EXPLORATION

The New Orleans Times-Democrat sponsored an expedition in 1883 that traveled from Lake Okeechobee to the head of Shark River. A. P. Williams led this search for land suitable to drain and develop for agriculture.

“Pushing through the Everglades,” drawn by Harry Fenn from sketches by Wolf Harlander. Illustration for “Glimpses of The Everglades,” by William Hosea Ballou. Harper's Weekly (March 12, 1887), p. 181.

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Read A. P. Williams’ report: part 1 and part 2

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