In 1767 travel into Florida was difficult. The Spanish held St.
Augustine for almost 200 years as a military camp but now they were
gone. British Governor James Grant wrote letters about his good
friend, the Indian Grey Eyes who took 500 cattle from Georgia down
into unmapped Florida. He helped to blaze a new road, one that
would lead to the planned Minorcan settlement of New Smyrna to the
south. It would be called The King's Road and would exist from 1774
to 1914 as the main entry into Florida
An early Florida adventure with Grey Eyes
See Colonial British Florida with the eyes of a Seminole Indian.
The white men do strange things as a young boy meets the demands of
passage and becomes a Seminole cattleman in Florida as so many
really were. He will move through many adventures that describe the
true history of early Florida. Reading I am Grey Eyes will bring
you a better feeling for the often dry historical events that now
will connect into a life story.
Florida author William P. (Bill) Ryan creates historical fiction
based on real characters, letters and original documents. Grey Eyes
will tell you of the terrible Seminole War of 1835, the destruction
of the great Bulow plantation, Minorcan settlers, and the exodus of
Seminoles and their black companions to the Indian Territory in the
West.
Who was this Grey Eyes?
Discover the legend of The Lost Colony, a great Florida slave
uprising, and other early Florida stories by following original
maps and the stories of Grey Eyes.
Author William P. Ryan is a Director of the Flagler County
Historical Society. He brings history to life with his first person
style. The Old Kings Road Series of books include:
"The Search for Old Kings Road""I am Grey Eyes a story of old
Florida""Osceola his capture and Seminole legends""Bulow
Gold""Florida's Door to Time"
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