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Date: 1900-1999

Location: Florida

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Report of progress upon preliminary survey for reclaiming lands within the Southern Drainage District.

Survey of lands in T53S R37E - R41E, T54S R37E - R41E, and T55S R39E - R40E (Everglades north and south of Tamiami Trail, and east of Shark Valley to settlements along ...

Contributor:	King, John W.
Site:	American Memory-cultural
Original Format:	Manuscript/Mixed Material
Date:	1917

Correspondence relating to efforts to procure loan to establish Florida Sugar Cane Plantations and rum distillery,

Relates to plans to develop 10,000 acres along Tamiami Trail. Correspondents include Duncan Upshaw Fletcher, George R. Lynn, and W. H. Cralle.

Contributor:	Jaudon, James Franklin
Site:	American Memory-cultural
Original Format:	Manuscript/Mixed Material
Date:	1933

Maps and documents relating to property in the proposed town of Poinciana,

Items from: Loren Smith, Papers relating to Poinciana.

Contributor:	Smith, Loren E.
Site:	American Memory-cultural
Original Format:	Manuscript/Mixed Material
Date:	1925

Correspondence relating to survey and drainage of township 58S, range 38E,

T58S R38E is located in East Everglades, south of Florida City.

Contributor:	Model Land Company
Site:	American Memory-cultural
Original Format:	Manuscript/Mixed Material
Date:	1919

Papers relating to the creation of Collier County (Fla.),

Jaudon opposed the creation of Collier County, and considered Barron Collier an adversary.

Contributor:	Jaudon, James Franklin
Site:	American Memory-cultural
Original Format:	Manuscript/Mixed Material
Date:	1923

Records relating to settlements and development in the Everglades,

Town of Everglades (Everglades City) charter. -- Advertisement for lots in the city of Chevelier. -- Deed. -- Price lists for land offered by the Jaudon Realty Company. -- Letter from Lean ...

Contributor:	Jaudon, James Franklin
Site:	American Memory-cultural
Original Format:	Manuscript/Mixed Material
Date:	1917

Correspondence and ephemera pertaining to the sale of land in the Chevelier Tract to the federal government and to the creation of Everglades National Park,

Items from: Axelson, Mary McDougal. Papers, box 40, folder 344 : 1934 - Everglades National Park.

Contributor:	Axelson, Mary McDougal
Site:	American Memory-cultural
Original Format:	Manuscript/Mixed Material
Date:	1931

Correspondence relating to the Broward Drainage District,

Correspondence regarding drainage, land ownership and taxation in the district. Mentions Land Owners League of Broward Drainage District. Correspondents include Sidney Harrison, Frank J. Pepper, William Jennings, Frederick S. Morse, James S. ...

Contributor:	Model Land Company
Site:	American Memory-cultural
Original Format:	Manuscript/Mixed Material
Date:	1917

Moore-Willson, Minnie, Correspondence, 1925.

Letters relating to proposed creation of 100,000 acre park in the Everglades, protection of birds, and Seminole Indians. Correspondents include Marjory Stoneman Douglas, John W. Martin, and George Bird Grinnell.

Contributor:	Moore-Willson, Minnie
Site:	American Memory-cultural
Original Format:	Manuscript/Mixed Material
Date:	1925

Report of exploration, examination and reconnaissance of the lands of the Tamiami Trail in Dade County, Florida.

Mentions Tamiami Canal, Snapper Creek Canal and Tamiami Trail. Landscape photographs are identified with specific locations.

Contributor:	King, John W.
Site:	American Memory-cultural
Original Format:	Manuscript/Mixed Material
Date:	1917

Correspondence relating to proposed Tamiami Railway,

Jaudon incorporated Tamiami Railway in 1917 to establish a railway between Miami and Fort Myers. It was never built.

Contributor:	Jaudon, James Franklin
Site:	American Memory-cultural
Original Format:	Manuscript/Mixed Material
Date:	1922

Records relating to Chevelier Corporation and the Hopkins/Chevelier Tract,

Prospectus, advertisements, lists, and financial records relating to development and the sale of land in the tract, and to the construction of Tamiami Trail.

Contributor:	Jaudon, James Franklin
Site:	American Memory-cultural
Original Format:	Manuscript/Mixed Material
Date:	1920

Game preserve announcement,

Announcement that the Chevelier Corporation has sold 64,000 acres of land to C. T. Henshall and associates to establish a hunting and fishing club.

Contributor:	Jaudon, James Franklin
Site:	American Memory-cultural
Original Format:	Manuscript/Mixed Material
Date:	1921

Correspondence relating to the Southern Drainage District,

Letters, minutes, and resolutions. Correspondents include W. V. Blackwell, William Sherman Jennings, Sidney Harrison, Frederick S. Morse, Frank J. Pepper, Thomas B. Bennett, Burr S. Potter, James E. Ingraham, L. T. Highleyman, ...

Contributor:	Model Land Company
Site:	American Memory-cultural
Original Format:	Manuscript/Mixed Material
Date:	1919

Correspondence relating to Everglades Drainage District taxes and board,

Correspondents include Frank J. Pepper and J. W. Hoffman.

Contributor:	Model Land Company
Site:	American Memory-cultural
Original Format:	Manuscript/Mixed Material
Date:	1934

Miscellaneous correspondence,

South Florida attorney James Milton Carson actively promoted drainage and reclamation of the Florida Everglades during the first quarter of the 20th century. In 1915, Carson convinced Judge Ion Farris to make ...

Contributor:	Carson, James Milton
Site:	American Memory-cultural
Original Format:	Manuscript/Mixed Material
Date:	1916

Relief for the Seminoles.

Typescript for editorial published in the Florida Times Union, March 12, 1915.

Contributor:	Moore-Willson, Minnie
Site:	American Memory-cultural
Original Format:	Manuscript/Mixed Material
Date:	1915

Willson, James Mallory. Correspondence, January 1925.

Letters relating to the cultivation of air potatoes and dasheens, and to transfering jurisdiction for 100,000 acres set aside for Seminoles from state to federal governments. Correspondents include Matthew K. Sniffen (Secretary, ...

Contributor:	Willson, James Mallory
Site:	American Memory-cultural
Original Format:	Manuscript/Mixed Material
Date:	1925

Willson, James Mallory. Correspondence, 1916.

Letters relating to the W. S. Jennings property in the Everglades, Indian Rights Association efforts on behalf of Seminoles, and the failed 1898 effort to provide land for Seminoles. Correspondents include Lucien ...

Contributor:	Willson, James Mallory
Site:	American Memory-cultural
Original Format:	Manuscript/Mixed Material
Date:	1916

Moore-Willson, Minnie, Correspondence, 1926.

Letters relating to Lake Okeechobee water levels and the creation of an Everglades sanctuary to protect birds. Correspondents include Howard Fogg, Secretary of the Glades County Chamber of Commerce.

Contributor:	Moore-Willson, Minnie
Site:	American Memory-cultural
Original Format:	Manuscript/Mixed Material
Date:	1926

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