Braidentown Board of Trade advertising folder p. 2 University of South Florida Tampa Library still image eng Braidentown Board of Trade advertising folder p. 2The text of page 2 reads:“Braidentown Manatee County, Florida, sprang into public prominence on the night of February 7, 1895. That night the Great Freeze, which was unprecedented in the history of the State and deserves to be chronicled among our national disasters, destroyed 45,000 acres of bearing orange groves in Florida; while under the protection of the warm waters of Tampa Bay, the groves of Manatee county were passed over practically unhurt, and of the total Florida crop of 50,000 boxes in 1895 this county produced 37,000.The citrus industry in the upper counties as a whole never recovered, but in the winter of 1901-02 Manatee county sent to northern markets the remarkable total of 294,161 crates of oranges and 446,582 crates of vegetables, which brought back to their producers the largest returns which are anywhere received from any products of the soil.Braidentown, the county-seat and commercial center of Manatee county, desires through its Board of Trade to extend to all good citizens everywhere, who desire to enjoy the ease and comforts of a warm climate, an earnest and cordial invitation to consider the many attractions of this thriving town and make their homes with us.A Remarkably situated town.Braidentown is situated on the south bank of the Manatee river, about five miles from its mouth. The river at this point is one and one-fourth miles wide and is navigable for about twenty miles further into the interior, forming a valuable outlet for the extensive productions of the upper central section of the county, which are brought to Braidentown by small vessels and transferred to other carriers for export. This magnificent waterway gives the town an extensive advantage. It secures to the merchants a cheaper freight rate than could possibly be obtained at inland towns and has enabled the town to become the trading center of the entire county as well as the general shipping point for the southern section.The Magnificent ManateeThe Manatee river is one of the most beautiful sheets of water in the world. It is practically a bay, being salt water and over a mile wide for twelve miles from the mouth. A person passing”(cont. on page 3) Braidentown Board of Trade advertising folder p. 2The text of page 2 reads:“Braidentown Manatee County, Florida, sprang into public prominence on the night of February 7, 1895. That night the Great Freeze, which was unprecedented in the history of the State and deserves to be chronicled among our national disasters, destroyed 45,000 acres of bearing orange groves in Florida; while under the protection of the warm waters of Tampa Bay, the groves of Manatee county were passed over practically unhurt, and of the total Florida crop of 50,000 boxes in 1895 this county produced 37,000.The citrus industry in the upper counties as a whole never recovered, but in the winter of 1901-02 Manatee county sent to northern markets the remarkable total of 294,161 crates of oranges and 446,582 crates of vegetables, which brought back to their producers the largest returns which are anywhere received from any products of the soil.Braidentown, the county-seat and commercial center of Manatee county, desires through its Board of Trade to extend to all good citizens everywhere, who desire to enjoy the ease and comforts of a warm climate, an earnest and cordial invitation to consider the many attractions of this thriving town and make their homes with us.A Remarkably situated town.Braidentown is situated on the south bank of the Manatee river, about five miles from its mouth. The river at this point is one and one-fourth miles wide and is navigable for about twenty miles further into the interior, forming a valuable outlet for the extensive productions of the upper central section of the county, which are brought to Braidentown by small vessels and transferred to other carriers for export. This magnificent waterway gives the town an extensive advantage. It secures to the merchants a cheaper freight rate than could possibly be obtained at inland towns and has enabled the town to become the trading center of the entire county as well as the general shipping point for the southern section.The Magnificent ManateeThe Manatee river is one of the most beautiful sheets of water in the world. It is practically a bay, being salt water and over a mile wide for twelve miles from the mouth. A person passing”(cont. on page 3) United States Florida—Manatee County—Bradenton Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection
Braidentown Board of Trade advertising folder p. 2
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Braidentown Board of Trade advertising folder p. 2The text of page 2 reads:“Braidentown Manatee County, Florida, sprang into public prominence on the night of February 7, 1895. That night the Great Freeze, which was unprecedented in the history of the State and deserves to be chronicled among our national disasters, destroyed 45,000 acres of bearing orange groves in Florida; while under the protection of the warm waters of Tampa Bay, the groves of Manatee county were passed over practically unhurt, and of the total Florida crop of 50,000 boxes in 1895 this county produced 37,000.The citrus industry in the upper counties as a whole never recovered, but in the winter of 1901-02 Manatee county sent to northern markets the remarkable total of 294,161 crates of oranges and 446,582 crates of vegetables, which brought back to their producers the largest returns which are anywhere received from any products of the soil.Braidentown, the county-seat and commercial center of Manatee county, desires through its Board of Trade to extend to all good citizens everywhere, who desire to enjoy the ease and comforts of a warm climate, an earnest and cordial invitation to consider the many attractions of this thriving town and make their homes with us.A Remarkably situated town.Braidentown is situated on the south bank of the Manatee river, about five miles from its mouth. The river at this point is one and one-fourth miles wide and is navigable for about twenty miles further into the interior, forming a valuable outlet for the extensive productions of the upper central section of the county, which are brought to Braidentown by small vessels and transferred to other carriers for export. This magnificent waterway gives the town an extensive advantage. It secures to the merchants a cheaper freight rate than could possibly be obtained at inland towns and has enabled the town to become the trading center of the entire county as well as the general shipping point for the southern section.The Magnificent ManateeThe Manatee river is one of the most beautiful sheets of water in the world. It is practically a bay, being salt water and over a mile wide for twelve miles from the mouth. A person passing”(cont. on page 3)
Braidentown Board of Trade advertising folder p. 2The text of page 2 reads:“Braidentown Manatee County, Florida, sprang into public prominence on the night of February 7, 1895. That night the Great Freeze, which was unprecedented in the history of the State and deserves to be chronicled among our national disasters, destroyed 45,000 acres of bearing orange groves in Florida; while under the protection of the warm waters of Tampa Bay, the groves of Manatee county were passed over practically unhurt, and of the total Florida crop of 50,000 boxes in 1895 this county produced 37,000.The citrus industry in the upper counties as a whole never recovered, but in the winter of 1901-02 Manatee county sent to northern markets the remarkable total of 294,161 crates of oranges and 446,582 crates of vegetables, which brought back to their producers the largest returns which are anywhere received from any products of the soil.Braidentown, the county-seat and commercial center of Manatee county, desires through its Board of Trade to extend to all good citizens everywhere, who desire to enjoy the ease and comforts of a warm climate, an earnest and cordial invitation to consider the many attractions of this thriving town and make their homes with us.A Remarkably situated town.Braidentown is situated on the south bank of the Manatee river, about five miles from its mouth. The river at this point is one and one-fourth miles wide and is navigable for about twenty miles further into the interior, forming a valuable outlet for the extensive productions of the upper central section of the county, which are brought to Braidentown by small vessels and transferred to other carriers for export. This magnificent waterway gives the town an extensive advantage. It secures to the merchants a cheaper freight rate than could possibly be obtained at inland towns and has enabled the town to become the trading center of the entire county as well as the general shipping point for the southern section.The Magnificent ManateeThe Manatee river is one of the most beautiful sheets of water in the world. It is practically a bay, being salt water and over a mile wide for twelve miles from the mouth. A person passing”(cont. on page 3)
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