O'Neal, Robert
1887

Unusual antique cadastral map of St. Andrews Bay, Florida

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Sectional map of St. Andrews Bay and the Adjoining Townships. Land owned by the St. A.B.R.R. and Land Co marked - X.

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Early, scarce cadastral map of St. Andrews Bay and lands owned by the St. Andrews Bay Rail Road and Land Company. Florida related. Noted features include Spanish Shanty Point, two mills, a hotel, Redfish Point, Pearl Bayou, Laughton's Bayou, Grand Lagoon, Hurricane Isle, and a "Road to Chipley".

A report by Pamela Brown for the University of Florida’s Soil and Water Department notes:
"A Cincinnati mail-order company,the Saint Andrew Bay Railroad, Lands, and Mining Co., bought property in the Saint Andrew Bay area, and started nationally advertising 25 feet x 82 feet lots for $1.25. The advertisement attracted a lot of people and started a settlement boom as over 300,000 lots were sold. As the price for lots increased to $8.00, the company went bust." Online, p. 46)

Oyster bars shown with " |||| " symbols. Additional manuscript compass rose. Scale 1 inch = 1 mile. Copyrighted by Robert O'Neal May 27th, 1887.

Map is accompanied with an early Warranty Deed issued by the St. Andrews Bay Railroad, Land, and Mining Co. in 1877 for a lot in a specified Block, Township, and Range on the map. Price for the lot in 1887 was $1.25.

CREATOR: O'Neal, Robert

PUBLICATION DATE: 1887

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: United States

BODY OF WATER: Saint Andrews Bay

CONDITION: Fair.  Cut to neatline. Laid to linen at issue. Browned. Wrinkles. Chips to margins.

COLORING: None

ENGRAVER: 

SIZE: 18 " x 20 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 0

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