Tourists' and settlers' guide to Florida . o O o c3 o. TOUEISTS AND SETTLERS GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 117 Tallahassee. Distance from Jacksonville 165 miles. Fare fromJacksonville $ Take the F. C. & P. Ry at UnionDepot. This is the State capital, and is a gas-lighted city, withstreet cars and water works. It is on the Florida Centraland Peninsular Railroad, 165 miles west of Jacksonville,and about 200 east of Pensacola. Its site was selected in1824 as the capital of the then newly-acquired territory, notbecause of commercial facilities (for there were no railroadsin those days), but by reason of
Tourists' and settlers' guide to Florida . o O o c3 o. TOUEISTS AND SETTLERS GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 117 Tallahassee. Distance from Jacksonville 165 miles. Fare fromJacksonville $ Take the F. C. & P. Ry at UnionDepot. This is the State capital, and is a gas-lighted city, withstreet cars and water works. It is on the Florida Centraland Peninsular Railroad, 165 miles west of Jacksonville,and about 200 east of Pensacola. Its site was selected in1824 as the capital of the then newly-acquired territory, notbecause of commercial facilities (for there were no railroadsin those days), but by reason of its central position in thethen sparsely-settled country, its nearness to the Gulf ofMexico, and especially because of the rich lands of thesurrounding country that would attract settlers. After thecession of the Florldas to the United States, and Congresshad passed an act organizing the Territory, the Presidentappointed Wm. P. Duval Governor, and a council of thir-teen of the most fit and decent persons of the Territory,in accordance with said a
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