Note:  While The Old Country is based on historical information, it is a story and is not intended to be a reference work. As such, the list below is not a proper bibliographical reference but rather a list of sources used in the development of the story.

Florida Historical Quarterly

  1. “Florida Historical Quarterly Index: Volumes XV-XX.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 4, 1942, pp. 77–103. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30138446.

  2. Bennett, Charles E. “Early History of the Cross-Florida Barge Canal.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 45, no. 2, 1966, pp. 132–44. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30147740.

  3. Boyd, Mark F. “Asi-Yaholo or Osceola.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 3/4, 1955, pp. 249–305. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30147222. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.

  4. Boyd, Mark F. “The First American Road in Florida: Papers Relating to the Survey and Construction of the Pensacola-St. Augustine Highway Part 1.”  [Bellamy Road ]The Florida Historical Society Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 2, 1935, pp. 73–106. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30150213

  5. Boyd, Mark F. “The First American Road in Florida: Papers Relating to the Survey and Construction of the Pensacola St. Augustine Highway Part II.” The Florida Historical Society Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 3, 1936, pp. 139–92. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30150236.

  6. Brown, Canter. “The Florida, Atlantic and Gulf Central Railroad, 1851-1868.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 69, no. 4, 1991, pp. 411–29. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30147553.

  7. Boyd, Mark F., and Joseph W. Harris. “The Seminole War: Its Background and Onset.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 1, 1951, pp. 3–115. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30138833.

  8. Caudle, Everett W. 1850- “Settlement Patterns in Alachua County, Florida, 1850-1860.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 67, no. 4, 1989, pp. 428–40. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30148006.

  9. Cobb, Samuel E. “The Spring Grove Guards.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 4, 1944, pp. 208–16. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30138508. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026

10. Cressman, George E. “Camp Blanding in World War II: The Early Years.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 97, no. 1, 2018, pp. 35–69. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/45210098.

11. Crow, C. L. “East Florida Seminary-Micanopy.” The Florida Historical Society Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 3, 1936, pp. 193–216. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30150237.

12. Danese, Tracy E. 1890- “Railroads, Farmers and Senatorial Politics: The Florida Railroad Commission in the 1890s.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 75, no. 2, 1996, pp. 146–66. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30148908.

13. Davis, T. Frederick (1936) "Early Orange Culture in Florida and the Epocal Cold of 1835," Florida Historical Quarterly: Vol. 15: No. 4, Article 4. Available at: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fhq/vol15/iss4/4

14. Davis, T. Frederick. 1827- “Pioneer Florida: The First Railroads.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 23, no. 3, 1945, pp. 177–83. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30138527.

15. Davis, T. Frederick, and James Gadsden. “The Seminole Council, October 23-25, 1834.” The Florida Historical Society Quarterly, vol. 7, no. 4, 1929, pp. 330–56. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30150768.

16. Dovell, J. E. “The Railroads and the Public Lands of Florida, 1879-1905.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 3, 1956, pp. 236–58. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30139001.

17. DuVal, Wm. P. “The First Session of the Legislative Council of Florida at Pensacola, July 22, 1822.” The Florida Historical Society Quarterly, vol. 11, no. 4, 1933, pp. 184–89. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30150147.

18. Fairbanks, George R. 1842- “Moses Elias Levy Yulee.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 3, 1940, pp. 165–67. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30138326 . [see image files]

19. Fenlon, Paul E. 1880- “The Florida, Atlantic and Gulf Central Railroad: The Railroad in Jacksonville.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 2, 1953, pp. 71–80. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30138953.

20. Fenlon, Paul E. “The Struggle for Control of the Florida Central Railroad, 1867-1882.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 3, 1956, pp. 213–35. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30139000  

21. Foshee, Anne Gometz. 1881- “Vegetable Hair: The Spanish Moss Industry in Florida.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 66, no. 3, 1988, pp. 265–79. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30148577

22. Glenn, Joshua Nichols. “A Diary of Joshua Nichols Glenn: St. Augustine in 1823.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 2, 1945, pp. 121–61. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30138589.

23. Simmons,“The Selection of Tallahassee as the Capital.” Publications of the Florida Historical Society, vol. 1, no. 1, 1908, pp. 26–44. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30138209

24. Gonzalez, S. J. “Pensacola: Its Early History.” Publications of the Florida Historical Society, vol. 2, no. 1, 1909, pp. 9–25. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30138231.

25. Pensacola Gazette. “Tallahassee in 1824-25.” Publications of the Florida Historical Society, vol. 3, no. 2, 1924, pp. 38–41. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30138845

26. Huhner, Leon. “Moses Elias Levy: An Early Florida Pioneer and the Father of Florida’s First Senator.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 4, 1941, pp. 319–45. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30138386.

27. JAI-Prehistoric Antiquities Florida, The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 6(1877), pp. 99-100

28. Johnson, Dudley S. 1865- “The Florida Railroad after the Civil War.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 47, no. 3, 1969, pp. 292–309. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30145726. 

29. Keuchel, Edward F., and Joe Knetsch. “Settlers, Bureaucrats, and Private Land Claims: The ‘Little Arredondo Grant.’” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 68, no. 2, 1989, pp. 201–17. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30148066

30. Long, Durward. 1887- “Florida’s First Railroad Commission, 1887-1891 (Part I).” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 42, no. 2, 1963, pp. 103–24. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30145636.  

31. Long, Durward. 1887- “Florida’s First Railroad Commission 1887-1891 Part II.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 42, no. 3, 1964, pp. 248–57. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30140021.

32. Mahon, John K. 1823- “The Treaty of Moultrie Creek, 1823.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 40, no. 4, 1962, pp. 350–72. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30139875.

33. Mahon, John K. 1832- “Two Seminole Treaties: Payne’s Landing, 1832, and Ft. Gibson, 1833.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 1, 1962, pp. 1–21. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30139891.

34. Mahon, John K. “Daniel Newnan: A Neglected Figure in Florida History.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 74, no. 2, 1995, pp. 148–53. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30148817. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

35. Mahon, John K. “The Treaty of Moultrie Creek, 1823.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 40, no. 4, 1962, pp. 350–72. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30139875

36. Mahon, John K. “Two Seminole Treaties: Payne’s Landing, 1832, and Ft. Gibson, 1833.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 1, 1962, pp. 1–21. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30139891

37. Marotti, Frank. “Edward M. Wanton and the Settling of Micanopy.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 73, no. 4, 1995, pp. 456–77. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30150484. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

38. Mattfield, Mary S. 1774- “Journey to the Wilderness: Two Travelers in Florida, 1696-1774.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 45, no. 4, 1967, pp. 327–51. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30140186.

39. Mendelis, Louis J. “Colonial Florida.” Publications of the Florida Historical Society, vol. 3, no. 2, 1924, pp. 4–15. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30138841

40. McGovern, James R. “‘Sporting Life on the Line’: Prostitution in Progressive Era Pensacola.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 54, no. 2, 1975, pp. 131–44. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30147333

41. Monaco, C. S. “Alachua Settlers and the Second Seminole War.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 91, no. 1, 2012, pp. 1–32. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/23264821

42. Monaco, Chris. “Fort Mitchell and the Settlement of the Alachua Country.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 79, no. 1, 2000, pp. 1–25. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30149405. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

43. Mueller, Edward A. 1831- “East Coast Florida Steamboating, 1831-1861.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 40, no. 3, 1962, pp. 241–60. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30139825.

44. Mueller, E. A. “Suwannee River Steamboating.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 45, no. 3, 1967, pp. 270–88. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30140167.

45. Mueller, Edward A. “Steamboat Activity in Florida during the Second Seminole Indian War.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 64, no. 4, 1986, pp. 407–31. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30146682.

46. Mueller, E. A. “Suwannee River Steamboating.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 45, no. 3, 1967, pp. 270–88. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30140167.

46. Neill, Wilfred T. “The Site of Osceola’s Village in Marion County, Florida.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol.733, no. 3/4, 1955, pp. 240–46. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30147220

47. Noll, Steven. “Steamboats, Cypress, & Tourism: An Ecological History of the Ocklawaha Valley in the Late Nineteenth Century.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 83, no. 1, 2004, pp. 6–23. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/29720163.

48. “Osceola and the Charlestonians.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 3/4, 1955, pp. 247–48. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30147221

49. Ott, Eloise Robinson. “Ocala Prior to 1868.” The Florida Historical Society Quarterly, vol. 6, no. 2, 1927, pp. 85–110. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30149665.

50. Ott, Eloise R. “Fort King: A Brief History.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 46, no. 1, 1967, pp. 29–38. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30140214.

51. Phelps, John W. (1927) "Letters of Lieutenant John W. Phelps, U.S.A., 1837-1838," Florida Historical Quarterly: Vol. 6: No. 2, Article 4. Available at: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fhq/vol6/iss2/4

52. Porter, Kenneth W. 1861- “Billy Bowlegs (Holata Micco) in the Seminole Wars (Part I).” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 45, no. 3, 1967, pp. 219–42. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30140164.

53. Porter, K. W. (1967). 1861-Billy Bowlegs (Holata Micco) in the Civil War (Part II). The Florida Historical Quarterly, 45(4), 391–401. http://www.jstor.org/stable/30140189

54. Porter, Kenneth W. “The Cowkeeper Dynasty of the Seminole Nation.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 4, 1952, pp. 341–49. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30138872. 

55. Porter, Charlotte M. “Philadelphia Story: Florida Gives William Bartram a Second Chance.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 71, no. 3, 1993, pp. 310–23. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30148216.

56. Porter, Kenneth W. (1947) "The Episode of Osceola’s Wife," Florida Historical Quarterly: Vol. 26: No. 1, Article 8. Available at: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fhq/vol26/iss1/8

57. Porter, Charlotte M. “William Bartram’s Travels in the Indian Nations.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 70, no. 4, 1992, pp. 434–50. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30148123.

58. Rogers, Benjamin F. “The Florida Ship Canal Project.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 1, 1957, pp. 14–23. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30138969. 

59. Sewell, J. Richard. “Cross-Florida Barge Canal, 1927-1968.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 46, no. 4, 1968, pp. 369–83. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30147282.

60. Sheridan, Patrick. “Good Roads and the Dixie Highway: Connecting Florida with the Rest of the Nation.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 98, no. 3/4, 2020, pp. 253–80. JSTOR, https://www.jstor.org/stable/27099845

61. Stanaback, Richard J. “Postal Operations in Territorial Florida, 1821-1845.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 52, no. 2, 1973, pp. 157–74. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30149030.

62. Thompson, Arthur W., and David L. Yulee. “Confederate Finance: A Documentary Study of a Proposal of David L. Yulee.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 2, 1951, pp. 193–202. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30138849.

63. Thompson, Arthur W. “The Railroad Background of the Florida Senatorial Election of 1851.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 3, 1953, pp. 181–95. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30138896.  [David Yulee]

64. Vanderhill, Burke G. “The Alachua-St. Marys Road.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 66, no. 1, 1987, pp. 50–67. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30154968

65. Vanderhill, Burke G. “The Alachua Trail: A Reconstruction.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 55, no. 4, 1977, pp. 423–38. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30145987

66. Vanderhill, Burke G. (1976) "The Alachua Trail: A Reconstruction," Florida Historical Quarterly: Vol. 55: No. 4, Article 4. Available at: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fhq/vol55/iss4/4

67. Watkins, Caroline. “Some Early Railroads in Alachua County.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 53, no. 4, 1975, pp. 450–59. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30150300.

68. Vanderhill, Burke G. “The Alachua-St. Marys Road.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 66, no. 1, 1987, pp. 50–67. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30154968.

69. Vanderhill, Burke G. 1766- “The Alachua Trail: A Reconstruction.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 55, no. 4, 1977, pp. 423–38. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30145987.

70. Sheridan, Patrick. “Good Roads and the Dixie Highway: Connecting Florida with the Rest of the Nation.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 98, no. 3/4, 2020, pp. 253–80. JSTOR, https://www.jstor.org/stable/27099845.

71. Ward, May McNeer, et al. “The Disappearance of the Head of Osceola.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 3/4, 1955, pp. 193–201. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30147215. 

72. Watkins, Caroline. “Some Early Railroads in Alachua County.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 53, no. 4, 1975, pp. 450–59. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30150300. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026

73. Williams, John Lee. “The Selection of Tallahassee as the Capitol.” Publications of the Florida Historical Society, vol. 1, no. 2, 1908, pp. 18–38. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30138214.

74. Yelton, Susan. “Newnansville: A Lost Florida Settlement.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 53, no. 3, 1975, pp. 319–31. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30145963. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026

75. 1835-Young, Rogers W. “Fort Marion during the Seminole War 1835-1842.” The Florida Historical Society Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 4, 1935, pp. 193–223. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30150202.  (fort at St. Augustine)

76. Yulee, C. Wicliffe. “Senator David L. Yulee.” Publications of the Florida Historical Society, vol. 2, no. 2, 1909, pp. 3–22. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30138239.

77. Pensacola Gazette. “Tallahassee in 1824-25.” Publications of the Florida Historical Society, vol. 3, no. 2, 1924, pp. 38–41. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30138845.

78. Crow, C. L. “East Florida Seminary-Micanopy.” The Florida Historical Society Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 3, 1936, pp. 193–216. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30150237.

79. Vignoles, K. H. “Charles Blacker Vignoles in South Carolina and Florida, 1817-1823.” The South Carolina Historical Magazine, vol. 85, no. 2, 1984, pp. 83–107. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/27567836. Accessed 27 June 2026