Knetsch, Joe

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Surveyor, historian, author.

Dr. Joe Knetsch earned his PhD in History from Florida State University in 1900. Since 1987, Knetsch has served as the historian for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Division of State Lands, Bureau of Survey and Mapping. He has authored numerous articles on the history of surveying, in addition to papers presented and courses taught on the subject. Published books include Florida's Seminole Wars, 1817-1858.

From the description of Joe Knetsch collection, 1992-2008. (University of South Florida). WorldCat record id: 756871107

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Knetsch, Joe. John Westcott and the coming of the third Seminole War : perspectives from within. Manatee County Public Library System
creatorOf Knetsch, Joe. The peonage controversy and the Florida East Coast Railroad / by Joe Knetsch. Manatee County Public Library System
creatorOf Knetsch, Joe. Hamilton Disston and the development of Florida. Manatee County Public Library System
creatorOf Knetsch, Joe. Inventing the infrastructure : a study of road building in territorial Florida ; for Florida: a Sunshine State of Mind Symposium, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg campus, March 9, 1995 / by Joe Knetsch. Manatee County Public Library System
creatorOf Knetsch, Joe. Early petitions in Marion County, another source for genealogists / Joe Knetsch. Manatee County Public Library System
creatorOf Knetsch, Joe. The last ditch : the fight against statehood. Manatee County Public Library System
creatorOf Knetsch, Joe. Hardships and inconveniences of a camp life : life in the forts during the Seminole Wars. Manatee County Public Library System
creatorOf Knetsch, Joe. "Florida views the war, 1914-1916." Manatee County Public Library System
creatorOf Knetsch, Joe. Joe Knetsch collection, 1992-2008. University of South Florida, USF Library
creatorOf Knetsch, Joe. Florida statehood revisited. Manatee County Public Library System
creatorOf Knetsch, Joe. Manatee first settlers : [address given to meeting of the Manatee County Historical Society] / Joe Knetsch. Manatee County Public Library System
creatorOf Knetsch, Joe. Floating to freedom / by Joe Knetsch for the Micanopy Historical Society. Manatee County Public Library System
creatorOf Knetsch, Joe. Colonel Sam Reid : the founding of the Manatee Colony and surveying the Manatee country, 1841-1847. Manatee County Public Library System
creatorOf Knetsch, Joe. Using the public petitions to research the family past / by Joe Knetsch, Bureau of Survey and Mapping, Florida Department of Environmental Protection for Southern Genealogist's Exchange Society of Jacksonville, Florida. Manatee County Public Library System
creatorOf Knetsch, Joe. Librarians and historians in the search for a usable Florida history. Manatee County Public Library System
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith Disston family. family
associatedWith Disston, Hamilton, 1844-1896. person
associatedWith Flagler, Henry Morrison, 1819-1913. person
associatedWith Florida. corporateBody
associatedWith Florida. Dept. of Environmental Protection. Bureau of Survey and Mapping. corporateBody
associatedWith Florida East Coast Railroad. corporateBody
associatedWith Manatee County Historical Society (Manatee County, Fla.) corporateBody
associatedWith Micanopy Historical Society (Fla.) corporateBody
associatedWith Reid, Sam. person
associatedWith Southern Genealogist's Exchange Society (Jacksonville, Fla.) corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Army corporateBody
associatedWith Westcott, John. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Manatee County (Fla.)
Florida
Florida--Manatee County
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida--Marion County
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Southern States
Florida
Marion County (Fla.)
Manatee County (Fla.)
Florida
Florida
Florida
Manatee County (Fla.)
Subject
Slavery
Slavery
African Americans
Drainage
Justices of the peace
Land settlement
Newspapers
Peonage
Railroads
Roads
Seminole Indians
Seminole War, 3rd, 1855-1858
Surveying
Surveyors
Surveyors
Underground railroad
World War, 1914-1918
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Person

Active 1992

Active 2008

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