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Murder at Maison & Jardin and Sleepy Hill Farm in Altamonte Springs
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
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
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
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
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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Maitland overpass marks the old town of Mayo
Hidden under the busy flyover intersection of Maitland Boulevard and US 17-92 are the reminders of a small town that […]
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Forest City, Florida – Plat Map from 1883
Here is the Forest City plat, filed with Orange County in 1883. I’ve overlayed 2023 landmarks on it to give […]
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Early Population of Highlands County
Highlands County Population Year Total White Black Hispanic Native Asian Other 1880 1885 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 9,193 6,511 […]
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1890 Property Map of Lake Brantley area
Lake Brantley and Hunt Club area. This 1890 Orange County tax role map shows the property owners overlayed on the […]
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Sanford Landmarks of the 1960s
This photo looks southward down Park Avenue from the Veteran’s Memorial Park.