Brevard County, Florida : A Short History to 1955
== Historic Images ==

==Names of People in the Book==
1605 Alvera map.jpg (101336 bytes)
Alvera Mexia Map of 1605
 Indian River Lagoon		 1605-Alvaro-Mexia-Map.jpg (367095 bytes)
Alvera Mexia Map of 
1605 Indian River Lagoon		 1715-Wreck-Salvage.jpg (175227 bytes)
Long gun from site of
 1715   Spanish Ship
Wreck near  McLarty
Museum, Vero Beach		 1830s-JohnLeeWilliams-Map.jpg (164990 bytes)
John Lee Williams
1837 Map of Florida		 1830s-Osecola.jpg (42207 bytes)
Chief Osceola circa 1835		 1837-SeminoleWarMap.jpg (292420 bytes)
U.S. Army Map of Seminole
War Roads in Florida - circa 1840
SailingShip.jpg (78706 bytes)
Drake's Golden Hind		 1844-Magnolia-Pt.jpg (152340 bytes)
1844 Plat of Future Rockledge		 1860s-HenryTitus.jpg (125451 bytes)
Col. Henry Titus, Book		 1855-BrevardCounty.jpg (102234 bytes)
1855 Colton Map
of Florida		 1850s-Old-IR-Inlet.jpg (148782 bytes)
Original Indian
River Inlet
1850-Ft-CapronMap.jpg (477548 bytes)
1850s Brevard		 1855-Colton-Map-Sketch.jpg (112448 bytes)
Original Brevard Settlements		 1870s-BostromMap-MoskitoLagoon-IR.jpg (120561 bytes)
1870s Indian
River Settlements		 1870s-Hand-Drawn-map.jpg (254497 bytes)
1870s Map of
Rockledge & Indian River		 1880s-Courthouse.jpg (70667 bytes)
Old Sketch of
1882 Brevard County
Courthouse		 1882-courthouse.jpg (165193 bytes)
Courthouse Sketch by
Rick and Nancy Dillen
1868-Fall-Gov-LtGovGleason.jpg (125209 bytes)
Gleason's Florida		 1868-GovGleason.jpg (130001 bytes)
William H. Gleason		 Gleason-Hotel.jpg (256077 bytes)
Gleason's Hotel		 1875-EauGallie.jpg (148982 bytes)
Gleason's Plat of
Eau Gallie, Florida		 DummettHome.jpg (171996 bytes)
Remnants of Dummett House		 1880s-TheSwan.jpg (232528 bytes)
"The Swan" from the
office of attorney
Bill Gleason
LeBaronMap-1.jpg (282391 bytes)
1885 LeBaron Map of Brevard County		 LeBaronMap-2.jpg (283512 bytes)
1885 LeBaron Map of Brevard County		 LeBaronMap-3.jpg (285280 bytes)
1885 LeBaron Map of Brevard County		 LeBaronMap-4.jpg (325986 bytes)
1885 LeBaron Map of Brevard County		 LeBaronMap-5.jpg (188067 bytes)
1885 LeBaron Map of Brevard County		 1763-Map.jpg (188067 bytes)
1763 Jefferys Florida Map
1885-LeBaronMap.jpg (178442 bytes)
1885 LeBaron Map
Brevard County, FL		 1885-JTKW-railway.jpg (123556 bytes)
Flagler's Original RRs		 1887-Haulover Canals.jpg (99804 bytes)
Old Plat of
Haulover between Mosquito
& Indian River Lagoons		 1887-Haulover-Canel.jpg (178585 bytes)
Ariel Photo of Haulover		 1887-CoastChart.jpg (172413 bytes)
1887 Coast Chart of 
Indian River		 1890s-1920s-GW-Hopkins-Land.jpg (279094 bytes)
George Hopkins Land
1890s-Houston's-Addition.jpg (174823 bytes)
Elbow Creek
(Eau Gallie River)		 1917-FlaglerSystem.jpg (141146 bytes)
Flagler System		 1905.jpg (80145 bytes)
Pioneer Communities		 1920s(early)-Hopkins-Pineda-Malabar.jpg (207114 bytes)
Early1900s Towns		 1920s-EauGallieBridge.jpg (57084 bytes)
Eau Gallie Bridge
(typical of early bridges
on Indian River)		 1925-Feb26-PortCanaveral.jpg (180371 bytes)
Beginnings of 
Port Canaveral
1930a.jpg (85322 bytes)
1930s Map		 1930-Schnabel-Map.jpg (134092 bytes)
1930s Map		 Flagler.jpg (14978 bytes)
Flagler		 1936Map.jpg (99422 bytes)
1936 map		 1930s-CocoaBeachBridge.jpg (288008 bytes)
1930s Bridge to Cocoa Beach		 1940s-CountyMap.jpg (91466 bytes)
1940s Map
1946-rangeline.jpg (167901 bytes)
1946 County Road map		 1940s-OrangeCrate.jpg (434467 bytes)
1940s Orange Crate
Art of the famous
Indian River Citrus		 Torpedos-WWII.jpg (237392 bytes)
Torpedos of WWII		 1940s-CountyMap.jpg (91466 bytes)
Brevard Co Map		 1951-MathersBridge-EauGallieCswy.jpg (218817 bytes)
South Merritt Island
Typical of WWII Aerial
Maps		 1951-PatrickAFB-beaches.jpg (97185 bytes)
Early 1950s Beach
           
1951-CapeCanaveral.jpg (128627 bytes)
1951 - Aerial of Cape Canaveral		 Hellcat.jpg (423667 bytes)
Melbourne Hellcat Paper		 1950s-AFMTC.jpg (394133 bytes)
Air Force Missile
 Test Center
Downrange Map		 CCAFS.jpg (144519 bytes)
CCAFS Map		 cca0202.jpg (25696 bytes)
Snark		 Bumper8.jpg (15630 bytes)
Bumper8
June 24, 1950
CanaveralGraves.jpg (146951 bytes)
Graves of Canaveral 
pioneers at CCAFS		 1951-Bumper-V2-Rocket.jpg (13886 bytes)
Bumper		 1955-JoeWickham-JackSalmela.jpg (179130 bytes)
Commissioner Joe Wickham &
Jack Salmela		 CapeAerial.jpg (25218 bytes)
Cape - Aerial View		 KSC-Pioneers.jpg (168794 bytes)
Bumper8 Pioneers
MercuryCapsule2.jpg (205053 bytes)
Mercury Capsule		 CanaveralLight.jpg (72506 bytes)
Canaveral Light		 1868-LighthouseDoor2.JPG (92048 bytes)
Door to the
Canaveral Light

2003-CanaveralLight.jpg (144908 bytes)
Canaveral Light Plaque		 Sheriffs-of-Brevard.jpg (59646 bytes)
List of Brevard County
Sheriffs		 1959-SouthBrevardLine.jpg (267026 bytes)
1959 - Last border change -
south beaches "given"
to Indian River county
by Joe Wickham
           
1985-WickhamRoad-Suntree.jpg (280502 bytes)
Aerial of Wickham 
Road in 1985		 Newpapers-EarlyJax.jpg (149877 bytes)
Jacksonville - Early
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