The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-05-06
Truth STRANGER than Fisti1a,


At apoi'it six miles west Of st. Aug
uStihe, florlda, on the inc of tho ST.
Johns hallway, lies beautiful tract Of
land which has recently been lmiJ ont IN
a town-Sltc called, WC5t st. Augustiro
st Auguatin3 proper is the Oldest civ
in tho United States, and abo,mds viii
leugond lore, and historical artiuuitv. md
few if any OF the many thousands thnt
visit Florida fail to take look Mt the Sen
Wall, Old Fort, and the mauy other in
tHro"tin% objects. 1t was founded SOP
tcmhor Oh, 1855, forty two years prcyi
ou8 To the settlement Uf Jalncstown. VI.
| ana iltty-five years before the landing of
the bII%rlm1 Oh Plymouth Rock. The
, name st. Augustine was given to the
pilc2 ~ the S'p"ninrda, because they Inn
ded upon the day dedicated to tI,at rev
ereu and learned saint. st. Augustine il
growing rapidly, being tie terminus of
%Wo raiiWHy* and others are being extern
d"u toward it, and il is now known rs ibc
llotci City Of Floridn.
The proprlntrrs and owners Cf the II.
lastratcd Southern World, a sixteen page
weekly Illustrated pap"r same size as
h"fper* Weekly, noting the great prog
rc5S being made i'll the Ancient CITY, Dur
chaSeta largo tract Of land near ST. Aup
u9tlnc, from Mr.. WIN. Astor, of Nnw
York, Immediately on the line of the ST
Johns Railway, which is also owned bv
Mr. A%tor, and in the midst OF this tract
and within two hundred feet of the rail.
road, have planted in plot of 100 acres
the city Of Wc9t st Augustine.
From West st. Augustine there exists
direct daily Connections for the st. Johns
Rlvcr, nine miles distant, with steamboat
connections going north, and south. dni
~. 70 St Augustine, six miles distant,
10 palatkn, the Gem City Of tho south
by river th!r:ytivc miles, or rail, twenty
miles, and jacksonville by river or rail
thirty eight mics 'liStant
Jnmd,litiOn to this, tue tract on which
is located the city Of West st. Augustine
lS much higher i'll altitliie than either st.
Augustine or jaGkSonvillc, and is ricN;
nigh, dry, open pine land.
Andn0w comes the strange feature of
the whole matter; the propriCtcrs of the
Illustrated Southern World conceived the
plan OF giving to each and every yearly
subscriber to the p"pcr, II deed to- Il lot
III the city of West st Augustine, 40 y
100 feet, free and clear uT all inc,l,nbran-
eos, ami parties becoming owners Of these
lots are not required to bald, though il
is confidently expected, because of the
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