The lost impact of streetcar lines on Riverside

Largely viewed as a city built for the automobile, things were not always this way in Jacksonville. Eight decades have passed since buses replaced streetcars as the city's primary mode of public transportation. As time has moved on, the idea of a sunbelt city being built and developed to accommodate the automobile has become common amongst its population. However, the reality of Jacksonville's situation is that for much of first century of its development, the autombile was not a dominant mode of travel.

<h1>John Noble Cummings Stockton: The Forgotten Father of Riverside?</h1>

John Noble Cummings Stockton’s extension of the Riverside car line to serve his development of Ortega helped usher in denser development throughout Riverside. (</a>)

John Noble Cummings Stockton, reared in Quincy, FL; at 12 moved to Jacksonville, FL in which city he has continually resided since that time. educated in schools of FL. at 14 became clerk in a store. During the yellow fever epidemic of 1888, he rendered great service to the citizens of Jacksonville.; democrat and cadidate for US Senator in 1910.*Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of The 19th Century; Stockton, John N.C., Legislator, banker, was born in c. 1860 in Gadsden Co, FL. For many years he has been the president of the National Bank of Tampa, and the National Bank of Florida. In 1897 he served with distinction as a member of the Flordia state legislature. *Florida Past, Present and Future Vol 2 Biographical, George M. Chapin, S. J. Clark Publ Co., Chicago, Ill. , 1914, Page: 195; After his father's death, when he was twelve years old, the Stocktons moved to Jacksonville. ...Entering the employ of D. G. Ambler as bookkeeper in 1878, he was at the end of five years admitted to partnership under the firm name of Ambler, Marvin & Stockton. In 1885 he helped organize the National Bank of the State of Florida and was chosen cashier. ...He organized the First National Bank of Tampa in 1887...Headed the Ortega Company which platted and developed Ortega in 1906.Active in politics. Duval County Commission, delegate to many conventions, Elected to the state legislature from Duval County in 1896. One of the first to offer a resolution asking for state primary elections. Active episcopalian, very closely connected with the building of St. Andrews Church in Jacksonville.

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