Title -- p.2 Front matter -- p.3 Table of Contents -- p.5 Copyright -- p.6 Chapter I: First settlers -- p.7 Chapter II: Federal attack on Big Bayou and exodus of settlers. -- p.9 Chapter III: From the close of the Civil War to the founding of St. Petersburg -- p.16 Chapter IV: Old fort at Big Bayou -- p.50 Chapter V: Early business centers - Pinellas Village and Disston City -- p.70 Chapter VI: Arrival of Orange Belt Railroad and birth of St. Petersburg & Conclusion -- p.78