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• David Fowler, Speaker

  • When
    29 Apr 2018
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    4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
  • Location
    Raney Carriage House 128 Market Street

  Our second Speaker, on April 29^th, will be David Fowler, whose five volumes set covers Florida-related excerpts from the Niles’ Weekly Register. Published between 1811 and 1849, this national publication, in its Florida postings cover the birth of this state, with thousands of articles, letters, narratives, anecdotes and personal exposes. David’s website is http://fowlerlibrary.com or http://www.nilesflorida.com/ .

  David’s interests include many early Florida-related subjects, like the journal of Andrew Elliott (available on archive.org) which provides insight into the creation of the boundary between the United States and Spanish Florida. The “Ellicott Stone”, one of the last remaining of many markers, is a National Register Site in Mobile Alabama. Fowler also writes on the history of the Fort Mims Massacre of 1813, which was a precursor to the first Seminole War.

  We can almost guarantee you will enjoy this delightful and knowledgeable speaker, so please join us on Sunday April 29^th at the Raney Carriage House at 128 Market Street.

  
  

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• Spring Ghost Walk

  • When
    05 May 2018
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    6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    Hwy 98 between 6th and 8th

  SPRING GHOST WALK May 5, 2018

  This spring’s Ghost Walk characters include steamboat captains pioneering steam navigation on the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint river system; others were titans of the lumber industry including at the Cypress and Kimball Lumber Companies. They include a founding member of the Philaco Club, the Womans Federation Club responsible for the founding of the town library. Characters comprise immigrants from Northern states as well as immigrants from other countries, who came to Apalachicola to seek fortune in this small “frontier” town.

  One significant character, John Jenkins, was responsible for pioneering navigation on the Apalachicola and Chattahoochee Rivers up to Columbus. This commercial water transport route gave rise to the new town. He was an appointed trustee of the new town in 1827. Around that time the town had been known as “Cottonton”, and then “West Point”. In 1831 it was incorporated as Apalachicola.

  He was also partially responsible for founding nearby Saint Joseph, after the Apalachicola Land Company obtained clear title to the Forbes Purchase in 1835, which included the city of Apalachicola.

  An encore character is prominent African American Mary Fuller, who with her husband owned and ran the Fuller Hotel during the reconstruction period.

  One unusual grave includes the deceased name in an ornate fence surrounding her grave.

  Come Join Us, starting at 6:30PM, Saturday May 5, at the Chestnut Street Cemetery, Ave E (or Hwy 98) between 6^th and 8^th Streets.

  
  

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