"The Entrance of the Faith in the Eastern Part of the Peninsula and Some Early Presbyterian Plantings in the Region of Saint Johns Presbytery" Manuscript
Presbyterians--United States
Churches--Florida
Florida Presbytery (Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.)
Presbyterian Church
An original manuscript titled "The Entrance of the Faith in the Eastern Part of the Peninsula and Some Early Presbyterian Plantings in the Region of Saint Johns Presbytery," written by J. N. Whitner. The first Presbyterians in Florida migrated from the Carolinas and from Scotland beginning in 1820. The St. Johns Presbytery comprised of territory including and surrounding Fort Mellon, Fort Read, and Fort Brooke. In the early 1850s, Francis Lee Galloway, a leading elder of the Presbyterian Church, settled in the Fort Read community after migrating to Florida from Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.<br /><br />Around 1855, Judge James G. Spear planted orange groves and built his home around Lake Apopka. Called Oakland, Speer's home served as a location for Christians to assemble daily for prayer and for Sunday services conducted by the judge himself. The first group of Presbyterians to arrive in Fort Read after the Seminole War were Dr. Andrew C. Caldwell and his family, who migrated to Florida from Greensboro, North Carolina, in May 1867.<br /><br />In 1869, Reverend John W. Montgomery, the Evangelist of Florida Presbytery, organized the Sumter Church in Sumter County. The name of the church was later changed to the Leesburg Presbyterian Church and a building was constructed in 1884. Plans to organize and build a church at Fort Read began in 1869, with Reverend F. F. Montgomery conducting services. Silver Lake Church was officially organized in February 1870 and the church building was completed the following year. St. Johns Presbytery was organized at Silver Lake Church on March 9, 1878. In 1900, after much of the population shifted toward the growing Town of Sanford, the church dissolved.
Whitner, J. N.
Original manuscript by J .N. Whitner: "The Entrance of the Faith in the Eastern Part of the Peninsula and Some Early Presbyterian Plantings in the Region of Saint Johns Presbytery," February 1870: box 173, folder 9.52, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> (MS 14), box 173, folder 9.52, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
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Euchee Valley, DeFuniak Spring, Florida
Fort Mellon, Florida
Oakland, Florida
Mellonville, Florida
Leesburg, Florida
Micanopy, Florida
Tallahassee, Florida
Quincy, Florida
Fort Read, Florida
Madison, Florida
Americus, Georgia
Oakland, Florida
Enterprise, Florida
Apopka, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Beresfod, Florida
Sanford, Florida
RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 25: The Railways of Central Florida
Podcasts
Documentaries
Railroads--Florida
Oakland (Fla.)
Winter Garden (Fla.)
Episode 25 of RICHES Podcast Documentaries: The Railways of Central Florida. RICHES Podcast Documentaries are short form narrative documentaries that explore Central Florida history and are locally produced. These podcasts can involve the participation or cooperation of local area partners. <br /><br />Episode 25 centers on the history of railways in Central Florida and includes an interview with Phil Cross, historian for the National Railway Historical Society and host for the Central Florida Railroad Museum.
Neimi, Nicholas
Original 13-minute and 43-second podcast by Nicholas Neimi, February 27, 2012: "RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 25: The Railways of Central Florida." <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/podcastsblog.php" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries</a>, Orlando, Florida.
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>
Cross, Phil
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Sound/Podcast
Winter Garden, Florida
Oakland, Florida
RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 21: Orlando: The Story Behind the Name
Podcasts
Documentaries
Orlando (Fla.)
Legends--Florida
Episode 21 of RICHES Podcast Documentaries: Orlando: The Story Behind the Name. RICHES Podcast Documentaries are short form narrative documentaries that explore Central Florida history and are locally produced. These podcasts can involve the participation or cooperation of local area partners. <br /><br />Episode 21 explores the numerous theories about the origin of the name "Orlando." This podcast includes interviews with various historians and experts who have written about the subject, as well as a descendant of one of the areas first settlers.
Original 16-minute and 45-second podcast, December 15, 2011: "RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 21: Orlando: The Story Behind the Name." <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/podcastsblog.php" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries</a>, Orlando, Florida.
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>
Dickinson, Joy Wallace
Rajtar, Steve
Brotemarkle, Benjamin D.
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Orlando, Florida
History of Orange County, Florida: Narrative and Biographical
Orange County (Fla.)--History
Orange County (Fla.)--Biography
Blackman, William Fremont, 1855-1932
Selected pages from <em>History of Orange County Florida: Narrative and Biographical</em> by William Fremont Blackman, Ph.D., L.L.D. Blackman was formally a professor at Yale University and President of Rollins College. The book was published by the E. O. Painter Printing Company of DeLand, Florida in 1927. The book gives a basic history of Orange County as well as biographical sketches of many of the counties early settlers and important citizens. It has 42 photographic portraits of some of the citizens.
Blackman, William Fremont
Blackman, William Fremont. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/705023"><em>History of Orange County, Florida: Narrative and Biographical</em></a>. Chuluota, Fla: Mickler House, 1973.
E. O. Painter Printing Company
Cawston, Arthur H.
Robinson, B. M.
Fuller, John T.
Autrey, L. M.
O'Neal, W. R.
Whitman, Alton B.
Dickson, H. H.
Lehman, Karl
Holt, Hamilton
Dick, E. A.
Tilden, L. W.
Edwards, William
Whitner, J. N.
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Orlando, Florida
Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida
Maitland, Florida
Winter Garden, Florida
Ocoee, Florida
Oakland, Florida
Apopka, Florida
Gotha, Florida
Zellwood, Florida
Tangerine, Florida
Windermere, Florida
Taft, Florida
Fort Christmas, Florida
Bithlo, Florida
Grant's Tourist Guide of Orlando, Florida with Map
Orlando (Fla.)
Tourism--Florida--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Tourist guide of Orlando, Florida published in 1919. Grant's Tourist Guide includes a sketch of Orlando written by Samuel A. Robinson and delivered as a speech in 1918 to the Orlando Board of Trade. The guide has numerous printed photographs of Orlando landmarks and ads for various hotels, boarding houses and other tourist-orient businesses.
Grant, Homer D.
Original booklet by Homer D. Grant: <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11004577" target="_blank"><em>Grant's Tourist Guide of Orlando, Florida with Map</em></a> (DeLand, Florida: E. O. Painter Printing Company, 1919).
E. O. Painter Printing Company
Cook, Thomas
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Orlando, Florida
St. Augustine, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Lake Jesup, Florida
Lake Tohopekaliga, Osceola County, Florida
Kississimmee, Florida
Lake Apopka, Florida
Lake Lucerne, Orlando, Florida