Throughout the 1800s and into the early 1900s, the turpentine industry was based in the Carolinas, Georgia and throughout Northern Florida. Workers gashed pine trees to harvest resin, which was processed and used in a multitude of products. The . . . — — Map (db m240768) HM
Starting in the coastal Mid-Atlantic region in the mid-1800s, turpentine camps would move south as entire forests of pine were worked, leaving the trees with little to no sap production. By the late 1800s, turpentine production camps had reached . . . — — Map (db m240772) HM
The intact buildings and grounds of St. Ambrose Parish reflect the commitment of the Roman Catholic Church to reach small rural communities in Florida. Catholic Mass was first celebrated with settlers in a barn here at Moccasin Branch in the early . . . — — Map (db m101631) HM
