Hicoria went from sleepy settlement to boom town overnight in 1929. Six years later, it again retreated into obscurity.
Lake Placid
Hicoria, Florida went up in smoke
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. One of the few surviving photos of Lake Placid’s first white settler, Joshua Berrien Lastinger, comes from a 1904 family reunion....
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: This article contains offensive racial slurs for historical and academic purposes. It will be kept to a minimum, but reader discretion is...