The St George Peninsula

Author : Tammy L. Willey
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738538235
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The St. George Peninsula written by Tammy L. Willey and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating history captures more than two centuries of life on and around the St. George Peninsula. These images feature war heroes, churches, community volunteers, historic sites, summer visitors, sailing vessels, and all phases of the still important fishing industry. St. George's rich cultural heritage is well documented due to the booming granite industry, which lured European laborers to this area in the early 20th century. Many of these quarry workers remained. They put down roots and constructed stores, post offices, schools, and clusters of wood-framed dwellings. The stark walls of abandoned granite quarries still pay tribute to these hardworking immigrants. Today, this area is the gateway to Monhegan Island. It inspires the exceptional Wyeth paintings and is a magnet for other noted artists and photographers. Locals, however, still cling to the traditions of their small seaside town.

Author : Tammy L. Willey
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439632472
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The St. George Peninsula written by Tammy L. Willey and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2005-10-19 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating history captures more than two centuries of life on and around the St. George Peninsula. These images feature war heroes, churches, community volunteers, historic sites, summer visitors, sailing vessels, and all phases of the still important fishing industry. St. George’s rich cultural heritage is well documented due to the booming granite industry, which lured European laborers to this area in the early 20th century. Many of these quarry workers remained. They put down roots and constructed stores, post offices, schools, and clusters of wood-framed dwellings. The stark walls of abandoned granite quarries still pay tribute to these hardworking immigrants. Today, this area is the gateway to Monhegan Island. It inspires the exceptional Wyeth paintings and is a magnet for other noted artists and photographers. Locals, however, still cling to the traditions of their small seaside town.

Author : Tammy Lee Willey
Publisher : Arcadia Library Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781531622640
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book St. George Peninsula written by Tammy Lee Willey and published by Arcadia Library Editions. This book was released on 2005-10 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating history captures more than two centuries of life on and around the St. George Peninsula. These images feature war heroes, churches, community volunteers, historic sites, summer visitors, sailing vessels, and all phases of the still important fishing industry. St. George's rich cultural heritage is well documented due to the booming granite industry, which lured European laborers to this area in the early 20th century. Many of these quarry workers remained. They put down roots and constructed stores, post offices, schools, and clusters of wood-framed dwellings. The stark walls of abandoned granite quarries still pay tribute to these hardworking immigrants. Today, this area is the gateway to Monhegan Island. It inspires the exceptional Wyeth paintings and is a magnet for other noted artists and photographers. Locals, however, still cling to the traditions of their small seaside town.

Author : James L. Hargrove
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781483961040
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oyster King written by James L. Hargrove and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2013-03-28 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A resident of Saint George Island explores the talents and motivation that led a poet and evangelist to purchase the island in 1916. The charismatic William Lee Popham was a gifted speaker and enthusiastic writer who used his romance novels as equity to purchase the island. Sales of lots were slow until he hit upon a way to provide income from oystering. William Lee began to acquire land and leases to oyster bottoms but suffered ups and downs due to rivalries and accusations of fraud. Read about a man who was the dominant force in developing Apalachicola and Saint George Island from 1916 to 1936! The book is replete with photographs and illustrations, and contains a hilarious chapter about Sex on the Beach, not to mention more about oyster reproduction than you would ever want to know! Pediveligers, anyone?

Author : William Warren Rogers
Publisher : University Press of Florida
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Outposts on the Gulf written by William Warren Rogers and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 1986 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A solid history of a relatively unknown area of Florida. The rich detail of destruction by hurricanes and fires; the building of lighthouses, schools, banks, and bars; and the stories of the people who were associated with those events and facilities makes lively reading. Rogers writes with vivacity and a quick wit. His book will be welcomed not only by Florida historians interested in state and local history but also by a much wider reading public."--Journal of American History "A painstakingly researched account of the economic, social, and political history of Apalachicola and Saint George Island."--Civil War History "Traces the history of Saint George Island and Apalachicola, Florida, from the time Florida became a possession of the United States in 1821 to 1941. . . . This book represents the best in local history."--Florida Historical Quarterly "Whether detailing the life cycle of the oyster, the North's blockade of Apalachicola during the Civil War, the great fire of 1900, or the courtroom drama of the Popham trial, Rogers writes with the easy command of an expert. One seldom finds history so fascinatingly written."--Ralph T. Eubanks, University of West Florida

Author : St George Island
Publisher : Favorite Recipes Press (FRP)
ISBN 13 : 9780965997904
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Treasured Recipes written by St George Island and published by Favorite Recipes Press (FRP). This book was released on 1997-10-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : The Editors of Southern Living
Publisher : Time Home Entertainment
ISBN 13 : 0848719328
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Southern Living House Plans written by The Editors of Southern Living and published by Time Home Entertainment. This book was released on 2019-05-10 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The editors of Southern Living Magazine presents House Plans.

Author : John B. Spohrer, Jr.
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781532335761
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Love, Football and Murder written by John B. Spohrer, Jr. and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : J. Carpenter Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 170 pages
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Download or read book History of St. George's Parish, Flushing, Long Island written by J. Carpenter Smith and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Cathy Salustri
Publisher : University Press of Florida
ISBN 13 : 0813059658
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Backroads of Paradise written by Cathy Salustri and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1930s, the Federal Writers' Project sent mostly anonymous writers, but also Zora Neale Hurston and Stetson Kennedy, into the depths of Florida to reveal its splendor to the world. The FWP and the State of Florida jointly published the results as Florida: A Guide to the Southernmost State, which included twenty-two driving tours of the state's main roads. Eventually, after Eisenhower built the interstates, drivers bypassed the small towns that thrived along these roads in favor of making better time. Those main roads are now the state's backroads—forgotten by all but local residents, a few commuters, and dedicated road-trippers. Retracing the original routes in the Guide, Cathy Salustri rekindles our notions of paradise by bringing a modern eye to the historic travelogues. Salustri's 5,000-mile road trip reveals a patchwork quilt of Florida cultures: startling pockets of history and environmental bliss stitched against the blight of strip malls and franchise restaurants. The journey begins on US 98, heading west toward the Florida/Alabama state line, where coastal towns dot the roadway. Here, locals depend on the tourism industry, spurred by sugar sand beaches, as well as the abundance of local seafood. On US 41, Salustri takes us past the state's only whitewater rapids, a retired carnie town, and a dazzling array of springs, swamps, and rivers interspersed with farms that produce a bounty of fruit. Along US 17, she stops for milkshakes and hamburgers at Florida's oldest diner and visits a collection of springs interconnected by underwater mazes tumbling through white spongy limestone, before stopping in Arcadia, where men still bring cattle to auction. Desperately searching for skunk apes, the Sunshine State's version of Bigfoot, she encounters more than one gator on her way through the Everglades, Ochopee, and the Skunk Ape Research Headquarters. Following the original Guide, Salustri crisscrosses the state from the panhandle to the Keys. She guides readers through forgotten and unknown corners of the state--nude beaches, a rattlesnake cannery, Devil's Millhopper in Gainesville--as well as more familiar haunts--Kennedy Space Center and The Villages, "Florida’s Friendliest Retirement Hometown." Woven through these journeys are nuggets of history, environmental debates about Florida's future, and a narrative that combines humor with a strong affection for an oft-maligned state. Today, Salustri urges, tourists need a new nudge to get off the interstates or away from Disney in order to discover the real Florida. Her travel narrative, following what are now backroads and scenic routes, guides armchair travelers and road warriors alike to historic sites, natural wonders, and notable man-made attractions--comparing the past views with the present landscape and commenting on the changes, some barely noticeable, others extreme, along the way.