{"1": {"fulltext": "Sy^BKl", "height": "2952", "width": "1962", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "ti\\nBook T ^^^C.7", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "-fT^iO/\\n0", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "Map or th\u00c2\u00a3\\nGulf Coast Steamboat Line", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "AN\\nINTERESTING HISTORY\\nOF\\nFLORIDA\\nAND THE FAMOUS\\nD\\nSPRINGS,\\n2u \u00c2\u00bb^j. X.r-r-~-\u00c2\u00abs OKj\\n^:5\\nTHE NEW HEALTH RESORT\\nOF\\ndec ^s\\nie84\\nFLORIDA.", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1883, by E Conklin,\\nin the Office of the Librariat of Congress at.Washington.\\nh3i\\nT^3(t\\n1", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "feUST before the Spaniards under Cortez began their\\n1m S^^^^ conquest of Mexico in 1520, the French sent out\\nan expedition for the purpose of appropriating some of\\nthe newly discovered land of America to itself. Ponce de Leon\\nwith his expedition, discovered the land of the Floridas in\\n1512. He lauded on the east coast near the St. Johns river\\nwhere St. Augustine now stands, and named the country\\nFlorida, on account of the rich and fertile growtlis, which\\neverywhere met his gaze. It was at this place where he\\nafterwards founded the Huguenot colony, which spread and\\nflourished in these parts for upwards of 40 years and of\\nwhose persecution afterwards by the Spaniards, history fur-\\nnishes another thrilling account of the religious terrors of\\nthe 16th century.\\nIn 1520, when Oortez opened the conquest ot Mexico, Luke\\nVasques de Ayllon in the same year, equipped two ships\\nand sailed from Hispaniola for the contemptuous and short-\\nsighted purpose of capturing and placing the innocent na-\\ntives into bondage. Arriving on the east coast, he invited\\nthe Indians on board, and when secured, he set sail for St.\\nDomingo and sold them into slavery.\\nIn 1527, Charles V., of Spain, commissioned Pamphilo\\nde Narvaez to conquer Florida. Arriving at Tampa Bay\\non the west coast, about 30 miles below where Tarpon\\nSprings now stands, he issued a proclamation that he would\\ndestroy all the Indians if they did not acknowledge the", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "r-r-\\\\ 9 9\\nThe Tarpon\\nIS THE NAME OF THE LARGE\\nEEW WINTER RESORT HOTEL,\\nOF FLORIDA.\\nLately Built on the Lake Butler Villa Company s Grounds at\\nTARPON SPRINGS,\\nON THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA.\\nIT IS ONE OF THE FUST ON THE COAST\\nFrom Tallahassee to the Southern extremity of Florida.\\nIt was named after the game fish of that name which\\nabound on the Gulf near its very doors, in the\\nStreams and Bayous at the Springs.\\nIt Contains 50 Rooms!\\nITS TABLE IS FURNISHED WITH\\nAll the Delicaeies the Season Market Affords\\nHUNTING, FISHING,\\nYachting, Bathing, and all the Sports the Seekers after Pleasure ask for,\\nare found at its very doors. As for climate, it is well known\\nthat the temperature is beginning to attract the attention\\nof persons of the East or Atlantic Coast.", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "sovereiguty of the Pope and the King. He then marched\\nnorth through Hillsborough and Hernando counties, on\\nto Pensacola in search of the Mississippi Eiver, where he\\nlost his life and those of all his men in trying to cross it\\nin a storm.\\nIn 1538, another commission of the same nature was\\ngiven to Hernando De Soto to conquer all Florida, with\\na promise that he should receive the title of Marquis of\\nall the lands he so conquered. In 1539, De Soto landed at\\nthe Bay of Tampo about the same spot where the Nar-\\nvaez entered. This Bay was then called under the Spanish\\ntitle, Espiritu Santo. De Soto had with him on this occa-\\nsion about 600 of his best soldiers. On his arrival he pro-\\nclaimed to the natives that his expedition was for God\\nalone. It seems that from this date the great intrigues\\nfor religious persecutious began. Landing for the pur-\\npose of conquest and gain he claimed his object was for\\ntheir souls welfare. At this time, Santander, in a letter to\\nthe Emperor, came greatly to De Soto s aid. This letter\\nkindled a religious fire and fervor, which increased until\\nthe Priests in Oortez s army destroyed, in their great histo-\\nric fire, the last remaining archives of the Aztec Empire\\nin Mexico. We give Santander s letter below:\\nIt is lawful that your majesty, like a good Shepherd,\\nappointed by the hand of the eternal Father, should tend\\nand lead out your sheep, since the Holy Spirit has shown\\nspreading pastures whereon are feeding lost sheep which\\nhave been snatched away by the dragon, the demon. These\\npastures are the new world wherein is comprised Florida,\\nnow in possession of the demon, and here he makes him-\\nself adored and revered. This is the land of promise pos-\\nsessed by idolators this is the land promised by the eternal\\nFather to the faithful, since we are commanded by God\\nin the Holy Scriptures to take it from them, being idolators", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "6\\nand by reason of their idolatry and sin, to put them all to\\nthe knife, leaving no living thing, save maidens and children;\\ntheir cities robbed and sacked, their walls and houses leveled\\nto the earth.\\nOn the strength of their letter, De Soto was permitted to\\nenslave the inhabitants for his own use and service. Sau-\\ntander further, selected four places in Florida, whicb, from\\nthe fertility of the soil and other favorable conditions, he\\nrecommended to the King to at once lay hold upon. The\\ncountry for miles round about Tampa Bay, and where\\nDe Soto was at that time, was one of the four locations.\\nThe others were, Pensacola, Tallahassee, and the country\\nabout the mouth of the St. John s River. De Soto favored\\nthe west coast.\\nIn 1565, Melendez in his commission from King of Spain,\\nto Christianize the natives of Florida, usurped his right and\\nattacked also the French Huguenot colony. The religious\\nfire and fervor created by Santander s letter seems not to\\nhave stopped with the native Indians for Melendez pro-\\nclaimed to the French Huguenots that if they too did not\\nsurrender to the church and to Spain, he would kill every\\none of them. Refusing, they were, true to the temeritj^ of\\nthe Spaniards, completely extirpated. The Spaniards at-\\ntacked a fleet of Huguenots oif their settlement at sea.\\nThe Huguenots were beaten under Ribault, who was driven\\ndown the coast and lost. Melendez then attacked the land\\nforces~at Fort Carolina on the St. John s River, captured the\\nfort, and hung all the French who manned it. He then\\nwent in search of those who escaped down the coast and,\\nhaving overtook them at Matanzas inlet, he assured them\\nthat if they would surrender they would be pardoned. No\\nsooner had they surrendered, however, than they were taken\\nbehind the sand hills of the coast and massacred. France\\nand England were indignant, but nothing was done until", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "J. t\\nA War Uaiice of the Ancient Florida Indians", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "the great French chevalier, DoiDiiiiqiie de Gourgues, who\\nhad served against the Spaniards in Italy, fitted out two\\nships, attacked and took the French forts with the ;,Spaniards\\nin them, and hung all the soldiery not as Spaniards, but\\nas traitors, murderers and robbers. He afterwards de-\\nmolished the forts and returned to France.\\nUntil the purchase of Florida by the United States in\\n1821, the Spaniards continued to hold the country for a\\nperiod of about 250 years, except for a term of 20 years, in\\nwhich it was ceded to England\u00e2\u0080\u0094 from 1763 to 1783.", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "THE WEST COAST\\nAND\\nWAS^wW M^msWw\u00c2\u00bb\\nWl^ktiti^! Wliefeiti\\nSow to G^et Tliei e!\\nAnd all about the rich country s new\\nPLEASURE RESORTS,\\nBETWEEN\\nDissTON AND Cedar Keys,\\nON THE GULF OF MEXICO.", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "The Steamer Gov. S;,ffor(l Loaving the Wharf at Tarpon Springs.", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "11\\nTARPON SPRINGS.\\n-c\\nTarpou Springs is situated iipou a system of indentures\\nof the Gulf of Mexico, near the mouth of the Anclote River,\\nabout 30 miles north of the bay of Tampa, and 60 miles\\nsouth of Cedar Keys. The system of small bays, rivulets,\\nlakes, etc., which are so beautifully characteristic of Florida,\\nis complete here.\\nOne most admirable and salient feature of this section\\nof the west coast, is that for several miles north and south\\nof Tarpon S[)rings, the country has a general elevation as\\nyou proceed inland. Reaching some of the higher eleva-\\ntions you find imbedded in some beautifully foliaged plateau,\\nthe system of lakes which are destined to convert this re-\\ngion into villa plots and residences which will surpass any\\nthing yet seen in the State. Landing on the wharf just\\nbelow one of the natural springs in which this particular\\nlocation abounds, you find that Tarpon avenue has descended\\na gentle grade to your very feet, giving j^ou a most pleas-\\nant reception.\\nLooking up through the rich foliage, with the stately for-\\nest growths on either side, you catch just a glimpse of the\\nsentiments afterwards enjoyed in your rides to the lakes,\\nto which this avenue leads. It is not all sentiment either.\\nThe element of air invigorates the body as the pleasures\\nof sight does the mind, and your senses at once account to\\nuature for her sweet influences.", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "12\\nId driving- up this avenue you see, at short intervals,\\nbeautiful crystal lakes winking and blinking at you through\\nthe trees in the bright scintillating sun light, until you\\nreach\\nLAKE BUTLER,\\none of the beauty spots of creation. This is an intro-\\nduction to the wonderful water system of this section of\\ncountry, which is a great boon to it. It is owing to this\\ngreat water supply that one is compelletl, however warm\\nthe days, to sleep under a blanket at night.\\nThe gentle elevation of the land as you recede from the\\ncoast waters, secures this place as. a natural Sanitarium.\\nIn point of its drainage it is perfect. Its air, and the aroma\\nfrom its resinous Pines, and other smaller growths, give\\nvigor and an embracing life to the physical man, while the\\nmedical qualities of its Springs as a remedial agency, are\\nunsurpassed.\\nIt is well known that the belief was entertained among\\nthe Spaniards that a spring could be found, the waters of\\nwhich would restore the vigor of youth to age, and perpet-\\nuate life eternally, and much of their explorations were de-\\nvoted in efforts to make this discovery.\\nWhether the Congress Springs are these Springs, we do\\nnot presume to say. We leave that for each one to deter-\\nmine by his own experiments. The investigation of them\\nwill be pleasant pastimes while there.\\nThe rapid growth of the town springing so spasmodically\\ninto existence shows the merit of its selection. The location\\nwas chosen not until those who located it had traversed\\nthe whole State. It was located about January 1st, 1883.\\nIn 1884, the requirements of the town induced a steamboat\\ncompany to form, and the splendid excursion steamer,\\nGov. Saflford, was put on in November to ply between\\nDisston and Cedar Keys. From Cedar Keys, one has", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "14\\nthe Palace Oar to New York direct, and to all parts of\\nthe coimtry.\\nA school house had been erected.\\nA Hack liue had been established to run south to Tampa,\\ngiving tourists a romantic ride through the forests, and\\nalong side the crystal lakes of Florida.\\nTwo Hotels had been built, giving fare equal to New York\\nor San Francisco, at rates lower than at the former place.\\nTelegraphic facilities had been established. Stores had\\nbeen built, and saw mills started.", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "PLEASURES\\nAT\\nTarpon Springs.\\nThe place is admirably located for excursion trips in any direction,\\nIf the tourist comes from Cedar Keys north, he can then go to Tampa\\nsouth, by one of the pleasantest\\nCOACH RIDES THROUGH THE WOODS\\nTO BE FOUND ANYWHERE.\\nIf he comes by way of the south, and has seen Tampa, he can take\\nthe steamer,\\nGOVERNOR SAFFORD,\\nAND ENJOY A\\nSix Hours Sail on the Gulf to Cedar Keys.\\nEast and West give equally pleasant results, and of a varied na-\\nture. To the east a romantic park-like ride brings you\\nTO L^^KIE BXJTLErt,\\nA scene to be remembered all your life.\\nTo the West takes you among innumerable\\nISLANDS AND BAYS\\nout to the full fledged Gulf, harboring as it does at certain seasons,\\nthe great sponge fleets of the South seas. It is estimated that one\\nhundred thousand dollars worth of sponges are annually taken by\\nthis fleet.", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "10\\nTO THE ANGLER.\\nIS^ature seems to have made this spot with the tacit un-\\nderstanding with all human kind, that he who was born\\nwith a spirit of the angler in him, should certainly visit it.\\nFishing in these waters is something like crabbing on the\\nHarlem Flats at New York in the height of the season.\\nThe only difference is that the crabs there have their sea-\\nson while to the fishing here, with the exception of some\\nfew species perhaps, there is no season. From January to\\nDecember you may throw the line. Let the green turtle\\nepicures come down here, and we ll give them a deal.\\nThe hotels at Tampa set oysters on the tables continually\\nas a relish, just as the hotels north furnish chow-chow or\\npickles.\\nThe English Oapt. Bernard Romans in his Concise Nat-\\nural History of Florida, says\\nThe whole of the west coast of East Florida is covered\\nwith fishermen s huts and flakes; these are built by the\\nSpanish tisherineu from Havana, who come annually to this\\ncoast to the number of thirtj^ sail, and one or two visit Kio\\nd Ais, or Indian River, and other places on the east coast.\\nThe principal fish here, of which the Spaniards make up\\ntheir cargoes, is the red drum, called in East Florida a bass.\\nThey also salt a quantity of fish which they call pompanos,\\nfor which they get a price three times as high as for other\\nfish. A few soles, sea trout, and the roe of mullet and\\n1)1 ack drum make up the remainder of their cargoes. These\\nroes are dried and smoked, and used instead of caviare by\\nthe Spaniards, who are very fond of them.", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "Vacbting and Fishing Grounds at Tarpon Springs", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "18\\nAgaiD he says:\\nIt abounds so much iu lisb, that a person may sit on\\nthe bank and stick them with a knife or sharp stick, as they\\nswim by. I have frequently shot from four to twelve mul-\\nlets at one shot nay, our boys used to go alongside the\\nvessel in the boat and kill the catfish with a hatchet. In\\nSt. Augustine, the fishermen used to allow peojile who\\nbrought a real (12^ cents) to take as many fish as they\\npleased out of the boats.\\nDr. 0. J. Kenworthy, author of Fishing with the Fly,\\nsays\\nLake Butler, a short distance from the hotel, affords good\\nfishing for Black Bass.\\n[The hotel above alluded to is the Tarpon Springs Hotel\\nTHE TARPON SPRINGS HOTEL, is the headquarters\\nfor these Great Fishing and Hunting Grounds, being within\\nthe company s domains.\\nSpeaking of mau\u00c2\u00aby other conditions of this location, the\\nDoctor further says and last though not least,\\na greater variety of fish that will t^ke the ^y, than in any\\nother section of the Union.", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "20\\nDESCRIPTION OF THE FAMOUS\\nFISH OF FLORIDA.\\nTiTE Bed Snapper Truly a sportsman s fish, abounds\\nalong the west coast. Size at and about Tarpon, averag-\\ning from 3 lbs. to 8 lbs. They are a shy fish, but will\\nsnap savagely at your bait, and will give you a lively and\\ninteresting chase it you have a good line, and plenty of it;\\nand after you return home will heighten the satisfaction you\\nhad in taking him by giving you a savory relish. This fish\\nis good moonlight sport, as it feeds well at night.\\nThe Salt Water Oat-Fish: Here we have a fish,\\nwhich, though not largely eaten by the people of Florida,\\nhas a firm and well flavored flesh, and furnishes good sport\\nfor the inexperienced angler. It takes every thing within\\nits reach liberally; and in some cases are so plenty in\\nplaces, that you may drop your hook among them, without\\nbait, and hook them iu the side, breast, and all parts of the\\nbody.\\nThe Mullet This, although not a game fish, is of a more\\nessential interest to mankind, as it is a food fish and is\\nalso the principal bait for all the angling fish of Florida.\\nThis species is so prolific, it seems the more you kill the\\nmore there is remains like the emphatic mosquito. The\\nlakes, rivers and bays swarm with them often it would\\nseem that your boat would be obstructed by a shoal of them\\nahead of you in the river. They never take the bait and\\nhave to be netted. They furnish food for all the greater\\nvariety of all the other fish afford much amusement in\\nleaping into the air, and performing their antics they were\\nthe favorite dish of the ancient Eomans.", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "21\\nThe Shbepshead:\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Can be taken in droves and with\\nready bait.\\nThe Tarpon: This is decidedly a game fish. With scales\\nas big and as bright as a silver dollar, leaping and making\\nchaos and commotion on the surface of a summer bay or\\nBayou. Well, suffice to say, that when you succeed in\\nbringing in one of these, weighing any thing over 20 lbs.\\nthe Tarpon Springs Hotel will illuminate in your honor\\nalways.\\nThe scales of this tish are used for ITlorida jewelry.\\nThe Pompano:\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The sweetest food fishes of the west\\ncoast. To enjoy a sweetest morsel of the finny tribe, how-\\never, one must catch, cook and eat one of these fish at their\\nnative home.\\nThe Salt Water TEOUT:-This fish affords good sport\\non the hook, and gives corresponding satisfaction in its\\ndelicious flavor. It will not keep but cooked and eaten\\nat once is one of the greatest of delicacies. You must go\\nto Florida to eirjoy him.\\nIt is known that all fish caught on the Florida coast, may\\nbe eaten, except perhaps the Hog-fish, and of this even\\nmany claim it, a safe and savory edible.\\nThe following fish are plentiful throughout the coast.\\nKingfish, Angle fish,\\nMullet, Red Drum,\\nGrouper, Black Drnrn,\\nEed Snapper, Parrotfi h,\\nPompanos, Hogfish,\\nJewtish, Cattish,\\nBluefish, Black Bass,\\nBlackfish, Channel Ba^s,\\nSheepshead, Ladyfish,\\nTarpon, Bream,\\nSilverfish, Sea Trout,\\nRocktish, Cavalli,\\nSalt Water Trout\\nAnd many other smaller and delicious varieties.", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "WITH THE SALE OF\\n^on^ ^illior^^ of Sdfe^\\nOF\\nCHOICE FLORIDA LANDS,\\nTO WHAT IS KNOWN AS\\nTHE DISSTON COMPANY,\\nHAMILTON DISSTON, Esq.; Ex. Gov. A. P. K. SAFFORD;\\nW. C. PARSONS, Esq. aud C. H. GROSS, Esq.\\nHAVE OPENED TO THE WORLD\\nTHE NEW AND FAMED LANDS OF THE\\nWest Coast of Florida,\\nBORDERING ON THE GULF OF MEXICO.\\nHeadquarters of these new interests are at Tarpon Springs. Stop and glance\\nat the Springs and see the lands of the\\nL(kke Sutlef Villk dompki^y.\\nIn speaking of this west Coast, Dr. J. C. Kenworthy, of Jacksonville, says:\\nit is a piscatorial incognito. And adds\\nTha coast is shoal and can be navigated in a small boat. The stream^\\nare numerous, and excellent camping-grounds will be found on their\\nbanks. The shoal waters along the coast abound with ducks, the shores with\\nbeach birds, and the land with deer and turkeys. All the streams abound with\\nblack bass [southern trout], channel bass, cavalli, sheepshead, bream and sea\\ntrout. On these streams a fly rod would be found very useful.", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "23\\nORANGE CULTURE.\\n4-V^ s 4 V\\nADAPTED TO THE WEST COAST.\\nThe orange, as a product, has always stared the poor man\\nin the face and out of countenance, from the fact that the\\ntree took from 4 to 5 years to bear. He knew that there\\nwas a great market for vegetables which he might grow,\\nand in which he might realize 30 per cent, from, on the\\ncapital he might lay out in an orange grove, while he was\\nwaiting for that grove to bear.\\nThe great trouble was, until recently, he could not get\\nhis products to market. These facilities are now thoroughly\\ngiven him by the great influx of railroads and steamboats,\\nwhich are now going on. The great adaptability of the west\\ncoast bordering the Gulf of Mexico, for all citrus growths is\\nnow well established, and is being rapidly taken advantage\\nof. Hillsborough and Hernando counties are especially\\nnoted. This whole section is being rapidly filled up. It\\nis virgin soil has just been put in the market, and the bfst\\norange and vegetable lands in the State can now be pur-\\nchased here for the paltry sum of from $10 to $15 per acre.\\n4s the mind requires something tangible, we give some\\nfigures below, which will aid one to more thoroughly calcu-\\nlate.\\nCOST OF A FIVB-AORE ORANGE GROVE.\\n5 acres of best land $15--------- $75.00\\nBreaking up and fencing $10 per acre 50.00\\n300 trees and setting out they should be seed-\\nlings, 2 years old 150.00\\n$275.00", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "24\\nThis is ouly an approximate. You can buy good orange\\nland within five miles of shipping facilities for less\u00e2\u0080\u0094 as low\\neven as $10. Then again, yon may have land which is less\\nor more difficult to clear. But, to use round figures, $300\\nwill show a five-acre Orange Grove nicely set out, and which,\\nin three years, will give you a crop.\\nIf you will set out your own trees, $50 may be taken off\\nthe above amount.\\nThis having been accomplished, you proceed to put in your\\nvegetables of which yon realize, after 90 days from your in-\\nvestment, 40 per cent, profit, which continues until your oran-\\nges begin to come. The orange being a very hardy tree, and\\nbeing set about 30 feet apart, leaves ample room for the\\nwhole area to be used for vegetables and under growths,\\nuntil the orange get its growth; and, as every month in the\\nyear is used for planting some kind of vegetable, in Florida,\\nthe profit on an investment in an Orange Grove, may\\nreadily be seen dating from after the first 90 days, from the\\ntime of the purchase of the land.\\nParties from the north are showing vigorous appreciation\\nof these facts, and are forming companies for the purpose\\nof raising vegetables to be shipped north in the winter. In\\nthe summer, vegetables of a semi-tropical nature will enable\\nthem to ship all the year round at fabulous prices. Bearing\\nin mind that there is only one Florida that the whole of\\nthe State is only 100 miles wide by 400 long; the value of\\nthese lands when all taken up can barely be computed. A\\nthriving orange grove will net about $1,000 per acre an-\\nnually.\\nWe give, on pp. 28-29, alist of the vegetables which may be\\ngrown on the west coast, and the months they may be\\nplanted in.", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "MORE MONEY\\nWILL BE\\nH\\nH\\nTHIS YEAR THAN EVER BEFORE\\nFOR THE PURCHASE OF THE\\nOF THE WEST COAST,\\nWhich have been opened up for sale recently.\\nRead what a correspondent of the New York Times says, after a\\ntrip over this section last winter:\\nThe Times and I are still exploring sti*ange countries, and when\\nevery New Yorker who can will be sailing boats and picking oranges in\\nmidwinter here on this Gulf coast of Florida, I shall take credit to\\nmyself for having been one of the first, at least, to bring this beautiful\\nand quiet spot to the notice of the people. And I am glad to be able\\nto write thus of it without feeling that I am making a tremendous\\npuff for some wealthy corporation, for this west coast is virgin soil,\\nowned principally by the State, and nobody is especially interested in\\nbringing people to it.", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "26\\nTHE GREAT ORANGE\\nQUESTION.\\nThe question has been asked Won t orauge raising be\\nover done 1 One might as well ask whether potatoes or corn\\nwill be over done. And more so, because there is an uulim-\\nited field for their growth. But not so with the orauge.\\nThe Southern half of Oaliforuia and the peninsula of Flor-\\nida is your limit. It has been estimated that if every inch\\nof land in the whole United States, which would grow the\\norange, were planted with it, it would not necessitate a de-\\ncline in prices. But there are two points to be considered:\\nFirst Kegardless of price, people would use more of them\\nbecause they would see more of them, and be brought in\\ncloser relatioD, upon the principle that merchandise will sell\\nonly in proportion as it is brought to the eyes and ears of\\nthe public. A man may have ever so good a thing, but if\\nit was never brought to the notice of the public it would not\\nsell.\\nA woman goes to market for the simple necessaries of\\nlife. She has no inlention of buying any apples, grapes,\\noranges, or figs, but on walking through the market place,\\nshe espies some rosy cheeked apples. It occurs to her at\\nonce that a few of them would go nice in the evening or\\nSnuday. Now she buys* a few of them at least, regard-\\nless of price within reason. We venture to say that nine people\\nout of ten thus bring home some little choice relish or morsel\\nwhich was not on their list when they started out. And\\nwhy 1 Simply, and for the one sole reason that they saw it.", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "27\\nThis woman bought the apples because she saw them. She\\ndid not see any oranges. Now suppose that oranges were\\nequally displayed with apples. How many, do you compute\\nwould be sold even if the prices were higher The answer\\nis, every orange that every inch of orange laud in the Uni-\\nted States could produce. But uow comes in the sequel^\\nand a pleasant one in the second point to be considered.\\nSecondly: It has been estimated that the orange crops^\\ncould be made to stand a reduction of one-eighth their pre-\\nsent cost, and still pay. Oranges now bring, in Florida,\\ntwo to three cents a piece at the groves. It has been shown\\nthey would pay at as low as one quarter of a cent each.\\nThe extreme high prices are, however, kept up by the orange\\ngrower, who, at these prices, reclines in all the luxuries of\\nhis grove, with more ease than grace, than that of your\\nmost opulent cotton grower further north.\\nBut the reduction of the orange at a mere living profit it\\nseems, will never be necessarj^, from the principle explained\\nabove. The demand increasing with their excessive expos-\\nure in the market, will more than balance any possible in-\\ncrease from the limited space of land we have to grow them\\nin. No It is a well proven problem that the orange\\ngrower will always live a comparative life of ease and lux-\\nury which ever way you compute.", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "28\\n^A^HEN AND V^HAT TO PLANT.\\n111 January, plant Irish potatoes, peas, beets, turnips,\\ncabbage, and all hardy or semi-hardy vegetables make hot\\nbeds for pushing the more tender plants, such as melons, to-\\nmatoes, okra, egg-plants, etc.; set out fruit and other trees,\\nand shrubbery.\\nFehruary\u00e2\u0080\u0094Keep planting for a succession, same as in Jan-\\nuary in addition, plant vines of all kinds, shrubbery, and\\nfruit trees of all kinds, especially of the citrus family, snap\\nbeans, corn bed sweet potatoes for draws and slips. Oats\\nmay also be still sown, as they are in previous months.\\nMarch\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Com, oats, and planting of February may be con-\\ntinued transplant tomatoes, egg-plants, melons, beans, and\\nvines of all kinds mulberries, and blackberries are now\\nripening.\\nApril Plant as in March, except Irish potatoes, kohl rabi,\\nturnips; continue to transplant tomatoes, okra, egg plants\\nsow millet, cow peas, for fodder; plant the butter bean, lady\\npeas dig Irish potatoes. Onions, beets, and usual early\\nvegetables should be plenty for table.\\nMay Plant sweet potatoes for draws in beds; continue\\nplanting corn for table; snap beans, and cucumbers ought\\nto be well forward for use; continue planting okra, egg\\nplants, pepper, butter beans.\\nJune The heavy planting of sweet potatoes and cow peas\\nis now in order Irish potatoes, tomatoes, and a great vari-\\nety of table vegetables are now ready, as also plums, early\\npeaches, and grapes.", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "29\\nJuly Sweet potatoes and cow peas are safe to plant, the\\nrainy season beiu^ favorable grapes, peaches and figs are\\nin full season. Orange trees may be set out if the season is\\nwet.\\nJ.it^ffsi\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Finish up planting sweet potatoes and cow peas\\nsow cabbage, cauliflower, turnips for fall planting; plant\\nkohl rabi and rutabagas transplant orange trees and bud\\nlast of month plant a few Irish potatoes and beans.\\nSepteiiiber Now is the time to commence for the true\\nwinter garden the garden which is commenced in the North\\nin April and May. Plant the whole range of vegetables ex-\\ncept sweet potatoes set out asparagus, onion sets and\\nstrawberry plants.\\nOctober Plant same as last month put in garden peas\\nset out cabbage plants; dig sweet potatoes; sow oats, rye,\\netc.\\nNovemiber A good month for garden continue to plant\\nand transplant, same as for October; sow oats, barley and\\nrye for winter pasturage crops dig sweet potatoes house\\nor bank them make sugar and syrup.\\nZ 6cem er\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Clear up generally fence, ditch, manure, and\\nplant hardy vegetables; plant, set out orange trees, fruit\\ntrees and shrubbery keep a sharp look-out for an occasional\\nfrost; a slight protection will prevent injury.\\nIt will be seen from the above, that there is no month in\\nthe year but what fresh and growing vegetables can be had\\nfor sale and domestic use.\\nA single season will afford strawberries from the setting\\nout, ripe figs from two-year-old cuttings, grapas the second\\nyear, peaches the second and third years, oranges from the\\nbud in three to five years.\\nThe region for miles about Tarpon Springs is particularly\\nadapted to all citrus products.", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "30\\nA party of gentlemen who were there hist spring have\\nbonded a tract of 1,000 acres with a view of forming a stock\\ncompany for raising vegetables and semi-tropical fruits to\\nship north. Orange will be the ultimate result. The whole\\nwill be laid out in one gorgeous system of Oranges, Lemons,\\nOuavers, Bananas, Figs, etc. But from the immense profits\\nin vegetables, and that they may utilize the winter and\\nsummer alike, it is to be an orange and vegetable company\\nat the same time.\\n-c!5i;:5C!! ii;;:3C!9i\u00c2\u00ab;:5C!%s;:5-\\nTEMPERATURE OF FLORIDA.\\nThis page is for the intelligent. It has seemed to be a dif-\\nficult thing to comprehend the summers of Florida. I find\\nmany supposing that, as the Florida winters were warmer\\nthan our winters, its summers must be correspondingly\\nwarmer than our summers. After reading this, never say or\\nthink so again. It would show your incompetency to com-\\nprehend the very simple table below.\\nTable of temperatures taken at Tallahassee, the capital,\\nshowing the average temperature for June, during three suc-\\ncessive years.\\n^_^\\n03\\n03\\ne3\\nCO\\nfl\\nd\\nd\\nd\\ns8\\n53\\no3\\ncS\\nv\\n0)\\na\\nV\\naa\\naa\\naa\\na\\ne8\\n^fi\\n^03*\\n.ar-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2So*\\nSi\\nea\\na\\nd\\nd\\no\\no\\no\\no\\ng\\nS\\nJune, 1881\\n80.0\\n89.8\\n84.5\\n84.8\\n1883\\n77.1\\n78.9\\n86.1\\n87.3.\\n78.4\\n78.3\\n80.5\\n1883\\n81.4", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "31\\nThe better and truer idea of Florida may be bad by saying\\nthat its summers are a continuation of its enjoyable winters.\\nThere are a few isolated locations which are exceptions to\\nthis as to all other good rules. For instance, at the extreme\\nsouthern point around the swamp lands of the everglades,\\nwhere fevers are created, and also on the St. John s River,\\nand at Jacksonville, most delightful places in the winter,\\nare not so in summer. In this then is what the western\\ncoast that bordering on the Gulf of Mexico excels. The\\nwhole expression of this location may be implied by the re-\\nmark a gentleman from New York made, who had been at\\nTarpon Springs at two different times\u00e2\u0080\u0094 February and Sep-\\ntember. Why said he, one might come here in the\\nwinter to get rid of the cold and in the summer to get rid\\nof the heat of the north. This remark, however, can be ap-\\nplied only, we must recollect, where a place has the advan-\\ntage of the breezes, and purifying element of lakes and the\\nother water systems which exists in Florida.\\nEOUTE TO THE WEST COAST.\\nThe West coast, which has heretofore lain a hidden pleas-\\nure waste to most every condition of the sportsman, has now\\na practical source of access in the new steamboat, Gov.\\nSaflfbrd, which has been put on to ply down the west coast\\nfrom Cedar Keys. Heretofore parties could go only as far\\nas Cedar Keys with that comfort and luxury which betokens\\nthe American, and there held in abeyance by the tantalizing\\nstories of the achievements of the fly and the gun with\\nthe phantom vision of mystic lakes, the safe bayous, and\\nstreams teaming with the choicest specimens of the finny\\ntribe which lined the coast to the south, and then return\\nhome without seeing that part of Florida which has aroused\\nboth the avarice and curiosity of all for the past few years.", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "32\\nThis location has been extolled by everj- one who has seeo\\nit since the Spaniards first besought their King in 1539 to\\nlay hold and possess it.\\nThe routes to the two entry ports of Florida Fernandina\\nand Jacksonville are so numerous, persons have now an al-\\nmost unlimited choice, both by land or water. All persons\\nfrom either the North or West buy their tickets to either one\\nof these two points. From here let us suggest a route and\\nthen indulge in a few remarks.\\nThG Great New Route Through Florida\\nTHIS SEASON IS,\\nArriving at Fernandina or Jacksonville from New York,\\nTO TAKE\\nTHE\\nFROM\\nTO\\nDISTANCE\\nFlorida Railway\\nand Navigation\\nCompany.\\nJacksonville or\\nFernandina.\\nCedar Keys, 155 miles.\\nNew and splendid\\nSteamer Governor\\nSafford.\\nCedar Keys.\\nTarpon Springs,\\nand\\ndown the Coast to\\nAnclote, Dunedin,\\nDisston and Tampa.\\nSanford.\\nAbout 100 miles.\\nSouth Florida\\nRailway.\\nTampa\\n115 miles.\\nSt. John s River\\nBoats.\\nSanford\\nJacksonville or\\nFernandina.\\n193 miles.", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "33\\nThe foregoing table gives a route to tourists visiting Flor-\\nida by whicli they can see more of the State, and at less cost\\nthan any other trip of equal length he can make in all Flor-\\nida. He first crosses the Northern part of the State through\\nthat section, which portrays that condition of climate which\\nis just sufficiently removed from the climate of the southern\\nportion of the State, to prevent the production of some of\\nthe more tropical fruits.\\nThe steamer fiov. Safford will then escort you through\\na region possessing conditions for every variety of pleasure\\nknown.\\nThe trip across the South Florida Kaih oad to Sanford\\ntakes you through the more tropical Florida; while\\nThe trip from Sanford to Jacksonville takes you down\\nthe wonderful St. John s to Jacksonville, and completes a\\ntrip which you will be sure to repeat the next season.\\nThis whole circuit, from Jacksonville throughout the state,\\nand return to Jacksonville without doubling any ground\\ncan, at the present high prices, be made for $25. We can\\nnot presume to give the exact cost as there is all probability\\nof there being a reduction from time to time hereafter, with\\nthe rapidly increasing facilities. This will, however, guide\\nyou in your rough calculations for this winter.", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "A WORD TO OUR ADVERTISERS\\nAu unlimited number of this little book will be published\\nfrom time to time.\\nIts interest will be the rapidly increasing popularity of all\\nsections of Florida.\\nThe advantages in advertising for all those having any in-\\nterest at all in the South or Florida, will be readily felt, as the\\nbook will be for free distribution, and will be distributed on\\nall the lines between New York and the South. A principal\\nfeature of it for the next four months is, that it will be largely\\ndistributed at the New Orleans Exhibition.\\nFor rates and all other information, address\\nE. OONKLIlSr,\\n196 BROADWAY, Eoom 20, NEW YORK.\\nFROM THE WINTER IN FLORIDA\\nGO TO THE\\nBY THE COOLING SHADES OF THE GREAT MADERA ROUTE\\nTHROUGH THE GREAT MARIPOSA GROVE.\\nSAM. MILLER, 2 Montgomery St.\\nSAN FRANCISCO.\\nThe Yosemite Valley is, and will ever be, the marvel and delight of all who\\nhave seen its matchless beauty and majesty.\\nWILLIAM B. MIRANDA,\\nAgent FLORIDA LAND IMPROYEMENT CO.\\nAnd for Sale of Lots in Disston.\\nNotarj PDMic Stats at Larp. Expert i Titles, Males Abstracts.\\nWill Survey and Examine and Report on Land Purchases.\\nP. O. Address, PINELLAS, Hillsborongh Co,, Fla.", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "10! FOR FLO\\nAN EXCURSION WILL LEAVE\\nNew York for Florida\\nAT\\nVery Reduced Rates.\\nON JANUARY 15th, 1885,\\nThis Excursion will be the first to take in the\\nNEWLY OPENED COUNTRY,\\nAND THE\\nI[icli Orange Fields of the West Coast of Florida.\\nThe route will be that suggested on page 33 of this pamphlet. As one will\\nsee this route exbibits to the traveler, not only all\\nThe Principal Cities of the South,\\nBut also the different Geographic;d and\\nClimatic Features of Florida.\\nIt takes in\\nTHE BEAUTIFUL ST. JOHN S.\\nIt shows you the Orange Lands of the West Coast of Florida. It traverses the\\nHighlands of North-Central Florida, and charms you with the.\\nSerai-tropical growth of Southern Florida. It gives you at\\nTARPON SPRINGS\\nYACHTING AND FISHING, SUCH AS THE\\nSPORTSMEN NEVER DREAMED OF.", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "E AND Enjoy\\nTHAT EXHILARATING CHAHGE\\nFROM SHADOW INTO SUNSHINE!\\nFROM STERILE NORTH to SUNNY SOUTH!\\nThe Excursion will leave foot of Cortland (or Desbrosses) Streets on January\\n15th, and take in Washington;* Richmond; Wilmington; Charlestown; Savan-\\nnah; Jacksonville; Cedar Keys; Tarpon Springs; Tampa; Sanford; Palatka; St.\\nJohn s River.\\nCome to Florida thy wise and better sage,\\nAnd plant thy grove before you are to old.\\nFor, as the sun brings priceless gifts to youth,\\nThe Golden Fruit will line your tills with Oold.\\nA LEADING FEATURE\\nof this trip will be\\nA SPECIAL EXCURSION\\nFROM TARPON SPRINGS TO TAMPA.\\nWhere all will have an opportunity of visiting the grand new summer hotel\\nTHE palmetto;\\nJust opened at Tampa.\\nORANGES AND BANANAS\\nare ripe in December and January, and may ba picked from tree and bush.\\nThe Boom in Florida has begun.\\nTake it in, the bud!\\nFor rates, special privileges for stopping off, and all other information con-\\ncerning the trip, apply to\\n196 Broadway, Moont 20, New York.", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "PROSPECTUS OF THE\\nrARPOfiFRDlT AND LAUD COMPAti!,\\nSOME FACTS ABOUT FLORIDA.\\nThe great influx to Florida for the jiast two years has awakened an\\nunprecedented interest in all the industries and Florida shows to-\\nday, that life, which California did in 49. California for her gold;\\nbut Florida for her more permanent golden fruits.\\nWithin the past two years Florida has increased her Eailroad facili-\\nties from two distinct lines to fifty projected ones, and\\nTEN NEW ROADS IN ACTUAL OPERATION.\\nFourteen thousand families settled in Florida last year, 83. These\\nwere actual settlers and have no reference to the tens-of- thousands\\ntourists and travelers who visit there every year.\\nMore conspicuous than the other industries now obtaining there, is\\nthat of fruit and vegetables growing. When we speak of this as an\\nindustry we speak of it as a commercial interest, and not as an individ-\\nual farm. Companies are forming over all the state for the produc-\\ntion of fruits and vegetables, for shipment North during the winter\\nmonths, and the fabulous prices realized from this industry, yet in its\\ninfancy, bespeaks the future.\\n:;;;;e=itheiee\u00c2\u00a3:\\nYki pon 33^f uit cind L(kT:^d Coffipkny,\\nThe objects of this company are the growing of fruits and vegetables\\nall the year round and shipping North during the winter months.\\nThe practibility of, and the profits in, such an enterprise can be got\\nfrom any and all published matter on Florida.", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "The company has bonded a tract of one thousand acres of orange\\nland on the North side of the Cootee River, Florida. The Cootee,\\nwhich has had its name boiled down from Pithlachuscooiee, is a\\nbeautiful stream running directly west and emptying into the Gulf of\\nMexico, and at whose mouth is Port Richie. South of this is the\\nequally beautiful Anclote River, only six miles apart, running\\nparallel, and also emptying into the Gulf of Mexico. At the North\\nof this river is located the famous Watering Place and Summer Re-\\nsort of\\nThe company s lands are located on the Cootee, about three miles\\nfrom its mouth, and the river is navigable for some distance above the\\nlands.\\nFrom the above facts it will be seen these have two points of ship-\\nment. First, directly down the Cootee river to Port Richie, three\\nmiles. Secondly, by wagon down to the Anclote River and Tarpon\\nSprings. At both these places, the Gulf Coast Steamboat Company,\\nopened in November, 84, transports freight to Cedar Keys and all\\nparts of the country direct. This company offers a new feature to\\neach one of its incorporators. It deeds at once a 5-acre tract, beauti-\\nfully located for a winter residence in Florida.\\nNo other company offers this great inducement.\\nThrtie more often incorporators are wanted.\\n=S=.THE EXCURSION--::::\\nWHICH LEAVES NEW XORK\\nON THE 15th OF JANUARY,\\nWILL GO OVER THE GROUNDS.\\nTake the Trip and see the Country for Yourself.\\nFor further information, address,\\nE. oonsTKLiisr,\\n190 BBOADWAY, lioom 20, NEIV YOBK.", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "THIS SPACE IS RESERVED\\nFOR AN ENGRAVING\\nOF THE\\nTHEMAGNIFICENT NEW HOTEL\\nSituated at the Head of Tampa Bay,\\nTHE\\nmmmimili\\nTHE\\nWii^tet^ ki^d ^unirqet^ l^e^ort\\nOP\\nFLORIBA,\\nH. L, SCRANTON,\\nProprietor", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "%(iQ ^^nvcauQQ\\nTHE ONLY STRICTLY\\nAT\\nCEDAR KEYS, FLORIDA.\\nOYSTERS AND FISH A SPECIALTY.\\njTfiie i5 t* lain^s\\nTHE\\nIN\\nJACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA,\\nJ. R. CAMPBELL, Proprietor.", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "TO FLORIDA.\\nBY THE\\nMALLORY STEAMSHIP LINE,\\nIs Safe, Direct, Convenient, and Without Change\\nBetween New York and Fernandina.\\nSailing from Ne^A^ York Pier 21, East River.\\nEVERY FRIDAY, 3 o clock, P. M.\\nSteamers arrive at Fernandina, Tuesday morning, where direct connection\\nis made with the Fernandina and Jacksonville Shore Line for Jacksonville and\\nall points on the St. John s, Ocklawaha, Indian and Halifax Rivers and with\\nFlorida Railway and Navigating Go s. System, which reaches.nearly every point\\nin the State.\\nSailing from Fernandina, Fl a.,\\nEVERY THURSDAY EVENING,\\nAfter arrival of Trains from JACKSONVILLE and CEDAE KEYS\\nB^- PASSENGERS from points on ST. JOHN S RIVER arrive in JACKSON-\\nVILLE on THURSDAY morning, and can take the MORNING or AFTER-\\nNOON train for FERNANDINA.\\ntW PASSENGERS landed on STEAMERS WHARF, and step at once on\\nboard STEAMERS, where DINNER IS SERVED AT 6 P. M\\niE:^ BAGGAGE transferred FREE from Boat to Train, at Jacksonville, and\\nchecked through to New York.\\nm THROUGH TICKETS, SINGLE or EXCURSION, on sale at all principal\\npoints in Florida, also points NORTH and EAST.\\nB^f FREIGHT RATES as low as the lowest. Through Bills of Lading issued,\\nALL JUST CLAIMS PROMPTLY SETTLED.\\nFor Rates of Freight and Passage, Maps, Printed\\nMatter and general information, apply to\\na n. MALL0R7 GO., OenH Ag ts,\\nPier 20, Bast River, N. T.\\nSETH SPRAOUE,\\n3 Old State House, Boston.\\nU McMURlRIE, Agent,\\n2 Chestnut St. Philadelphia.\\nFORCE WATERBURT, Ag ts.\\n104 Walnut St., Baltimore.\\nJOHN RICH General So. Agent,\\nJacksonville, Fla.\\nR. W. SOUTHWIGK, Agent,\\nFernandina, Fla.\\nTHE ONLY DIRECT STEAMSHIP LINE", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "THE KEY LINE.\\nUNLOCKS THE COMBINATION OP\\nTRANSPORTATION INTO FLORIDA.\\nTHE ENTIRE SYSTEM BEING\\nRE-LAID WITH NEW AND HEAVY STEEL,\\nFLORIDA RAILWAY NAVIGATION COMPANY,\\nCOMPOSED OP THE FOLLOWING LINES\\nMILES.\\nCentral Division, (Florida Transit Pensacola Railroad,) 155\\nSouthern Division, (Floiida Tropical Pensacola Railroad) 105\\nWestern Division, (Florida Central Western Railroad,) 209\\nJacksonville Branch, (Fernandina Jacksonville Railroad,) 32\\nLusbuig Branch, (Lusburg Indian River Railroad,) 28\\n8t Mark s Branch, (Tallahassee to St. Mark s,) 21\\nMonticello Branch, (Drifton to Monticello,) 4\\nTotal Mileage, main track, 538\\nSOLID THROUGH TRAINS DAILY BETWEEN\\nPENSACOLA JACKSONVILLE,\\nFERNANDINA TAVARES,\\nFERNANDINA CEDAR KEYS.\\nFERNANDINA JACKSONVILLE.\\nAND* BETWEEN\\nFERNANDINA AND WITHLACOOCHA RIVER.\\nPullman Palace Sleeping Cars betvpeen New Orleans and Jacksonville.\\nLeve Alden Sleeping and Palace Day Cars between Fernandina and Tavares.\\nThe through Daily Trains of the Southern Division transports passengers to the\\nwonderful, newly-developed TARPOW SPRIJVOS.\\nThe most beautiful, picturesque and interesting section of the\\n;NEW FLORIDA.\\nThe Central and Southern Divisions are the most direct route to the Sports-\\nman s Paradise the unappropriated Eden of the Lower Peninsula and the Gulf\\nCoast. These regions are largely unoccupied, and almost unexplored and un-\\nknown. They are capable of a profusion of almost every variety of tropic pro-\\nduct. Deer, bear, alligators, etc., not to mention an unlimited number and\\nvariety of smaller game, wander in the brakes and prairies; land, fresh- water and\\nsea-birds of the rarest and most diversified types, inhabit the woods, streams,\\nbayous and the salt waves and coral Keys of the Gulf; while the rivers, lagoons\\nand the open Gulf swarm with fish, the rarest, gamest and most delicious.\\nNow being opened to travel and settlement by the Florida Railway and\\nNavigation Company.\\nSend for NEW ILLUSTRATED PAMPHLET, free.", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "THE INAUGURATION\\nOP THE STEAMER\\nGOVERNOR SAFFORD\\nNov. 1884.\\nFLYING BETAVEEN\\nCEDAR KEYS AND DISSTON\\nON THE\\nWe^t Coh^t of J^lofidk\\nWas the opening ui to the world of that section of Florida, which will be\\nTHE GREAT\\nYACHTING AND FISHING GROUNDS\\nOF THE SOUTH EAST.\\nHear what a correspondent of the Netv York Herald said of a trip\\nup the coast hist winter:\\nTampa Bay was then visited, which stretch of water was left on\\nApril 8th, for the fishing grounds between Egmont Key and Cedar\\nKeys. The run to the northward was very pleasant, and the fishing\\nfound to be excellent. The yachtsmen speak in the highest praise of\\nthe west coast of Florida as a yachting ground. Fine harbors are to\\nbe found every ten or fifteen miles, the water is smooth, the storms or\\nsqualls are rare. The fishing and shooting are excellent, and nowhere\\nso far as observation extends, can be found more enjoyable waters for\\ngenuine yachting, comfort and amusement.", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "WAY Cross Short LIRE/\\n-TO-\\nFlorida, New Orleans, Texas, Mexico, c.,\\nRemember that this is the only Route running\\n3 SOUTHERN EXPBESS TRAINS DAILY 3\\nThat it is the only Route Running Through\\nf^ullirikTl ?klkde Buffet glee^piri^ Cki\\nNEW YORK TO JACKSONVILLE,\\nAnd the only Route Passing through the Cities of\\nRichiiioiid, Wiliiiiiigton, Charleston Savannah.\\nFor tickets, time tables, reservation of Sleeping Car, Sections and Berths,\\napply at following named offices;\\nNEW ORLEANS 102 CANAL STREET.\\nMARION KNOWLES, Passen\u00c2\u00a7rer Agent, Savannah, Ga.\\nJNO. H. GRIFFEN, Passenger Agent, or WM. BRIEN. 22 Bnll St.\\nJACKSON YILLE; Ticket Office, WAY CROSS SHORT LINE, Astor Build g.\\nFLORIDA HEADQUARTERS, 261 BROADWAY, New York.\\nH. C. HJlRDEN,\\nEastern Passenger Agent.\\na jd. o^vens,\\nGeneral Agent.", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "T. SCANTLEBURY,\\nGENERAL STORE\\nAnd dealer in\\nAnd Photographic Materials,\\nManufactui er of\\nof all sections of\\nTHE AMERICAN CONTINENT.\\nAt Tarpon Springs one can procure the finest photographic views of all\\nFlorida to be found anywhere in the state.\\nThe trade supplied with stereoscopic and cabinet views of any section of the\\nU. S. at prices less than they can manufacture them. Lantern slides made from\\nall our negatives. Our Negatives are originals, and are the result of a ten years\\ncollection from all parts of our country, from Alaska to Mexico; and from\\nSan Francisco to New York.\\nWe publish in two sizes:\\nTHE LARGE ARTISTIC SIZE, 4^ x 7 in.\\nAnd THE REGULAR SIZE OF 3^x7 in.\\nSend for prices; and please send your business card that we will know what\\nrates to give you.\\nSPECIAL RATES IN LARGE QUANTITIES\\nAddress,\\nT. SCANTLEBURY,\\nTARPON SPRINGS, Hillsborongh Co., Florida.", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "WHO IS UNACQUAINTED WITH THE GEOGRAPHY OF THIS COUNTRY, WILL SE\u00e2\u0082\u00ac\\nBY EXAMINING THIS MAP, THAT THE\\nYM I N NHB^WJF\\n|WAsn,.,_ JuncJ\\nXlncolaC\\n2/ 6\u00c2\u00b0* yfi\\n5, V ChillicotliP,\\niCoi\\ny^\\n^OMINQJON I\\nA ^i\u00c2\u00bb W a n s a 9 C y ^o^-w,, ZT^ y.T ik\\nISLAND PACIFIC R. R.\\nIS THE GREAT CONNECTING LINK BETWEEN THE EAST AND THE WEST\\nAND AT SAN FRANCISCO WITH THE\\nSUPERB STEAMER CALIFORNIA.\\nFOR ALL POINTS IN\\nWashington Territory, Oregon and Alaska.", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA SANTA FE RAILROAD.\\nSERVES ITS PATRONS WITH\\nFour Trains Daily tlirough Kansas. Two Trains Daily to Colorado.\\nTwo Trains Daily to New Mexico. Two Trains Daily to Arizona.\\nOne Train Daily to Utah Two Trains Daily to Old Mexico.\\nTwo Trains Daily to California. One Train Daily to Nevada\\nAnd connects by stage, raiil or steamer with all points on the coast, in the west or sonth-west.\\nONLY ONE CHANGE OF CARS\\nFROM KANSAS CITY TO SAN FRANCISCO.\\nPULLMAN PALACE SLEEPING CARS\\nTO DENVER, COLOR.\\\\DO SPRINGS, PUEBLO, DEMING AJSTD EL PASO.\\nIs the fast through train between Kansas City and Denver, via Pueblo and Colorado Springs.\\nTHREE ROUTES TO CALIFORNIA.\\nTake the direct route to Pueblo, Denver, Leadville, Gunnison, Salt Lake City, Ogden, Las Vegas,\\nSanta Fe, Albuqurque, El Paso, Chihuahua, Tucson, Guaymas, Los Angeles, and San Francisco,\\nvia the Atchison, Tfepeka Santa Fe Railroad. The Grand Canon of the Arkansas, the health-\\ngiving Hot Springs at Las Vegas, the ancient city of Santa Fe, the silent abode of the Cliff-dwell-\\ners, the quaint pueblos of the Zunis, the Grand Canon of the Colorado, and the far-famed Yose-\\nmite greet the eye of the tourist, and unite to make anyone of these three trans-continental lines\\nof travel attractive and interesting.\\nFREE RIDE TO DENVER AND LEADVILLE.\\nBy an arrangement with the Denver Rio Grande Railway all through passengers, of all claasee,\\nover the A. T. S. F. R. R holding tickets from points on the Missouri river or east thereof to\\nOgden or any point beyond reached via the Central Pacific Riilroad, may make the side trips from\\nPueblo to Denver and return to Salida to Leadville and return, without any extra expense for\\nrailroad fare. The effect of this is to put the capital of Colorado and her great carbonate camp on\\nthe Santa Fe s Northern Route to the coast.\\nQUICK TIME and CHEAP FARES.\\nFROM\\nAUSTRALASIA, CHINA and JAPAN\\nTO\\nNEW YORK, GALVESTON, NEW ORLEANS, and EUROPEAN PORTS.\\nVia San Francisco.\\nThe Great Transcontinental All-rail Routes, via the\\nCENTRAL PACIFIC R. R.\\nOR\\nSOUTHERN PACIFIC R. R.\\nAre now in complete running order from San Francisco to the Atlantic Sea-Board.\\nThrough Express Trains leave San Francisco daily, making prompt connections\\nwith the several Railway Lines in the East, for all Cities of the\\nUNITED STATES AND CANADA,\\nCONNECTING AT\\nNEW YORK and NEW ORLEANS\\nWith the several Steamer Lines to England. France and all European Ports.\\nA. N. TOWNE, T. H. GOODMAN,\\nGeneral Manager. Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agent.\\nSAN FRANCISCO, CAL.", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "THE NEW ROUTE BETWEEN\\nCEDAR KEY AND DTSSTON\\nON THE\\nWe^t Cok^t of J^lofidk.\\nThe New and Coiiimodious STEAMER\\n4t/i\\nGO VEEN OR S AFFORD,\\ni8 now making regular trips between\\nCEDAR KEY and DISSTON,\\nINCLUDING\\nHudson, Anclote, Tarpon Springs, Port Richie,\\nDunedin, Clear Water Harbor and Disston.\\nAll visitors to Florida, will hail this new ronre, as it has been the\\nclamor of tourists to Ploiida for some time back to visit the great nat-\\nural Yachting and Fishing grounds, known to exist in this section.\\nLeaving Cedar Key one day, and returning the next, gives all a\\ndaylight view uf this heretofore unknown, but choicest portion of\\nFlorida.\\nToke this ride and stop off at the Beautiful\\nTARPON SPRINGS.", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2917", "width": "1972", "jp2-path": "interestinghisto00conk_0060.jp2"}}