{"1": {"fulltext": "W-VpUl^\\n^r-\u00c2\u00bb^", "height": "3145", "width": "2095", "jp2-path": "altamonteofflori00alta_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.\\nShelf _ _MA^\\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA.", "height": "3000", "width": "1965", "jp2-path": "altamonteofflori00alta_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "PUREST SPRINGS\\nAND ONE OFTHE\\nMOST DESIRABLE RESORTS\\nIN TH E^ Ji:,^^-\\nS^OUTHERN STATES\\nIS^ l?L4-", "height": "3000", "width": "1965", "jp2-path": "altamonteofflori00alta_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "THE ALTAMONTE\\nHOTEL AND SPRINGS\\nAre owned and conducted by a syndicate of North-\\nern and Eastern capitalists, who bought this particu-\\nlarly charming section of the Orange County paradise,\\nnot merely as a land or hotel Investment, but as a\\nspecially desirable winter resort for themselves, their\\nown families, and friends.\\nThe incorporate name of the syndicate is\\nTHE ALTAMONTE COMPANY.\\nG4 a\\ni^", "height": "3000", "width": "1965", "jp2-path": "altamonteofflori00alta_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "(^O much has been written about Florida within the past\\n/M/ decade, as well in newspapers and magazines as in such\\ncautiously worded works as those by Mrs. Harriet Beecher\\nStowe, Sidney Lanier, and George M. Barbour, that the people\\nof the United States have now pretty generally sifted truth from\\nerror, and convinced themselves that the three million dollars\\npaid for Florida by their grandfathers was one of the best real-\\nestate investments ever made, since it has provided forty mil-\\nlions of people with one of the healthiest sanitariums and\\npleasure-parks in the Western World, and made comfortably\\naccessible to them the rich fruits and soothing airs of a semi-\\ntropical clime. Three million dollars is but a bagatelle to give\\nfor several million cubic miles of sunshine.\\nThe watershed of Florida is its vertebral column, and the\\nrivers are its arteries. It is from the river or lowland district\\nthat visitors and prospectors have carried away some unfavor-\\nable reports it is there that the mosquitoes are most trouble-\\nsome, and malaria sometimes encountered. But the central\\nCopyright, iSSb, by Rand Avery Company, Boston.", "height": "3000", "width": "1965", "jp2-path": "altamonteofflori00alta_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "THE ALTAMONTE OF FLORIDA.\\nhighlands form an altogether different kind of place and it is\\nonly within a comparatively few years, that, by the extension of\\nthe railway system, they have been opened up to settlement,\\nand made known as one of the most beautiful and enjoyable\\nregions in the world, and the ideal resort for persons in deli-\\ncate health. These statements have been made regarding vari-\\nous sections of the highland regions of Florida, but more em-\\nphatically and usually of Orange County, sometimes spoken of\\nas the paradise of the Southern States. In Orange County are\\nmany charming spots settled by Northern people and it is the\\nobject of this booklet to call attention to one of the most beau-\\ntiful, the village of Altamonte with its excellent springs, fine\\nand well-appointed hotel, pure lakes and streams, pleasant\\npeople, pretty cottages, and attractive social and other\\nadvantages.\\nALTAMONTE STATION\\nis the name by which the place is now known but it ought\\nproperly to be called simply Altamonte, or Altamonte\\nSprings.\\nAltamonte is on the South Florida Railroad, a hundred and\\nfifteen miles south of Jacksonville, forty miles west of the\\nAtlantic Ocean, and eighty miles east of the Gulf of Mexico.\\nIt is also twelve miles from Sanford, a city at the head of large\\nsteamboat navigation on the St. John s River, being the south-\\nern terminus of a line of daily steamers from Jacksonville, and\\nthe starting-point of the South Florida Railroad. Altamonte\\nlies pretty well towards the centre of\\nORANGE COUNTY,\\nabout which so much has of late years been written. This\\ncounty lies in the heart of the peninsula, between the twenty-", "height": "3000", "width": "1965", "jp2-path": "altamonteofflori00alta_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": ",^m^:", "height": "3000", "width": "1965", "jp2-path": "altamonteofflori00alta_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "THE ALTAMONTE OF FLORIDA.\\neighth and twenty-ninth degrees of north latitude, and is on\\nthe watershed or divide of the State. Its high, rolling lands\\nare covered with a majestic growth of pines, and dimpled with\\nhundreds of sparkling lakes and lakelets of purest water. The\\nbottoms of these lakes are covered with smooth, hard sand, and\\nthe water contains fine game-fish. The soil of the country\\nproduces all the usual semi-tropical fruits, oranges, lemons,\\nbananas, figs, sugar-cane, the guava, limes, citrons, pineapples,\\netc. Orange County borders on the expansions of St. John s\\nRiver, known as Lakes Harney, Munroe, and George and of\\nits other five largest lakes, one, Apopka, has an area of fifty-\\nsix square miles. It is in Orange County that many of the most\\nnoted resorts of Florida are located. Among the most enjoy\\nable, although least heralded, is\\nALTAMONTE,\\nthe subject of this sketch, a town which, as its name (high\\nmount) suggests, is situated on some of the very highest land in\\nthe State. Says the Rev. Dr. A. J. Patterson of Boston, in a\\nrecent letter published in the Boston Home Journal, Alta-\\nmonte is one of the most charming places in the State, and is\\ndestined to become one of the most popular winter resorts in\\nFlorida. The town is situated upon a high hill overlooking\\nlovely lakes, and is in the very centre of the fragrant pine-woods.\\nThe street-car line extends along a broad half-mile boulevard,\\nlined on each side with trees. Scattered here and there in the\\nmidst of blossoming orange-groves are the cosy cottages of\\nEastern capitalists. As a sanitarium, Altamonte (so say all\\nauthorities) is destined to rank very high, and for the follow-\\ning reasons in the first place, the air is extremely dry and\\npure, as is shown by the scarcity of moss on the trees, in fact.", "height": "3000", "width": "1965", "jp2-path": "altamonteofflori00alta_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3000", "width": "1965", "jp2-path": "altamonteofflori00alta_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "THE ALTAMONTE OF FLORIDA.\\nthe air is just about like tliat of Minnesota in point of humid-\\nity secondly, the water is perfectly pure and sweet again, the\\naverage of the mercury in winter is only sixty, and in sum-\\nmer seventy-eight, degrees Fahr. Then, the air is so constantly\\nagitated by cool Gulf-stream breezes blowing across the State\\nfrom the Atlantic to the Gulf of Mexico, that malaria or fever\\nis absolutely unknown. The same healing and invigorating\\nbreezes, loaded with the terebinthine and balsamic odors of the\\npines, serve also almost wholly to do away with the mosquito\\nnuisance. If Mrs. Stowe in her home on the St. John s could\\npronounce, as she does, Florida to be a child s Eden (see\\nher Palmetto Leaves, p. 129), much more could this be said\\nof the lovely highland region. The summer days at Altamonte\\nare cooled by frequent showers (so different from the choking\\ndust of California summers), and the region is rarely visited by\\ncontinental storms. Altamonte is one of the places that\\ncaused Surgeon-Gen. Carr, in the London Times, to assert,\\nthat, after a thorough study of climate in various parts of the\\nworld, I stake my reputation upon the statement, that back\\nfrom the rivers of Florida, upon the high pine-lands, is found\\nas healthy a climate as on any part of the globe.\\nIn Mr. George M. Barbour s interesting work on Florida\\n(D. Appleton Co., 1882), a book indorsed by a governor and\\nan ex-governor of Florida, and by the Assistant Commissioner\\nof Immigration, it is stated that the death-rate of invalids and\\ntourists in Colorado is ten times as great as in Orange County.\\nOut of a population of seven thousand, the census of iSSo re-\\ncords only thirty-one deaths. From September to April\\n(we quote from Mr. Barbour s work) the climate is much like\\nthe finest Indian-summer day of the North, while from April\\nto September the mercury rarely registers more than ninety-\\nsix degrees. Mosquitoes are not as numerous or so trouble-", "height": "3000", "width": "1965", "jp2-path": "altamonteofflori00alta_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3000", "width": "1965", "jp2-path": "altamonteofflori00alta_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "THE ALTAMONTE OF FLORIDA.\\nsome as they are in Boston. Orange County is to-day\\nattracting more attention, and increasing faster in population,\\nthan any other county in the State.\\nThe prime feature of Altamonte as a resort, is its quietude.\\nIt is not a place widely advertised for the purpose of attract-\\ning the transient tourist, although, indeed, its picturesque\\nscenes are such as abundantly to interest the seeker after the\\nbeautiful. But it is chiefly the resort of a large number of\\nwell-to-do Eastern and Northern men of business, who come\\nfor the perfect repose and quiet they get here. From the\\ntime of the original purchase to the present, the proprietors\\nhave had one main object in view, that of securing for them-\\nselves, their families, and their congenial acquaintances, during\\na certain portion of the year, a resort where they could be\\ncertain of good company, the best of hotel accommodations,\\nand those other advantages which people of culture and wealth\\ndesire while enjoying seclusion from the worry and cares of\\nthe business world. In this respect, there can be found no\\nfiner place than Altamonte; and among the hotel-homes of the\\nOrange State, there certainly is none more delightfully sit-\\nuated or more comfortable in its appointments than\\nTHE ALTAMONTE HOTEL,\\nwhich begins its fifth season in the winter of 1886. The\\nhotel is situated on a high plateau, some ninety feet above\\nthe St. John s River, in an extensive grove of pines near the\\nbanks of two beautiful clear-water lakes, affording abundant\\nopportunities for gunning, fishing, and boating, and command-\\ning an outlook over miles of picturesque scenery. On the\\nlake in front of the hotel has been placed a good steam-\\nlaunch. In every direction are enjoyable walks and drives over", "height": "3000", "width": "1965", "jp2-path": "altamonteofflori00alta_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3000", "width": "1965", "jp2-path": "altamonteofflori00alta_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "THE ALTAMONTE OF FLORIDA.\\nsome of the finest roads in the State, and through the ever-\\ngreen woods and fragrant orange-groves. In the forests, flowers\\nbloom the year around and night and day in the great pine-\\ntops the soft airs from the sea swing to and fro, and whisper\\ntheir soft and soothing crescendo to the leaves, and to the\\ncharmed and loitering guests. Around the Altamonte Hotel\\nare grouped a half-dozen or more fine cottages, occupied\\nchiefly by their owners. The hotel-rooms are furnished with\\ngas and electric bells, and many of them with open fire-\\nplaces. The house accommodates one hundred guests; and\\nits manager, Mr. Frank A. C of ran, manager of the Twin\\nMountain House in the White Mountains, will make every\\npossible provision for the comfort and enjoyment of the\\npatrons. The cuisine is equal in every respect to that of\\nthe finest hotels in the country. Upon the table will be found\\nthe choicest cuts of beef and mutton that the New York\\nand Boston markets afford, the delicious fish and oysters of\\nTampa Bay, fresh vegetables grown in the large garden\\nattached to the hotel, eggs and poultry from neighboring\\nfarms, fresh milk and cream, oranges, lemons, strawber-\\nries, bananas, pineapples, and other fruits from surrounding\\norchards, and last, but not least, the purest spring-water that\\nanywhere flows from the ground. Horse-cars run from the\\nhotel to the railway station, half a mile distant. Connected\\nwith the hotel are a billiard and pool room, bowling-alley,\\nbarber-shop, livery stable, and steam-laundry. From Sanford\\nto Altamonte, there are three trains a day.\\nIn short, it is believed that nothing has been neglected\\nwhich might give comfort and restful enjoyment, an important\\nconsideration for guests.", "height": "3000", "width": "1965", "jp2-path": "altamonteofflori00alta_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3000", "width": "1965", "jp2-path": "altamonteofflori00alta_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "THE ALTAMONTE OF FLORIDA.\\nTHE ALTAMONTE SPRING.\\nRev. Dr. A. J. Patterson of Boston speaks of the water\\nof this spring as follows So sensitive am I to impure\\nwater, that I shipped a barrel of the Poland Spring water\\nbefore me on leaving Boston, and carried a supply in the\\ntrain with me. But on reaching here, I found the water of\\nthis spring so entirely satisfactory, that it became quite a\\nmatter of indifference whether the Poland barrel reached me\\nat all.\\nThe analysis of the Altamonte spring-water, as made by\\nProfessor S. P. Sharpies, State Assayer of Massachusetts, is\\nas follows\\nIn loo.ooo parts.\\nInorganic matter 1.5\u00c2\u00b0\\nOrganic matter i-oo\\nTotal residue at 212\u00c2\u00b0 F 2.50\\nAmmonia free.\\nAmmonia albuminoid.\\nNitrates.\\nChlorine in chlorides Traces.\\nSulphate of lime Traces.\\nQuality Excellent.\\nThis water is exceedingly pure, and suitable for any pur-\\npose to which it may be applied, says a Northern writer of\\nhigh standing the springs of Altamonte are in themselves\\nsufficient, with proper management, to make this a first-class\\nsanitarium. I predict for the place an immense success as\\nsoon as its merits in this regard are known.\\nProfessor James F. Babcock, formerly State Assayer of\\nMassachusetts, says that his analysis of the Altamonte Spring\\nwater shows the spring to be one of great purity, and that\\nthis water, being free from any constituent of the slightest ob-", "height": "3000", "width": "1965", "jp2-path": "altamonteofflori00alta_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3000", "width": "1965", "jp2-path": "altamonteofflori00alta_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "14 THE ALTAMONTE OF FLORIDA.\\njectionable character, either mineral or organic, may be used\\nfor drinking, cooking, etc., with entire safety.\\nThere are other springs not far from the hotel, and among\\nthem are the beautiful\\nSHEPHERD SULPHUR SPRINGS,\\nowned by the Altamonte Company, and situated three and a\\nhalf miles from the Altamonte Hotel. The experience of Dr.\\nA. M. Gushing, President of the Massachusetts State Homoeo-\\npathic Association, and other eminent physicians, proves that\\nthese sulphur springs, in connection with the invigorating\\nclimate of the high table-land, are very efficacious in curing\\ndyspepsia, rheumatic, catarrhal, pulmonary, and bronchial dis-\\neases. The sulphur-baths of these springs are destined to\\nhave a wide celebrity.\\nThe railroad connecting Altamonte with the outer world is\\nthe\\nSOUTH FLORIDA RAILROAD,\\na road extending from Sanford on the St. John s southward\\nthrough Orange, Polk, and Hillsborough counties to Tampa\\non the Gulf, and connecting at Sanford with daily steamers to\\nand from Jacksonville. This railroad is the direct United-\\nStates mail to Cuba.\\nTo sum up, one may say of Altamonte, town, hotel, and\\nsprings all considered, the delicious water, the dry, pure air,\\nand healthy breezes, that its future is as firmly assured as\\nany watering-place or health-resort in the world.\\nROUTES TO ALTAMONTE.\\nFrom Boston, all rail, through New York, Philadelphia,\\nWashington, Richmond, Charleston, Savannah, Jacksonville,\\nand Sanford, to Altamonte in 47 hours.", "height": "3000", "width": "1965", "jp2-path": "altamonteofflori00alta_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "THE SHEPHERD SULPHUR SPRING.\\nOwned by the Altamonte Company. Three and a Half Miles from the Altamonte.", "height": "3000", "width": "1965", "jp2-path": "altamonteofflori00alta_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "i6\\nTHE ALTAMONTE OF FLORIDA.\\nFrom Boston, by Boston and Savannah Steamship Line, to\\nSavannah.\\nFrom New York, all rail as above, or by steamer, to Savannah\\nor Fernandina.\\nFrom Chicago, via Louisville, Nashville, and Cincinnati\\nSouthern.\\nFrom Jacksonville, by J. T. and K. W. Railroad, or by\\nsteamers up the St. John s River.\\nFrom Sanford, via South Florida Railroad, over the mail-\\nroute to Tampa and Havana.", "height": "3000", "width": "1965", "jp2-path": "altamonteofflori00alta_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "The Altamonte Hotel,\\nUNSURPASSED IN ITS ACCOMMODATIONS,\\nWILL OPEN JAN. I, 1887.\\nTERMS, $4 A DAY; $17.50 TO $25 A WEEK.\\nSPECIAL RATES FOR WHOLE SEASON.\\nAddress all communications,\\nFRANK A. COFRAN. Proprietor.\\nALTAMONTE STATION,\\nFLORIDA.\\nBefore Dec. 10, address FRANK A. COFRAN, Manager,\\nTwin Mountain House, Wliite Mountains, N.H.\\nThe Altamonte Company.\\nOFFICERS AND DIRECTORS:\\nGEORGE W. MORSE, of Boston. PRESIDENT.\\nGEORGE FROST, of Boston, VICE-PRESIDENT.\\nCHARLES WHITTIER, of Boston.\\nB. C. NO YES, of Lawrence.\\nJOHN A. G RE ELY, of Newburyport.\\nHENRY L. C///45E/ of Lynn, SECRETARY and TREASURER.\\nMAIN OFFICE: 287 DEVONSHIRE STREET, BOSTON, MASS.", "height": "3000", "width": "1965", "jp2-path": "altamonteofflori00alta_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "The Altamonte\\nOF FLORIDA.\\nf\\\\ MOST DESIRABLE WINTER RESOI\\nSITUATED IN A PINE FOREST.\\nIts famous ALTAMONTE SPRINGS furnish\\ninexhaustible supply of water as pure and as\\nwholesonne as can be found anywhere\\non the globe.\\nIts SHEPHERD SULPHUR SPRINGS poss\\nmedicinal qualities of unquestioned merit for\\nInternal and external uses.\\nIts immediate lakes are of unsurpassed beauty.\\nIts surrounding country Is picturesque and health\\nand its social advantages are rarely to be\\nfound in winter resort\\nRand Avery Company, Boston, Ptin", "height": "3000", "width": "1965", "jp2-path": "altamonteofflori00alta_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3000", "width": "1965", "jp2-path": "altamonteofflori00alta_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "LIBRARY OF CONGRESS\\n014 541 205 5", "height": "3000", "width": "1965", "jp2-path": "altamonteofflori00alta_0024.jp2"}}