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Author: Publisher: ISBN: 9780983260936 Category : Languages : en Pages : 254
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Jewell, Florida, a 'lost community of everglades pioneers founded in 1885 by Samuel and Fannie James, an African American couple, believed to be former slaves-would go on to become the City of Lake Worth, its forgotten history and adventuresome first settlers now rediscovered.
Author: Publisher: ISBN: 9780983260936 Category : Languages : en Pages : 254
Book Description
Jewell, Florida, a 'lost community of everglades pioneers founded in 1885 by Samuel and Fannie James, an African American couple, believed to be former slaves-would go on to become the City of Lake Worth, its forgotten history and adventuresome first settlers now rediscovered.
Author: Ted Brownstein Publisher: New Lands Press ISBN: 9780983260943 Category : Languages : en Pages : 256
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A documentary history of Jewell, Florida, a lost community of everglades pioneers founded in 1885 by Samuel and Fannie James, an African American couple, believed to be former slaves. Jewell eventually grew into the City of Lake Worth, its earliest history largely forgotten. Pioneers of Jewell rediscovers the world of Fannie and Samuel James in the context of their neighbors and the wider context of Race and Segregation in the aftermath of the American Civil War. For the first time, groundbreaking research reveals the flight of Fannie's family from North Carolina to Ohio during the Civil War along the track of the Underground Railroad, and traces the Jameses' trek back south through Tallahassee and Cocoa, Florida, before taking up a homestead on the western shore of Lake Worth. Once in South Florida, the Jameses overcame many of the hindrances of race in those troubled times, and became the nucleus of a vibrant, mostly white, farming community. Meet Dr. Harry Stites, a well-known physician who gave up a successful medical practice in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to 'rough it' on the South Florida frontier. Meet Squire John C. Hoagland, the area's first Justice of the Peace, who loved boating and spent much of his time sailing between Palm Beach and Jewell. Meet Michael Merkle, a hermit who lived an austere life in a lean-to west of Jewell, eating unseasoned fish and berries. Merkle was rumored to be a defrocked Catholic priest and was known to walk the pinewoods chanting in Latin when he thought no one was listening. Relying upon primary historical sources, Pioneers of Jewell reveals: Bios of a dozen previously unknown Jewell pioneers. The dispute that challenged the Jameses' land holdings. An in-depth look at the Jameses' stunning financial success. Investigation of the Jameses' slave background. The establishment of the Osborne Colored District. Klu Klux Klan activity in Lake Worth during the 1920s. The fate of Jewell and its pioneers."
Author: Ted Brownstein Publisher: New Lands Press ISBN: 9780615763897 Category : African Americans Languages : en Pages : 254
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JEWELL, FLORIDA, a 'lost community' of everglades pioneers founded in 1885 by Samuel and Fannie James, an African-American couple, believed to be former slaves, would go on to become the City of Lake Worth, its earliest history and adventuresome first settlers now rediscovered in the context of their times. Meet prominent physician Dr. Harry Stites, Justice of the Peace "Squire" John C. Hoagland, hermitMichael Merkel and other neighbors through their struggles, successes, disputes and fast friendships.
Author: M Winsor Publisher: Legare Street Press ISBN: 9781015722866 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 654
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Moses Jewell was born between 1756 and 1774 in New Jersey. He married Hannah and they lived in Morgan Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania. They had two knwon sons, Moses (b. 1790) and Jonathan (b. 1805), and may have had six more children. He died in about 1850. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, Tennessee and Kansas.
Author: Jewell Parker Rhodes Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers ISBN: 0316125784 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 184
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From Jewell Parker Rhodes, the author of Towers Falling and Ninth Ward (a Coretta Scott King Honor Book and a Today show Al's Book Club for Kids pick) comes a tale of a strong, spirited young girl who rises beyond her circumstances and inspires others to work toward a brighter future. Ten-year-old Sugar lives on the River Road sugar plantation along the banks of the Mississippi. Slavery is over, but laboring in the fields all day doesn't make her feel very free. Thankfully, Sugar has a knack for finding her own fun, especially when she joins forces with forbidden friend Billy, the white plantation owner's son. Sugar has always yearned to learn more about the world, and she sees her chance when Chinese workers are brought in to help harvest the cane. The older River Road folks feel threatened, but Sugar is fascinated. As she befriends young Beau and elder Master Liu, they introduce her to the traditions of their culture, and she, in turn, shares the ways of plantation life. Sugar soon realizes that she must be the one to bridge the cultural gap and bring the community together. Here is a story of unlikely friendships and how they can change our lives forever.
Author: Peter Morris Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 0786490012 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 365
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By 1871, the popularity of baseball had spread so thoroughly across America that one writer observed, "It is as much our national game as cricket is that of the English." While major league teams and athletes that played after this prophetic statement was made have been exhaustively documented and analyzed, those that led the game during its pioneer phase from 1850 to 1870 have received relatively little attention. In this welcome work, leading historians of early baseball provide profiles of more than fifty clubs and their players, from legendary teams such as the Red Stockings of Cincinnati and the Nationals of Washington to forgotten nines like the Pecatonica (Illinois) Base Ball Club and the Morning Star Club of St. Louis. Engaging narratives bring these long-ago clubs back to life, stimulating more research on this fascinating era and creating a standard reference source for all who study America's national pastime.
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