Ocklawaha steamboat model

1868-c. 1890

This model represents a Florida steamboat called the Ocklawaha. Built in 1868, the Ocklawaha carried mail and passengers along a Florida river of the same name. It left Palatka on Sundays, Okahumpka on Wednesdays, and Silver Springs on Thursdays. As late as 1882, steamers departed the Jacksonville Post Office three times a week, delivering mail down the meandering Ocklawaha.