Highlands County
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Reed’s Motel and its Diving Lady
In 1957, W. L. and Ruth Bennett constructed a roadside hotel on US Highway 27 in Avon Park. They called […]
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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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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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Avon Park City Council Throws Out All Black Votes in 1951 Election
The good old boy system of Avon Park was shaken to its core in 1949. That September, five out of […]
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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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Tom the Turkey of Pabor Lake
Every town needs a mascot. In the Pabor Lake, it was a friendly fowl who narrowly evaded becoming Thanksgiving dinner. […]
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What happened at N*****town Knoll?
Until the 1990s, this offensively named settlement appeared on Florida maps, but its origins were lost. Until now. Warning: Be advised […]