[Florida History] History of Volusia County, Florida by Gold, Pleasant Daniel - 1927

De Land, Florida: The E. O. Painter Printing Co, 1927. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/None Issued.
A through history of the settling of Central Florida beginning in the 16th century until the date of publication

Quarto, brown fabricoid (artificial leather) with gilt embossing, fold-out aerial photograph of Volusia County, 4to; 10.5 inches tall; 168 pp. Illustrated with drawings and historical photographs. Includes bibliographical references. Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Page 143-44 has a loss at bottom corner of the page affecting some text; with laid-in photocopy of the page and lacking text. Includes the Compliments insert of Florida state flag. Previous owner's name on front free endpage.


Contents include:
Early History, Indians and Antiquities; French and Spanish Regimes (1564-1763); The English Regime and Minorcan Settlement at New Smyrna (1763-1784); The Return of the Spanish (1783-1790); Spanish Land Grants (1790-1821); The Change of Flags (1821 - 1824); Mosquito County (1824-1835); The Seminole War (1835-1842); Effort to Change Mosquito to Leigh Read County (1842-1844); Orange County (1845-1854); Volusia (1854-1855); Early Days in the County of Volusia and the Civil War (1855-1856); After the War (1865-1870); The Founding of Daytona and Ormond (1870-1880); DeLand (!873-1890); Settlements at Orange City, Lake Helen, DeLeon Springs and on the East Coast; The Coming of the Railroads (1991-1891); Seabreeze, Daytona Beach and New Smyrna (1887-1907); Political, Educational and Social Development (1870-1927); Volusia of Our Own Times (1898-1927)..