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DeSoto County Seat Moves from Pine Level to Arcadia

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April 15, 2023

County Seat, Courthouse, Elections, J. W. Whidden, Parker Brothers, W. E. Daniels

DeSoto County was split off from Manatee County in 1887. The new county included what is now Hardee, Highlands, Glades, […]
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The Parker Brothers Ranch of DeSoto County

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April 15, 2023

Arcadia Rodeo, Bright Hour Ranch, Calvin Houghland, Cattle Ranching, Parker Brothers, Parker Brothers Ranch, Pioneer Justice, Pioneers, Zeke Browning

Captain John Parker was a Seminole War veteran and former sheriff of Hillsborough County. He was the first settler east […]
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