Abstract
When Chief Justice John Marshall handed down a decision on the Forbes Purchase claims Apalachicola entered a new phase in its development. The recently organized Apalachicola Land Company exerted its efforts to develop a major cotton port. Some citizens, dissatisfied with the Apalachicola Land Company, began a rival port on St. Joseph Bay. St. Joseph failed to develop as a commercial center and it ceased to exist by 1842. During the two decades before the Civil War, Apalachicola experienced prosperity to such a degree that it became the thrid largest cotton port on the Gulf of Mexico.
Recommended Citation
Owens, Harry P.
(1969)
"Port of Apalachicola,"
Florida Historical Quarterly: Vol. 48:
No.
1, Article 4.
Available at:
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fhq/vol48/iss1/4
