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The Gainesville, Rocky Point, and Micanopy Railway was chartered in 1884, to connect Gainesville, Florida and Micanopy, Florida, in Alachua County.Although the company started with a capital stock of $300,000, progress was slow, and in 1894 L. L Hill purchased the charter and changed the name to Gainesville and Gulf Railway (sometimes called the "Grits and Gravy").
Seaboard Air Line Railway: Florida Central and Western Railroad: SAL: 1882 1884 Florida Railway and Navigation Company: Florida Coast and Gulf Railway: FEC: 1892 1892 Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Indian River Railway: Florida, Georgia and Western Railway: SAL: 1891 1895 Tallahassee Southeastern Railway: Florida Midland Railway: ACL: 1883 1896
The carrier's corporate origin was in the Gainesville, Rocky Point & Micanopy Railway Company, which was chartered in Florida, March 31, 1884. This company was succeeded before it constructed any road by the Gainesville & Gulf Railway Company which was chartered under the general laws of Florida, June 22, 1895. The Gainesville & Gulf Railway ...
Prior to the 1880s, produce from Micanopy, including citrus, was carried to the southern shore of Lake Alachua and taken by boat to the northern shore, which was served by branch lines from the Transit Railroad. In 1883, the Florida Southern Railway built a branch line to Micanopy from its line running from Rochelle (southeast of Gainesville ...
Micanopy station. The Florida Southern Railway was first chartered as the Gainesville, Ocala, and Charlotte Harbor Railroad in 1879, with a planned route from Lake City to Charlotte Harbor with a branch to Palatka to connect with steamboats on the St. Johns River. The name was then changed to the Florida Southern Railway in 1881. [1]
The Florida Southern also The Florida Southern also built the Palatka Branch during their initial construction, as well as the branches to Micanopy and Citra. The Florida Southern Railway would eventually become part of the Plant System. After Plant's death, his network of railroads was sold to the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL) in 1902. [2]
The Florida Railroad Company announced its plan to build a line from Fernandina to Cedar Key, passing several miles south of Newnansville. As a result, county residents voted in 1853 to move the county seat to a location along the planned route of the railroad, naming the new town Gainesville . [ 10 ]
That the Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West Railway Company was incorporated in March 1878, under the general corporation act of the state, of February 1874, by the name of the Tampa, Peace Creek & St. John's River Railroad Company. That the legislature of Florida, by act of March 4, 1879, granted to that company alternate sections of the lands ...