Camping and Cruising in Florida

Dr. Henshall chronicles his adventures on the Blue Wing to South Florida in 1878 and more tales of adventure on the Rambler in 1881 from Jacksonville to Key West and many points in between, including the Treasure Coast, Jupiter, and Lake Worth. Fascinating first hand account of Florida in its pioneering heyday! This is NOT A FASCIMILE COPY! It is carefully transcribed and edited from the original. Yesterday Press is dedicated to reprinting titles that are in the public domain and offering them to the public in order to share history and preserve the stories and records of the past. From the original 1884 book, "In the following pages of personal adventure I have endeavored to give a faithful account of two winters spent in Southern Florida, as viewed from the standpoint of an angler, a sportsman, a yachtsman, a naturalist, and a physician." Dr. Henshall chronicles his adventures on the Blue Wing to South Florida in 1878 and more tales of adventure on the Rambler in 1881 from Jacksonville to Key West and many points in between. "As I had never been farther south in Florida than Palatka and St. Augustine, I recalled to my mind all that had been related to me by friends who had visited South-east Florida, and studied the maps and read up every thing I could procure in relation to Indian River and the south-east coast, but the information I obtained from these various sources was so meager that I determined to write up our experiences on my return, for the benefit and guidance of future tourists to Southern Florida. Having been accustomed to "camping out" and sailing from boyhood, my plans were soon formed. I decided to proceed at once by rail and steamboat to Titusville, at the head of Indian River, there to obtain a suitable boat, and sail down the east coast to Bay Biscayne and the Florida Keys, and returning over the same route to sail down the St. Johns River to Jacksonville, if time would permit." Read more