St. Johns River, The Steamboat Era

[@anttissy2773]

Born in fish memorial hospital in Deland 1953, grew up in Enterprise. Really appreciate all your hard work Mr Dreggors

[@owenbevans6062]

Florida native since 1967 and a lot of this information I never knew. I grew up canoeing the head waters of the St. Johns all the way up to the north end of lake Washington. Once in a while we would find large wooden boats long abandoned where it seemed no boat could have gotten.

[@bryanhilburn3698]

I grew up on the st john's.on lake winder. And lake pointsette in Cocoa, FL.good times

[@Jmeinelt]

Very cool! Hope this video brought back some good memories.

[@jayjones6904]

When I was kid flat woods would stay under water after every storm i can remember Clifton rd south end lake crescent water get up high hundreds of ft from normal bank after hurricane and restaurant at dead lake at end of 2006 it would flood out regular

[@jayjones6904]

Im a jones from Daytona dad was from crescent city Georgetown area but kin the mcrae had hiawatha steamboat and smaller boat can't remember its name but it ran for hart line out of palatka ran st John's and ocklawaha river carried mail and other stuff till 1928 29 guess it was pulled up the hart point ship yard till sometime in late 80s was burnt hauled off i don't know