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  • Brick Highways of Orlando: The Fading of Highway 22

    Brick Highways of Orlando: The Fading of Highway 22

    April 9, 2016
    Ocoee, Orange County

    During the 1910s and 1920s, brick roads connecting towns throughout Florida were all the rage. The few remaining today are […]

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  • The Marvelous Wooden Railroad

    The Marvelous Wooden Railroad

    March 24, 2016
    Avon Park, Highlands County

    John C. Burleigh needed a steam engine for his sprawling sawmill in Avon Park, and nothing would stop him! Imagine […]

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  • The Lost Colony of Pabor Lake

    The Lost Colony of Pabor Lake

    March 22, 2016
    Avon Park, Highlands County

    Most people interested in the history of Highlands County have heard about the involvement Melvil Dewey (of Dewey Decimal System […]

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  • Ocoee On Fire: The 1920 Election Day Massacre

    Ocoee On Fire: The 1920 Election Day Massacre

    November 23, 2014
    Ocoee, Orange County

    A quiet Florida citrus town became the scene of a gruesome racial cleansing that purged the black population for over […]

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Jason Byrne

This site is created and maintained by Jason Byrne. He is a software executive by day, and an amateur historian and writer by night. He majored in journalism and minored in history at Florida Southern College.

Jason was raised in Highlands County, went to college in Polk County, lived for a time in Orange County, and now resides in Seminole County. Central Florida native through and through!

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