Sebring
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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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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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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 […]
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Pioneer Justice: How to make a thief talk
John Collier, Jr. knew he had found the thief. Now he just had to extract the truth from Perry Sellers. […]
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The Great Hot Springs of Sebring
A town still in its infancy bursts with excitement over a natural wonder found in the heart of downtown! “Eureka!” we […]
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Lorida, Florida: Origins of a Cracker Town
Many towns in Florida were started by skilled real estate developers with capitalistic dreams of striking it rich, not Lorida. […]
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Sebring and Avon Park Battle for County Seat
When the Florida legislature formed Highlands County from DeSoto County in 1921, it kicked off a heated campaign to decide […]