COWFORD

• EARLY YEARS OF FLORIDA -- Overview of Florida's history.  Includes summary history during the time of Cowford.  Furnished by the Florida Heritage Collection.

• EARLY TOWNLIFE IN FLORIDA -- Detailed summary of Florida history entitled "The Floridians: A Social History."  Includes sections by time period.

• DETAILED INFO ABOUT COWFORD -- Info about "Cowford" can be found in the book History of Jacksonville Florida and Vicinity 1513 to 1924 (by T. Frederick Davis, 1925).  Go to pages 24 - 54.  The entire book is online at the website for the Florida Heritage Collection.  STEP #1 -- When you get to the website, use a keyword search for the following words: "Jacksonville" "vicinity". This will retrieve the book.  STEP #2 -- Click on the link "Electronic resource (JPEG)."  This will retrieve the screen that allows you to choose a page number. STEP #3 -- Go to the bottom of the screen & select a page number.  This will open the book at that page.

• FOUNDING & EARLY GROWTH OF COWFORD -- Covers the early 1800s.  From a Florida Times-Union article called "Cowford Grew on the River's Edge," by Sharon Weightman.  

• FOUNDING OF JACKSONVILLE -- Brief article entitled "The Story of Jacksonville: From Cowford to Jacksonville," from Jacksonville History Magazine.  

• SUMMARY OF JAX'S EARLY YEARS -- Florida Times-Union article entitled "City Had Humble Beginnings on the Banks of the St. Johns," by Judy Wells.  

• EARLY GROWTH OF JAX -- Brief article called "Not a Jumping Off Place," by Bill Foley, from Jacksonville.com.  Gives info about the early growth of Jacksonville.

• EARLY JAX -- Florida Times-Union piece called "First Family Milestones," by Judy Wells.  Gives very brief overview of the Jacksonville history from 1562-1823.

• ESTABLISHMENT OF DUVAL COUNTY -- Online copy of the first act of the first legislature of the Territory of Florida.  From a website furnished by the State of Florida.  BACKGROUND INFO: One of the provisions of this act was the establishment of Duval County.  The act also mentions "Cowford."  

• FLORIDA HERITAGE COLLECTION -- Info about the subjects on this webpage may be available at the the marvelous "Florida Heritage Collection." This website gives full-text, online copies of hundreds of Florida books.  NOTE: When you get to the website, you can search in different ways.  These searches include by "Florida Themes" or by "Florida History Timeline."  You can also search by "Florida County" and by "Keywords."  With keyword searching, just type in "Jacksonville," "Duval County," or other keywords, such as words from a title.  ALSO NOTE:  Many of the individual Jacksonville items in the Florida Heritage Collection are listed in JacksonvilleStory.com, the site you're now in. However, Jacksonville info can often be found in books about Florida in general. Many of theses books are at the Florida Heritage Collection website.