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 OVERVIEWS OF
JACKSONVILLE HISTORY
TIMELINES FOR JAX HISTORY
SUMMARIES OF JAX HISTORY
MISC. INFO ABOUT JAX
HISTORY (INCLUDES POPULATION)
 TIMELINES FOR
JAX HISTORY
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TIMELINE
OF JAX HISTORY -- From the Spanish era to the 1980s.
Furnished in a website by Shawn Moore.
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TIMELINE
OF JAX HISTORY -- Four web pages, entitled "A River of History,"
from Jacksonville.com.
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TIMELINE FOR JAX
HISTORY -- Covers from 1513 to the 21st Century. From Jacksonville
History Magazine. NOTE: When you get to the website,
click to the "Timeline" hyperlink on the left-hand side of the page.
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TIMELINE FOR JAX HISTORY
-- Covers from 1513 to 1968. From Florida.com. NOTE:
The web page's statement that the singer Rita Coolidge was born in
Jacksonville is incorrect. In addition, the singer Pat Boone was
not raised in Jacksonville, although he was born there.
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TIMELINE FOR JAX
HISTORY -- Covers from 1969 to 1997. Furnished by the
University of Florida.
SUMMARIES OF JAX
AREA HISTORY
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HISTORY OF JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, AND
VICINITY, BY T. FREDERICK DAVIS -- Is from 1925. Is the
most-used general history of 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. Furthermore, many
of the principle sections of the T. Frederick David book are
categorized in JacksonvilleStory.com.
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HISTORY OF DUVAL COUNTY, BY DANIEL
PLEASANT GOLD -- History of Duval County, Florida (1928)
by Daniel Pleasant Gold, either is or will be available online in its
entirety. It is being provided by the Florida Heritage
Collection.
MISC. INFO
ABOUT JAX HISTORY
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POPULATION HISTORY
-- Info about Jacksonville's population from 1822 to
1922
can be found in the book History of Jacksonville
Florida and Vicinity 1513 to 1924 (by T. Frederick Davis,
1925). Go to
page 500. 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.
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FLORIDA HERITAGE
COLLECTION -- Wonderful website that provides hundreds of Florida
& Jacksonville books online in their entirety. NOTE: Many of
the Jacksonville books in the Florida Heritage Collection have been
indexed in JacksonvilleStory.com
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HISTORICAL
MARKERS -- Historical markers that are
located in Florida. Includes Duval County's markers. From
the Florida Historical Markers Program.
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HISTORICAL SITES IN JAX --
"Historical Sites in Northeast Florida" (1985), by William M. Jones,
either is or will be available online in its entirety. It is
being provided by the Florida Heritage Collection.
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HISTORICAL
PLACES IN JAX -- Historical places in & around
Jacksonville. Includes a brief overview of Jax history.
Also in the website are historical places in the vicinities of St.
Augustine, Amelia Island, Daytona Beach, Gainesville, Tallahassee,
& South Georgia.
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BUCCANEER TRAIL
-- Interesting webpage from the Jacksonville & the Beaches
Convention & Visitors Bureau. Gives info about Dixieland
Park, the
Black Heritage Tour, the Buccaneer Trail, and the history of Avondale
& San Marco.
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STORIES
FROM JAX HISTORY -- An interesting web page called "Ten Things that
Even the Natives Don't Know." Gives a taste of Jacksonville's
history. Provides ten articles from the late Bill Foley, reporter for The
Florida Times-Union.
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"FIRSTS & MOSTS"
-- Webpage entitled "Points of Interest: Duval County." If you
go about 1/2 down the page, you'll see a list of "firsts" & "mosts"
for Jacksonville.
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HISTORICAL PLACES & FACTS -- Historical places & facts,
furnished by the Northeast Florida Regional Planning Council.
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BRIEF
IMPRESSION OF JAX HISTORY -- Written by Deborah Gianoulis, a
long-time TV news anchor in Jacksonville. Is from the book Jacksonville:
Reflections of Excellence, from Towery Publishing, Inc.
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IMPRESSIONISTIC
SUMMARY OF JAX HISTORY -- From "Hoover's Online."
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AFRICAN
AMERICAN HISTORY OF JAX -- Index page of a wonderful website called
"A Postcard
from the Past." Provides an overview of the African American
history of Jacksonville. Website is sponsored by the Florida
Times Union. NOTE: Many of the site's pages have been indexed
in the website that you're now in.
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MILITARY
HISTORY OF JAX -- Florida Times-Union article called, "War
and Memory: From Jean Ribault's Building of Fort
Caroline through the Great World Conflicts to Persian Gulf Duty, War
and the Military Have Made Their Mark on Jacksonville." Discusses
the effect of military events on Jacksonville's history. The
article was by Bill Foley.
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MEMORIES
OF OLD JACKSONVILLE -- 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.
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