Port St Joe Sunset
by Ben Prepelka
Title
Port St Joe Sunset
Artist
Ben Prepelka
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Historic St. Joseph, one of Florida's largest cities in 1840, seemingly disappeared without much of a trace. While a few local legends describe its disappearance, in reality St. Joseph suffered from a flurry of punches, knocking out the town and its buildings.
Formed around one of the finest harbors on the Gulf Coast's Big Bend, St. Joseph enjoyed its initial boom years beginning in 1835 when the city was founded. In 1841 a ship arrived, bringing with it a deadly yellow fever epidemic and wiping out a large segment of the population. Luckily most of its inhabitants had fled, fearing the disease, when an 1843 hurricane struck and its tidal surge destroyed the city's buildings. Neighboring Apalachicola, where most of St. Joseph's residents ended up, survived the storm and lives on to this day.
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December 15th, 2017
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Comments (12)
Antonis Meintanis
Wonderful.... Great capture dear Ben !! very beautiful sunset colours and reflections !! 👍 👌Best Wishes !👌favvvvv👌
Jan Mulherin
Congratulations! Your outstanding artwork has been chosen as a FEATURE in the “Shadows Silhouettes and Reflections” group on Fine Art America — You are invited to post your featured image to the featured image discussion thread as a permanent place to continue to get exposure even after the image is no longer on the Home Page.
Morris Finkelstein
Stunning Florida coastal sunset with great colors, light, reflections, perspective, and composition, Ben! F/L
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
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