksonville, Fla. .lit\\nCarleton House, Jacksonville, FIa..ll7\\ni remont House, Washington D. C..11S\\nLarkin House 118\\nMagnolia Hotel, St. Augustine 119\\nSt. Augustine Hotel, St. Augustine. 119\\nMarion House, St. Augustine 119\\nBay View House, Brunswick, Ga 119\\nJ. L.Scott, Boarding Establishment. 119\\nPut man House, Palatka, Fla 119\\nWmdsor Hotel. Jacksonville, Fla. .119\\nGlobe Hotel, Augusta, Ga 11Q\\n1\\n.lis\\n.IK\\nlis\\n114\\nJ\u00c2\u00ab0", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0128.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "THE\\nAlliitJ\u00c2\u00a9 0@iit lliijj\\nTHE DIRECT PASSENGER ROUTE BETWEEN THE\\nOffers Double Dail}^ All Kail C-onnection via\\nCHARLESTON, f MIN TON AND EICHMOND.\\nDAILY ALL RAIL, VIA\\nDAILY ALL KAIL TO\\nIV O IMT C I^\\nBy eitlier of the above routes, thence the magniiicent\\nBAY LINE STEAMERS TO BALTIMORE\\nTHENCE RAIL TO NEW YORK.\\nGLD DOMINION LINE OF STEAMSHIPS\\nPULLMAN PALACE SLEEPING COACHES\\nARE RUN ON NIGHT TRAINS.\\nAll Travelers and Tourists Returning; from Florida,\\nare invited to examine the advantages\\nof tliis liine.\\nNo other Eoute offers such a variety of connections as\\nTHE OLD RELIABLE WILMINGTON ROUTE.\\nBaggage Checked Through. Tickets Good Until Used.\\nPassengers going North from Florida Mill do well to consider the above men-\\ntiohed facts before purchasing their tickets. Be pakticulak to ask for same\\nS^^\u00c2\u00b0VIA WILMINGTON=^^\\nTHRO UGllE TICKETS Sold to All Points North by this line.\\nFou Price of TicivEts and Schedule of Trains see Small Bills, which\\ncan be obtained at all Ticket Otiices \\\\viicre Through Tickets are sold.\\nW. J. WALKER, J. H. WHITE, A. POPE,\\nGen l Agent. Southern Pass. Agent. Gen l Pass, Tick t Agt", "height": "3259", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetothroughfl02olne_0129.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "THE\\nAtlantic Coast Line of Eailways.\\nALL RAIL ROUTE TO\\nCharleston, Savannah, Jacksonville,\\nAND ALL POINTS IN\\nVIA\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nI ho Transportation arr .ngements of this Line for the Fall anr] Winter business\\nof 187i -7 have been perfected, witn reference to the requisite accomrao-\\ndatioh in aflrst-class manner of all bouthern-bound travel.\\nDouble Daily Trains are run between\\nWashington and Jacksonville via Charleston,\\nGiving close connections with all lines North thereof.\\nAnd the Schedule Time between NEW YORK and CilAELES-\\nTON has beeii quickened to an extent never before attempted.\\nThrough Pullman Sleeping Cars and Atlantic\\nCoast Line Parlor Cars,\\nAre run between all prominent points on this route, and in such unbroken\\nmanner as commends the line above all others to invalids and families.\\nBaggage Checked Through. Tickets Good Until Used,\\nWith privilege of stopping off at all terminal points.\\nTHROUGH TICKETS\\nSold throughout the Eaet to all points South via this line and all informati n\\ngiven at the principal Railroad offices, North and Soulh.\\nJONAH H. WHITE, Southern Passenger Agent.\\nGeneral Office, No. 229 Broadway, New York,\\nWill answer all communications addressed to him.\\nW. J. WALKER, I^ O I^ E\\nGeneral Agent. Qen. Pass. 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