Era of Dr. Sarah L. Robb

• 1880s - Economic Boom: cotton, citrus, phosphate. Major fires, freezes
• 1880s - First all-weather roads
• 1880s - Blacks predominant in city offices
• 1882 - Drs. Robert and Sarah Robb publish The Robb's Family Physicianin Chicago
• 1882 - The Drs. Robb arrive in Gainesville
• 1888 - Second yellow fever epidemic, 16 deaths
• 1889 - Election laws disenfranchise black voters; Jim Crow laws
• 1890s - First waterworks and electric plant, first telephones
• 1893 - Johns Hopkins University holds its first classes
• 1894 - Malaria recognized as mosquito-borne
• 1900 - Gainesville High School established
• 1900 - Open range livestock and turpentine production remain important
• 1910s - Sewer system, post office, paved streets, library in Gainesville
• 1914 - World War I begins; 1400 local men and women join military
• 1915 - Dr. W.C. Thomas graduates from Johns Hopkins

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