JAX FROM 1920 THROUGH 1941

SUMMARIES OF FLORIDA HISTORY

JAX DURING THE 1920s

PROHIBITION

JAX DURING THE 1930s

SUMMARIES OF FLORIDA HISTORY

• DETAILED SUMMARY OF FLORIDA DURING THE 1920S -- Detailed summary called "The Floridians: The 1920s," from the Florida History Internet Center.

• SUMMARY OF FLORIDA DURING THE 1930s & 1940s -- Detailed summary called "Dark Years of Depression & War." From the Florida History Internet Center.

• SUMMARY OF FLORIDA HISTORY -- From the Florida Heritage Collection.  Includes info about Florida during the 1920s & 1930s.

• 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.

JAX DURING THE 1920s

• FLORIDA LAND BOOM OF THE 1920s -- From a book report that was placed online.  The book was reviewed for a course at the University of South Florida School of Architecture & Community Design.

• INFO ABOUT LAND BOOM -- Review of a book about the Florida Land Boom.  The book review passes along info about the Boom.  The review was written by Santiago Chang, Jr.

• JAX & THE LAND BOOM -- "Greater Jacksonville's Response to the Florida Land Boom of the 1920s," either is or will be available online in its entirety.  It is being provided by the Florida Heritage Collection.

• JAX & THE LAND BOOM -- Florida Times-Union article entitled, "For 12-Year-Old, Florida Beat New York," by Bill Foley. Land boom hype in Jacksonville during the 1920s.

• JAX FROM 1920 - 1924 -- Info about Jacksonville from 1920 through 1924   can be found in the book History of Jacksonville Florida and Vicinity 1513 to 1924 (by T. Frederick Davis, 1925).  Go to pages 276-285.  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.

• DOWNTOWN HOTEL, 1920s -- Florida Times-Union article entitled "Millennium Moments: Feb. 8, 1927," by Bill Foley.  Tells about the attempt to build a tall hotel in downtown Jacksonville during the 1920s.  The project was doomed by the bursting of the Florida Land Boom.

• PLANS FOR A STADIUM -- Florida Times-Union article entitled "Millennium Moment: March 11, 1924," by Bill Foley.  Tells about the planning of a new municipal stadium in Jacksonville during the 1920s.  

• VISIT BY IRISH PRESIDENT -- Florida Times-Union article entitled "Irish Spring Once Lit In Jacksonville," by Bill Foley.  Tells about the visit to Jacksonville by the president of Ireland in 1920.

• VALENTINO DIES -- Florida Times-Union article entitled, "Jacksonville Joined the World in Mourning Valentino in '26," by Bill Foley. Tells about

• HURRICANE OF 1928 -- Article entitled "Not Exactly Blown Away," by Bill Foley, from Jacksonville.com.  Tells about the effect of the hurricane of 1928 on Jacksonville. BACKGROUND INFO: The hurricane killed many people in South Florida, and it destroyed a great amount of property there.  The physical effects were not severe for Jacksonville, but  the hurricane was one of the nails in the coffin of the Great Florida Land Boom.

• JACKSONVILLE TODAY -- "Jacksonville Today: A Weekly Guide to the Daily Events of the Commercial and Industrial City of the South" (Is from 1926) -- 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

• MOTORIST'S GUIDE TO FLORIDA, 1921 -- "The Standard Guide, Florida" (A motorist's & tourist's guide from 1921) -- 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. 

• 1925 CENSUS -- The Fifth Census of the State of Florida Taken in the Year 1925..." Gives lots of statistics for Duval County.  Does not give names of individual people. -- 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. 

PROHIBITION

• HISTORY OF FLORIDA PROHIBITION EFFORTS -- From the website for the Florida Sheriffs Association.

• PROHIBITION RESTRICTIONS -- Florida Times-Union article entitled, "Definitions Aplenty in Early Prohibition," by Bill Foley. Tells about deciding what was legal & illegal in regard to alcohol during Prohibition.

• THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ENFORCES PROHIBITION -- Florida Times-Union article called "Prohibition Snitches? Not in Our City in '31," by Bill Foley.   

• PROHIBITION RAID -- Florida Times-Union article entitled, "Millennium Moment: March 15, 1928," by Bill Foley.  Tells about the raid on a Jacksonville speakeasy during Prohibition.

• PROHIBITION SHOOT-OUT -- Article entitled "Shootout at the Tollbooth," by Bill Foley, from Jacksonville.com.  Tells about a gun battle on top of the St. Johns River Bridge (later the Acosta Bridge) during the 1930s.  The battle was between a federal agent and the "Whiskey King of Duval County."

• PROHIBITION RUM-RUNNING -- Florida Times-Union article called "Just Doing Business Was Costly in 1931," by Bill Foley.  Tells about a suspected case of local rum-running during Prohibition.

• PROHIBITION RUM-RUNNING -- Article from the Coast Guard entitled "Rum War: The U.S. Coast Guard & Prohibition."  Provides info about William S. McCoy, a well-known figure along the Florida coast.  BACKGROUND INFO: McCoy operated a Jacksonville boat service & boat yard for many years prior to Prohibition.  After the start of Prohibition, he became a smuggler. 

• PROHIBITION ENDS -- Florida Times-Union article entitled "Millennium Moment: March 23, 1933," by Bill Foley.  Tells about the termination of Prohibition. 

• "FLORIDA BREWERIES IN THE 1930s" -- From the American Breweriana Journal.

JAX DURING THE 1930s