JAX AFTER THE CIVIL WAR

NOTE: For other possible info about yellow fever epidemics, 

see also Hospitals & Medical Care

OVERVIEWS OF JAX AFTER WAR

AFRICAN AMERICAN JAX

YELLOW FEVER

MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS

OVERVIEWS OF JAX AFTER WAR

• SUMMARY OF FLORIDA HISTORY AFTER THE CIVIL WAR -- Includes info about Florida after the Civil War.  From the Florida Heritage Collection.

• OVERVIEW OF FLORIDA AFTER THE CIVIL WAR -- "The Floridians: A Social History."  Includes a section entitled "Florida of the Railroad Barons."

• JACKSONVILLE AFTER THE CIVIL WAR -- From "Discovering Jacksonville and the Surrounding Area: Historical Tours."

• JAX AFTER THE CIVIL WAR -- Info about Jacksonville from 1865 until 1901 can be found in the book History of Jacksonville Florida and Vicinity 1513 to 1924 (by T. Frederick Davis, 1925).  Go to pages 138 - 218.  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.

• RECONSTRUCTION IN JAX -- Info about Reconstruction in Jacksonville (NOTE:  The book's information is anti-African American) can be found in the book History of Jacksonville Florida and Vicinity 1513 to 1924 (by T. Frederick Davis, 1925).  Go to pages 138 - 154.  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.

• JAX DURING 1870s -- Florida Times-Union article entitled, "Visitors' memories weren't always kind ," by Bill Foley. Tells about Jacksonville during the 1870s.

• 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.

AFRICAN AMERICAN JAX

• AFRICAN AMERICANS & RECONSTRUCTION -- "The Negro in the Reconstruction of Florida, 1865-1877" is available online in its entirety.  It is being provided by the Florida Heritage Collection.

• FREEDMEN'S BUREAU -- Info about the Jacksonville's Freedmen's Bureau (& a photo of the Freedmen's Bank building)  can be found in the book History of Jacksonville Florida and Vicinity 1513 to 1924 (by T. Frederick Davis, 1925).  Go to pages 139 - 141.  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.

• AFRICAN AMERICANS & THE ST. JOHNS RIVER -- Florida Times-Union article entitled "Before the Rails, Rivers Were the Roads," by Bob Phelps.  Tells about the St. Johns River during & after the Civil War.  Concentrates on the African American history of the river.  BACKGROUND INFO: Many slaves escaped to the Union gunboats that patrolled the river.  After the war, moreover, most of the pilots who steered the steamboats were African Americans.

• HARRIET BEECHER STOWE IN MANDARIN -- Snippets of info about the development of Florida & Jacksonville during the late 1800s.  From a book review of "Beechers, Stowes, and Yankee Strangers: The Transformation of Florida, by John T. Foster Jr. and Sarah Whitmer Foster (published in 1999).  Book review is from The Journal of American History.  

• STOWE IN MANDARIN -- Some info about the development of Florida & Jacksonville during the late 1800s.  From a book review of "Beechers, Stowes, and Yankee Strangers: The Transformation of Florida, by John T. Foster Jr. and Sarah Whitmer Foster (1999).  Book review is from "Civil War Book News."

• RACE RIOT IN 1892 -- Info about the race riot of 1892 (The information is anti-African American)  can be found in the book History of Jacksonville Florida and Vicinity 1513 to 1924 (by T. Frederick Davis, 1925).  Go to pages pages 196-198.  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.

• AFRICAN AMERICAN KIDS -- Webpage that gives info & pictures of African American kids in Jacksonville during the 1870s.  From JacksonvilleStory.com.

• SCHOOL DAYS -- Another webpage that gives info & pictures of African American kids in Jacksonville during the 1870s.  From JacksonvilleStory.com.

YELLOW FEVER 

NOTE: For other possible info about yellow fever epidemics, 

see also Hospitals & Medical Care

• EPIDEMIC IN JACKONVILLE -- Info about Jacksonville's yellow fever epidemic in 1888.  Also given is info about yellow fever in general.  From American Memory.

• EPIDEMIC IN JACKSONVILLE -- Florida Times-Union article entitled "A Century Ago, 'Yellow Jack' Raged," by Mary Jo McTammany. Concentrates on Clay County.  Describes how yellow fever affected Floridians during the 1800s.

• OVERVIEW OF 1888 EPIDEMIC -- Info about Jacksonville's yellow fever epidemic of 1888 can be found in the book History of Jacksonville Florida and Vicinity 1513 to 1924 (by T. Frederick Davis, 1925).  Go to pages 180-186, and pages 498-499.  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.

• REPORT ABOUT YELLOW FEVER -- "Report of the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association, of Jacksonville, Florida Covering the Work of the Association during the Yellow Fever Epidemic, 1888" (Published after the worst epidemic to ever hit Jacksonville.  Report is from 1889.) -- NOTE:  The entire text of this source is available online.  It's provided in the wonderful website called the "Florida Heritage Collection," maintained by the State University System of Florida.  When you get to the website, you can search by keywords.  Just type in "Jacksonville," or "Duval County," or other keywords, such as words from a title.  ALSO NOTE: Most of the individual Jacksonville items in the Florida Heritage Collection are listed in JacksonvilleStory.com, the site you're now in. 

• YE HEROES OF YE EPIDEMIC -- "Ye Heroes of Ye Epidemic" (Is from 1888) -- NOTE:  The entire text of this source is available online.  It's provided in the wonderful website called the "Florida Heritage Collection," maintained by the State University System of Florida.  When you get to the website, you can search by keywords.  Just type in "Jacksonville," or "Duval County," or other keywords, such as words from a title.  ALSO NOTE: Most of the individual Jacksonville items in the Florida Heritage Collection are listed in JacksonvilleStory.com, the site you're now in. 

• 1892 ACCOUNT OF EPIDEMIC -- "The Epidemic of Yellow Fever in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1888" (from 1892), by Henry Rice Stout, either is or will be available online in its entirety.  It is being provided by the Florida Heritage Collection.

• J. J. DANIEL -- Florida Times-Union article called "Buried Treasures," by Colleen Steffen.  Tells about notable people who are buried in Jacksonville's Evergreen Cemetery.  Provides info about J. J. Daniel.  BACKGROUND INFO:  Daniel died a hero's death, fighting the deadly yellow fever epidemic of 1888.  During the 1800s, Daniel served as a Jacksonville civic leader and as the president of the publishing company that owned the Times-Union.

• AMERICAN EPIDEMICS -- Panama City [Florida] News Herald article entitled "Yellow Fever Quarantine of 1897 Closed Towns, Interfered with Travel," by Marlene Womack.  Focuses on a yellow fever epidemic in Alabama & Mississippi.  However, the article does give useful historical info about the disease in general during nineteenth-century America.

• ORIGINAL ARTICLES FROM LATE 1800s -- An interesting website from the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress.  Offers a huge number of full-text magazine & newspaper articles from the 1800s.  Allows you to search these by "Jacksonville," "Florida," or any keywords that you choose.   NOTE:  Make sure that you search "Full Text."  NOTE:  To see actual scans of the article, click on the "View Page" icon that's at the top of each page. AN EXAMPLE:  One article is entitled "The Great South."  It offers an illustration with the caption, "Looking toward Jacksonville, Florida, from the forest."  Actually, there is no skyline to be seen -- just a few housetops.   

MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS

• TOURISM IN JAX DURING 1800s -- Info about tourism in Jacksonville during the 1800s  can be found in the book History of Jacksonville Florida and Vicinity 1513 to 1924 (by T. Frederick Davis, 1925).  Go to pages 160-161, 173-174, 176-178, 491-492.  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.

• INFLUENTIAL FLORIDA BOOK -- Florida Times-Union article entitled "Old Book Was Well-Researched Assessment of the Sunshine State," by Mary Jo McTammany.  Tells about the book, Florida for Tourists, Invalids and Settlers, by George M. Barbour.  BACKGROUND INFO: This book was published in later 1800s.  It helped boost Northern interest in Florida after the Civil War. 

• 1884 -- FLORIDA FOR TOURISTS -- Florida for Tourists, Invalids, and Settlers..., by George M. Barbour, either is or will be available online in its entirety.  It is being provided by the Florida Heritage Collection. 

• FLORIDA TOURISM -- An essay about the history of tourism in Florida.  Gives info about Jacksonville & the St. Johns River.  The essay is entitled "Passage to the New Eden: Tourism in Florida," by Paul S. George.  From the website "Myths and Dreams: Exploring the Cultural Legacies of Florida and the Caribbean."

• SOUVENIRS FOR SIGHTSEERS -- Articles entitled "Florida Souvenir China" and "Florida Souvenirs 1890 to 1930." These were written by Larry Roberts, an antiques/collectibles dealer from Micanopy, Florida.  From the publication Antiques & Art Around Florida.  BACKGROUND INFO: Some of the mementos in the article came from Jacksonville during the time that it attracted tourists during the late 1800s.  The Greenleaf & Crosby Company of Jacksonville, for example, was a primary supplier of the souvenir china.

• SOUVENIRS FROM FLORIDA -- Listen to an audio report entitled  "Florida's Golden Age of Souvenirs." Tells about very early Florida sourvenirs .  Provided by the Florida Humanities Council.  NOTE: When you get to the webpage, click on the heading "Last Month's Programs."  Keep clicking this heading until you get to the page that contains the audio report you want. 

• PALMETTO-LEAVES -- "Palmetto-Leaves" (Important early guide to Florida.  Is from 1873.  Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, who penned Uncle Tom's Cabin and who lived in Mandarin, Florida.) -- NOTE:  The entire text of this source is available online.  It's provided in the wonderful website called the "Florida Heritage Collection," maintained by the State University System of Florida.   When you get to the website, you can search by keywords.  Just type in "Jacksonville," or "Duval County," or other keywords, such as words from a title.  ALSO NOTE: Most of the individual Jacksonville items in the Florida Heritage Collection are listed in JacksonvilleStory.com, the site you're now in. 

• BAY STREET'S HEYDAY -- Florida Times-Union article entitled,"''Bay Street Was a Center of Commerce," by Bill Foley. Tells about Bay Street's heyday during the late 1800s & early 1900s.

• JAX CITY DIRECTORIES, 1870s & 1880s -- "Webb's Jacksonville City Directory" (Several directories from the 1870s & 1880s. List most of the businesses & heads of households in Jacksonville.) -- NOTE:  The entire text of this source is available online.  It's provided in the wonderful website called the "Florida Heritage Collection," maintained by the State University System of Florida.   When you get to the website, you can search by keywords.  Just type in "Jacksonville," or "Duval County," or other keywords, such as words from a title.  ALSO NOTE: Most of the individual Jacksonville items in the Florida Heritage Collection are listed in JacksonvilleStory.com, the site you're now in. 

• JAX MAYORS -- A list of some of the mayors of Jacksonville after the Civil War.  From the Jacksonville History Magazine.  NOTE:  When you get to the website, go to the "Mayors" hyperlink on the left-hand side of the page.

• BUILDING OF THE JETTIES -- Brief article called "Water, Water Everywhere," by Bill Foley, from Jacksonville.com.  Tells about the building of the jetties at the mouth of the St. Johns River during the late 1800s.

• FLORIDA EARTHQUAKE OF 1879 -- From the Gainesville Sun.

• EARTHQUAKE IN 1886 -- Info about an earthquake that shook Jacksonville in 1886   can be found in the book History of Jacksonville Florida and Vicinity 1513 to 1924 (by T. Frederick Davis, 1925).  Go to page 175.  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.

• REPORT ABOUT JAX, MID 1880s -- "Report" (Report of the Jacksonville Board of Trade.  Annual descriptions & statistics regarding the industries & advantages of Jacksonville.  Is from 1885-1887.) -- NOTE:  The entire text of this source is available online.  It's provided in the wonderful website called the "Florida Heritage Collection," maintained by the State University System of Florida.   When you get to the website, you can search by keywords.  Just type in "Jacksonville," or "Duval County," or other keywords, such as words from a title.  ALSO NOTE: Most of the individual Jacksonville items in the Florida Heritage Collection are listed in JacksonvilleStory.com, the site you're now in. 

• MEMORIES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY -- The wonderful American Life Histories from American Memory.  Provided are interviews conducted during the 1930s & early 1940s.  Everyday people were usually interviewed.  Many of their recollections are of events & places from the late 1800s.  Numerous Jacksonville interviews are offered.  NOTE: When you get to the web page, go to the search engine box and type "Jacksonville," "Florida," or any other terms you choose.  The search engine will retrieve all of the interviews that contain those terms.

• DAWN OF THE 20TH CENTURY -- Florida Times-Union article entitled "Millennium Moment: Dec. 31, 1899," by Bill Foley.  Tells how the Florida Times-Union once crowed about the technical advances made during the 1800s.  In an editorial from December 31, 1899, the Times-Union told how people from 1799 would not recognize the world of 1899. 

• PREDICTIONS FOR THE 1900s -- Florida Times-Union article entitled "City Marked New Century with Past Memories and a . . . Future Forecast ," by Randolph Pendleton.  Gives the Times-Union's predictions in 1900 for the upcoming century.   The included personal airplanes for commuters between Jacksonville & St. Augustine.