The Everglade magazine(Funding) Electronic format produced as part of Reclaiming the Everglades, a collaborative project of the University of Miami, Florida International University, and the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, funded by the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Program.; (Biographical) The Everglade Land Sales Company sold land in T50-52S, R38-41E (Broward and Miami-Dade counties), primarily for farms and groves. It had offices in Miami, Chicago, and Kansas City (Mo.). To encourage investors, it ran an experimental farm on reclaimed lands in Davie.; (Dates or Sequential Designation) v. 1, no. 6 (Feb. 1911), v. 2, no. 2, 7-8 (June, Nov.-Dec.1911), v. 3, no. 11 (March 1913).
Group of wooden binsGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkGroup of wooden bins (feed bins?).Bins, III-A-Agric-12250, History - Artifacts - Agricultural Implements
Group of above displayed on table covered with newspaperGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkGroup of above displayed ontable covered with newspaper.Hoe Heads, Mallets, Ladle, Frow, III-A-Agric-12253, History - Artifacts - Agricultural Implements
Metal chest or feed bin, with hinged topGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkMetal chest (?) or feed bin, with hinged top.Feed Bin or Metal Chest, III-A-Agric-12251, History - Artifacts - Agricultural Implements
Agricultural artifactsGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkGroup of hoes, axes, etc. arranged on table,Agricultural Artifacts, III-A-Agric-13202, History - Artifacts - Agricultural Implements
Unidentified agricultural articlesGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkUnidentified Agricultural Articles, III-A-Agric-12255, History - Artifacts - Agricultural Implements
Musa Isle Fruit Farm (Miami), 1898-1905.In 1896, Otis Richardson planted a grove on the Miami River, near present-day 25th Avenue (Miami). His son, C. O. Richardson, soon took over, and ran the grove and a tropical preserves factory for some years after. The display in one of these photographs was at the first Dade County Fair, an annual fair sponsored by the Model Land Company to promote agriculture in South Florida, including on reclaimed Everglades land.; (Funding) Electronic reproduction. Miami, Fla. : Reclaiming the Everglades, c2000. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software. Digitized from photographs at the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, Miami, Florida.
Florida east coast homeseeker(Funding) Electronic format produced as part of Reclaiming the Everglades, a collaborative project of the University of Miami, Florida International University, and the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, funded by the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Program.; "Everglades special number."
1910
Souvenir of the official opening Gulf-to-Atlantic waterway of Florida(Funding) Electronic format produced as part of Reclaiming the Everglades, a collaborative project of the University of Miami, Florida International University, and the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, funded by the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Program.; Title on cover: Souvenir : official opening of the Gulf to Atlantic waterway of the Everglades drainage canal ....
1912
Agriculture in the Everglades, ca. 1900-1912.(Funding) Electronic reproduction. Miami, Fla. : Reclaiming the Everglades, c2000. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet conectivity; Web browser software. Digitized from photographs at the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, Miami, Florida.
1912
Excerpts from Tropic magazine; Tropic magazine(Funding) Electronic format produced as part of Reclaiming the Everglades, a collaborative project of the University of Miami, Florida International University, and the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, funded by the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Program.; (Biographical) The road proposed by Gifford was built and named Tamiami Trail.; "Everglade number."
Bulletin of Cape Sable, Florida(Funding) Electronic format produced as part of Reclaiming the Everglades, a collaborative project of the University of Miami, Florida International University, and the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, funded by the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Program.; From the Minnie Moore-Willson papers.
Correspondence relating to development of the Chevelier Tract and Cape Sable(Funding) Electronic format produced as part of Reclaiming the Everglades, a collaborative project of the University of Miami, Florida International University, and the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, funded by the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Program.
1923
Correspondence relating to farming, rubber industry plans and land sales on Cape Sable(Funding) Electronic format produced as part of Reclaiming the Everglades, a collaborative project of the University of Miami, Florida International University, and the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, funded by the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Program.
Tomato packing houses and fields, circa 1897-1930Tomatoes were one of the biggest crops on reclaimed lands. Thomas J. Peters was nicknamed the Tomato King.; Electronic reproduction. Miami, Fla. : Reclaiming the Everglades, c2000. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software. Digitized from photographs at the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, Miami, Florida.
Correspondence relating to railway shipment of tomato crop(Funding) Electronic format produced as part of Reclaiming the Everglades, a collaborative project of the University of Miami, Florida International University, and the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, funded by the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Program.; (Biographical) The tomatoes were probably grown near Ochopee.
Ginseng GardensGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkAndy Bennett Place Ca 53; Adny Branch, Cataloochee, NC. Ginseng Gardens; J. R. Constant Place, III-A-Agric-12099, History - Artifacts - Agricultural Implements
Group of small toolsGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkGroup of small tools: tray adze, 2 in-shaves, sing hoe.Tools, III-A-Hse-12197, History - Artifacts
Note the holes chiseled in the rock in which salt was placed for the cattleGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkNote the holes chiseled in the rock, in which salt was placed for the cattle.Salt Lick Rocks; Tuckaleechee Cove, near; Townsend, Tenn. III-A-Agric-12106, History - Artifacts - Agricultural Implements
Note the holes chiseled in the rock in which salt was placed for the cattleGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkNote the holes chiseled in the rock in which salt was placed for the cattle.Salt Lick Rocks; Tuckaleechee Cove, near; Townsend, Tenn. III-A-Agric-12105, History - Artifacts - Agricultural Implements
Logging sledGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkLogging sled; one end of the log is placed on the cross piece of the sled, the other end of the log is dragged on the ground. 35mm slide, archives 729.Logging Sled, III-A-Agric-12094, History - Artifacts - Agricultural Implements
Drag for breaking clods after plowingGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkDrag for breaking clods after plowing.Drag; Milas Messer Place; Cove Creek, NC, III-A-Agric-12098, History - Artifacts - Agricultural Implements