Author : James D. Snyder
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 35,50 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Jupiter (Fla.)
ISBN : 9780967520049
The ETHS graduate author has provided a beautifully illustrated history of the area in Florida where he now lives.
Author : Lynn Lasseter Drake
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 48,35 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738515786
Protruding further out into the Atlantic than any other point along Florida's east coast, Jupiter has long served as a port of call for sailors, settlers, tourists, and the occasional hurricane. Before the famous Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse began sending flashes of warning to those at sea in 1860, Spanish explorers, Black and Seminole inhabitants, and early American pioneers began building their own histories there, contributing to the consciousness and pride of residents today.
Author : Joshua A. Liller
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 23,94 MB
Release : 2019-11-23
Category :
ISBN : 9781733212908
Pictorial history of the Jupiter, Florida area.
Author : James D. Snyder
Publisher : Past Perfect Florida Histor
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 33,71 MB
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 9780967520018
Although nearly 7 million people live along the southeast Florida coast, scarcely three generations ago it was a wild, lawless frontier ruled by bears, snakes and alligators. But when a lighthouse was built at Jupiter Inlet in 1860, it became the hub for hunters, surveyors, Civil War blockade runners, Union gunboats and pioneer farmers. A Light in the Wilderness, with over seventy rare photos, maps and letters, tells how southeast Florida survived the catharsis of the Civil War, how the lighthouse at Jupiter drew the first families into its orbit, and how it became a key link in the steamboat-railroad path that led people to the "Garden of Eden."
Author : Rosa Sophia
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 23,2 MB
Release : 2020-10-19
Category : History
ISBN : 1439669724
While North Palm Beach itself is relatively young--just about retirement age--the history of this area is as broad as the horizon. Long before this village was founded in 1956, the Jeaga tribe lived and thrived here. In 1883, perhaps with a mind to farm pineapples, two men began purchasing local plots, becoming the area's first landowners. From there, through fits and starts, this idyll of small-town life began to take shape. The population surged in 1956 when Pratt & Whitney built a facility west of town, making the village a destination for professionals and their families. Former village historian Rosa Sophia traces the long and fascinating history of North Palm Beach, touching on the little known and providing broader understanding of the people and events that nurtured the undeniable community atmosphere that exists today.
Author : Jonathan Dickinson
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,81 MB
Release : 2023
Category : Florida
ISBN : 9781949810165
Author : Charles Boning
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 38,33 MB
Release : 2016-12-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 156164997X
Florida's rivers comprise a tapestry of natural wonders. They support rich ecosystems. They define the landscape and lend character to the regions through which they pass. The first half of this book provides an overview of Florida's waterways, while the second half provides detailed information on 60 of Florida's rivers, covering each one from source to end. From the Blackwater River in the western Panhandle to the Ichetucknee and Kissimmee Rivers in central Florida to the Miami River in south Florida, it traces the flow of these streams as they weave through cypress swamps, pine-studded hills, and hardwood hammocks. It introduces plants and animals endemic to each. This book also takes the reader on a journey through time. It tracks the history of Florida's rivers, from the dawn of the Paleoindians through the Spanish conquest to the present. It traces human efforts to confine and harness these waters. Finally, it looks at conservation and examines efforts to preserve Florida's rivers and return them to their natural states.
Author : Joy Sheffield Harris
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 27,42 MB
Release : 2019-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1625851871
Florida cuisine: twelve thousand years in the making, discover the the state's unusual and distinctive food influences and dishes. From the very first prickly pears harvested by Paleo-Indians more than twelve thousand years ago to the Seminole tribe's staple dish of sofkee, Florida's culinary history is as diverse as its geography. Influences as diverse as French, Creole, Spanish, Cuban, Greek, Mexican, Caribbean, and more season Florida's eclectic flavors. Learn how Florida orange juice changed the look of the American breakfast table and discover the state's festival-worthy swamp cabbage. Through syllabubs, perloos, frog legs and Tupelo honey, author Joy Sheffield Harris serves up a delectable helping of five hundred years of Florida cuisine--all with a side of key lime pie, of course.
Author : James D. Snyder
Publisher :
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 20,78 MB
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN :
Abiding faith and dogged determination were the main motivators as a handful of hardscrabble farmers began transforming tracts of sand, saw grass, swamp and muck land into the agribusiness infrastructure that underpins Palm Beach County, Florida today. Black Gold and Silver Sands, with over 250 photographs from museums and family collections, tells the county’s dramatic history of farming from the days of the hardy pioneers who grew pumpkins and pineapples on the shores of Lake Worth. In this handsome coffee table book, you’ll read diaries, letters and personal interviews that describe the faith and fortitude of those who endured sun, spoilage, frost, floods, hurricanes and other hardships in building what would soon become one of the nation’s most agriculturally productive counties.
Author : Paul A Gaumer
Publisher : Paul A Gaumer
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 33,45 MB
Release : 2023-05-24
Category : History
ISBN :
Local history book on voyage of USS Oregon to Jupiter Florida in 1898.
