CSPAN Book Discussion On Floridas Big Dig June 22, 2024
Details the florida intercoastal waterway. William it wasnt it was built for anybody and everybody. Sailors, a lot of sailboats chargers steelers there were four principal investors in the waterway and they were all key businessmen in cain augustine. Saint augustine. They included dr. John wescott who was a medical doctor, a mineralogist, a surveyor. He was everything. In fact, in 1855, he was surveyor general of the whole state of florida. When it came to picking out where the best parcels of land would be in florida, dr. Wescott would know they needed about 100,000 in capital. Dr. Wescott pu...
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