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Florida History from the Highways

Author : Douglas Waitley

Publisher : Pineapple Press Inc

Page : 386 pages

File Size : 37,8 MB

Release : 2005

Category : Automobile travel

ISBN : 1561643157

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Discover Florida, with its unique geography and exciting history--from ancient gold to modern real estate speculation--by journeying along its highways. Beginning with a chronology and succinct account of Florida's spectacular development, then an account of the rise of the major cities, Florida History from the Highways takes you throughout the state, pointing out the fascinating events that occurred at locations along the way. You'll travel through changing times and landscapes and emerge filled with new appreciation for what has made Florida the colorful place it is today.



Florida History from the Highways

Author : Douglas Waitley

Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield

Page : 531 pages

File Size : 40,15 MB

Release : 2013-09-01

Category : History

ISBN : 1561646601

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Discover Florida, with its unique geography and exciting history—from ancient gold to modern real estate speculation—by journeying along its highways. Beginning with a chronology and succinct account of Florida's spectacular development, then an account of the rise of the major cities, Florida History from the Highways takes you throughout the state, pointing out the fascinating events that occurred at locations along the way. You'll travel through changing times and landscapes and emerge filled with new appreciation for what has made Florida the colorful place it is today.



Highways of Florida

Author : Florida. State Road Department. Division of statewide highway planning survey

Publisher :

Page : 64 pages

File Size : 31,75 MB

Release : 1936*

Category : Florida

ISBN :

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Highways and Byways of Florida; Human Interest Information for Travellers in Florida;

Author : Clifton H Johnson

Publisher : Palala Press

Page : 344 pages

File Size : 34,53 MB

Release : 2016-05-05

Category :

ISBN : 9781355549253

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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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.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.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. 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.



Highway A1A

Author : Herbert L. Hiller

Publisher : Florida History and Culture (P

Page : 444 pages

File Size : 27,19 MB

Release : 2005

Category : History

ISBN : 9780813028330

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Explores towns from Callahan to Key West, Florida, covering Florida's thirteen Atlantic counties and providing maps, historical and present-day photographs, and recommendations for places to visit, lodge, eat, and shop that are truly local in character. Original.



Roads Through the Everglades

Author : Bruce D. Epperson

Publisher : McFarland

Page : 285 pages

File Size : 10,80 MB

Release : 2016-06-21

Category : Transportation

ISBN : 1476625026

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In 1915, the road system in south Florida had changed little since before the Civil War. Travelling from Miami to Ft. Myers meant going through Orlando, 250 miles north of Miami. Within 15 years, three highways were dredged and blasted through the Everglades: Ingraham Highway from Homestead, 25 miles south of Miami, to Flamingo on the tip of the peninsula; Tamiami Trail from Miami to Tampa; and Conners Highway from West Palm Beach to Okeechobee City. In 1916, Florida's road commission spent $967. In 1928 it spent $6.8 million. Tamiami Trail, originally projected to cost $500,000, eventually required $11 million. These roads were made possible by the 1920s Florida land boom, the advent of gasoline and diesel-powered equipment to replace animal and steam-powered implements, and the creation of a highway funding system based on fuel taxes. This book tells the story of the finance and technology of the first modern highways in the South.



Highway A1A

Author : Herbert L Hiller

Publisher : University Press of Florida

Page : 600 pages

File Size : 35,47 MB

Release : 2005-10-04

Category : History

ISBN : 0813047099

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Highway A1A: Florida at the Edge is more than an insightful guide to the cities and towns along Florida's Atlantic coast. It is also the dramatic story of how tourism begat development, how development begat sprawl, and how this coastal corridor, almost out of the blue, created Florida's original year-round residential downtowns with the power to transform how Floridians live and how the world vacations in the Sunshine State. Highway A1A is anecdotal, authoritative, humorous, and wide-ranging. Passionately Floridian travel writer and tourism analyst Herbert Hiller offers a fuller and more balanced story about Florida's Atlantic coast than any other guidebook. Exploring towns from Callahan to Key West, Hiller covers Florida's 13 Atlantic counties, providing maps, historical and present-day photographs, and recommendations for places to visit, lodge, eat, and shop that are truly local in character. Whether you're a tourist or a roving Floridian looking for some diversion not far from home, Highway A1A will put you in touch with what makes the Atlantic coast special--its dynamic sites and sights.



Highway Statistics

Author :

Publisher :

Page : 36 pages

File Size : 45,59 MB

Release :

Category : Motor fuels

ISBN :

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Historic Florida Roads and Their Locations

Author : Stewart Dunaway

Publisher :

Page : 460 pages

File Size : 27,80 MB

Release : 2020-05-29

Category :

ISBN : 9781716883675

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This book contains B&W images of the original survey plats for the State of Florida. Sometimes the surveyor will include a key road on the plat, as it meanders across it. The three major roads in this book are Kings Highway, Bellamy Road (sometimes known as Federal Road), and Spring Garden Trail. The intent of this book is to provide all the information possible from the BLM survey plats across the state. Sometimes the road is well marked and other times not so much. When the road is visible - modern maps will be overlaid in order to see how the old road aligns to modern routes - as well as - how close some of these well-known roads align to the same named road today. The famous N-S route - Kings Highway - is so named today on many sections of the old road - are they correct? Is the old road where the modern road is? Also included are many histories, such as Spanish Land Grantees, Fort Picolata and Fort Poppa, and other historical sites along the way. Appendix sections covers - DeLeon Spring (Spring Garden), Town of Volusia and Astor and how to understand Florida land grants.



Highways and Byways of Florida

Author : The Macmillan Company

Publisher : Wentworth Press

Page : 338 pages

File Size : 25,34 MB

Release : 2019-03-15

Category : History

ISBN : 9781010268925

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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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. 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. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. 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.