Author: Pleasant Daniel GoldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Volusia County (Fla.)
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
History of Volusia County, Florida
Author: Pleasant Daniel GoldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Volusia County (Fla.)
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
History of Volusia County, Florida
Author: Pleasant Daniel GoldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Florida
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
History of Volusia County
Author: Pleasant D. GoldPublisher:
ISBN: 9780832870613
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Haunted Deland and the Ghosts of West Volusia County
Author: Dusty SmithPublisher: History Press
ISBN: 9781596295261
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Author and Haunted DeLand tour guide Dusty Smith recounts a century of ghostly history in the bustling historic community of DeLand, the Athens of Florida. Specters include those of Jeannette Barnhill, whose ghost drove her real estate mogul widower mad by standing behind him to keep a constant watch on his accounting books, and of the guest killed in the 1917 Putnam Hotel fire who leaves the smell of burnt wood and flesh in the air. Forlorn lovers Ruby and Joshua, a freed slave and a plantation foreman, and Suzanna Brown, who jumped to her death with unrequited love for a Stetson professor, are included, as well as the ghostly horse-drawn hearse that has been seen parked alongside what was once the Old Casket Company. From steamboat captains to Spiritualist camp residents, DeLand's ghosts are sure to delight visitors and residents alike in this stirring account of the area's historic haunts.
The Florida Agriculturist
Author: Notices of East Florida
Author: William Hayne SimmonsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Florida
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
New Smyrna Beach
Author: Lawrence J. SweettPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 0738543233
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Ponce de Leon is reputed to have entered the inlet now named for him at New Smyrna Beach during his first Florida exploration in 1513. Jonathan Dickenson crossed the inlet to safety with the Spanish in 1696, and Dr. Andrew Turnbull created his short-lived New Smyrna settlement in 1768. Later pirates and plunderers entered through the inlet and wreaked havoc, and American Indian chief Wildcat terrorized the area. Federal navy cannonading destroyed the community in 1863, and the freezes of 1895 and 1896 decimated the orange groves. The people of New Smyrna persevered through it all to make New Smyrna the charming community it is today. This book offers a wide view of this history, mostly through images from the family archives of Zelia Mary Wilson Sweett.
The Floridas
Author: James Grant ForbesPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781021111470
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book provides a comprehensive history of Florida, from its early settlement by Native Americans to the present day. The author, James Grant Forbes, draws on a wide range of sources to offer a detailed and engaging account of the state's development. This book is an ideal resource for anyone interested in the history of Florida or the southern United States. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
A Florida State of Mind
Author: James D. WrightPublisher: Thomas Dunne Books
ISBN: 1250185653
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
A witty history of the state that's always in the news, for everything from alligator attacks to zany crimes. There's an old clip of Bugs Bunny sawing the entire state of Florida off the continent—and every single time a news story springs up about some shenanigans in Florida, someone on the internet posts it in response. Why are we so ready to wave goodbye to the Sunshine State? In A Florida State of Mind: An Unnatural History of Our Weirdest State, James D. Wright makes the case that there are plenty of reasons to be scandalized by the land and its sometimes-kooky, sometimes-terrifying denizens, but there's also plenty of room for hilarity. Florida didn't just become weird; it's built that way. Uncharted swampland doesn't easily give way to sprawling suburbia. It took violent colonization, land scams to trick non-Floridians into buying undeveloped property, and the development of railroads to benefit one man's hotel empire. Even the most natural parts of Florida are unnatural. Florida citrus? Not from here, but from China. Gators? Oh, they're from Florida all right, but that doesn't make having 1 per every 20 humans normal. Animals...in the form of roadkill? Only Florida allows you to keep anything you kill on the road (and anything you find). Yet everyone loves Florida: tourists come in droves, and people relocate to Florida constantly (only 36% of residents were born there). Crammed with unforgettable stories and facts, Florida will show readers exactly why.
Memory Lane
Author: Louise Ball CaccamisePublisher:
ISBN: 9780615807478
Category : De Land (Fla.)
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
This book traces the history of DeLand, Florida's street names from that December day in 1876, when the first settlers met and named seven streets. It tells also of the subdivisions in which these streets were located and the people who started them in a town that was just beginning. As the town grew, additional streets and subdivisions were added through the years and named for later settlers and the places from which they came, giving us a detailed record of the people who settled DeLand. The book is arranged alphabetically by street name, indexed and Illustrated with photographs of early streets. Documentation in 500 endnotes is provided from research in a variety of resources and from interviews of family members for whom streets were named. The book, written by a retired librarian and local history writer, provides information never before published.