Page 42 from Events in the Life of William B. Webb and family by Charles W. Webb University of South Florida Tampa Library still image eng Page 42 from Events in the Life of William B. Webb and family by Charles W. Webb. The text reads: “…to the top of the water and even the chickens in their coops lashed to the deck were very much alive though indeed very wet. But what was Will’s and Jack’s astonishment when they found that the enormous wave that enveloped them had carried the little schooner completely over the bar and set her safely down in the smooth waters of Key West harbor, a distance perhaps of at least one half a mile! They has traveled thirty miles an hour inside a wave of the Gulf of Mexico!Many who had witnessed the wonderful episode from the wharf told Will that it was one of the most wonderful sights they had ever seen on the water.It fell to Jack’s lot usually to go over the country horse back and drum up produce to be shipped on the boat. He had his regular customers as he made his rounds by he broadened his route a little one day to take in a…” Page 42 from Events in the Life of William B. Webb and family by Charles W. Webb. The text reads: “…to the top of the water and even the chickens in their coops lashed to the deck were very much alive though indeed very wet. But what was Will’s and Jack’s astonishment when they found that the enormous wave that enveloped them had carried the little schooner completely over the bar and set her safely down in the smooth waters of Key West harbor, a distance perhaps of at least one half a mile! They has traveled thirty miles an hour inside a wave of the Gulf of Mexico!Many who had witnessed the wonderful episode from the wharf told Will that it was one of the most wonderful sights they had ever seen on the water.It fell to Jack’s lot usually to go over the country horse back and drum up produce to be shipped on the boat. He had his regular customers as he made his rounds by he broadened his route a little one day to take in a…” Charles W. Webb’s Events in the Life of William B. Webb Key West Vision (schooner) Webb, Charles W. Webb, Jack Webb, William B. United States Florida Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection
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Page 42 from Events in the Life of William B. Webb and family by Charles W. Webb. The text reads: “…to the top of the water and even the chickens in their coops lashed to the deck were very much alive though indeed very wet. But what was Will’s and Jack’s astonishment when they found that the enormous wave that enveloped them had carried the little schooner completely over the bar and set her safely down in the smooth waters of Key West harbor, a distance perhaps of at least one half a mile! They has traveled thirty miles an hour inside a wave of the Gulf of Mexico!Many who had witnessed the wonderful episode from the wharf told Will that it was one of the most wonderful sights they had ever seen on the water.It fell to Jack’s lot usually to go over the country horse back and drum up produce to be shipped on the boat. He had his regular customers as he made his rounds by he broadened his route a little one day to take in a…”
Page 42 from Events in the Life of William B. Webb and family by Charles W. Webb. The text reads: “…to the top of the water and even the chickens in their coops lashed to the deck were very much alive though indeed very wet. But what was Will’s and Jack’s astonishment when they found that the enormous wave that enveloped them had carried the little schooner completely over the bar and set her safely down in the smooth waters of Key West harbor, a distance perhaps of at least one half a mile! They has traveled thirty miles an hour inside a wave of the Gulf of Mexico!Many who had witnessed the wonderful episode from the wharf told Will that it was one of the most wonderful sights they had ever seen on the water.It fell to Jack’s lot usually to go over the country horse back and drum up produce to be shipped on the boat. He had his regular customers as he made his rounds by he broadened his route a little one day to take in a…”
Charles W. Webb’s Events in the Life of William B. Webb
Key West
Vision (schooner)
Webb, Charles W.
Webb, Jack
Webb, William B.
United States
Florida
Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection