Jacksonville: The Inside Story - Our History from Cowford to Consolidation (parts 1 and 2)

This video combines two episodes of Florida Community College (now Florida State College) at Jacksonville's Jacksonville: The Inside Story.

Pt. 1: The Early Years. Discusses the settling of the region by French Huguenots in 1562, the subsequent power shifts between Spanish and British, the founding of Jacksonville in 1822, the Seminole wars and Civil War. Describes how Jacksonville blossomed following the Civil War, only to be sidetracked by the extension of the railroad to south Florida and the yellow fever epidemic of 1888.

Pt. 2.: (starts at 24:11) Into the 20th Century. Describes the growth of Jacksonville as two segregated cities, the great fire of 1901, the city's rebirth and early industries, its role in the fight for civil rights and its movement to a centralized countywide consolidated government.

A Lifelong Learning Production
Produced by Kathy Clower
Introduction by Gerri Turbow
Copyright 1990 Florida Community College at Jacksonville

Guest appearances by: James Ward (reporter, The Florida Times-Union), Bob Broward, Janet Johnson (Associate Professor of Education at Jacksonville University), Dr. Thomas Lipscomb

NOTE: Discussion of Subtropical Exposition at 22:25.
NOTE: Jacksonville Blues at 40:30

Original description:
Part 1: The Early Years is a historical look at Jacksonville from early Indian settlement through the struggles for territory by the French, Spanish, and British, through the Seminole Wars, the Civil War, the rise and demise of tourism culminating in the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1888. Learn how we evolved from the Cowford to a center for trade and transportation.

Part 2: Into the 20th Century opens with post-Civil War Reconstruction and introduces the viewer to pieces of black history previously neglected in local accounts. View rare photos of the great fire of 1901, see film clips of Oliver Hardy and other famous actors on location here. Find out why the film industry left Jacksonville. View rare film footage of the city during the 30s, the 40s, and 50s while learning about the struggles with local politics and the never-ending series of bridge debates.

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