The Search For Old King's Road
Old King’s Road was a remarkable highway built by British engineers prior to the American Revolution. It once ran from Colerain Georgia south to Jacksonville (then called Cow Ford),to St. Augustine, thru what is now Flagler County Florida, and finally to New Smyrna on Florida’s Atlantic Coast.
This was the main route into Florida continuing up to the 20th century. Many older Florida residents still recall using this now vanished ancient route.
Here were the battles, famous soldiers, refugees, a rich plantation economy, land hungry settlers and a history going back over 240 years. It has known one of our country’s worst wars, one that lasted over seven years and deeply scarred the American memory. It carried a little known slave rebellion long before the much later battles of the Civil War. Florida’s early history was linked to Old Kings Road.
While it has been covered by construction, blocked or abandoned over these many years, Old King’s refuses to die or vanish. This is Bill Ryan’s research about this little known piece of American History, once named as “An American Engineering Treasure.”
The book contains a complete time line and references and is the basis for a series of stories and adventures along this famous early colonial era highway that remained the main entryway into Florida right up to 1914 when the railroads and new roadways had appeared.
Author and historian Bill Ryan is webmaster of the Flagler Public Library’s Flagler Memories group, and is active in the Flagler County Florida Historical Societies. This is the story of his search for Old King’s Road, the ancient highway that refused to vanish. Bill Ryan is also the author of “I am Grey Eyes” the story of a remarkable colonial era cattle drive down Old Kings Road, and Florida’s early story as viewed by Grey Eyes, a most unusual Seminole Indian.
This book is part of a series:
I am Grey Eyes
Osceola His Capture and Seminole Legends
Bulow Gold
See website http://www.oldkingsroad.com
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This was the main route into Florida continuing up to the 20th century. Many older Florida residents still recall using this now vanished ancient route.
Here were the battles, famous soldiers, refugees, a rich plantation economy, land hungry settlers and a history going back over 240 years. It has known one of our country’s worst wars, one that lasted over seven years and deeply scarred the American memory. It carried a little known slave rebellion long before the much later battles of the Civil War. Florida’s early history was linked to Old Kings Road.
While it has been covered by construction, blocked or abandoned over these many years, Old King’s refuses to die or vanish. This is Bill Ryan’s research about this little known piece of American History, once named as “An American Engineering Treasure.”
The book contains a complete time line and references and is the basis for a series of stories and adventures along this famous early colonial era highway that remained the main entryway into Florida right up to 1914 when the railroads and new roadways had appeared.
Author and historian Bill Ryan is webmaster of the Flagler Public Library’s Flagler Memories group, and is active in the Flagler County Florida Historical Societies. This is the story of his search for Old King’s Road, the ancient highway that refused to vanish. Bill Ryan is also the author of “I am Grey Eyes” the story of a remarkable colonial era cattle drive down Old Kings Road, and Florida’s early story as viewed by Grey Eyes, a most unusual Seminole Indian.
This book is part of a series:
I am Grey Eyes
Osceola His Capture and Seminole Legends
Bulow Gold
See website http://www.oldkingsroad.com
The Search For Old King's Road
Old King’s Road was a remarkable highway built by British engineers prior to the American Revolution. It once ran from Colerain Georgia south to Jacksonville (then called Cow Ford),to St. Augustine, thru what is now Flagler County Florida, and finally to New Smyrna on Florida’s Atlantic Coast.
This was the main route into Florida continuing up to the 20th century. Many older Florida residents still recall using this now vanished ancient route.
Here were the battles, famous soldiers, refugees, a rich plantation economy, land hungry settlers and a history going back over 240 years. It has known one of our country’s worst wars, one that lasted over seven years and deeply scarred the American memory. It carried a little known slave rebellion long before the much later battles of the Civil War. Florida’s early history was linked to Old Kings Road.
While it has been covered by construction, blocked or abandoned over these many years, Old King’s refuses to die or vanish. This is Bill Ryan’s research about this little known piece of American History, once named as “An American Engineering Treasure.”
The book contains a complete time line and references and is the basis for a series of stories and adventures along this famous early colonial era highway that remained the main entryway into Florida right up to 1914 when the railroads and new roadways had appeared.
Author and historian Bill Ryan is webmaster of the Flagler Public Library’s Flagler Memories group, and is active in the Flagler County Florida Historical Societies. This is the story of his search for Old King’s Road, the ancient highway that refused to vanish. Bill Ryan is also the author of “I am Grey Eyes” the story of a remarkable colonial era cattle drive down Old Kings Road, and Florida’s early story as viewed by Grey Eyes, a most unusual Seminole Indian.
This book is part of a series:
I am Grey Eyes
Osceola His Capture and Seminole Legends
Bulow Gold
See website http://www.oldkingsroad.com
This was the main route into Florida continuing up to the 20th century. Many older Florida residents still recall using this now vanished ancient route.
Here were the battles, famous soldiers, refugees, a rich plantation economy, land hungry settlers and a history going back over 240 years. It has known one of our country’s worst wars, one that lasted over seven years and deeply scarred the American memory. It carried a little known slave rebellion long before the much later battles of the Civil War. Florida’s early history was linked to Old Kings Road.
While it has been covered by construction, blocked or abandoned over these many years, Old King’s refuses to die or vanish. This is Bill Ryan’s research about this little known piece of American History, once named as “An American Engineering Treasure.”
The book contains a complete time line and references and is the basis for a series of stories and adventures along this famous early colonial era highway that remained the main entryway into Florida right up to 1914 when the railroads and new roadways had appeared.
Author and historian Bill Ryan is webmaster of the Flagler Public Library’s Flagler Memories group, and is active in the Flagler County Florida Historical Societies. This is the story of his search for Old King’s Road, the ancient highway that refused to vanish. Bill Ryan is also the author of “I am Grey Eyes” the story of a remarkable colonial era cattle drive down Old Kings Road, and Florida’s early story as viewed by Grey Eyes, a most unusual Seminole Indian.
This book is part of a series:
I am Grey Eyes
Osceola His Capture and Seminole Legends
Bulow Gold
See website http://www.oldkingsroad.com
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Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940014687317 |
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| Publisher: | Bill Ryan |
| Publication date: | 07/04/2012 |
| Series: | Old Kings Road , #1 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 210 |
| File size: | 2 MB |
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