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Touchton Map Library
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Accession Number:
2016.059.018
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2016.059.018
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Short Title:
Fort Mason Orange County Florida . . . Laid out by St. Johns & Lake Eustis Railway Co. Aug. 1880 Revised and extended April 1885
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Fort Mason Orange County Florida . . . Laid out by St. Johns & Lake Eustis Railway Co. Aug. 1880 Revised and extended April 1885
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Year:
1880
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1880
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Updated through:
1885
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1885
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Author:
E.G. Relvas
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E.G. Relvas
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Place of Publication:
Orange County, FL
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Orange County, FL
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Pub Date:
1894
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1894
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Pub Note:
Manuscript map on tracing cloth, with red line and red pen corrections.
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Manuscript map on tracing cloth, with red line and red pen corrections.
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Geographical Description:
Connecting The St. Johns River To Lake Eustis and Lake Harris in 1884.
Manuscript town plan of a portion of Fort Mason, Florida, drawn for the St. Johns & Lake Eustis Railway Co.
The map is at the confluence of the St. Johns & Lake Eustis Railway and the Leesburg Extension.
The map shows a plan of the town and identifies a number of early land owners, plus revisions to the town plan in red.
The present map is an early official copy of the map, likely submitted to the county clerk of the in connection with a revision to the original plan, as outlined in red pen on the map.
Fort Mason is an unincorporated community which is now in Lake County, Florida. Lake County was created in 1887, after the map was first drawn, but before this example of the map was drawn.
St. Johns & Lake Eustis Railway
The St. Johns & Lake Eustis Railway was originally conceived as a land "bridge", to link the steamboat traffic that came down the St. Johns River to the Lake Eustis and Lake Harris steamboats, that carried passengers and freight into the interior of Florida. Passengers would disembark at Astor and travel by train to Fort Mason on Lake Eustis and Lane Park on Big Lake Harris, where they would board steamboats to continue their journey.
The St Johns & Lake Eustis Railway Company was chartered in 1879. The Charter required that construction commence within two months and the section of track from the St. Johns to Lake Eustis be completed within two years.
As a further inducement to the company, certain parcels of land would be donated by the State, for every five miles of track completed. Alternate parcels of land would also be provided if the company reached Leesburg within twelve months and extended the route at twenty miles per year thereafter - provided - they charge passengers no more than five cents per mile.
The 12 miles from Astor to Summit was completed in 1879. This was immediately followed by the Summit to Eustis section (15 miles) being completed in 1880. Eustis to Lane Park (7.5 miles) followed in 1882 - 83 with the final section from Fort Mason to Leesburg being completed in 1884.
Manuscript town plan of a portion of Fort Mason, Florida, drawn for the St. Johns & Lake Eustis Railway Co.
The map is at the confluence of the St. Johns & Lake Eustis Railway and the Leesburg Extension.
The map shows a plan of the town and identifies a number of early land owners, plus revisions to the town plan in red.
The present map is an early official copy of the map, likely submitted to the county clerk of the in connection with a revision to the original plan, as outlined in red pen on the map.
Fort Mason is an unincorporated community which is now in Lake County, Florida. Lake County was created in 1887, after the map was first drawn, but before this example of the map was drawn.
St. Johns & Lake Eustis Railway
The St. Johns & Lake Eustis Railway was originally conceived as a land "bridge", to link the steamboat traffic that came down the St. Johns River to the Lake Eustis and Lake Harris steamboats, that carried passengers and freight into the interior of Florida. Passengers would disembark at Astor and travel by train to Fort Mason on Lake Eustis and Lane Park on Big Lake Harris, where they would board steamboats to continue their journey.
The St Johns & Lake Eustis Railway Company was chartered in 1879. The Charter required that construction commence within two months and the section of track from the St. Johns to Lake Eustis be completed within two years.
As a further inducement to the company, certain parcels of land would be donated by the State, for every five miles of track completed. Alternate parcels of land would also be provided if the company reached Leesburg within twelve months and extended the route at twenty miles per year thereafter - provided - they charge passengers no more than five cents per mile.
The 12 miles from Astor to Summit was completed in 1879. This was immediately followed by the Summit to Eustis section (15 miles) being completed in 1880. Eustis to Lane Park (7.5 miles) followed in 1882 - 83 with the final section from Fort Mason to Leesburg being completed in 1884.
geographical_description
Connecting The St. Johns River To Lake Eustis and Lake Harris in 1884.
Manuscript town plan of a portion of Fort Mason, Florida, drawn for the St. Johns & Lake Eustis Railway Co.
The map is at the confluence of the St. Johns & Lake Eustis Railway and the Leesburg Extension.
The map shows a plan of the town and identifies a number of early land owners, plus revisions to the town plan in red.
The present map is an early official copy of the map, likely submitted to the county clerk of the in connection with a revision to the original plan, as outlined in red pen on the map.
Fort Mason is an unincorporated community which is now in Lake County, Florida. Lake County was created in 1887, after the map was first drawn, but before this example of the map was drawn.
St. Johns & Lake Eustis Railway
The St. Johns & Lake Eustis Railway was originally conceived as a land "bridge", to link the steamboat traffic that came down the St. Johns River to the Lake Eustis and Lake Harris steamboats, that carried passengers and freight into the interior of Florida. Passengers would disembark at Astor and travel by train to Fort Mason on Lake Eustis and Lane Park on Big Lake Harris, where they would board steamboats to continue their journey.
The St Johns & Lake Eustis Railway Company was chartered in 1879. The Charter required that construction commence within two months and the section of track from the St. Johns to Lake Eustis be completed within two years.
As a further inducement to the company, certain parcels of land would be donated by the State, for every five miles of track completed. Alternate parcels of land would also be provided if the company reached Leesburg within twelve months and extended the route at twenty miles per year thereafter - provided - they charge passengers no more than five cents per mile.
The 12 miles from Astor to Summit was completed in 1879. This was immediately followed by the Summit to Eustis section (15 miles) being completed in 1880. Eustis to Lane Park (7.5 miles) followed in 1882 - 83 with the final section from Fort Mason to Leesburg being completed in 1884.
Geographical Description
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