Tallahassee

Tallahassee
Author: Julianne Hare
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2002
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780738523712

"Chronicles the story of the city's growth from a frontier community into a modern Southern metropolis"--Back cover.

Tallahassee Florida

Tallahassee Florida
Author: Althemese Barnes
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2000
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780738505510

Captioned images of noteworthy people and events which chronicle the history and achievements of the black community of Tallahassee, Florida.

Historic Photos of Tallahassee

Historic Photos of Tallahassee
Author: Andrew N. Edel
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2007
Genre: Historic buildings
ISBN: 1596523247

From the old capitol to the new capitol, the Battle of Natural Bridge to the battles at Doak Campbell Stadium, Historic Photos of Tallahassee is a photographic history collected from the areas top archives. With around 200 photographs, many of which have never been published, this beautiful coffee table book shows the historical growth from the mid 1800's to the late 1900's in stunning black and white photography. The book follows life, government, events and people important to Tallahassee and the building of this unique city. Spanning over two centuries and two hundred photographs, this is a must have for any long-time resident or history lover of Tallahassee!

Tallahassee in History

Tallahassee in History
Author: Rodney Carlisle
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 131
Release: 2020-02-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 1683340507

This unique guidebook, organized in chronological order, is a richly illustrated description of more than 100 sites in and around Tallahassee FLorida that together reveal the place of the city and region in history. The book details a wide variety of plantations, forts, homes, churches, streetscapes, museums, and historic ships. From Spanish exploration, second and third Colonial periods, Territorial Era, early statehood, Civil War, Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, the 1890's through the 20s up until present time.

Favored Land Tallahassee

Favored Land Tallahassee
Author: Mary Louise Ellis
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1997-06
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 9780898656428

Tallahassee is a "capital city" in many ways, epitomizing the dynamic quality of the State of Florida in its evolution from a small settlement to a thriving agricultural town to a present-day metropolis. The story of Tallahassee and Leon County is a story of people - men and women, black, white, and Indian, farmers, entrepreneurs, educators - visionaries all, who individually and collectively inspired others to work toward fulfilling Tallahassee's promise. Historians Mary Loiuse Ellis and William Warren Rogers and photographic archivist Joan Perry Morris remind us ". . . there must be a cognizance and appreciation of our past . . . " and in Favored Land they have portrayed an area aware of its heritage, alert to the needs of the present, and prepared to meet the challenges of the future. This is a volume to be treasured by anyone who has ever called Tallahassee and Leon County home.

Tallahassee Historical Society Annual

Tallahassee Historical Society Annual
Author: Tallahassee Historical Society
Publisher: Hassell Street Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-07-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9781019352137

The Tallahassee Historical Society Annual is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of Florida's capital city and the surrounding area. Each volume is filled with meticulously researched articles and photographs, covering a wide range of topics from the region's past. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Historic Frenchtown: Heart and Heritage in Tallahassee

Historic Frenchtown: Heart and Heritage in Tallahassee
Author: Julianne Hare
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2006-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781540217554

Frenchtown, one of the oldest neighborhoods in Tallahassee, has long been a site of great change and development. The land has been home to Native Americans, the base of exploration by the Spanish conquistadors, the battleground for Andrew Jackson and the center of African Americans struggle for equality in the area. Today, Frenchtown is changing again, this time in an effort to preserve its vibrant history and culture. This is the story of a small community, a community that is essential to the black culture of Tallahassee, as well as the state of Florida as a whole. Julianne Hare masterfully narrates the story of Frenchtown in all its varied history, from the days of the conquistadors to the present-day efforts to raise the community to its former majesty.

The Pain and the Promise

The Pain and the Promise
Author: Glenda Alice Rabby
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Total Pages: 360
Release: 1999
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780820320519

This book covers the civil rights movement in Tallahassee, Florida during the 1950s and 1960s.

Oh, Florida!

Oh, Florida!
Author: Craig Pittman
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 413
Release: 2016-07-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 1250071208

A fun- and fact-filled investigation into why the Sunshine State is the weirdest but also the most influential state in the Union.

Race Horse Men

Race Horse Men
Author: Katherine C. Mooney
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2014-05-19
Genre: History
ISBN: 067428142X

Katherine C. Mooney recaptures the sights, sensations, and illusions of America’s first mass spectator sport. Her central characters are not the elite white owners of slaves and thoroughbreds but the black jockeys, grooms, and horse trainers who called themselves race horse men and made the racetrack run—until Jim Crow drove them from their jobs.