Jacksonville Public Library

Mastodons, mansions and antebellum ghosts, a sketchbook of voices rising up from Florida's Red Hills, Rose Knox and Graham Schorb

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 517-525) and index

illustrationsphotographs

index present

non fiction

Mastodons, mansions and antebellum ghosts

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Rose Knox and Graham Schorb

a sketchbook of voices rising up from Florida's Red Hills

"This fascinating 'sketchbook' of Florida history and culture focuses on the rural Red Hills of north Florida. Comprised of what is now Madison, Jefferson, and Leon counties, this region is home to a rich heritage that includes prehistoric people and megafauna, Native Americans, Spanish settlers, British soldiers, and Southern Plantations dependent upon the work of enslaved people. Celt and African traditions became incorporated into the Southern folklore of the area, including colorful traditions and ghost stories."--Page 4 of cover

Voices rising up -- The Red Hills: a rich history -- Early peoples of North Florida -- Paleolithic giants -- Distinctions between mastodons, mammoths, and elephants -- Timucua natives: people of the Red Hills -- Spanish arrive and convert Native Americans -- Desoto's March: a brief summary -- Archeological find in Madison County: San Pedro y San Pablo de Potohiriba -- Mystery of a church bell found in area lake -- Plantation belt of Middle Florida -- The fertile oval of Madison, Florida: aristocratic planters flock to rich soil -- Finding Clifton Plantation site: Lovett -- Creek-Seminole history in Florida -- Conflicts between Native Americans and early settlers: Clifton Mansion Plantation and the Aucilla River -- McGehee's Mansion and Plantation, Chuleotah: the Moseley Hall Region -- Finding Chuleotah Plantation site --Oakland Cemetery: final resting place of a judge and a secessionist -- If walls could talk: history and legends of Whitehall: Wardlaw-Smith-Goza Mansion -- Walking/driving tour of antebellum homes -- Strolling down memory lane: a sense of place -- Professor Welch at Treasures Museum talks about reenactments -- David and the Giant: the June Smith story -- How the Gozas saved a mansion and an interview with the Smith children -- Planters Lucius Church, William Tooke, and Reddin Parramore -- Way down upon the Suwannee River -- Antebellum ghosts of Madison: local lore -- Origins of southern superstition: Celtic lore -- A brief sketch of Jefferson County -- Ancient Indians at Letchworth-Love Mounds -- Ted Morris: artist of Native Americans -- Aucilla River and a paleolithic past -- Lake Miccosukee: oral legend -- Jefferson County: Seminole conflicts -- The legend of a volcano -- A "Peculiar Institution": antebellum life of the Red Hills -- Landed gentry: how the elite lived --Life on Lipona: Plantation of a prince -- Music and the African tradition: slave songs -- Plantations of Jefferson County: a brief sketch -- American Civil War: the aftermath -- Monarchs: Sky River of Orange -- Haunted Jefferson County -- Apalachee Natives -- Panfilo de Narvaez marches through the land the of the Apalachee -- Hernando de Soto: a quest for gold -- Apalachee: Mission of San Luis -- A trip to ancient temple mounds; Leon County -- Cascades: Crystal Fountain gushing -- Planters of territorial Tallahassee -- Goodwood Plantation and the Croom family -- Federal Writers' Project: slave narratives and superstition -- The Chaires Family Plantation and the Hamlet of Chaires -- Old City Cemetery -- Civil War and the Capital of Tallahassee -- Battle of Natural Bridge and a first-hand account -- Patrick Elliott, southern artist: Tallahassee resident -- Richard Keith Call: a pivotal figure in territorial Tallahassee -- The Grove: a mansion on a hill -- Haunted Tallahassee: town lore -- One more note on ghosts -- The Knox family connection: a Scot-Irish Clan in American history -- Voices rising up: epilogue