Live Oak on Caladesi Island

Alternative Title

Immense Live Oak, Hog Island

Creator

Charles H. Stokes

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Creation Date

January 1893

Time Period

circa 1893-1895

Abstract

Five people are seen in a live oak on Hog Island (now called Caladesi Island) in Florida. Two men stand and one women reclines on the branches, while a man and woman stand on the rungs of a ladder against the tree. A view along the route of the Plant System of Railways.

Keywords

Live oak

Extent

1 black-and-white photograph

Geographic Location

Pinellas County (Fla.); Caladesi Island (Fla.)

Physical Collection

Stokes Collection of Florida Plant Railway Photographs

Box

2

Digital Date

2021

Media Type

Black-and-white photographs

Note

Caladesi Island got its name from a Spanish Cuban who began a fishing rancho on a bayou on the southern tip of the island sometime in the 1780s. In a 1851 U.S. Coast Survey map, the island was referred to as Joseph's Key. In the late 19th century, people raised pigs on the island which is where the moniker "Hog Island" comes from. In 1921, a hurricane split the island into two, creating Honeymoon Island to the north. In 1928, the U.S. Geological Survey officially renamed the island Caladesi. Today it is only reachable by boat or by foot from Clearwater Beach.

Identifier

S54-085

Recommended Citation

Stokes, Charles H., "Live Oak on Caladesi Island" (1893). Stokes Collection of Florida Plant Railway Photographs. Image 51.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/stokes/51