Author: Descendants of the Pioneers
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ISBN: 9780692791851
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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A compilation of stories documenting the early settlers in the Bland, Hasan, Sugar Hill, and Traxler communities of northwest Alachua County, Florida, and authored by the descendants of those pioneers.
Author: James M. Denham
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 9781570035128
Category : Country life
Languages : en
Pages : 252
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Brings together the reminiscences of two pioneers who came of age in antebellum Florida's Columbia County and the nearby Suwannee River Valley. Though they held markedly different positions in society, the two shared the adventure, hardship and tragedy that characterized Florida's pioneer era.
Author: Heather E. Schwartz
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
ISBN: 1480753483
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Bring the history of Florida to life through intriguing primary source documents! This nonfiction reader, Growth of Florida: Pioneers and Technological Advances, provides social studies content aligned to state standards. This informational book includes images and text features such as headings, glossary, and an index, and can be used in the classroom or at home. Explore Florida's history with this resource that builds vocabulary while teaching history, geography, and other social studies topics.
Author: Fritz W. Buchholz
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alachua County (Fla.)
Languages : en
Pages : 430
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Author: United States. Work Projects Administration. State of Washington
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 250
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To preserve stories of pioneers, which had not already found their way into published histories and reminiscences of the State of Washington, a project was begun in the early part of 1936 as part of a Friendly Visiting Program to elderly persons receiving old age assistance from the Washington State Dept. of Public Welfare. Consequently, these elderly persons were interviewed and their early stories, which might otherwise have been lost, have been preserved as part of the pioneer lore of the State of Washington. Selected interviews and excerpts were chosen by the editors based on the most picturesque background and popular appeal for publication as Told by the Pioneers. The book states, "The originals [interviews] are on file at the State Library where they can be consulted for statistics and other data." However, WSL does not and has not had the complete collection of original interviews. The manuscript collection titled, Washington Pioneer Project Records and Interviews 1936-1937, consists of the original interviews that WSL does have that correspond with the book.
Author: William M. Donnel
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 356
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Author: William E McGoun
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1561647675
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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The history of the Palm Beach area, the Treasure Coast, and Lake Okeechobee is one of turbulence, growth, and especially change. Meet the visionaries and outlaws, physicians and poets who shaped this region of southeast Florida from the 1690s through the 1990s. Author William McGoun's stories are sometimes hair-raising, sometimes amusing, and always engaging. Well researched and dotted with photos from The Palm Beach Post archives, this collection of mini-biographies reads like a who's who of Florida history.
Author: John Viele
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 156164644X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 157
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Today, on the Keys between Key West and the mainland, some 40,000 residents and thousands of visitors fish, swim, sail, and dive in the crystal clear waters off a tropical reef; relax in the sun and cooling trade wind breezes; and sleep in the air-conditioned comfort of their homes and hotel rooms. On these same islands, as short a time as 80 years ago, fewer than 300 inhabitants tried to eke out a living without benefit of electricity, running water, radios, or telephones. Tormented by clouds of voracious mosquitoes and no-see-ums, broiled by the tropical sun, they lived in thatched-roof homes regularly flattened by hurricane winds. Weeks would go by before some passing sailboat brought them news of the outside world or their relatives. The stories of these hardy pioneers and their predecessors, as far back as the Native Americans who lived on the Keys at least 1,000 years ago, are told, many for the first time, in this book. As vividly portrayed as if they were characters in a novel, these true-life inhabitants of the Florida Keys will capture your admiration as you share in the dreams and realities of their daily lives. Includes Don Diego, a Spanish-speaking native who led in shipwreck plundering in the early 18th century; Jacob Housman, an unscrupulous wrecking captain who amassed a fortune and lost it when Indians burned his town to the ground; Dr. Perrine, a scientist who was killed by Indians; the African Americans who made charcoal for the stoves of Key West; and the indomitable Lily Bow, who eked out a living on remote Cudjoe Key. Next in series > > See all of the books in this series
Author: Alvin H. Wilcox
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Becker County (Minn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 772
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A historical book providing a brief account of Becker County's natural history, along with numerous articles written by various early pioneers relating to the history of the county.
Author: Fritz W. Buchholz
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alachua County (Fla.)
Languages : en
Pages : 430
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