E-book Category: History E-book Title: Brevard County, Florida: A Short History to 1955 Book Description:
Brevard County, Florida : A Short History to 1955
This is an awesome 230-page history of Brevard County, home of NASA's Kennedy Space Center and launch complex for the Space Shuttle. Would you like to go back in time when life was more in tune with the natural surroundings? Within these pages you'll be transported to a pristine land filled with opportunity and those who sought a new life in a far-away place called Indian River Country. These pages capture the original beauty and abundance of raw nature so starkly contrasted by today's development, and how that raw beauty was developed for a growing population.
A few Highlights
Treasure fleets and sunken treasures of gold and silver
Fishing and hunting at its best
Old towns, roads and trails
The roots of Florida's Indian River Citrus industry
The nation's first wildlife sanctuary
The famous "real McCoy" brothers
The nation's first multi-stage rocket launch
The Cape's first commander (USAF Colonel) spots UFOs
