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In 1892, Flagler formally merged and incorporated that rail line and a number of additional small railway operations he had purchased, changing the name to the Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Indian River Railway Company. [1] This name change also reflected the extension of rail system south along the east coast of Florida.
The Indian River is a 121-mile (195 km) long [1] brackish-water lagoon on Florida's eastern Atlantic coast. [2] It is part of the Indian River Lagoon system, which in turn forms part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. It was originally called Río de Ais by the Spanish, after the Ais tribe who lived along the east coast of what is now Florida.
St. Augustine is the county seat of St. Johns County, Florida. [101] [102] The city of St. Augustine operates under a city commission government, specifically the commissioner-manager form, with an elected mayor, vice mayor, and city commission. Additionally, the government includes a city manager, city attorney, city clerk, and various city ...
The St. Augustine & Halifax River Railway Company, hereinafter referred to as the St. Augustine, was incorporated on April 15, 1889, under the general laws of the State of Florida, for the purpose of acquiring and operating the property of The St. Augustine and Palatka Railway Company, hereinafter referred to as the St. Augustine & Palatka.
The Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Indian River Railway Company was incorporated under the general incorporation laws of Florida to own and operate a railroad from Jacksonville in Duval county, through the counties of Duval, St. Johns, Putnam, Volusia, Brevard, Orange, Osceola, Dade, Polk and Hillsborough.
St. Johns County's history begins in 1821, when Colonel Robert Butler received Spanish East Florida from Captain-General Colonel José M. Coppinger.Butler represented Major General Andrew Jackson, federal military commissioner for the Florida provinces (las Floridas) with the powers of governor, exercising the powers of the Captain General and the Intendants of the Island of Cuba and the ...
The department consists of seven geographic districts. In May 1994, an eighth district was formed for the state's Turnpike System. [5] [6] In April 2002, the Turnpike district expanded as Florida's Turnpike Enterprise (FTE) and operates as the business unit for the department. [7] The FTE owns and maintains 511 miles (822 km) of toll roads. [5]
View of the Matanzas Bay from the Castillo de San Marcos United States Topographical Map of St. Augustine, Florida. Matanzas Bay is a saltwater bay in St. Johns County, Florida; the entrance to the bay from the South Atlantic is via St. Augustine inlet. Technically this stretch of water running along the city's waterfront is part of the ...