A Light in the Wilderness: The Story of Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and the Southeast Florida Frontier

by James D. Snyder

Book Overview

You can't miss the red tower when at Jupiter Inlet in Florida. But many passers-by are unaware that it sits atop a hill that marked the confluence of two waterways that was the center of 5,000 years of Indian civilization. It would later draw a succession of Spanish, English, Seminole Indians, and American soldiers. When the lighthouse was built in 1860, it became a hub for builders, surveyors, Civil War blockade runners, pioneer farmers and paddlewheel...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1737097621
• ISBN13: 9781737097624
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Pharos Books
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"