Highlands County
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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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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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Cardinals Played in Avon Park from 1927-1929
The St. Louis Cardinals won the World Series in 1926, so it was with much excitement in Avon Park when […]
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Mary Toney was a bus driver turned six-term politician
Mary Toney was born in 1933 and moved to Sebring as a toddler. She graduated from E. O. Douglas High […]
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Lastinger Family were first to settle pioneer Lake Placid
Joshua Berrien Lastinger decided that his idea of a garden paradise was the wild lake country of southern Highlands County. […]
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Elizabeth Haines Mansion in Sebring
The Elizabeth Haines House is one of the most impressive mansions in Sebring from the Great Florida Land Boom. Haines […]