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Forest Capital: A History of Taylor County, Florida

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book traces the history of Taylor County from the earliest appearance of Native Americans,  through the rise of the cattle, timber and turpentine industries, and the establishment of Perry as regional center for transportation and commerce.

Of particular interest is his account of the 1993 “No Name Storm,” hurricane through which he lived and which devastated the county. 

Taylor Countian, Josh Goodman enjoyed a steady diet of homespun stories about the men and women who shaped the county. “My mother’s family has been in Taylor County since before the Civil War, and I heard stories from my parents, grandparents and great-grandparents. My father isn’t from here, but he was a land surveyor, and that puts you in contact with history because you have to study land ownership – going back generations in some cases,” Goodman said. “So that’s how my interest in the history of Taylor County started. History in general was something I have always enjoyed learning about, and I had an enjoyable high school experience with history thanks to teachers like Ann White and Tim Tripp,” he said. While Goodman’s history because you have to study land ownership – going back generations in some cases,” Goodman said. “So that’s how my interest in the history of Taylor County started. History in general was something I have always enjoyed learning about, and I had an enjoyable high school experience with history thanks to teachers like Ann White and Tim Tripp,” he said. While Goodman’s homegrown love of the past

has led him into a career as an archives historian, it also inspired him to write the first complete history of Taylor County. His book, “Forest Capital: A History of Taylor County, Florida” is hot off the presses and now available at The Book Mart in Perry. “This story moves you through time quickly. But it tells the story in such a way that you can follow my footsteps and find what you need to learn more,” Goodman said. “It’s a story

about people, not just a place.” The book begins with a look at the county’s prehistoric era and the years before Florida’s statehood. The second chapter dives into the lives of the county’s early settlers, most of whom came from Georgia and the Carolinas. From there, the book winds through the Civil War, the county’s cattle days and the impact of the timber and turpentine industries. It delves into period of Florida’s development “boom” and the impact of the Great Depression, as well as World War II. The county’s journey to becoming the Forest Capital of the South is detailed, and the book ends with the “Storm of the Century,” which forever changed Taylor County’s  coast. “There’s a clear beginning, middle and end. Other counties around us have wonderful histories of their own written, but Taylor County didn’t have its own book. W.T. Cash’s book is a wonderful collection of historical

This book is dedicated to the Cash families and people of Taylor County, Florida.

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William Thomas Cash wrote about the people and communities of this coastal county in the hope and thought that some portions of their wisdom, ingenuity, and individuality would remain long after to touch us all. We have done our best to collect what we could of the past traditions that W. T. Cash preserved. These traditions are to be treasured, now and forever! Although just a small part of the heritage of the life and times of Taylor County, this book is a reflection of the way life was then and what it has become today. As William Thomas Cash wrote, "WE THINK TAYLOR COUNTY IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO LIVE IN. IT IS SURROUNDED BY TREES, RIVERS AND GOOD PEOPLE."

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