Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1909-10-22
lNGES IN FIFTy-SEvEN YEARS
u interesting Information of
r.rlv Towns of the State.

', 4, commenting on the gift, has the
owing to say;
comparison of this map with one OF
4 present day affords an interesting
,ay AT that time there were only
Counties now there are A..
r1s cities of Tallahassee. Pensacola
Ian Augustine were then the only
.sssof Importance in the State and
,ros, half the map space is taken up
slowing the plats of these places
I, that time there were only Two.
N sltes in Santa Rosa county, and
~ we're Florida Town and Anderson.
hlniran.e, Alaqua and Euchee Anna
,ste the only settlements In Walton
.nnty the latter being the county site.
Pa River aud Holmes Valley were
A ONLY postoffices in Holmes county,
N latter place being the seat OF the
ounty government.
s 81 Andrews Bay was the only place
n Washington county
4 Fort Cadsden, Apalachicola and ST.
laeph we're the only places in Frank
acounty, railroad running from the
.,ter place to point on the Apalachi'
IA river. This railroad was after
esrds destroyed but is now being re.
nilt.
\ Mariana was then. as now, the
county site of Jackson and Quincy that
h Gadsdeu, but there seems only to
AVE- been TWO settlements in both the
oantles.
81. Marks and Newport were the
owns Of Wakulla, the latter being the
agltal.
Iallahassee was the only town shown
'h Leon county. From here railroad
.an to ST. Marks, and this, with the
one at ST, Joseph, we're the only rail-
nds lin the State, and they were among
De nrst in the United States.
sIonticeiio, Madison and Jasper were
her, as now, the respective sites Of
Jefferson, Madison and Hamilton coun-
Hos
The only settlement in the county OF
Columbia was known as Alligator. 1t
be since given way to the prosperous
pgn Of Lake City.
Newnansville was the county seat OF
Aaehua, and the prosperous city OF
gainesville did not then exist.
The county seat of Nassau county
sAs designated as C. a., meaning court
house
jacksonville was then, as now, the
county seat Of Duval, but it had no
1ailroad or harbor.
81 Augustine and Picolata were the
o1ly designated places in st. Johns
punty, the former being the seat of
goYernment.
Orange seems to have been the most
iqppcuS county Of the State, with set
dement's at yolusia, Enterprise, Mon
zoe, New Smyrna, Honey, Ross. Jes-
'npl Fort Christmas, Fort McNeel and
panville, the latter place being then
'he county site, but now the great
Velery City Of Sanford.
filatka, we are not sure whether it
sA spelled improperly then or now
rs the county seat Of Putnam and the
'aly settlement.
kcrt King and Fort Armstrong were
ne only places in Marion county, the
'''nerthe county site. now occupied by
'as promising city OF Ocala.
Benton, to the west OF Marion, is the
'aly county which has disappeared
e0m the map. 1t nav comprises the
'9upsies Of Citrus, fernando and Pasco.
tne county site Of Benton was Melen-
's1' which has long since gone the way
''all things earthly. The only water
'Pa'es inthe State were from Pensa-
''|a and St. Augustine.
What are now the two largest cities
Y 'ae State, Jacksonville and Tampa,
Ssse then only known as the terminals
q country roads. The ccuntiesof Tay'
'2s Liberty, Suwannee. Baker, Brad
Clay Yolusin, Lake, Sumter, Cit
fernando, Pasco, Polk, Osceola,
2'eYerd, Manatee, DeSoto, Lee, and
''q Beach did not exist, neither the
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