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  1. Joseph M. White suggests Indians move west of the Mississippi.
    date May 20, 1827tags Migration/Transportation, Race-Relations

    After the native Indians were allotted reservation areas for settlement, problems quickly arise. Whites started trying to take over these areas (claiming to be looking for lost slaves), and Indians were trying to expand on their already very small territory. This led to substantial violence and bloodshed. One such example took place near the Ocilla River on December 6, 1826. The Woodville Republican...

  2. Yellow Fever Hits Florida
    date 1885 to 1889map DUVAL, Floridatags Health/Death, Economy, Government, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    Long before the Internet, cable, and airplanes, a global market was emerging. Civilized countries recognized the need of foreign trade to compete in this new arena. Foreign trade required the participation of everyone from government leaders to common citizens. A Florida resident, Cecil H. Alleyne expressed his concern over a Yellow Fever breakout and its effects on the world market. In his letter...

  3. Watermelon and Sun
    date April, 1885map ALACHUA, Floridatags Economy, Migration/Transportation, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    One plantation owner who was drawn away from his home near Montgomery, Alabama to Alachua County, Florida (near Gainesville) was James B. Bailey. After his resettlement, Bailey became an active participant in government serving as Superintendent of Labor for the Engineers Department of the Eastern District of Florida and was even a candidate for Alachua County's commissioner of roads. In his personal...

  4. Hurricane destroys much of Cedar Key, FL
    date September 29, 1896map LEVY, Floridatags Health/Death

    A hurricane with 135-mph winds caused millions of dollars worth of damage and scores of deaths at Cedar Key, FL. The hurricane demolished two hotels, several churches and schoolhouses and many other buildings while the storm also hit lumber and turpentine industries extremely hard. The storm caused major floods, which begat fires throughout the city. The hurricane so damaged the Florids Central and...

  5. Spain Officially Cedes Florida to the United States/ Ratification of the Adams-Onis Treaty
    date February 19, 1821map Washington City, District of Columbiatags African-Americans, Migration/Transportation, Race-Relations, Slavery

    Beginning in 1818, President Monroe sent General Andrew Jackson to Spanish Florida to subdue the Seminole Indians, who were raiding American settlements. Liberally interpreting his ambiguous instructions, Jackson led his troops deep into areas of Florida under Spanish control, capturing two Spanish forts. Because Florida held the potential of becoming a new slave state, southern congressmen eagerly...

  6. The Future of Miami
    date May 25, 1844map DADE, Floridatags Agriculture, Migration/Transportation, Native-Americans, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    The little coastal steamer, only 105 feet in length and 152 tons in weight, chugged up the Miami River towards the settlements on the interior. It was hardly a triumphant parade of U.S. naval power. The Sailing Master of such a flagship was one Edward C. Anderson, and he took in the alien landscape as it passed on either side. Upon arriving at Miami, he found it to be little more than a collection...

  7. Crop Variation
    date April, 1852map JEFFERSON, Floridatags Agriculture

    It was the middle of April and the time for planting crops in the Western Florida county of Leon. At Chemonnie Plantation, except for a small piece of ground near the southwest edge of the plantation, the crop was all planted. The crop referred to by John Evans, the plantation overseer, in his bi-monthly letter to the plantation owner George Noble Jones was the king-cotton. Having addressed the major...

  8. Golf in Florida
    date February 26, 1900map BREVARD, Floridatags Arts/Leisure

    Florida was booming at the turn of the century. In 1907 the Florida governor pointed out the population increased 16.4 percent from 1900 to 1905. Even more impressive, property value increased 45.5 percent in this same period. The economy was thriving and Florida used the surplus to fund new legislation that involved creating an arsenal of state troops, restricting child labor, building good railroads,...

  9. Florida Canal?
    date January 1, 1889 to 1889map ST JOHNS, Floridatags Economy, Politics, Migration/Transportation

    The recovering South slowly caught up to the North after the Civil War in means of transportation. In a large a state as Florida, transportation posed a serious problem in the late nineteenth century. However, politicians felt that railroads were a priority since Florida is a peninsula. More than 300 miles of land also created a challenge to connect the Atlantic Ocean and trade from Europe to prosperous...

  10. Florida Depression
    date December 23, 1889 to 1893map ALACHUA, Floridatags Economy, Law

    A native of Florida, Mr. Cooke jumped on the cash-in bandwagon and attempted to retrieve his money but The Land Mortgage Bank of Florida was unwilling to return Mr. Cooke's assets. Mr. Cooke then moved to sue the bank and the case was passed up to the High Court of Justice in Florida similar to a state supreme court. The apprehension of an uncertain economy left many citizens feeling insecure about...

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