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Author: Publisher: Turner Publishing Company ISBN: 1618583948 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 353
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Unlike the movie ghost towns of the Old West, the ghost towns in Florida don’t have tumbleweeds rolling on deserted dirt roads, abandoned wooden saloons, and lone drifters on horseback. Although the landscape may have dramatically changed, many of these once-thriving communities declined due to widespread economic changes, disastrous weather, company closings, or vital industries disappearing or moving elsewhere. In fact, some of these so-called ghost towns have been absorbed by larger cities still inhabited by Floridians today. In Historic Photos of Florida Ghost Towns, author Steve Rajtar takes readers decades back in Florida’s history to discover these ghost towns through the lens of two hundred black-and-white photographs—in some cases, the only remains of these forgotten towns. Explore the landscapes, houses, schools, businesses, organizations, places of worship, and people who once called these now-nonexistent towns home. Imagine what life was like in hundreds of these tight-knit communities as you explore a century and a half of this sunny, populous state that many still call home.
Author: Publisher: Turner Publishing Company ISBN: 1618583948 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 353
Book Description
Unlike the movie ghost towns of the Old West, the ghost towns in Florida don’t have tumbleweeds rolling on deserted dirt roads, abandoned wooden saloons, and lone drifters on horseback. Although the landscape may have dramatically changed, many of these once-thriving communities declined due to widespread economic changes, disastrous weather, company closings, or vital industries disappearing or moving elsewhere. In fact, some of these so-called ghost towns have been absorbed by larger cities still inhabited by Floridians today. In Historic Photos of Florida Ghost Towns, author Steve Rajtar takes readers decades back in Florida’s history to discover these ghost towns through the lens of two hundred black-and-white photographs—in some cases, the only remains of these forgotten towns. Explore the landscapes, houses, schools, businesses, organizations, places of worship, and people who once called these now-nonexistent towns home. Imagine what life was like in hundreds of these tight-knit communities as you explore a century and a half of this sunny, populous state that many still call home.
Author: Heather Leigh Carroll-Landon Publisher: History Press ISBN: 9781467156479 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 0
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The term "ghost towns" brings to mind communities from the Old West where there were once bustling Boom Towns but today are abandoned and lonely pieces to the puzzles of the past. With this image ingrained into a person's mind, it is challenging to visualize ghost towns with sandy beaches and palm trees swaying in the wind. A little-known fact about Florida is it is home to more than 250 ghost towns, many of which remain the home for the spirits of former inhabitants, civil war deserters, pirates, and more. Haunted Florida Ghost Towns covers the many abandoned locations in the Sunshine State where paranormal entities are known to roam. Take a journey into the world of the supernatural and learn the history behind why Florida has so many ghost towns and the energy that remains to fuel paranormal activity.
Author: Dale Cox Publisher: CreateSpace ISBN: 9781448643738 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 190
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"The town of Parramore was an important river boat port on Florida's little known stretch of the famed Chattahoochee river. When the last paddlewheel boat ended service in 1927, however, the community disappeared into the mists of time"-- Cover, p. 4.
Author: Herman Merritt Publisher: ISBN: 9781794001183 Category : Languages : en Pages : 127
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Stories from the turn of the century as told by one of the children who lived them in the sawmill town of Muscogee, FL. Mr. Merritt puts the reader in the mind of a young boy witnessing the birth of the automobile. electrification, and aviation from a perspective set along the Perdido River where the western-most of Florida's state line butts into Alabama. These stories are sometimes humorous, other times poignant. But always interesting. They are vignettes of a time gone by captured by one of the last to witness them.
Author: Tim Hollis Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 1439674302 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 144
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Beginning in the early 1950s, the 130 miles of Florida coastline stretching from Panama City to Pensacola were branded as the Miracle Strip. Between those cities, oddities sprang up: goofy miniature golf courses, neon-bedecked motels, reptile farms and attractions that sought to re-create environments ranging from the South Pacific to the ghost towns of the Old West. In total, it was a marketing effort that worked brilliantly. Tourists flocked to the Strip, and now they can return. Author Tim Hollis presents a colorful array of these now-vanished sights, from the garish Miracle Strip Amusement Park to such oddities as Castle Dracula and the Museum of the Sea and Indian.
Author: Pg Muckenhaupt Publisher: ISBN: 9781086813487 Category : Languages : en Pages : 108
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This book includes extensive information on Treasure, Shipwrecks all over the world, Ghost Towns in the State of Florida and a chapter on old Forts in Florida. It also contains an extensive reference and Bibliography list. A must for the library. Fourth book by PG Muckenhaupt. Copyright, all rights reserved.
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Author: James R. Warnke
Author: Jim Warnke
Author: Steve Rajtar
Author: Heather Leigh Carroll-Landon
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Author: Dale Cox
Author: Herman Merritt
Author: Tim Hollis
Author: Pg Muckenhaupt