Treasures of Nassau: Newspapermen of the Golden Age

The Fernandina Press Association recruited the accomplished George R. Fairbanks to become editor of The Florida Mirror in 1879. The Fernandina publication was conceived to bring a new kind of journalism to the industry. Photo courtesy of Amelia Island Museum of History

Fred Hoyt worked his way up in the local newspaper industry to eventually become vice president of the Times Union Printing and Publishing Company in Jacksonville. He was better known locally as the proprietor of Hoyt Grocery and Chandlery in downtown Fernandina and as founder of The First National Bank of Fernandina. Photo courtesy of Amelia Island Museum of History

The Fernandina Press Association recruited the accomplished George R. Fairbanks to become editor of The Florida Mirror in 1879. The Fernandina publication was conceived to bring a new kind of journalism to the industry. Photo courtesy of Amelia Island Museum of History

Fred Hoyt built a home at 804 Atlantic Avenue in 1905 for his wife and three sons. Pictured here in the 1920s, the house still stands and is operated as a bed-and-breakfast inn. Photo courtesy of Amelia Island Museum of History