Florida's Peace River Frontier

Florida's Peace River Frontier
Title Florida's Peace River Frontier PDF eBook
Author Canter Brown
Publisher Gainesville : University of Central Florida Press : University Presses of Florida
Pages 483
Release 1991
Genre History
ISBN 9780813010373

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Peace River is a location near Lake Hancock, north of present-day Bartow. Seminole hunting towns on Peace River lay in a five or six mile wide belt of land centered on and running down the river from Lake Hancock to below present-day Fort Meade. Oponay, who also was named Ochacona Tustenatty, was sent into Florida as a representative to the Seminoles on behalf of the Creek chiefs remaining loyal to the United States during the Seminole War. Oponay occupied the land adjacent to Lake Hancock and Saddle Creek. Peter McQueen and his party occupied the area to the south of Bartow. Quite likely their settlement included the remains of Seminole lodges and other facilities located on the west bank near the great ford of the river at Fort Meade. This important strategic position would have allowed the Red Sticks (Indians) to control not only access to the hunting grounds to the south, but communication and the trade with the Cuban fishermen at Charlotte Harbor, as well as the passage of representatives of Spain and England through the harbor.

Florida's Peace River Frontier

Florida's Peace River Frontier
Title Florida's Peace River Frontier PDF eBook
Author Edgar Canter Brown
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 2024-03-05
Genre History
ISBN 9780813080604

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In this book, Canter Brown, Jr. records the economic, social, political, and racial history of the Peace River Valley in southwest Florida in an account of violence, passion, struggle, sacrifice, and determination.

Florida's Peace River Frontier

Florida's Peace River Frontier
Title Florida's Peace River Frontier PDF eBook
Author Canter Brown (Jr.)
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 1991
Genre Peace River Valley (Fla.)
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A Land Remembered

A Land Remembered
Title A Land Remembered PDF eBook
Author Patrick D Smith
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Pages 286
Release 2012-10-01
Genre Education
ISBN 1561645826

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A Land Remembered has become Florida's favorite novel. Now this Student Edition in two volumes makes this rich, rugged story of the American pioneer spirit more accessible to young readers. Patrick Smith tells of three generations of the MacIveys, a Florida family battling the hardships of the frontier. The story opens in 1858, when Tobias and Emma MacIvey arrive in the Florida wilderness with their son, Zech, to start a new life, and ends in 1968 with Solomon MacIvey, who realizes that his wealth has not been worth the cost to the land. Between is a sweeping story rich in Florida history with a cast of memorable characters who battle wild animals, rustlers, Confederate deserters, mosquitoes, starvation, hurricanes, and freezes to carve a kingdom out of the Florida swamp. In this volume, meet young Zech MacIvey, who learns to ride like the wind through the Florida scrub on Ishmael, his marshtackie horse, his dogs, Nip and Tuck, at this side. His parents, Tobias and Emma, scratch a living from the land, gathering wild cows from the swamp and herding them across the state to market. Zech learns the ways of the land from the Seminoles, with whom his life becomes entwined as he grows into manhood. Next in series > > See all of the books in this series

Fort Meade, 1849-1900

Fort Meade, 1849-1900
Title Fort Meade, 1849-1900 PDF eBook
Author Canter Brown
Publisher University of Alabama Press
Pages 236
Release 1995
Genre History
ISBN 9780817307639

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A civilian community coalesced at Fort Meade under the pressures of the Billy Bowlegs War of 1855-58. Quickly the village developed as a cattle industry center, which was important to the Confederacy until its destruction in 1864 by homegrown Union forces. In the postwar era the cattle industry revived, and the community prospered. The railroads arrived in the 1880s, bringing new settlers, and the village grew into a town. Among the new settlers were well-to-do English families who brought fox hunts, cricket matches, and lawn tennis to the frontier.

Newtown Alive

Newtown Alive
Title Newtown Alive PDF eBook
Author Rosalyn Howard Ph D
Publisher Rosalyn Howard, PH.D.
Pages
Release 2017-03-15
Genre
ISBN 9780983127314

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This book chronicles the history of Sarasota, Florida's African American community - Newtown - that celebrated its 100-year anniversary in 2014. It answers questions about many aspects of community life: why the earliest African Americans who came to Sarasota, then a tiny fishing village, first settled in areas near downtown called -Black Bottom- and -over town;- their transition from there to Newtown; how they developed Newtown from swampland into a self-contained community to ensure their own survival during the Jim Crow era; the ways they earned a living, what self-help organizations they formed; their religious and educational traditions; residents' military service, the strong emphasis placed on education; how they succeeded in gaining political representation after filing a federal lawsuit; and much more. Newtown residents fought for civil rights, endured and triumphed over Jim Crow segregation, suffered KKK intimidation and violence, and currently are resisting the stealthy gentrification of their community. Whether you are new to the area, a frequent visitor, an educator, historian or a longtime resident trying to connect the dots in your family tree, you will find these stories of courage, dignity and determination enlightening and empowering!

Florida in the Civil War

Florida in the Civil War
Title Florida in the Civil War PDF eBook
Author Lewis Nicholas Wynne
Publisher Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Pages 164
Release 2003
Genre History
ISBN 9780738514918

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Documents in words and pictures the triumphs and tragedies faced by Florida and Floridians during the Civil War.