Streetcars of Florida's First Coast

Streetcars of Florida's First Coast

Streetcars of Florida's First Coast

Streetcars of Florida's First Coast

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Overview

In the late 1800s, a new method to power streetcars ushered Florida's First Coast cities into the modern era. Earlier travelers moved around town on hay burners, but after the very first electric-powered trolley cruised up Jacksonville's Main Street in 1893, railways cropped up throughout the region. When the new railroad terminal opened in 1919, it handled millions of passengers, becoming the hub of the streetcar system and the largest railroad station in the South. With almost sixty miles of track, the Jacksonville Traction Company was the largest streetcar system in Florida. Award-winning author and historian Robert W. Mann chronicles the story behind Florida's bygone streetcar epoch and the dramatic history of city builders, financiers, organized labor, civil rights, fire, fever, nabobs and railway men.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781626197077
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date: 11/04/2014
Series: Transportation
Pages: 224
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Robert Mann is a co-publisher of metrojacksonville.com, which is partnered with Jacksonville's channel 4, and a semi-retired transportation consultant who grew up in Jacksonville's historic Ortega neighborhood. He is co-author of Reclaiming Jacksonville." Bob owned his own small trucking business in Los Angeles and then launched his local transportation career at Jacksonville International Airport with Piedmont Airlines. Glorious is a well-known motivational speaker and former professor. Johnson earned her bachelor's degree in music education from Jacksonville University and has two master's degrees, one from Nova University in school administration and supervision, and the other from Columbia University's Teachers' College in educational administration/organizational leadership. She works as a mental health therapist with her certification in psychology from Edward Waters College."

Table of Contents

Foreword Glorious J. Johnson 11

Preface 13

Acknowledgements 15

Introduction 17

Part I Jacksonville

1 You're Darn Tootin' 25

2 Their Purple Moment 30

3 The Devil's Brother 39

4 Another Fine Mess 52

5 The Battle of the Century 61

6 The Stolen Jools 68

7 Hollywood Party 76

8 Men O' War 95

9 On the Loose 101

10 Nothing but Trouble 114

11 One Good Turn 121

12 Call of the Cuckoo 131

13 Leave 'em Laughing 144

Part II St. Augustine

14 Perfect Day 151

15 Unaccustomed As We Are 161

Part III Ferhahdina Beach

16 Going Bye-Bye! 179

Part IV Palatka

17 The Finishing Touch 183

Part V Green Cove Springs

18 Big Business 193

Notes 201

Bibliography 209

Index 215

About the Author 221

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