Description: Eustis, Florida, Images of America, Paperback Eustis, the Queen City by the Unsalted Sea, had her earliest beginnings when Lake Eustis first appeared on surveyor Horatio Dexter's 1823 map. Gen. Abraham Eustis, the lake's namesake and Seminole War hero, arrived in 1836 to eradicate the remaining Seminoles and open the area for settlement. Federal land agent John A. MacDonald arrived in Eustis in 1875 along with seven entrepreneurs, who established a small community on the lakeshore that continues to grow today. The easy access by steamboat and railroad, temperate climate, citrus and agricultural industries, and outdoor activities soon made Eustis a thriving resort for winter tourists and new residents. The Washington Birthday Celebration, which began in 1902 as a celebration of booming tourism, remains the longest-running festival in the nation. Eustis was home to notables such as archaeologist Edgar Banks (Eustis's own Indiana Jones), NAACP past president Tom Poole, and astronaut David Walker.
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Location: Columbia, South Carolina
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Brand: Unbranded
MPN: 9780738587264
Book Title: Eustis
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6.5in
Author: Ruth Downs Akright, Eustis Historical Museum and Preservation Society, Betty Slaven Mcclellan
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Subjects & Themes / Regional (See Also Travel / Pictorials), United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, FL, GA, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Pictorials (See Also Photography / Subjects & Themes / Regional), United States / South / South Atlantic (DC, De, FL, GA, Md, Nc, SC, VA, WV)
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2011
Genre: Photography, Travel, History
Item Weight: 0.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
