These improvements overcame central Florida’s geographic isolation, resulting in increased access to the region for people and goods. By the early 20th century, central Florida had become a well-integrated center of population and commerce.
Read the Travel Diary of a young man and follow this mysterious naturalist through Central Florida in December 1895 and January 1896. Travel with him by steamer from Jacksonville to Sanford, and on to Melbourne, as he describes and draws the natural life around him: plants, animals, marine life, the St. Johns River. Tag along as he hunts, fishes and socializes with the locals. Marvel at details of daily life, business, the citrus industry, religion, and recreation.
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