Ever heard of Dixieland Park? It's part of Jacksonville's unique 200-year history. See it and other photos from the city's past shared by the Jacksonville Historical Society for the River City's bicentennial celebration.
On Feb. 9, 1832, the city of Jacksonville was incorporated. William J. Mills was the city’s first mayor, serving approximately 100 residents for three years. This likeness, called an ambrotype, was taken in 1855 and is one of the rarest images in the Wayne W. Wood Collection of the Jacksonville Historical Society. In 1864 Union troops from the Fourth Federal occupied Jacksonville, congregating in this image at the corner of Bay and Ocean Streets . In the foreground is the St.
said that on Thanksgiving Day, 1886, the first ship arrived at the wharf of the Clyde Steamship Co. located at the foot of Hogan Street. Ships departed three days a week bound for the Carolinas and other points along the Atlantic Coast.Pictured: Docking of the steamship Arapahoe, 1901 This is a photo of the welcome banner for President Grover Cleveland when he visited Jacksonville in 1888 during the Sub-Tropical Exposition.
Oliver Hardy clowns around with Kate Price for a VIM Comedies promotion in front of the San Juline condominiums on Riverside Avenue, circa 1915. In August of 1926, W.H. Adams Sr. opened the Ocean View Pavillion amusement park near the Jacksonville Beach Pier. His dream at the time was to build a roller coaster that would rival the iconic Cyclone at Coney Island, which opened in 1927. Construction began in 1928 by the Miller and Rose Amusement Co. of Milwaukee and it was completed in 1929.
Did you know? Craig Airport, built in 1946, was named for Jacksonville native James Edwin Craig , a naval aviator and lieutenant commander in World War II who was killed in action on Dec. 7, 1941, during the attack on Pearl Harbor. His younger brother, Cmdr. John Rich Craig, also served in the Navy and was reported missing in action on March 22, 1943, while serving aboard the submarine USS Grampus.
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