Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1934-03-15


ply is inexhaustible. With the
class of timber improved by re-
forestation and recent discoveries
in the manufacture it will enable
this mill to compete with spruce
pulp for the news print business.
Tallahassee, the capital can be
visited and the return trip made
tho some day On South Gadsden
street is located the zero marker
for all original surveys in the state
of Florida In the state geological
department in the Martin building
are the reconstructed skeletons of
prehistoric animals from the
Wakulla Springs.
Natural bridge over the St.
Marks river is we'll worth the days
trip: this is also the site of the bat
tie of Natural bridge of the Civil
war in which the Confederates won
decisive victory.
Panacea Springs, a few miles
from Sopchoppy, are located on
Dickinson bay; the waters are ia
nous locally, said to be helpful in
treatment of Bright's disease. Long
Moss Springs is six miles east of
Marianna; three miles north of
Mariana is Natural bridge cave.
Other springs and caves are in this
vicinity. Springs in Florida are
caused by erosion of the soft lime
stone of the Eocene period which
underlies great part of the state.
This accounts in large measure
for the many beautiful springs and
rivers that suddenly drop out of
sight to reappear miles away or
perhaps to continue through some
underground channel to the gnlf.
This has been offered as an explain
alton of the curious sink of the
Dead lakes before mentioned
Suwannee river is crossed on the
main highway to Jacksonville, at a
point between Madison and Live
Oak. the lovely stream which in
sp'red Stephen Foster to write his
world famous song THE Old Folks
at Home" winds its way for 1875
miles to the Gulf of Mexico.
At West Pass and Indian Pass
is to Re found in season: the eXcit-
ing spirit of hanging tarpon may
be enjoyed here to the fullest. Salt
water trout. red fish and many 9TH
er kinds await the fisherman on
bay and gulf. Fresh water fishino
in addition to the Dead lakes may
be had abrndant'y on any of the
smaller tributaries of the Apalachi-
cola river system.
"The Lagoon" there's magic in
the rame: when it's mentioned
swee+ hearts end wives 90 to pac',-
ing lunch: this is lovely spot Of
water in a tropical setting. Cap
tain Kid buried tree asures here but
if it could be found it would be
worthless to mend ragged nerves,
compared to delights of this balmy
beach From the tip of the PENN
sub which forms Indian Pass we'll
as the Lagoon to st. Joseph Point
to the west, is fully 80 miles of
gulf beach with Cape San Bias jut-
ting out in the middle At low tide
this beach may be driven from one
end to the other; the bathing and
fishing is unexcelled.
Orange groves and apiaries may
be visited at Wewahitchka; here
will be found one of the oldest pro-
ducing orange groves in Florida.
The local industries of ApaIachi-
cola. sea food packing houses and
the large plant lcated here man
ufacturing cigar box shocks from
tupelo are of more than passing
interest. Indian names have been
found hard to interpret at this late
day, but those we have are inter-
esting Apalachicola, no doubt is
named from the nation of Apala-
chez Indians found by the early
Spanish explorers to occupy all the
country from the Mississippi to the
Atlantic and from the Ohio to the
gulf. "Apalachi" in the Choctaw
language means ''to help" or 'help-
ers." Apalachicola means cal
ies;" with this Interpretation we
ike to think of it as meaning
friendly people," and while the
indians have gone the friendly
people" still live in Apalachicola.
means 1.-TWO eyes,"
ha Tn f,,l
title lakes at this plce. Chatta-
loochee means muddy water"
means "Sun Down of |
Chief Town"
Piracy and the Forbes Grant
William Augustus Bowles of |
in command of a band /
,r Indians under Col. Campbell |
British) in defense of Pensacola
Lgainst the Spaniards in 1881, was
dismissed from the British army,
'ecame a freebooter, married into
he family of a Creek Indian chief,
aptured by the Spaniards, sent to
pain and reported hanged in 1898,
scaped and returned by way of
he West Indies, wrecked on St.
ieorge's Island, but finally reached
is Indian friends, and in 1899
nade his headquarters in Apala
hee bay, robbing the stores and
transports of Trader Forbes on the
.palachicola river and ST. Marks,
esieged Fort San Marcos at st.
Iarks and compelled it's capitula-
ion May 20, 1880, and was consid-
ring the conquest of Florida on
is own account when a Spanish