Compiled by Scott Taylor Hartzell
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing and Publishers Imprint Tenpasutai
St. Bernard
ISBN: 0 – 7385 – 1425 – X
Before 1888, St. Petersburg, in Florida, deer, bear, raccoon, leopard, wild cat, was a small fishing village in the area have been roaming alligators and rattlesnakes. If not, we imagine when we went to Sun City's exactly what we have today.
In 1880, Russia, Dementiev later shortened his name to Peter A., Peter demens, was one of the timber Was the owner of the railroad company and orange belt in Florida. Dementia, along with the Founding Fathers of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg a couple of stations with JC Williams, led in 1888. From now on, a small village, in the same that have been converted into a thriving city in the south did not.
Three sections, the dawn of St. Petersburg, glorious boom and its collapse, and later, Scott Taylor Hartzell, divided into the Voice of America.>St. Petersburg An Oral History takes us on a journey where we meet many of the pioneers who contributed to making St. Petersburg as to what it is today.
The portraits of the many characters are fascinating, as we learn about such entrepreneurs as George S. Gandy who was instrumental in building the Gandy Bridge that extends over Tampa Bay.
There were the developers, who some described as half con-artists and half entrepreneurs, such as Eugene Elliott, who some believed could sell anything to anyone. It was he, who during the construction of the Gandy Bridge bought 3, 200 acres of land near the bridge on Weedon Island- most of which was underwater.
To increase the value of the land, Elliott planted Indian artifacts and other relics on his so called “Riviera” and tried to dupe the Smithsonian Institute into believing that these objects were authentic, however, the Institute did not fall prey to his shenanigans.
Included among this group was also C. Perry Snell, who in 1925 with a bankroll of million announced his plans for his “Pearl of Pinellas,” eventually Snell Isle was completed but only after several ups and downs.
Others who we meet during our voyage into St. Petersburg’s history are Katherine Bell Tippetts, the City’s Queen, who was a writer, humanitarian, conservationist and civic leader, Jay B. Starkey (Starkey Road was named after him), the Pinellas Cowboy, the founder of Haslams book store, Charles Shepherd Haslam, Murphy, historian oral town, senior director the black community as the father of Chesterfield Lucius James, famous entrepreneurs and innovative in many other plays a role in contributing to the achievement and the development of and Sun am. Petersburg.
Installation of a particular story about the city recorded an interview with the people should have been forgotten over time, or any of safety and fun wayIgnored. These people are often the voice of their memories and very, what, why enter the event details. And "Live the life experiences they have implications for understanding the past, to allow a broader perspective of the voice of the events in America to us: Oral History of St. Petersburg, past and forward us A collection of items. more balanced view of history.
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Review: Voice of America: Oral History in St. Petersburg
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