A detailed history of Santa Rosa County--Florida's twenty-first county--was compiled for the period covering the years 1821 to 1865. The second most western county in the state, Santa Rosa was created from Escambia County in 1842. The study traces the area's development from the end of the Spanish period to the termination of the Civil War. Aspects covered in the work include the role of early pioneers, frontier life, Indian wars, brick-making, the lumber industry, politics, slavery, industrial development, the formation of communities, religion, social life, and the impact of the Civil War. / A courthouse fire destroyed the county's records in 1869; consequently, the early portion of the county's history has hitherto been neglected in any historical treatments. Santa Rosa was the most industrialized county in the state of Florida before the Civil War. The yellow pine lumber industry was vital to the county's economy and was essential in providing economic support to the nearby port city of Pensacola as well. The in-depth study of the county also serves as a microcosmic analysis of the Old South, revealing both similarities and differences with commonly held assumptions of the Old South as a whole. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 51-04, Section: A, page: 1364. / Major Professor: John Hebron Moore. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1990.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_78226 |
| Contributors | Rucker, Brian Roger., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 868 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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