The Tropical Sun

Tropical Sun masthead, April 7, 1892In 1887 Guy I. Metcalf started one of the first newspapers in southeast Florida, The Indian River News, in Melbourne. He relocated to Juno, the seat of Dade County, in 1891 and changed the paper's name to The Topical Sun. He served as editor and publisher. On March 14, 1892, Ingraham met with Metcalf in Juno on the party's trip northward. On April 21, Metcalf published a letter from Julia Tuttle describing the arrival of the Expedition party in Miami and what it would mean for the development of South Florida. He also appended his own comments at the end of Tuttle's letter briefly describing his own conversation with Ingraham and stating, ""Mr. Ingraham was very reticent as to the object of their expedition." In 1895 Metcalf moved The Topical Sun to West Palm Beach, which was booming with development with the arrival of Henry Flagler's Florida East Coast Railroad.

Credits:

Sources:

References in the Texts:

Links below open in a new browser window.

Tropical Sun, April 21, 1892
Tropical Sun, April 21, 1892

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