Historic Photos Of Florida Ghost Towns

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.

Over 200 photographs document the once thriving communities of Florida.

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.

"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.

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Tombstone, Bodie, St. Elmo, Silver City: these are some of the most famous of the Old West ghost towns and mining camps that dot America's landscape and provide hints to the country's history. But literally thousands more are scattered throughout the West, with some states boasting hundreds of abandoned boomtowns. Attracting thousands of visitors every year, many of these are protected by public and private parties alike, and visits are carefully regulated in order to preserve these valuable historical relics. Clint Thomsen describes various types of ghost town, explains their histories, and outlines ongoing research and archaeological study into decaying towns and mining camps.

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: Ghost towns in Florida, Bayport, Florida, Fort Jefferson, Florida, Aladdin City, Florida, Indian Key, Florida, Fort Gadsden, Flamingo, Florida, Fort De Soto Park, Hall City, Florida, List of ghost towns in Florida, Pigeon Key, Florida, Fort King, Fort Mose Historic State Park, Paynes Creek Historic State Park, Perky, Florida, Pinecrest, Monroe County, Florida, Rosewood, Florida, Green Mound, Snake Bight, Florida, Newnansville, Florida, Fort Dallas, Gulf City, Florida, Brewster, Florida, Fort Lonesome, Florida, Mannfield, Florida, Fort Drum, Florida, Yamato Colony, Florida, Magnolia, Florida, Fort Brooke, St. Joseph, Florida, Port Leon, Florida, Kerr City, Florida, Eldora, Florida, Pine Level, DeSoto County, Florida, Andytown, Florida, Traxler, Florida, Green Pond, Florida, Muscogee, Florida, Acron, Florida, Vicksburg, Florida, Rochelle, Florida, Yukon, Florida. Excerpt: Fort Jefferson is an unincorporated community and ghost town in Monroe County, Florida, United States. It is located on Garden Key in the lower Florida Keys within the Dry Tortugas National Park, about 70 miles (110 km) west of the island of Key West. Fort Jefferson is a massive but unfinished coastal fortress. It is the largest masonry structure in the Western Hemisphere, and is composed of over 16 million bricks. It is located at, its elevation 0 feet (0 m). Fort Jefferson Moat - Dry TortugasIn late December 1824 and early January 1825, about five years after Spain sold Florida to the United States for $5 million, U.S. Navy Commodore David Porter inspected the Dry Tortugas islands. He was on the lookout for a site for a naval station that would help suppress piracy in the Caribbean. Unimpressed with what he saw, he notified the Secretary of the Navy that the Dry Tortugas were unfit for any kind of naval establishment. He reported that they...

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Bayport, Florida, Fort Jefferson, Florida, Aladdin City, Florida, Indian Key, Florida, Fort Gadsden, Flamingo, Florida, Fort De Soto Park, Hall City, Florida, List of ghost towns in Florida, Pigeon Key, Florida, Fort King, Fort Mose Historic State Park, Paynes Creek Historic State Park, Perky, Florida, Pinecrest, Monroe County, Florida, Rosewood, Florida, Snake Bight, Florida, Newnansville, Florida, Fort Dallas, Gulf City, Florida, Brewster, Florida, Fort Lonesome, Florida, Mannfield, Florida, Fort Drum, Florida, Yamato Colony, Florida, Magnolia, Florida, Fort Brooke, St. Joseph, Florida, Port Leon, Florida, Kerr City, Florida, Eldora, Florida, Pine Level, DeSoto County, Florida, Andytown, Florida, Traxler, Florida, Green Pond, Florida, Muscogee, Florida, Acron, Florida, Vicksburg, Florida, Rochelle, Florida, Yukon, Florida. Excerpt: Fort Jefferson is an unincorporated community and ghost town in Monroe County, Florida, United States. It is located on Garden Key in the lower Florida Keys within the Dry Tortugas National Park, about 70 miles (110 km) west of the island of Key West. Fort Jefferson is a massive but unfinished coastal fortress. It is the largest masonry structure in the Western Hemisphere, and is composed of over 16 million bricks. It is located at, its elevation 0 feet (0 m). Fort Jefferson Moat - Dry TortugasIn late December 1824 and early January 1825, about five years after Spain sold Florida to the United States for $5 million, U.S. Navy Commodore David Porter inspected the Dry Tortugas islands. He was on the lookout for a site for a naval station that would help suppress piracy in the Caribbean. Unimpressed with what he saw, he notified the Secretary of the Navy that the Dry Tortugas were unfit for any kind of naval establishment. He reported that they consist of small sand islands a little...

"Ghosts Towns of the West is the essential guidebook to the glory days of the Old West! Ghost Towns of the West blazes a trail through the dusty crossroads and mossy cemeteries of the American West, including one-time boomtowns in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. The book reveals the little-known stories of long-dead soldiers, American Indians, settlers, farmers, and miners. This essential guidebook to the historic remains of centuries' past includes maps, town histories, color and historical photographs, and detailed directions to these out-of-the-way outdoor museums of the West. Plan your road trips by chapter--each section covers a geographic area and town entries are arranged by location to make this the most user-friendly book on ghost towns west of the Mississippi. Ghost towns are within a short drive of major cities out West, and they make excellent day trip excursions. If you happen to be in or near Los Angeles, Phoenix, Las Vegas, or El Paso, for example, you ought to veer towards the nearest ghost town. Western ghost towns can also easily be visited during jaunts to national parks, including Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Crater Lake, Mount Rainier, Glacier, Yellowstone, and many others throughout the West. Ghost Towns of the West is a comprehensive guide to former boomtowns of the American West, covering ghost towns in eleven states from Washington to New Mexico, and from California to Montana. This book has everything you need to learn about, visit, and explore a modern remnant of how life used to be on the Western range"--

Today, we're familiar with the major theme parks which charge families hundreds of dollars a day to wait in line for moments of thrills on technologically amazing rides. Florida, however, has been drawing tourists for centuries with simpler attractions which cost much less to view the animals or exhibits, or commune with nature. In Historic Photos of Florida Early Tourist Attractions, Steve Rajtar brings us back to the simpler ways early visitors enjoyed their time in the Sunshine State. Tour the state with photos of the tourist attractions which were here before Walt Disney World, in the days when a row of antique cars sufficed and tourists did not require constant action. See the wax figures which amazed visitors long before the invention of audioanimatronic mannequins. See what curiosities brought in the tourists and their dollars decades before today's theme parks dominated the billboards and themselves became worldwide vacation destinations.