The Ocklawaha River was a popular transportation route in the late 1800s for steamboats traveling between Palatka and Silver Springs, visited by famous figures like Harriet Beecher Stowe. Narrow steamboats navigated the winding river. Railroad service to Ocala in 1881 declined the popularity of the river route to Silver Springs. The document provides photos depicting various scenes around Florida from 1882 to 1903, including steamboats, towns, plantations, and military ships, giving a glimpse into life in early Florida.

1. Old Florida
1880 - 1903
• The Ocklawaha River was used extensively for steamboat
transportation in the 1800s and early 1900s. Narrow steamboats
were used to navigate the constrictive and winding river. In the
1870s, the route between Palatka and Silver Springs became very
popular, and was used by prominent figures such as Harriet
Beecher Stowe, Ulysses S. Grant, Thomas A. Edison, and Mary
Todd Lincoln to visit Silver Springs. The wild and scenic trip along
the river probably added a sense of adventure to a visit to Silver
Springs. The popularity of the river route to Silver Springs
declined after the arrival of railroad service to Ocala in 1881.
These are old Photos of Florida.

2. Tomoka landing, Ormond Fla. 1898

3. Princess Issena near Tomoka landing,
Ormond, Fla. 1892

4. Tomoka River landing, Ormond, Fla
1898

5. Deep Creek, Fla. 1887

6. Rice Creek near Brown's landing 1882

7. Princess on Dunn's Creek, The
1885

8. City of Key West at Key West, Fla.,
The 1894

9. Brown's landing, Rice Creek
1883

10. Brown's landing, Rice Creek 1884

11. St. Augustine, Indian River, The 1885

12. Brandtleys Landing, Indian River
1880

13. The Okeehumkee on the Ocklawaha
River 1881

14. On the St. Johns at Buffalo
Bluff 1888

15. St. Lucie at Eden, Indian River
1884

16. On the Tomoka 1888

17. Picnic landing on the Tomoka River, Ormond, Fla
1888

18. On the Tomoka
1888

19. Deep Creek 1885

20. Street in Daytona,
1882

21. Road near Rockledge, Fla.
(Brevard County) 1885

22. Near Bostrums (early plantation
owners) Ormond, Fla 1882

23. Road to Bostrom's,
Ormond 1882

24. Bostrom's Gate,
Ormond 1882

25. Entrance to Bostrom's, near Ormond
1882

26. Old cabin at Turkey Creek, Cocoa, Fla
1889

27. Ormond, Fla. 1886

28. Jupiter R.R. Jupiter fla 1886

29. J.T. & K.W. near Beresford 1886

30. The Old City Gate, St.
Augustine 1882

31. Old City Gate, St. Augustine,
Fla.1885

32. The Old City Gate, St. Augustine
1888

33. Street Corner St. Augustine 1882

34. Treasury St., St. Augustine, Fla.1894

35. Happy as the day is long St Augustine, Fla 1899

36. Seminoles 1887

37. A Seminole mother and children 1903

38. Tampa Inn and docks, Tampa, Fla.
1900

39. Phosphate elevators, Tampa pier, Fla.
1891

40. The Tampa Pier "Olivette" at her
lannding 1886

41. Tampa Inn and docks, Tampa,
Fla.1882

42. North Atlantic Squadron in
Pensacola harbor 1903

43. North Atlantic Squadron in Pensacola
harbor 1903

44. North Atlantic Squadron in
Pensacola harbor 1903

45. Pensacola Harbor 1902

46. Old Florida
1880 - 1903
We hope you enjoyed this nostalgic look back at old Florida.
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