COLLECTION NAME:
Touchton Map Library
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TBHC~3~3
Touchton Map Library
Collection
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Accession Number:
2019.012.001
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2019.012.001
Accession Number
false
Short Title:
Sectional Map of St. Andrews Bay
short_title
Sectional Map of St. Andrews Bay
Short Title
false
Full Title:
Sectional Map of St. Andrews Bay And the Adjoining Townships. Land owned by the St. A.B.R.R. and Land Co.
full_title
Sectional Map of St. Andrews Bay And the Adjoining Townships. Land owned by the St. A.B.R.R. and Land Co.
Full Title
false
Year:
1887
year
1887
Year
false
Month & Day:
May 27
month
May 27
Month & Day
false
Contributor(s):
Robert O'Neal
contributor_s_
Robert O'Neal
Contributor(s)
false
Continent:
North America
continent
North America
Continent
false
Country:
United States
country
United States
Country
false
State:
Florida
state
Florida
State
false
City:
Panama City
city
Panama City
City
false
Geographic Area:
St. Andrew's Bay
geographic_area
St. Andrew's Bay
Geographic Area
false
County:
Washington; Calhoun; Bay
county
Washington; Calhoun; Bay
County
false
Language:
English
language
English
Language
false
Verso:
In pen: St. Andrew's Bay 1887
verso
In pen: St. Andrew's Bay 1887
Verso
false
Insets:
None
insets
None
Insets
false
Direction/Orientation :
North at the top
direction_orientation
North at the top
Direction/Orientation
false
Geographical Description:
From dealer description: An Ohio Mail Order City In Florida Detailed map of the St. Andrews Bay and the area around the modern Panama City, Florida, promoting the lands being sold by the St. Andrews Bay Railroad, Land, and Mining Company, an early Florida land scheme promoted to Ohio and Pennsylvania residents. While the map shows the subdivision of the area, there is almost no indication of human activity. East of Dyers Point, there is a Mill, Hotel and a School, the latter two on the road to Chipley at the bottom of Mill Bayou, there is also a Grist Mill. Other place names include: Parker Orange Grove Anderson Spanish Shanty Point.
A report by Pamela Brown for the University of Florida's Soil and Water Department notes: A Cincinnati mail-order company, the Saint Andrew Bay Railroad, Lands, and Mining Co., bought property in the Saint Andrew Bay area, and started nationally advertising 25 feet x 82 feet lots for $1.25. The advertisement attracted a lot of people and started a settlement boom as over 300,000 lots were sold. As the price for lots increased to $8.00, the company went bust. The map is accompanied by a Warranty Deed (No. 804) from the St. Andrews Bay Railroad, Land, and Mining Co. to Maria Frances Bennett (of Jenkintown, Pennsylvania), dated February 12, 1889 and signed by W. B. Lassieter, County Clerk.
In the late 1880s, the St. Andrews Bay Railroad, Land, and Mining Company, also known as the Cincinnati Company because it was based in Ohio, promoted real estate investment in St. Andrews by the Sea, offering lots by mail order with the following promotion: The loveliest location in all Florida. In a land where the genial climate of a winterless round of years will reward your every effort with the most bountiful harvests; where the summers are joyous seasons of refreshing breezes and invigorating nights of cool and healthful slumber; and where the winters are but bewitching contrasts to the summers in heightening and intensifying the delicious pleasure of a life in the fairest land the sun ever blessed with its genial kiss. There is but one Florida, and St. Andrews Bay is its brightest jewel. The scheme ultimately failed, but many of the buyers decided that they liked the area. In 1908 St. Andrews incorporated as a town for the first time. It grew to become a popular port in the early 1900s, and a regular stop on the shipping line between Mobile and Apalachiola. In 1927, the town was annexed by Panama City. Rarity OCLC locates no examples of the map, but we note an example of the map, which is listed on line in the Bay County, Florida Library.
A report by Pamela Brown for the University of Florida's Soil and Water Department notes: A Cincinnati mail-order company, the Saint Andrew Bay Railroad, Lands, and Mining Co., bought property in the Saint Andrew Bay area, and started nationally advertising 25 feet x 82 feet lots for $1.25. The advertisement attracted a lot of people and started a settlement boom as over 300,000 lots were sold. As the price for lots increased to $8.00, the company went bust. The map is accompanied by a Warranty Deed (No. 804) from the St. Andrews Bay Railroad, Land, and Mining Co. to Maria Frances Bennett (of Jenkintown, Pennsylvania), dated February 12, 1889 and signed by W. B. Lassieter, County Clerk.
In the late 1880s, the St. Andrews Bay Railroad, Land, and Mining Company, also known as the Cincinnati Company because it was based in Ohio, promoted real estate investment in St. Andrews by the Sea, offering lots by mail order with the following promotion: The loveliest location in all Florida. In a land where the genial climate of a winterless round of years will reward your every effort with the most bountiful harvests; where the summers are joyous seasons of refreshing breezes and invigorating nights of cool and healthful slumber; and where the winters are but bewitching contrasts to the summers in heightening and intensifying the delicious pleasure of a life in the fairest land the sun ever blessed with its genial kiss. There is but one Florida, and St. Andrews Bay is its brightest jewel. The scheme ultimately failed, but many of the buyers decided that they liked the area. In 1908 St. Andrews incorporated as a town for the first time. It grew to become a popular port in the early 1900s, and a regular stop on the shipping line between Mobile and Apalachiola. In 1927, the town was annexed by Panama City. Rarity OCLC locates no examples of the map, but we note an example of the map, which is listed on line in the Bay County, Florida Library.
geographical_description
From dealer description: An Ohio Mail Order City In Florida Detailed map of the St. Andrews Bay and the area around the modern Panama City, Florida, promoting the lands being sold by the St. Andrews Bay Railroad, Land, and Mining Company, an early Florida land scheme promoted to Ohio and Pennsylvania residents. While the map shows the subdivision of the area, there is almost no indication of human activity. East of Dyers Point, there is a Mill, Hotel and a School, the latter two on the road to Chipley at the bottom of Mill Bayou, there is also a Grist Mill. Other place names include: Parker Orange Grove Anderson Spanish Shanty Point.
A report by Pamela Brown for the University of Florida's Soil and Water Department notes: A Cincinnati mail-order company, the Saint Andrew Bay Railroad, Lands, and Mining Co., bought property in the Saint Andrew Bay area, and started nationally advertising 25 feet x 82 feet lots for $1.25. The advertisement attracted a lot of people and started a settlement boom as over 300,000 lots were sold. As the price for lots increased to $8.00, the company went bust. The map is accompanied by a Warranty Deed (No. 804) from the St. Andrews Bay Railroad, Land, and Mining Co. to Maria Frances Bennett (of Jenkintown, Pennsylvania), dated February 12, 1889 and signed by W. B. Lassieter, County Clerk.
In the late 1880s, the St. Andrews Bay Railroad, Land, and Mining Company, also known as the Cincinnati Company because it was based in Ohio, promoted real estate investment in St. Andrews by the Sea, offering lots by mail order with the following promotion: The loveliest location in all Florida. In a land where the genial climate of a winterless round of years will reward your every effort with the most bountiful harvests; where the summers are joyous seasons of refreshing breezes and invigorating nights of cool and healthful slumber; and where the winters are but bewitching contrasts to the summers in heightening and intensifying the delicious pleasure of a life in the fairest land the sun ever blessed with its genial kiss. There is but one Florida, and St. Andrews Bay is its brightest jewel. The scheme ultimately failed, but many of the buyers decided that they liked the area. In 1908 St. Andrews incorporated as a town for the first time. It grew to become a popular port in the early 1900s, and a regular stop on the shipping line between Mobile and Apalachiola. In 1927, the town was annexed by Panama City. Rarity OCLC locates no examples of the map, but we note an example of the map, which is listed on line in the Bay County, Florida Library.
Geographical Description
false
Manuscript Notes:
Some small notations appear in pencil.
manuscript_notes
Some small notations appear in pencil.
Manuscript Notes
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Subject Information:
Washington County; Calhoun County; Bay County; Panama City
subject_information
Washington County; Calhoun County; Bay County; Panama City
Subject Information
false
Related Item(s):
L2018.111.012 (1889) and 2018.115.001 (1912) cover the same geographic area.
related_item_s_
L2018.111.012 (1889) and 2018.115.001 (1912) cover the same geographic area.
Related Item(s)
false