A FAV POSTCARD GOT MY EYE ON YOU!

08/27/2014

One of my fav postcards:

 

 Check it out:

 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Postcard-7-Artsy-Eye-/291415226962?

HAMILTON COUNTY FLORIDA

STOP 12: HAMILTON COUNTY FLORIDA

Everyone out and take a look at this county in Florida.
Stop #12 of our postcard journey to EVERY COUNTY in the United States!
Fellow Postcard Travelers,
We are doing all the Florida counties first.
This is our 12th:
HAMILTON COUNTY
Formed in 1827.
County Seat: Jasper
Formed from Jefferson County.


***It was named for the first U. S. Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton.

*** It has a total of 519 square miles. Can you find it on the maps below?

*** The Old Hamilton County Jail and the United Methodist Church in Jasper are on the National Register of Historic Places.

*** Its major industries moved through the years from cotton....to turpentine...to lumber...to tobacco...to now phosphate mining.

*** Jasper rests on land thought to be originally the site of the Miccasukee (Mikasukis) Indians. Interesting Indian information on this area:....Check it out... Chief Billy Bowlegs... Seminole... Treaty of Paynes Landing... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasper,_Florida

*** Many settlers migrated here 1827 til 1840s from Georgia and South Carolina.

*** Lillian Smith author of Strange Fruit 1944 was born here.

*** "cheteaumomme" an Ebay postcard seller has the postcard seen above for sale. It is Louise's Restaurant in Jasper Florida. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Louises-Restaurant-JASPER-FLORIDA-FL-Vintage-LINEN-Postcard-/321493927560?pt=Postcards_US&hash=item4ada880688

Have a favorite postcard from this county?
Email a copy of it to me at Langley68@aol.com and I will add it to our journey's blog.

OK folks time to go... let's head out to Florida County stop #13 next.

THEADORA BRACK IS BACK WITH PARIS BLUES

Don't miss her latest:
http://peopleplacesandbling.com/2014/08/14/paris-blues-cinquante-nuances-de-bleu/

DISNEYWORLD, MOSQUITO COUNTY AND ORANGES

STOP 10 ON THE POSTCARD COUNTIES OF THE UNITED STATES JOURNEY:
http://postcardtraveler2010.blogspot.com/2014/08/postcard-county-stop-10-disney-mosquito.html

Mikhail Baryshnikov, Ogeechee Mounts, and the Somali Wild Ass

http://postcardtraveler2010.blogspot.com/2014/08/what-do-somali-wild-ass-ogeechee-mounts.html

Juan Ponce de Leon, White Christmas and Brad Davis

All aboard! Buckle in your Lazychair...heading to stop8 Leon County Florida
http://postcardtraveler2010.blogspot.com/2014/08/cotton-kingdom-juan-ponce-de-leon-and.html

GATORS, HOGTOWN AND GATORADE

http://postcardtraveler2010.blogspot.com/2014/08/gators-hogtown-and-gatorade.html

CONCHS, CONCH CATS AND THE CONCH REPUBLIC

Don't miss Stop #6 of the postcard journey through all the 3142 United States counties...especially if you are a Parrothead!
http://postcardtraveler2010.blogspot.com/2014/08/conchs-conch-cats-and-conch-republic.html

SHADE TOBACCO, FULLER'S EARTH AND COCA COLA

http://postcardtraveler2010.blogspot.com/2014/08/shade-tobacco-fullers-earth-and-coca.html

CHINESE COOKIE WISDOM #13

Success walks hand in hand with failure.

PAT BOONE, GATOR BOWLS AND THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND

 
WHAT DO THEY HAVE IN COMMON?

http://postcardtraveler2010.blogspot.com/2014/08/pat-boone-gator-bowls-and-allman.html

Wankard Pooser, Two Egg and Chattahoochee Next Stop!

STOP #3 ON OUR US COUNTIES POSTCARD JOURNEY

 

 

http://postcardtraveler2010.blogspot.com/2014/08/wankard-pooser-two-egg-and.html

CHINESE COOKIE WISDOM #12

Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence.

ST. JOHNS COUNTY FLORIDA

POSTCARD TRAVELER STOP TWO:

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