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Search for The Lost Plantations of Flagler County Florida

Lost Plantations of Flagler CountyLarge Florida land grantsunder the British and Second Spanish periods brought men of enterprise. Families such as Dupont, Russell, Bulow, Pellicer, Fish, Graham and Hernandez ventured here to set their roots in the rich hammock soil of Flagler County between St. Augustine and Ormond Beach Florida. Their plantations were part of a world wide industrial revolution a little known part of Florida's early history.Discover more of this Florida historywith author William P. Ryan (Bill) as he searches for the Lost Plantations of Flagler County. Stand with him at the Bulow Plantation Ruins Historic State Park to feel the flow of time. Many maps and photos are your guide as author Bill Ryan pulls together from many sources a picture of a far different Florida, one of commerce, investment and daring that was destroyed in the disastrous Seminole War of 1835.Bill Ryan concentrates on the county where he lives—Flagler County Florida where more than 27 of these great plantations may have existed. Here you may find the fate of John Joachim Bulow, owner of one of Florida's great plantations. Follow his story and you decide. Discover what might be an Indian Princess concealed for almost 200 years. Follow the little known story of the Dupont family and tour with them.He is a director of the Flagler County Historical Society.Bill retired to Florida from a career in high technology imaging, and was webmaster for the Flagler County Public Library’s Florida Memories Project. . Finding untold stories of Florida history is his goal. Many originate from the records of the Flagler County Historical Society where the "Flagler Boy's Club" meets each Wednesday to exchange stories of this historic Flagler County. His first person writing style brings history alive and shares some of these stories of colonial era Florida history.Search for The Lost Plantations of Flagler County, Floridais a work of historical research with footnotes and references.It is part of the Old King's Road series written by Bill Ryan an

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