Insiders' Guide® to Greater Fort Lauderdale

Insiders' Guide® to Greater Fort Lauderdale

Author: Caroline Sieg

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2010-12-21

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 0762767324

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A first edition, Insiders' Guide to Greater Fort Lauderdale is the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation information to this beautiful Florida region. Written by a local (and true insider), this guide offers a personal and practical perspective of Fort Lauderdale and its surrounding environs.


Haunted Fort Lauderdale

Haunted Fort Lauderdale

Author: John Marc Carr

Publisher: Haunted America

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781596294219

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From fashionable Las Olas Boulevard to Fort Lauderdale's historic downtown, explore many of the city's most haunted sites, the people who lived and died there, and the ghosts that dwell within. Fort Lauderdale is famous for more than spring break, Snowbirds, and baseball. Known as the Venice of America, the city boasts a rich history, including a 1567 Jesuit mission and three forts that followed, battles waged between settlers and native tribes and the advance of the Florida East Coast Railway in 1896. Today the forts are gone, the battles have ended, and the railroad only provides freight service, but the ghosts remain. Author John Marc Carr, founder of Fort Lauderdale Ghost Tours, leads readers along the historical New River Intracoastal Waterway, visiting several of the city's most significant landmark


Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale

Author: Susan Gillis

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9780738524719

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Discusses the history of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., from the 1890's through the 1990's.


Legends & Lore of Fort Lauderdale's New River

Legends & Lore of Fort Lauderdale's New River

Author: Donn R. Colee Jr.

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2021-02

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 1467148229

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"The New River winds its way through a mysterious and tumultuous history, from the whirlpools of a legendary birth to banks stained with the blood of a massacre. Long-lost tribes flourished on the bounty of fish from its crystal-clear water and game from its wooded shores, only to succumb to European weapons and disease ... South Florida's destiny was changed forever when inshore transportation evolved from foot and hoof to inland waterway and steel rails. Schemes to 'drain the Everglades' turned swamp to subdivisions with the New River at its core. Trace the storied arc of Fort Lauderdale's ancient waterway with author Donn R. Colee Jr."--Publisher marketing.


Fort Lauderdale in Vintage Postcards

Fort Lauderdale in Vintage Postcards

Author: Susan Gillis

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780738516042

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Like many Sun Belt cities, Fort Lauderdale has experienced phenomenal growth over the past several decades. Once a wilderness home for the Seminole Indians and a few hardy pioneers, the small community grew up around Frank StranahanA[aa[s successful trading post, a convenient stop for hunters, fishermen, and sightseers preparing to head into the Everglades. But much more was in store for this rugged outback camp. Surveying Fort LauderdaleA[aa[s fascinating history chronologically, this pictorial retrospective begins with the 1890s, a time when this part of the country was still part of AmericaA[aa[s frontier, isolated and wild. With the coming of the railroad and the twentieth century, an agricultural economy developed, and, soon, the Florida land boom would bring thousands of new settlers to the area. Fort LauderdaleA[aa[s glistening beaches and comfortable climate earned the city an early reputation as a tourist town and, eventually, as a Spring Break mecca.


Lost Restaurants of Fort Lauderdale

Lost Restaurants of Fort Lauderdale

Author: Todd L. Bothel

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2020-08-24

Total Pages: 171

ISBN-13: 1439670447

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So many iconic Fort Lauderdale restaurants have come and gone. From steakhouses to floating eateries and a doughnut shop that catered to a strictly adult audience, these dining destinations served up everything from gourmet seafood to post-beach chill food. Here, you can have another slice at Pizio's Drive-Inn, another heaping plate of pasta at Tina's Spaghetti House, a guilt-free brandy snapp at Fred Wenner's and a final long night at Porky's Hideaway. From the snow crab bisque at Mango's to the key lime baked Alaska from The Caves, authors Todd Bothel and Dan Santoro also serve up vintage recipes that allow readers to re-create classic dishes from these beloved Fort Lauderdale institutions.


Historic Photos of Fort Lauderdale

Historic Photos of Fort Lauderdale

Author: Susan Gillis

Publisher: Turner

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781596524118

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In less than one hundred years, Fort Lauderdale grew from a wilderness stagecoach stop and trading post to become one of America's favorite tourist destinations and the seat of government for Florida's second-most-populous county. Historic Photos of Fort Lauderdale captures the story of that remarkable growth, through striking black and white photographs carefully selected from the finest collections. In these pages are seldom-seen images of a dramatic past: the Seminoles, early residents of the tropical wilderness; the arrival of railroads and the growth of tourism; farmers and their crops; and the creation of canals and roads and airfields. From the days of wooden stores and empty beaches to the era of high-rises and Spring Break crowds, through hurricanes, wars, and times of boom-and-bust, Historic Photos of Fort Lauderdale tells the story of the "Venice of America," presented in a unique collection of never-to-be-gotten images.