Search for the Lost Plantations of Flagler County Florida

ISBN-13: 9781517461157 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 256 str.

William P. Ryan

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Lost Plantations of Flagler County Large Florida land grants under the British and Second Spanish periods brought men of enterprise. Families such as Dupont, Russell, Bulow, Pellicer, Fish, Graham and Hernandez ventured here to set their roots in the rich hammock soil of Flagler County between St. Augustine and Ormond Beach Florida. Discover more of this Florida history with author William P. Ryan (Bill) as he searches for the Lost Plantations of Flagler County. Stand with him at the Bulow Plantation Ruins Historic State Park to know the flow of time. Many maps and photos are your guide as author Bill Ryan pulls together from many sources a picture of a far different Florida, one of commerce, investment and daring that was destroyed in the disastrous Seminole War of 1835. Bill Ryan concentrates on the county where he lives-Flagler County Florida where more than 27 of these great plantations may have existed. He also discovered what might have been the fate of John Joachim Bulow. Follow his story here and you decide. Author William P. (Bill) Ryan is a director of the Flagler County Historical Society. He retired to Florida from a career in high technology imaging, and was webmaster for the Flagler County Public Library's Florida Memories Project, and wrote the Old Kings Road series of Florida books. His first person writing style brings history alive. Five Old Kings Road series books include: The Search for Old Kings Road I am Grey Eyes a story of old Florida Osceola His Capture and Seminole Legends Bulow Gold Florida's Door to Time All offered on Amazon.com in stores and museums

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