CSPAN2 Book TV May 17, 2015
Outlines the development of the intercoastal waterway. It was originally built for anybody and everybody; sailors a lot of sailboats, barges steamers. There were four principal investors in the waterway, and they were all key businessmen in st. Augustine. They included dr. John westcott who was a medical doctor, a minnologist a surveyor. He was everything. And, in fact, in 1855 he was surveyor general of whole state of florida. So when it came to picking out where the best parcels of land would be in florida dr. Westcott would know. They needed about 100,000 in capital. Dr. Westcott put in 49,...
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