Rockledge, Florida

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. Incorporated in 1887, Rockledge is the oldest city in Brevard County. For much of the 19th Century it was named "Rock Ledge." It was a citrus-growing region, but it's primary industry in the late 1800s and early 1900s was tourism. Hotels like the Indian River Hotel accommodated tourists traveling to South Florida via the Indian River.

Credits:

• Photo, View of the pier at the Indian River Hotel - Rockledge, Florida, circa 1880s, State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory

Sources:

• "Rockledge, Florida," Wikipedia.org
• 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

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1892 Everglades Exploration Expedition : Three Digital Texts, 2015