Author: Joseph Herman Simpson
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Category : Bradenton (Fla.)
Languages : en
Pages : 209

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Author: Joseph Herman Simpson
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Category : Manatee County (Fla.)
Languages : en
Pages : 78

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Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781596520707
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 150

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Author: Manatee County Historical Society (Manatee County, Fla.)
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Category : Manatee County (Fla.)
Languages : en
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Consists of transcripts of tape-recorded oral history interviews focusing on the history of families and businesses in Manatee County, Florida.

Author: Jim Wiggins
Publisher: Arcadia Library Editions
ISBN: 9781531633400
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130

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The area known as Manatee County opened for settlement at the close of the Second Seminole War in 1841. This was due to Congress's passage of the Armed Occupational Act of 1842, which allowed settlers to claim 160 acres of land at a cost of $1.25 an acre if they were able to bear arms and live on the land for five years. It wasn't long before settlers appeared up and down the beautiful Manatee River, led by Josiah Gates and his family on the south side. Many of his friends had suffered losses with the collapse of the Union Bank in Tallahassee and were anxious to join him. The opulent shores on both sides of the river quickly enticed other settlers to make their claims, offering a cornucopia filled with some of Florida's best resources for growth and prosperity. This volume provides a pictorial account of those lives, which were caught in the struggle to carve out a niche against all odds in a place that faced epidemics of yellow fever, malaria, typhoid, and a third uprising of the Seminole Indians. In 1861, Florida seceded from the Union, which was followed by the Civil War with a Union victory in 1865 that brought an end to slavery and plantation ownership.

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Category : Manatee County (Fla.)
Languages : en
Pages : 16

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Author: Janet Snyder Matthews
Publisher: Pine Level Press
ISBN: 9780914381006
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 464

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Author: E. A. Smith
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Category : Florida
Languages : en
Pages : 28

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Category : Manatee County (Fla.)
Languages : en
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Consists of transcripts of tape-recorded speeches presented at monthly meetings of the Manatee County Historical Society which focuses on Manatee County and Florida history, pioneer families and local businesses and events.

Author: Manatee County Historical Society (Fla.)
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Category : Manatee County (Fla.)
Languages : en
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Consists of transcripts of tape-recorded speeches presented at monthly meetings of the Manatee County Historical Society which focus on Manatee County and Florida history, pioneer families, and local businesses and events.