SPANISH AMERICAN WAR

• OVERVIEW OF FLORIDA'S HISTORY -- Overview of Florida's history, from the Florida Heritage Collection.  Includes info about the Spanish American War.  

• INFO ABOUT THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR -- From the "Kids' Page" provided by the Historic Springfield Community Council (HCCI).  

• DETAILED INFO ABOUT JAX DURING SPANISH AMERICAN WAR -- Info about the Spanish American War  can be found in the book History of Jacksonville Florida and Vicinity 1513 to 1924 (by T. Frederick Davis, 1925).  Go to pages 205 - 215.  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.

• THREE FRIENDS (SHIP) -- Info from the Jacksonville Maritime Museum.  BACKGROUND INFO: Three Friends was  a celebrated ship that smuggled arms to Cuba.  The weapons were for rebels during the revolt against Spanish authorities in the 1890s.  Three Friends was based in Jacksonville.  The ship was built & operated by Napoleon Bonaparte Broward, a Duval County native who later became Florida governor. 

• THREE FRIENDS (SHIP) -- Info & pictures from the Tampa Bay History Center.

• COMMODORE (SHIP) & STEPHEN CRANE -- Fascinating article entitled "Commodore and Her Loss," by the respected maritime author Edward A. Mueller.  Placed online by the Jacksonville Maritime Museum Society.  BACKGROUND INFO: The Commodore was a ship that figured into the writing of Stephen Crane's highly acclaimed short story, "The Open Boat." The Commodore also took part in filibustering activities from Jacksonville during the Spanish American War.  As for Crane, he also became known around Jacksonville as the consort of Cora Taylor (who later went by "Cora Crane").  Cora managed a well-known “house of joy.”

• COMMODORE (SHIP) & STEPHEN CRANE -- Lots of info & pics from JacksonvilleStory.com

• COMMODORE (SHIP) & STEPHEN CRANE -- Very informative article entitled "Stephen Crane and the Commodore: A Prelude to the Spanish American War." Describes Crane's Jacksonville connections and his fateful trip on the Commodore.  From the web page "The Volusia Community History."

• GUNRUNNING TO CUBA IN 1851 -- Northeast Florida History Journal article entitled "Cuban Filibustering in Jacksonville in 1851," by Antonio Rafael de la Cova.  Tells about local gunrunning that occurred long before the Spanish American War in 1898.  

• CUBA & FLORIDA -- Overview of the Cuban & Florida ties that date back to the Spanish Era.  From the web site FlaUSA.com.

• ST. JOHNS BLUFF -- "Spanish-American War Fortifications, St. Johns Bluff, Florida" either is or will be available online in its entirety.  It is being provided by the Florida Heritage Collection.

• ST. JOHNS BLUFF -- Webpage entitled "American Forts East."  Provides brief info & some links in regard to many forts that have been in Florida.  Includes the Jacksonville area forts of Fort George Island Battery (World War I) , St. Johns Bluff Battery (Spanish-American war), Mayport Battery (World War II), Camp Atlantic Beach (World War II), Fort Steele (Civil War),  Fort Caroline (French), Fort San Diego (Spanish), Fort San Nicholas (Spanish), and Yellow Bluff Fort (Civil War).

• 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.

• HISTORIC PHOTOS FROM LEAH MARY COX -- An interesting website that advertises the fascinating book, Jacksonville Greets the 20th Century: The Pictorial Legacy of Leah Mary Cox, by Ann Hyman.  Included in the website are some of the Ms. Cox's historic images taken in the River City.