Historical Information
Information and Resources for Jacksonville Florida’s Northside Area’s Historical references. There is lots of history of Jacksonville and most of it is centered on the Northside of town. Jacksonville was first settled along the river on the Northside side of the St. Johns. We are in the process of gathering information resources about the area including websites, books written on the area and other blogs.
We are also taking lots of pictures and will have them ready in a slideshow soon!
If you have a relative who has lived in Jacksonville for over 50 years and would like to share some of their stories please sign up as a subscriber and email me at: becomeacontributor@jacksonvillesnorthside.info with your user ID and I will change your status to an author. That will allow you to post to the blog and upload pictures!
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