Post by auntym on Sept 21, 2011 12:57:39 GMT -6
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Haunted Cedar Keys Island Hotel[/color]
September 20th, 2011
Island Hotel Bed & Breakfast in Cedar Keys, Florida is considered one of Florida’s most famous B&B’s. Cedar Key itself is full of Florida history being one of the oldest ports in the state as well as the site of one of the first railroads.
Mr. Parson (later to become Major Parson in the Confederate Army) and Francis Hale looked to take advantage of the railroad and the prosperity it promised by building the Parsons and Hale’s General Store around 1859.
The prosperity didn’t last long however. The Civil War was about to break out and Cedar Key was used to produce salt, a very key commodity during the time as well as having a strategic port all held by the Confederacy. In 1862, the Union army captured Cedar Key and burnt most of the town to the ground.
The general store was spared as it was used to house troops and warehouse goods. Right at the end of the war, the Confederates retook Cedar Key and they too stayed in the general store. After the war ended the store reopened and served as the customs house and Cedar Key post office as well and again prospered.
The first mention of furnished rooms at the general store can be traced back to 1884. It wasn’t until 1915 though after a hurricane, fire and the fall of the cedar industry all but destroyed Cedar Key, that Simon Feinburg purchased the building and converted the general store into the Bay Hotel.
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Haunted Cedar Keys Island Hotel[/color]
September 20th, 2011
Island Hotel Bed & Breakfast in Cedar Keys, Florida is considered one of Florida’s most famous B&B’s. Cedar Key itself is full of Florida history being one of the oldest ports in the state as well as the site of one of the first railroads.
Mr. Parson (later to become Major Parson in the Confederate Army) and Francis Hale looked to take advantage of the railroad and the prosperity it promised by building the Parsons and Hale’s General Store around 1859.
The prosperity didn’t last long however. The Civil War was about to break out and Cedar Key was used to produce salt, a very key commodity during the time as well as having a strategic port all held by the Confederacy. In 1862, the Union army captured Cedar Key and burnt most of the town to the ground.
The general store was spared as it was used to house troops and warehouse goods. Right at the end of the war, the Confederates retook Cedar Key and they too stayed in the general store. After the war ended the store reopened and served as the customs house and Cedar Key post office as well and again prospered.
The first mention of furnished rooms at the general store can be traced back to 1884. It wasn’t until 1915 though after a hurricane, fire and the fall of the cedar industry all but destroyed Cedar Key, that Simon Feinburg purchased the building and converted the general store into the Bay Hotel.
CONTINUE READING: www.ghosteyes.com/haunted-cedar-keys-island-hotel?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ghosteyes+%28Haunted+Places+in+America+