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Author : Dickie Anderson
Release : 2015-03-01
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Book Synopsis Great Homes of Fernandina by : Dickie Anderson
Download or read book Great Homes of Fernandina written by Dickie Anderson. This book was released on 2015-03-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Frank A. Ofeldt III
Release : 2020-08-10
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Fort Clinch, Fernandina and the Civil War by : Frank A. Ofeldt III
Download or read book Fort Clinch, Fernandina and the Civil War written by Frank A. Ofeldt III. This book was released on 2020-08-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even though Fernandina was tucked away in the far southern reaches of the Confederacy, Fort Clinch had been abandoned to Federal forces by March 1862. It proved a boon to the Union war effort, and the island became a haven for runaway slaves, with many joining the Federal army. The military occupation of this vital seaport helped end the war, and the Reconstruction period that followed bore witness to Union and Confederate veterans working together to bring Fernandina into a golden era of prosperity. Author and local historian Frank A. Ofeldt III captures the vital and under-told story of Amelia Island during the Civil War.
Author : Rob Hicks
Release : 2017-06-05
Genre : Photography
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Book Synopsis Legendary Locals of Amelia Island by : Rob Hicks
Download or read book Legendary Locals of Amelia Island written by Rob Hicks. This book was released on 2017-06-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amelia Island has been host to remarkable people throughout its 500-year history. These people are responsible for giving Amelia the distinction as the only place in the United States to have seen eight different flags. A new railroad followed the Civil War and brought those who sought to take advantage of the burgeoning shipping center. As opportunities waned, the island became a sleepy, blue collar community supported by the local paper mills. Prior to civil rights legislation desegregating the South, Fernandina's American Beach flourished as an African American coastal community. Meanwhile, local visionaries oversaw tight-knit communities and set the stage for the large resorts that came to the island's south end in the 1970s. Today, Amelia Island is a national tourist destination and home to a diverse of community of longtime residents and newcomers, both with remarkable talents and interesting stories to tell.
Author : Rob Hicks
Release : 2007
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Amelia Island by : Rob Hicks
Download or read book Amelia Island written by Rob Hicks. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tiny Amelia Island, in the northeast corner of Florida, was once among the most important ports in the western hemisphere. Before Florida was granted statehood, the island served as an international gateway between Spanish Florida and the English colonies that would later become the United States. Where Spanish monks and pirates once roamed, the island eventually developed into a significant seaport that exported the rich resources of Florida's interior in the late 1800s. This era was known as the Golden Age of Amelia Island and the town located on its north end, Fernandina. The railroad that connected Amelia Island to the Gulf Coast was largely responsible for the Golden Age, as it brought a burgeoning economy and many of the South's most prominent and wealthy figures. Today the island is best known as a resort community but retains the influence and charm of its remarkable past.
Author : Herbert L Hiller
Release : 2005-10-04
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Highway A1A by : Herbert L Hiller
Download or read book Highway A1A written by Herbert L Hiller. This book was released on 2005-10-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
