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Kissessmee chain of lakes Florida
- Thread starter captstu
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GA-Midnight Cruise
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No sir, but I have a cool story about those waters. My co-worker, who is located in our Orlando office, had a Great-grandfather, (X5) who ran freight on side paddle steamers in the late 1800's on those waters and of the St Johns River until the Florida East Coast Railway was built (1892) and put him out of business. My co-worker's office wall is proudly adorned with several framed photos of his great-grand's glorious paddle wheels. They are magnificent pics. One story of interest was a trip across a stretch that was under siege from a summer squall where his grand came upon a Seminole Indian who was swamped and clinging to his canoe. His Grand rescued the struggling man and a short conversation ensued, sufficient enough to understand that both the Seminole and the Captain both had several sons. This conversation lasted until the captain saw the Seminole man safely ashore. Weeks later, my co-worker's captain-Grand was passing thru those same waters when he saw the Seminole waving him down from the shore line. The Seminole, with the help of his sons, had crafted a dugout canoe for the captain as a gift of gratitude for saving the man. If you travel the back roads of central Florida and visit old stores and Inn's you will come across vintage photos of my co-worker's Great Grand's boats that he operated servicing FL for decades.
Crewdog
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Wow; I had a friend whose family had property on the west bank of the St. Johns just s of Ft Gates ferry,
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.4176462,-81.6572652,202m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en
We went there in the early 70s and heard stories of the steamboat days when the house was an inn; have a couple of beers and you could just imagine a wizened old Cap'n walking about.
The water source was a cistern that caught rainwater from the gutters, which is still visible from satellite, and the long, narrow building was a one lane bowling alley that now looks like it's been re-purposed. The shower was on the back veranda, and you still had to cook on the wood stove. probably modernized by now.
Always had a good time watching the barges going to and from Sanford chug up and down the river.
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.4176462,-81.6572652,202m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en
We went there in the early 70s and heard stories of the steamboat days when the house was an inn; have a couple of beers and you could just imagine a wizened old Cap'n walking about.
The water source was a cistern that caught rainwater from the gutters, which is still visible from satellite, and the long, narrow building was a one lane bowling alley that now looks like it's been re-purposed. The shower was on the back veranda, and you still had to cook on the wood stove. probably modernized by now.
Always had a good time watching the barges going to and from Sanford chug up and down the river.
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