Olustee Battle and Florida Visit Reflections
The writer describes a Florida journey visiting Lake City near Olustee battle sites, praising Lake City as a growing town with water works and a thriving orange industry. He recounts battle memories, notes Negro troops at Olustee, and praises local agriculture sugar cane long staple cotton. He details Lake City’s roads houses and upcoming travel to Jacksonville and St Augustine.
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Lette Weryor Olebee
Arksonville
Vane
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Col. Morton
Lake City
Florida
Athens
Plorida
Saks City
Baya
J. D. Calloway
Lexington
Wm Weatherly
State College
Callowy
Olustee Battle Ground
Jacksonville
St. Augustine
Fine Weather Buoys Cotton Harvest Prospects
The article notes excellent weather for gathering cotton, with the crop unusually good though cut-up by fast ginning. Farmers are urged to inspect ginning practices as they prepare for market. The county is described as more prosperous since the war. It mentions the Georgia Carolina and Northern road and ongoing grading in South Carolina with uncertain completion timing.
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A. L. Hull
Georgia, Carolina and Northern
South Carolina
St Augustine A Portrait of Old World Charm and Modern Growth
The essay tours St Augustine Florida contrasting its sixteenth century Spanish fortifications and coquina walls with the modern era led by Henry Flagler. It notes the Ponce de Leon hotel as a monumental symbol, the Plaza monuments, and the reconstructed inscriptions. it recalls Dade Massacre history and local sights from Matanzas to Anastasia Island, ending with reflections on the city’s American transformation and tourism.
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Spain
New World
St. Augustine
Old Town
Jastile
Hand of Progress
America
San Marco
Ferdinand VII
United States
Hotel Ponce de Leon
Iron Horse
Hotel Bazar
Ponce de Leon
Henry P. Flagler
New York
Flagler
Phillip
Menendey
Fort
Presbyterian Church
Florida
Jacksonville
Washington Irving
Alhambra
Grenada
Hotel
Castile
Anatasia Island
Matansas
Santa Marco
Menendez
Dade
Fort Brook
Fort King
Col. Blount
Georgia
Athens
Old City
L. G
Anatasia
Francis Drake
Oglethorpe
Holding Their Cotton Amid Alliance Slowdown
The Alliancemen refuse to sell and business languishes across the South as farmers delay cotton in warehouses. Merchants fear looming bills while cotton prices risk decline, and Alliance leaders pledge payment once accounts mature. White bale influx rises, some weighing nine to ten pounds, as farmers debate bagging options. Governor Hill appears warmly received amid civic support.
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Governor Hill Wi
Roy- Hill
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