Hotel Indian River

Ingraham and party traveled on the Steamer "St. Sebastian" on the Indian River to Titusville. On the way, they made a short stop at Rockledge, Florida, and noted that the Indian River Hotel had closed a few days earlier. The Hotel Indian River was large resort hotel built in 1884-1885 and which operated for a few decades.

Credits:

• Photo, Side view of the Indian River Hotel - Rockledge, Florida, circa 1890s, State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory

Sources:

• Hotels Indian River and Rockledge, Hotel Indian River Company, 1915
• "Rockledge/Cocoa Historic Hotels," by Ray Osborne, Senior Life of Florida, December 2008
• "The Early Hotel Era in Rockledge," by Ada Parrish, Indian River Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1, Fall 2002

References in the Texts:

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• April 16, Saturday

For other topics referenced in the Expedition texts, please refer to the Index to Subjects and Names.
1892 Everglades Exploration Expedition : Three Digital Texts, 2015