1852 US Coast Survey Map of Cedar Key Florida is a photograph by Paul Fearn which was uploaded on June 24th, 2014.
1852 US Coast Survey Map of Cedar Key Florida
This is an important 1852 U.S. Coast Survey mapping of Cedar Key. Following the Seminole Wars, the government pushed for settlement of Florida and... more
by Paul Fearn
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1852 US Coast Survey Map of Cedar Key Florida
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Paul Fearn
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This is an important 1852 U.S. Coast Survey mapping of Cedar Key. Following the Seminole Wars, the government pushed for settlement of Florida and increased harvesting of its many natural resources. Cedar Key, situated on the Florida coast between Tampa and Apalachicola, was identified as a central to this plan for its potential as a shipping port. The U.S. Coast survey sent its top Gulf of Mexico expert F. H. Gerdes to survey the Key in anticipation of constructing a Steam Pier and Railroad. Following the Civil War, Cedar Key did in fact develop considerable a shipping trade as well as a number of mills and other factories, but most of these were destroyed in a series of violent hurricanes in the late 19th century. Published in 1852 under the supervision of A.D. Bache, Superintendent of the U.S. Coast Survey.
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