COLLECTION NAME:
Touchton Map Library
Record
Accession Number:
2017.029.006
Short Title:
Map of Marion County, Florida
Full Title:
Map of Marion County, Florida from U.S. Surveys and Other Official and Original Sources Showing All lands belonging to the U.S. State Railroad and Disston to Oct. 15th.
Year:
1885
Author:
J. W. Bushnell
Author:
A. T. Williams
Object Publisher:
F. Bourquin
Place of Publication:
Philadelpha
Pub Note:
Stamped Chas. W. Campbell, Jr. Gen'l Land Agent, Feb 24 1886 Union Block Ocala, Florida.
Developer:
Hamilton Disston
Geographical Description:
Cadastral map of Marion County, lithographed in Philadelphia by F. Bourquin, which has been annotated by an early owner.
The present map was created during the boom period of the land acquisitions and development plans of Hamilton Disston, who purchased 4 million acres of Florida land in 1881 and made an ambitious attempt to develop and provide infrastructure in central Florida.
This is the second state of the map, lacking the advertising, but adding a red line, quite possibly a canal route or road, which is present on both this copy and the Library of Congress's copy (the only other surviving example).
In addition to the red line, the original owner has added what appears to be a line tracking a road from south of Lake Weir, crossing over the lake and generally trending to the northwest, ending in Ocala. On either side of the road, there are names added in an early hand, including:
Montagne
Santos
Welshton
Belleview
Candler
Ocklawaha
East Lake
Stanton
These names correspond to the early towns that were then being developed in Marion County.
The present map was created during the boom period of the land acquisitions and development plans of Hamilton Disston, who purchased 4 million acres of Florida land in 1881 and made an ambitious attempt to develop and provide infrastructure in central Florida.
This is the second state of the map, lacking the advertising, but adding a red line, quite possibly a canal route or road, which is present on both this copy and the Library of Congress's copy (the only other surviving example).
In addition to the red line, the original owner has added what appears to be a line tracking a road from south of Lake Weir, crossing over the lake and generally trending to the northwest, ending in Ocala. On either side of the road, there are names added in an early hand, including:
Montagne
Santos
Welshton
Belleview
Candler
Ocklawaha
East Lake
Stanton
These names correspond to the early towns that were then being developed in Marion County.
Cartobibliographic notes:
Adopted as the Official Map by the Board of County Commissioners
Related Item(s):
L2019.059.013
Map of Marion County, Florida
