Florida History - In Print

Thank You! My stupid was shinning and I've got it back under controll.

Patrick Houston, who served as as a lieutenant in Gamble's Florida Light Artillery and in the Florida Kilcrease Light Artillery, and finished the war as a captain in command of the Florida Kilcrease Light Artillery. My favorite Florida Confederate. My house is on land that was part of his plantation.

My maiden name was Kilcrease...Do you know what Kilcrease you are talking about here? I discovered in the book, _Slavery in Florida_, that there was a Kilcrease family in the late 18th century in N FL who owned slaves....in the Lafayette county area. My dad's family that we know of came from south GA, but we have not traced it very far back.

My favorite Florida book is a historical fiction by Patrick D. Smith, "A Land Remembered". I heard him speak about his writing, and he said the events in his stories were based on actual happenings. All of his books are good, but I especially liked this one.

I have to agree. It is an excellent outline of FL history as well as an entertaining read.

I'm trying to remember - where is Lafayette County?

Here's a link to the roster of the Kilcrease Artillery:

http://www.psy.fsu.edu/~thompson/cw/artil/kla.html

But there aren't any Kilcreases listed.

Lafayette County is between Gainesville and Tallahassee.

It is pretty much in the middle of nowhere. The one thing I remember about it is the town of Mayo is located in that county. The only reason I remember that is the University of Florida used to have a QB from there and everone called him the "Throwing Mayoan".

Oops! I should have said "throwin Mayoan" rather than throwing. It sounds better that way.

No wonder I can't remember it, if it's in the middle of nowhere.

My husband's ancestors settled in west Florida, in Walton County, before 1800. Mine didn't reach Florida until my great-grandfather moved to Green Cove Springs around 1900.

Both my Mother's and Father's families came to Walton County, Florida in the 1700's.

The only one I know of who didn't was my Paternal GGFather. He came from Georgia in 1873. We still consider him a newcomer.

You've got freepmail.

The very day I saw your message, an article came out in our local paper (Vero Beach Press-Journal) saying "A Land Remembered" has been suspended from use by local schools until teachers can go through sensitivity training on words used in literature. :-( See http://www1.tcpalm.com/tcp/pj_local_news/article/0,1651,TCP_1121_2321428,00.html (hope this made a link) to the article.

"In Lower Florida Wilds" by Charles Torrey Simpson

The authors observations and experiences in the wilds of the lower part of Florida from 1882-1920

"Storm of the Century" (The labor day Hurricane of 1935) by Willie Drye

The demise of Flager's railroad to Key West

My primary interest is the history of the Florida Keys and for any who are interested my dear friend Jerry Wilkerson has a wealth of information at http://www.keyshistory.org/

Additional Books I found:

· "Cattle Feud Slaughtered Mizells, Barbers during Reconstruction," by Mark Andrews, The Orlando Sentinel, Sunday, March 29, 1992, Page K-6.
· Orlando: A Centennial History, by Eve Bacon, The Mickler House Publishers, Chuluota, Florida, 1975.
· Pine Castle: A Walk Down Memory Lane, by Ruth Barber Linton, Book Crafters, Chelsea, Michigan, 1993.
· Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, by Huxford Folks ( A series of genealogical compilations covering the counties of Irwin, Appling, Wayne, Camden, and Glynn).
· Orlando in the Long, long, ago . . . and now, by Kena Fries, Florida Press, Orlando, 1938.
· Florida's Frontier: The Way Hit Wuz, by Mary Ida Bass Shearhart, Magnolia Press, Gainesville, Georgia, 1992. Write her at: 2850 Boggy Creek Road, Kissimmee, FL 34744.
· Travels Through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, William Bartram
· Florida Cowmen, Joe A. Akerman, Jr. published by the Florida Cattlemen's Asociation, last printing 1979.
· Four Centuries of Florida Cattle Ranching, George H. Dacy, St. Louis, Mo., 1948
· Cracker Cow Hunting, by Frederic Remington, originally published in the August 1885 issue of Harper's New Monthly Magazine
· Cracker: Florida's Enduring Cowboys, Jon Kral, Long Wind Press, 1998.
· Wiregrass Country, Jerrilyn McGregory, Jackson: University Press of Missippi, 1997
· Gladesmen: Gator Hunters, Moonshiners, and Skiffers, Laura Ogden. & Glen Simmons, Gainesville: university Press of Florida, 1998.
· Blockade Runners of the Confederacy, Hamilton Cochran, Indianapolis/New York The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc. 1958.
· Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad That Crossed an Ocean, by Les Standiford, Henry Morrison Flagler
· Storm of the Century: The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935, by Willie Drye 2002
· Galleon Hunt, The life story of Art McKee, the first salvage diver of the Florida Keys, by Robert Weller
· Unconquered People: Florida's Seminole and Miccosukee Indians (Native Peoples, Cultures, and Places of the Southeastern United States Series), by Brent Richards Weisman, Jerald T. Milanich
· The Railroad That Died at Sea: The Florida East Coast's Key West Extension, Pat Parks
· Florida in the Civil War (The Civil War History Series), by Lewis N. Wynne & Robert Taylor
· Dade's Last Command, by Frank Laumer & John K. Mahon, 1995
· The New History of Florida by Michael Gannon
· A River in Flood and Other Florida Stories by Marjory Stoneman Douglas, 1998
· Payne's Prairie: A History of the Great Savanna, by Lars Andersen, 2001
· Blockaders, Refugees, & Contrabands: Civil War on Florida's Gulf, George E. Buker, 1993
· Pensacola During the Civil War: A Thorn in the Side of the Confederacy (The Florida History and Culture Series), by George F. Pearce, Raymond Arsenault
· Vanishing Florida: A Personal Guide to Sights Rarely Seen, by David T. Warner
· Black Cloud: The Great Florida Hurricane of 1928, by Eliot Kleinberg
· Tales of Old Florida, Frank Oppel
· The Tropic of Cracker (The Florida History and Culture Series), by Al, Jr. Burt, 1999
· Classic Cracker: Florida's Wood-Frame Vernacular Architecture, by Ronald W. Haase
· Crackers in the Glade: Life and Times in the Old Evergaldes, by Rob Storter, et al
· The Florida Keys: A History of the Pioneers (Florida's History Through Its Places), by John Viele, 1995
· Florida's First People: 12,000 Years of Human History, by Robin C. Brown, 1994
· History of the Second Seminole War, 1835-1842, by John K. Mahon, 19991
· Rose Cottage Chronicles: Civil War Letters of the Bryant-Stephens Families of North Florida, by Arch Fredric Blakey (Editor), Ann S. Lainhart (Editor), Winston Bryant Stephens (Editor)
· Fightin' Gators: A History of the University of Florida Football, by Kevin M. McCarthy
· Slavery in Florida: Territorial Days to Emancipation, by Larry Eugene Rivers, 1999
· The Florida Keys: True Stories of the Perilous Straits (Florida's History Through Its Places), by John Viele
· Government in the Sunshine State: Florida Since Statehood (Florida History and Culture Series), by David R. Colburn, Lance Dehaven-Smith
· The Enduring Seminoles: From Alligator Wrestling to Ecotourism (Florida History and Culture Series), by Patsy West
· Juan Ponce De Leon and the Spanish Discovery of Puerto Rico and Florida, by Robert H. Fuson, 2000

War Between the States-Era Bibliography (from: http://www.flheritage.com/museum/civwar/21.html)
Books
· Buker, George E. Blockaders, Refugees, & Contrabands: Civil War on Florida's Gulf Coast, 1861-1865. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1993.
· Davis, William Watson. The Civil War and Reconstruction in Florida. New York: Columbia University, 1913; reprint, Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1964.
· Dickison, John J. "Military History of Florida." In Confederate Military History, vol. 11, part 2, edited by Clement Evans. Atlanta: Confederate Publishing Company, 1898; reprint (as vol. 16), Wilmington: Broadfoot Publishing Company, 1989.
· Dickison, Mary Elizabeth. Dickison and His Men: Reminiscences of the War in Florida. 1890. Facsimile reproduction, Jacksonville: San Marco Bookstore, 1984.
· Fretwell, Jacqueline K., ed. Civil War Times in St. Augustine. Reprint of El Escribano: St. Augustine Journal of History, vol. 23; Port Salerno: Florida Classics Library, 1988.
· Hillhouse, Don. Heavy Artillery & Light Infantry: A History of the 1st Florida Special Battalion & 10th [Florida] Infantry Regiment, C.S.A. Rome, Georgia: Published by the author, 1992.
· Johns, John E. Florida During the Civil War. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1963; reprint, Macclenny, Florida: R. J. Ferry Publishing, 1989.
· Proctor, Samuel, ed. Florida: A Hundred Years Ago. Coral Gables: Florida Library and Historical Commission Civil War Centennial Committee, 1965. (A day-by-day listing of Civil War events in Florida)
· Holland, Keith V.; Lee B. Manley; and James W. Towart, eds. The Maple Leaf: An Extraordinary American Civil War Shipwreck. Jacksonville: St. Johns Archaeological Expeditions, Inc., 1993.
· Martin, Richard A., and Daniel L. Schafer. Jacksonville's Ordeal by Fire: A Civil War History. Jacksonville: Florida Publishing Company, 1984.
· Nulty, William H. Confederate Florida: The Road to Olustee. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1990.
· Parks, Virginia, and Sandra Johnson, eds. Civil War Views of Pensacola. Pensacola: Pensacola Historical Society, 1993.
· Taylor, Robert A. Rebel Storehouse: Florida in the Confederate Economy. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1995.
Selected articles and book chapters of interest
· Boyd, Mark F. "The Joint Operations of the Federal Army and Navy Near St. Marks, March 1865...." Florida Historical Quarterly 29 (October 1950).
· Brown, Canter, Jr. "The Civil War, 1861-1865." In The New History of Florida, edited by Michael Gannon. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1996.
· Cleveland, Mary Ann. "Florida Women in the Civil War." In Florida Decades--A Sesquicentennial History, 1845-1995, edited by James J. Horgan and Lewis N. Wynne.
St. Leo, Florida: St. Leo College Press, 1995.
· Coles, David J. "´They Fought Like Devils': Black Troops in Florida During the Civil War." In Florida's Heritage of Diversity--Essays in Honor of Samuel Proctor. Tallahassee: Sentry Press, 1997.
· Reiger, John E. "Deprivation, Disaffection, and Desertion in Confederate Florida." Florida Historical Quarterly 48 (January 1970).
· Rivers, Larry E. "A Troublesome Property: Master-Slave Relations in Florida, 1821-1865." In The African American Heritage of Florida, edited by David R. Colburn and Jane L. Landers. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1995.
· Rivers, Larry E.. "Baptist Minister James Page: Alternatives for African American Leadership in Post Civil War Florida." In Florida's Heritage of Diversity--Essays in Honor of Samuel Proctor. Tallahassee: Sentry Press, 1997.
· Schafer, Daniel L. "Freedom was as Close as the River: African Americans and the Civil War in Northeast Florida." In The African American Heritage of Florida. Edited by David R. Colburn and Jane L. Landers. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1995.
· Waters, Zack C. "'Tell Them I Died Like a Confederate Soldier.' Finegan's Florida Brigade at Cold Harbor." Florida Historical Quarterly 69 (October 1990).
** More Florida History Links on FloridaHistory.org (external link)**

Good article, PJ. I think it's hard for us to understand what a monumental feat the FEC Railway was. Maybe it's more amazing that ppl actually lived in Key West before the railroad!

Try this one, though I haven't read it yet:
"Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad That Crossed an Ocean," by Les Standiford, Henry Morrison Flagler

I have only read short stories and essays about Flagler, not a comprehensive history on the man and his work.

Great story - I love it. I'll check out Gannon's book. I just saw it in the Ocala Forrest Ranger's station this weekend.

Floridians are a colorful lot: Spanish, Creek, Seminole, Cherokee, Caloosa, French, Scottish, Irish, Minorcan, Cuban, Confederate, English, South American, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Swedish, Norwegian. What an amazing history.

You might want to check "History of the Second Seminole War". Arguably, America lost that war since the Seminoles and Miccosukee are still here (much to the displeasure of Gator fans). On top of that though, the war was fought by different Presidents from different parties (like Vietnam). It was fought against an undersupplied, outnumbered, yet very determined adversary (like the Viet Cong), the war was part of the national Indian removal policy (just like Vietnam was part of the containment policy), the growing slavery problem became embroiled in the war (just like civil rights and Vietnam), and many other similarities. If the people in charge of the Vietnam War had read this book, we would have won the war.

Remember, the Seminoles were the FIRST tribe to institute gambling as a major revenue source. It began in the 1970s when they offered larger Bingo payoffs than was allowed under state law. The case went to the courts but because the Seminoles have sovereign rights, the Bingo was allowed. And that was what opened up the floodgates to nationwide Indian casinos.

Ya'll might be interested in this one. Especially after that great Silver Spurs Rodeo this weekend!

Monday, October 13 @ 7 p.m.
Orlando Public Library (Orange County)

Joe Akerman, author of Florida Cowman: A History of Florida Cattle Raising, shares the story of Florida's cattle industry.

Florida History
Last Name	First Name	Book Title
Loderhose	Gary	Far, Far From Home: The Ninth Florida Regiment in the Confederate Army
Loderhose	Gary	Way Down upon the Suwannee River: Sketches of Florida During the Civil War
Haase	Ronald W.	Classic Cracker: Florida's Wood-Frame Vernacular Architecture
Burt Jr	Al	The Tropic of Cracker (The Florida History and Culture Series)
Storer & Briggs		Crackers in the Glade: Life and Times in the Old Evergaldes
Oppel	Frank	Tales of Old Florida
Huffstodt	Jim & James	Everglades Lawmen: True Stories of Game Wardens in the Glades
Mosley	Julia Daniels	Come to My Sunland: Letters of Julia Daniels Moseley from the Florida Frontier, 1882-1886 (Florida History and Culture Series)
Buker	George	Swamp Sailors in the Second Seminole War (Florida Sand Dollar Book)
Koblas	John J	J. J. Dickison: Swamp Fox of the Confederacy
Smith	Patrick D	A Land Remembered
Punnett	Dick & Yvonne	Racing on the Rim: A History of the Annual Automobile Racing Tournaments Held on the Sands of the Ormond-Daytona Beach, Florida 1903-1910
Belleve	Bill	River of Lakes
Nulty	William	Confederate Florida: The Road to Olustee
Taylor	Robert	Rebel Storehouse: Florida in the Confederate Economy
Simmons, Ogden, Mormino		Gladesmen: Gator Hunters, Moonshiners, and Skiffers (The Florida History and Culture Series)
Burt Jr, Mormino	Al & Gary	Al Burt's Florida: Snowbirds, Sand Castles, and Self-Rising Crackers (Florida History and Culture Series)
Kaserman	James	Gasparilla: Pirate Genius
Robinson	Jim	Flashbacks : The Story of Central Florida's Past
Griffin	Patrick	Mullet on the Beach: The Minorcans of Florida, 1768-1788 (A Florida Sand Dollar Book)
Mahon	John K	History of the Second Seminole War, 1835-1842
Laumer	Frank	Dade's Last Command
George	Paul S.	A Guide to the History of Florida
		Florida Biographical Dictionary /2001-2002: People of All Times and All Places Who Have Been Important to the History and Life of the State
Morris	Allen Covington	Florida Place Names
Fitcher & Cardin	George	Floridians All
Garrison	Webb B.	Southern Tales: A Treasury of Stories from Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi
LaFray	Joyce	Famous Florida! Cracker Cookin' and Other Favorites (With Record)
Warner	David T.	Vanishing Florida: A Personal Guide to Sights Rarely Seen
Waitley	Douglas	Best Back Roads of Florida, The Heartland (1st)
Huttinger	Beverly Bryant	Florida Firsts: The Famous, Infamous, and Quirky of the Sunshine State
Adams	Alto	Cattleman's Backcountry Florida
Glisson	J.T.	The Creek
Nulty	William	Confederate Florida
Smith	Joseph Burkeholder	James Madisons Phony War the Plot to Steal Florida
Carlson	Charlie	The First Florida Cavalry Regiment C.S.A
Dickison	Col. JJ	Confederate Military History Florida
Robie	Diane	Searching in Florida: A Reference Guide to Public and Private Records
Chapman	Berlin Basil	Four principles that portray the pattern of all history : applied to the war against the States, 1861-1865 : address of March 7, 1979 at the monthly meeting of the Annie Coleman Chapter (Orlando, Florida) United Daughters of the Confederacy
Matthews	Carolyn	Two Florida boys and the red-haired pirate
Garrison	Webb	A Treasury of Florida Tales
O'Keefe		Great Adventures in Florida
Morris	Alton	Folksongs of Florida
Wynne/Taylor	Lewis	Florida in the Civil War