Florida Railroads by Seth H Bramson

Florida Railroads by Seth H Bramson

The history of Florida railroads began as early as 1834, when the Tallahassee-St. Marks Railroad incorporated.

On April 14, 1836, the St.Joseph-Lake Wimico line was the first to be put into service, with trains operating between the boomtown of St. Joseph and the Apalachicola River.Although the Florida railroad boom began with Henry Flagler and Henry Bradley Plant, the expansion continued into the 1920s when the president of Seaboard Railway, S. Davies Warfield, extended his lines to Miami and Naples. With the passage of time, numerous railroads were bought, merged, or abandoned. Today, 12 full-service railroads are still operating as well as several port railroads.

Seth H. Bramson has written 32 books on and about Florida history, 21 of which have been published by Arcadia Publishing and The History Press. A lifelong Miamian, he is America's senior collector of Florida East Coast Railway, Florida transportation, and Miami memorabilia as well as Floridiana. He is America's single most-published Florida history book author.

Bramson, Seth H.: - Seth Bramson is Miami's foremost and premier historian. He is America's single most-published Florida history book author and has appeared as a featured guest or commentator on Florida history programs on A&E, Discovery Channel, Florida Public Broadcasting, FX's The Collectibles Show, History Channel, Learning Channel and Turner South Network, as well as all five local Miami television stations. The founder of the Miami Memorabilia Collectors Club, his collection of Miami memorabilia and Floridiana is the largest in private hands in the country. His collection of FEC Railway and Florida transportation memorabilia is the largest in the world; it is larger than the state museum's collection and larger than the Flagler Museum's collection. He is adjunct professor of history and historian in residence at Barry University and adjunct professor of history at Florida International University, where he teaches all of the university's South Florida and Florida history courses.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781540239594
ISBN 10	1540239594
Title	Florida Railroads
Author	Seth H Bramson
Series	Postcard History
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
Year published	2019-07-29
Number of pages	130
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