Lake Placid
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Lastinger Family were first to settle pioneer Lake Placid
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The town was known as Lake Stearns between 1914 and 1927. It was renamed Lake Placid in 1927 by Melville Dewey, who sought to turn it into a winter resort community.
It is the third largest city in Highlands County.