{"product_id":"stranahans-of-fort-lauderdale","title":"Stranahans of Fort Lauderdale","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eTwo individuals who shaped the development of one of Florida's\nmajor urban centers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen\nthey married in 1900, Frank and Ivy Stranahan began a life together on the\nFlorida frontier that would shape and define the development of one of the\nstate's most sophisticated urban centers. Pioneering spirit and economic\nenterprise linked them to Seminole Indians, venture capitalists, and colorful\nentrepreneurs along the New River settlement; today they're recognized as a\nfounding family of Fort Lauderdale and their riverfront home has been restored\nand designated a National Historic Landmark.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nFrank Stranahan came south from Ohio in 1893 to run an overnight camp on the\nstagecoach line carrying passengers from Lake Worth to the Miami area. He soon\nopened a trading post that thrived on commerce in pelts, plumes, and hides with\nSeminole Indians, who in turn purchased goods and groceries to take back to\ntheir camps in the Everglades. Stranahan's business interests expanded to\ninclude real estate and banking. An honest businessman, he became a respected\npolitical and civic leader, instrumental in the birth of Fort Lauderdale in\n1911. When the Florida land boom collapsed and his bank closed, Stranahan's\nmental and physical health failed, and he committed suicide in 1929.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIvy\nCromartie, a native Floridian, was 18 when she arrived at the settlement as its\nfirst schoolteacher and met her future husband. Energetic and articulate, she\nfocused her activities outside the home. Besides teaching, she was active in a\nvariety of reform movements ranging from Audubon Society efforts to save the\nplume birds to temperance and women's suffrage, working mainly through the\nFlorida Federation of Women's Clubs. She is best remembered for her role as an\nadvocate for Indigenous American rights—especially education and child\nwelfare—primarily with the Friends of the Seminoles, an organization she\nestablished in the 1930s. Before her death in 1971 she spoke frequently about\nher full life to reporters and historians and was interviewed extensively by\nKersey.","brand":"University Press of Florida","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55805372924248,"sku":"9780813068916","price":23.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780813068916.jpg?v=1777715134","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/stranahans-of-fort-lauderdale","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}