Narcoossee,FL

Narcoossee, Florida 1890-1910

The most extensive review of the community is a 1993 master's thesis by Carolyne P. Cole at University of South Florida.

Online digital version of thesis

Page 147 (google books only has end on pg 148) in Shaker Dictionary

• Some other articles:
  • The Shaker community in Florida by Russell Anderson (pdf)

• From Orlando Sentinel:
  • Shakers Planted Colony, Pineapples Here
  • Florida's Frontier Drew Shakers, Sons Of English Nobility
  • From Touched by the Sun By Stuart B. McIver
  • A Simple Life Of Piety
  • Olive Branch Carried Out Guest's Plea

• Primary source material
  • Narcoossee, Florida diaries, 1890-1900.

One volume probably kept by Henry Hollister with description of land purchases, erection of buildings, and severe freezes, 1890-1895; and one volume written by Annie Lane and Elizabeth Sears concerning the founding of the Narcoossee community, 1895-1900.

• • Photo from FL state archives