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Listen: The Assorted Selections ProgramCow Ford at Saint Johns River : Jacksonville, Florida
Image Number
RC17755
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Collection
Reference collection
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Physical Description
1 photoprint - b&w - 8 x 10 in.
General Note
Photograph of a drawing.
Biographical Note
Jacksonville developed around a ford in the Saint Johns River. Early colonists drove their cattle across this area which became known as Cow Ford. In 1822 Isaiah D. Hart mapped out a town for this location and named it "Jacksonville" after Andrew Jackson, the provisional governor of the Territory of Florida.
Cow Ford at Saint Johns River : Jacksonville, Florida
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