Ocklawaha River Steamboats

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>5th revised edition</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>. Step back in time to the golden age of steamboats as they navigated the winding mysterious dark waters of Florida's Ocklawaha River. From the mid-1800s through the early 20th century this once-remote river bustled with activity-carrying passengers cargo and dreams deep into the heart of the wild interior of Florida</span><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Richly illustrated with rare photographs postcards and historic documents this book captures the romance innovation and eventual decline of steamboat travel along one of Florida's most legendary waterways. Discover the vessels that became legends the captains who braved the river's hairpin curves and the role steamboats played in shaping commerce tourism and settlement in Central Florida.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Whether you're a history enthusiast steamboat buff or a lover of Old Florida this engaging chronicle brings a vanished world vividly back to life.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Widely regarded as the definitive history of steamboat navigation on Florida's Ocklawaha River </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Ocklawaha River Steamboats</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> by maritime historian Edward A. Mueller is an essential resource for anyone interested in Florida history inland waterways or steamboat lore. Through detailed research and rare photographs Mueller traces the rise and fall of steamboat travel along this serpentine jungle-like river from the mid-1800s to the early 1900s.</span></p>