The baggage master of an 1887 passenger train was surprised to discover a large, hairy hitchhiker.
Bear Hops on Cedar Key Bound Train
Orange and Seminole County’s First Railroad
The legacy of that first narrow-gauge railroad from Sanford to Orlando still lives on today through SunRail. The first railroad in Seminole County was a narrow-gauge line stretching 23 miles between Sanford and Orlando. It was initiated by E. W....