Haunted Manatee County
Title | Haunted Manatee County PDF eBook |
Author | Liz Reed |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 112 |
Release | 2018-09-24 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1439665184 |
Manatee County's history is filled with tales of Native American battles, shipwrecks and the expeditions of Hernando de Soto. It's no surprise that spirits still linger on these sunny shores. Anna Maria Island's first permanent resident still returns to the island more than one hundred years later to flirt with the female tourists. A convict hanged in the county courthouse in 1907 is sometimes heard singing on the courthouse grounds. In the 1970s, the specter of a blond woman was seen hitchhiking along the old Skyway Bridge, only to vanish once she'd been picked up. Join author and paranormal investigator Liz Reed on a tour of Manatee County's most haunted locales.
Facts about Manatee County, Florida
Title | Facts about Manatee County, Florida PDF eBook |
Author | Manatee County (Fla.). Economic Development Council |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1980* |
Genre | Manatee County (Fla.) |
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Manatee County Sheriff's Office 150th Anniversary History
Title | Manatee County Sheriff's Office 150th Anniversary History PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Turner Publishing Company |
Pages | 150 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9781596520707 |
Know Manatee County
Title | Know Manatee County PDF eBook |
Author | League of Women Voters of Manatee County |
Publisher | |
Pages | 62 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Manatee County (Fla.) |
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Manatee County, Florida
Title | Manatee County, Florida PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 14 |
Release | 1930 |
Genre | Manatee County (Fla.) |
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Manatee County
Title | Manatee County PDF eBook |
Author | Jim Wiggins |
Publisher | Arcadia Library Editions |
Pages | 130 |
Release | 2007-10-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781531633400 |
The area known as Manatee County opened for settlement at the close of the Second Seminole War in 1841. This was due to Congress's passage of the Armed Occupational Act of 1842, which allowed settlers to claim 160 acres of land at a cost of $1.25 an acre if they were able to bear arms and live on the land for five years. It wasn't long before settlers appeared up and down the beautiful Manatee River, led by Josiah Gates and his family on the south side. Many of his friends had suffered losses with the collapse of the Union Bank in Tallahassee and were anxious to join him. The opulent shores on both sides of the river quickly enticed other settlers to make their claims, offering a cornucopia filled with some of Florida's best resources for growth and prosperity. This volume provides a pictorial account of those lives, which were caught in the struggle to carve out a niche against all odds in a place that faced epidemics of yellow fever, malaria, typhoid, and a third uprising of the Seminole Indians. In 1861, Florida seceded from the Union, which was followed by the Civil War with a Union victory in 1865 that brought an end to slavery and plantation ownership.
Manatee County, Florida
Title | Manatee County, Florida PDF eBook |
Author | Mobile Homes (Manatee County, Fla.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 1971 |
Genre | Trailer camps |
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