Add this copy of Ocklawaha River Steamboats to cart. $72.00, good condition, Sold by Ground Zero Books, Ltd. rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Silver Spring, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1983 by Published by the author.
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Good. 135 pages. Oversize book, measuring 8-1/2 inches by 11 inches. Includes maps of the Ocklawaha River and Environs, the Ocklawaha River and St. Johns River Area Railroads, as well as footnotes, maps, and many black and white photographs. Some edge wear and some soiling to covers. The 74-mile-long Ocklawaha River flows north from central Florida until it joins the St. Johns River near Palatka. Its name is a corruption of ak-lowahe, Creek for "muddy". The steamboat period of the Ocklawaha lasted about six decades. A few individuals served to foster it and keep it alive--on a river that offered more than its degree of challenge, having as it does more turns by far than it has miles. The narrative that accompanies the photographs singles out those hardy entrepreneurs and captains for which records can be found. The river was used extensively in the 19th century and early 20th century for steamboat transportation, most famously the Hart Line operated by Hubbard L. Hart. 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 travelled by prominent figures such as Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ulysses S. Grant, Thomas A. Edison and Mary Todd Lincoln to visit Silver Springs. The scenic trip up the river 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.
