Author : Charlie Carlson
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 20,87 MB
Release : 2009-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781402766848
A guide to visiting the odd and less known tourist attractions in the state of Florida.
Author : Dale Cox
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 45,90 MB
Release : 2007-09-11
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781441409751
Writer and historian Dale Cox's tribute to the little known interior counties of Northwest Florida, this book explores the true stories behind some of the region's favorite legends. Included are the real history of Two Egg, Florida, the legend of Two-Toed Tom (Florida's alligator monster), the Ghost of Bellamy Bridge, the Garden of Eden, the Washington County Volcano, the West Florida Swamp Booger (Bigfoot) and more!
Author : Bruce Hunt
Publisher : Pineapple Press Inc
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 15,75 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Cities and towns
ISBN : 1561642789
"A guide to 70 of Florida's most interesting small towns"--Cover.
Author : Blair Witherington
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 50,61 MB
Release : 2017-05-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1561649880
The first edition of Florida's Living Beaches (2007) was widely praised. Now, the second edition of this supremely comprehensive guide has even more to satisfy the curious beachcomber, including expanded content and additional accounts with more than 1800 full-color photographs, maps, and illustrations. It heralds the living things and metaphorical life along the state's 700 miles of sandy beaches. The expanded second edition now identifies and explains over 1400 curiosities, with lavishly illustrated accounts organized into Beach Features, Beach Animals, Beach Plants, Beach Minerals, and Hand of Man.
Author : Bruce Hunt
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 14,75 MB
Release : 2015-10-17
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1561646032
This new edition of Bruce Hunt's popular guide reveals the real, old-time Florida still to be found on the back roads of the Sunshine state in little towns that lure you in with their quaintness and keep you there for a spell with their friendly occupants. The towns featured all have a population of less than 10,000. There is an introduction with each town’s history. Included are museums, galleries, antiques shops, local eateries, local fishing holes, and unusual and endearing local characters. This travelogue and guidebook lets you experience the flavor of Florida's back-road burgs and provides directions, addresses, phone numbers, and websites.
Author : Dale Cox
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,7 MB
Release : 2011-03
Category : Florida
ISBN : 9781460949498
"On September 27, 1864, Union and Confederate forces battled for control of the Northwest Florida city of Marianna. A vital road junction and the home of Governor John Milton, Marianna was the last remaining Confederate post in Northwest Florida at the time of the encounter. Sometimes called "Florida's Alamo," the Battle of Marianna was a short but fierce confrontation that culminated the deepest penetration of Confederate Florida by Union troops during the entire Civil War."--Page 4 of cover.
Author : Dale Cox
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 35,14 MB
Release : 2010-12-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781456417246
Old Ben lived on the outskirts of the strangely named Florida community of Two Egg and, to tell the truth, his life was not going so well. Alone and forgotten, Ben was in need of redemption, but he never imagined the way it would come. Christmas in Two Egg, Florida is the first novel from noted Southern writer and historian Dale Cox and spins the unexpected story of a forgotten man, Confederate gold, a place called Two Egg and an unlikely Christmas visitor. Set in the days of the Great Depression, but timeless in the story it tells, the book is the story of a man, his neighbors and the day God answered their prayers.
Author : Dale Cox
Publisher :
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 15,78 MB
Release : 2012-12-13
Category : Ghost stories, American
ISBN : 9780615740515
The Ghost of Bellamy Bridge: 10 Ghosts and Monsters from Jackson County, Florida is a fun journey into the true history behind some of Florida's most bizarre tales of the supernatural, the strange and the mysterious. The crown jewel of the book is the author's treatment of the legend of the Ghost of Bellamy Bridge, the tale that is one of Florida's best known ghost stories. Not only is the legend presented, but the remarkable true story behind the tale is revealed. Author and Southern Historian Dale Cox also digs into the real stories behind a number of other Jackson County tales to reveal just how much fun true history can be!
Author : Dale Cox
Publisher :
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 39,33 MB
Release : 2013-09
Category : Creek Indians
ISBN : 9780615894058
Milly Francis is the true story of the first woman to receive a special medal of honor from the U.S. Congress. Born in the Creek Nation of Alabama in around 1803, Milly was a first hand witness to the rise and fall of her father's religious movement and the Creek War of 1813-1814. By the time she was 15 years old, she had survived three wars and a desperate flight for survival to Spanish Florida. It was at that age that she saved the life of an American soldier named Duncan McCrimmon, a man who had come to Florida with Andrew Jackson's army to make war on her people during the First Seminole War of 1817-1818. Her act of mercy stunned a grateful nation and sparked a reconsideration of America's attitudes toward its original inhabitants, a process that continues to this day. In Milly Francis, Dale Cox has captured the story of a person, a time and a people. The story he weaves is touching, tragic, heroic and real.
Author : David Grimes
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 40,39 MB
Release : 2011-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 0762774959
Whether you’re a born-and-raised Floridian, a recent transplant, or just passing through, Florida Curiosities will have you laughing out loud as David Grimes and Tom Becnel take you on a rollicking tour of the strangest sides of the Sunshine State. Discover the state’s smallest police station; its highest point (at a measly 345 feet); and its warmest (and smelliest) mineral spring. Meet a worm-fiddlin’ woman; a chainsaw-wieldin’ man; and some real-life underwater dancing mermaids—sure to make a splash with the little ones! Join the fun at a flip-your-own-pancake restaurant; the Chumuckla Redneck Parade’s lack-of-beauty pageant; or the get-nekked-if-you-dare Butt Hutt.
