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Main Street was called Pine in the early days, and a few Negroes had homes on it. There were no stores in that section, and it was some years later before any business houses located in that vicinity. Ou

Out west on Bay Street where the Union Depot is located, a fish pond occupied the entire area, and people rowed up and down theWe have supplied the, which is absent in the original. section that we now know as Bay Street.

Irene Coates remembers when the first Atlantic Coast Line Rail—road came into Jacksonville. Part of the tracks were on Bridge and turned east on Bay to Hogan. The depot for these trains was at corner of Bay and Hogan. Prior to this time, the people had to go by boat to St. Augustine., and a surrey carried them from the boat into St. Augustine. The atlanticAtlantic Coast Line running from St. Augustine to Jacksonville and the old Fernan—dina line coming in afforded the people the only two railroads for some years. The rest of the traveling was done by boat.

The oldOld City Cemetery, then called Burbridge Cemetery, was the only burying ground and was needed for both Whitewhite and Negroes. It is remark-able to note that a lot is still fenced in at that cemetery, and tomb stonestombstones are there that were erected more than fifty years ago.

Reference

Mrs. Irene Coates— 2015 Windle Street, Jacksonville, Florida.