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A history of Florida
Table of Contents
- Cover
- Front matter
- Contents
- The geography of the state
- Part. I. The explorations. Planting the colonies. Colonial Florida..
- --I. How Ponce de Leon discovered Florida
- --II. Panfilo de Narvaez
- --III. Hernando de Soto
- --IV. The Indians of Florida
- --V. A French colony in Florida
- --VI. How the French colony was destroyed
- --VII. The revenge of Dominique de Gourgues
- --VIII. More about St. Augustine
- --IX. The founding of Pensacola
- --X. English neighbors
- --XI. Florida a British colony
- --XII. Second Spanish occupation
- --XIII. Florida's part in the War of 1812
- --XIV. Jackson in Florida
- Part II. Territorial days. The Seminole War. Statehood and the Civil War. Reconstruction and recent progress.
- --I. How Florida became a territory of the United States
- --II. Governor Duval
- --III. The new capital
- --IV. The Scotch pioneers of the Euchee region
- --V. Governor Duval and the Indians
- --VI. Beginning of the Seminole War
- --VII. Dade Massacre, Withlacoochee, the blockhouse
- --VIII. The capture of Osceola and Coacoochee
- --IX. End of the Seminole War
- --X. Governor Call
- --XI. How Florida became a state, and how she withdrew from the Union
- --XII. Events of the war at Pensacola
- --XIII. Jacksonville, Olustee
- --XIV. Marianna
- --XV. Natural Bridge
- --XVI. End of the war
- --XVII. Florida again in the Union
- --XVIII. Drew, Bloxham, Perry, Fleming, Mitchell
- --XIX. Bloxham, Jennings, Broward, Gilchrist
- --Chronological table of principal events in parts I and II
- --Establishment of counties
- --Bibliography
- --References for topical research
- Part III. Civil government of Florida.
- --Brief history of Internal Improvement Fund and railway development
- --The Florida school system
- --Constitution of Florida, rearranged and simplified
- --Florida election system
- --Privileges and duties of Florida citizens
- --Governors of Florida
- --Population of Florida by counties
- Index
- Endpages
- Back cover