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  • Elder Springs

    Elder Springs

    December 2, 2023
    Lake Mary, Sanford, Seminole County

    The area behind the former Flea World at the corner of 17-92 and 427 was long known as Elder Springs. […]

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  • Evans Block in Lake Mary

    Evans Block in Lake Mary

    December 2, 2023
    Lake Mary, Seminole County

    At the southeast corner of Country Club Rd and Crystal Lake Ave in Lake Mary, Frank Evans built this two-story […]

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  • Reed’s Motel and its Diving Lady

    Reed’s Motel and its Diving Lady

    November 29, 2023
    Avon Park, Highlands County

    In 1957, W. L. and Ruth Bennett constructed a roadside hotel on US Highway 27 in Avon Park. They called […]

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  • Was there really a Fort Concord?

    Was there really a Fort Concord?

    October 17, 2023
    Casselberry, Seminole County

    Oral tradition says that it was located on the northern shore of Lake Concord, essentially in the Home Depot parking […]

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  • Early Settlers of Snow Hill / Kolokee

    Early Settlers of Snow Hill / Kolokee

    June 19, 2023
    Geneva, Seminole County, Snow Hill/Kolokee

    Nestled in rural Seminole County, next to the Little Big Econ State Forest, Snow Hill’s identity hangs on by a […]

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  • Murder at Maison & Jardin and Sleepy Hill Farm in Altamonte Springs

    Murder at Maison & Jardin and Sleepy Hill Farm in Altamonte Springs

    May 20, 2023
    Altamonte Springs, Seminole County

    Robert Henry and Verna Fluent Walsh left Chicago and moved to Altamonte Springs around 1925. They purchased an estate of […]

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  • Racial Violence Threatened in 1925 Sebring

    Racial Violence Threatened in 1925 Sebring

    May 20, 2023
    Highlands County, Sebring

    Many people in Sebring today like to have rose-colored glasses about race relations in the town’s history. Inescapably, Sebring was […]

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  • Casa de Josefina: The Castle on the Ridge

    Casa de Josefina: The Castle on the Ridge

    May 17, 2023
    Highland Park, Lake Wales, Polk County

    The quaint Village of Highland Park is just south of Lake Wales on Scenic Highway 17. The hamlet is surrounded […]

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  • Flying Seminole Ranch in Oviedo

    Flying Seminole Ranch in Oviedo

    May 14, 2023
    Chuluota, Oviedo, Seminole County

    The Flying Seminole Ranch was opened east of Oviedo in 1965. Its original owners were Tom Tuck and Jerry Lindsey. […]

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  • Lorida Memories Book: June 26, 1976

    Lorida Memories Book: June 26, 1976

    May 7, 2023
    Highlands County, Lorida

    This is a small-run book that was written by a typewriter. Copies were made and hand-stapled to be distributed to […]

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