Citrus County’s Romantic Past and Bright Agricultural Future
In Citrus County, once home to Senator David Yulee and a sugar plantation, ruins of a former sugar mill remain as trees reclaim the land. The region blends old South lore with new highway expansion, rock phosphate prospects, and growing towns like Inverness, now thriving along the Tamiami Trail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Wylee
Curne County
Dudley V. Haddock
Florida State Chamber of Commerce
Homesassa
Citrus
Ounty
David Yulee
Old South
Ulee Park
Itrus County
Claudepot
Theulee Plantation
Florian
Citrus County
Gulf Coast
Florida
Cen
Hernardo
Marion
Inverness
Morat City
Brooksville
Homo
Sassa
Crystal River
Hor
Ex Buck Private Returns to France as Armistice Echoes
The narrative recalls Allied victory scenes on Armistice Day 1918 and recounts American units in Belgium and France. Ohioans of the 27th Division and 91st from the West navigate ruined towns, bridges, and markets, with Waerenghem Flanders Field cemetery home to 567 graves cared for by John Blaine of Lima.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Wanneghen Ledge
Scheldt
Eyne
Fpurne
Haven
Synghem
Spittals-Bosschen
Argonne
Flinders
Meus- Ton-Moesereen
de Viarboot
Courtrai
Heach-Pottie-Pottie
Supniyv
Willacer
Aaudenarde
Gaston Ite Gryse
Courtra
Denteophem
Wenterrhem
Werterhem
Flanders Fields
O D
Ohio
Oregon
Helpium
Waerenghem
Flanders Field
John Blaine
Lima
Blaine
Inert
Camp Pensacola West Florida grounds planned this July
Camping grounds for club boys and girls of West Florida are slated for use in late July. The Choctawhatchee bay site at Stake Point within the Florida National Forest will be developed by funds raised from West Florida residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
West Florida
Choctawhatchee Bay
Stake Point
Florida National Forest
DeSoto County A Paradise For Aviators and Farmers
The article profiles DeSoto County Florida as a wartime aviation hub with two abandoned fields near Arcadia and notes the long straight stretch of State Road No. 18 from Bradenton to Lake Annie. It highlights Arcadia’s boom, rapid growth, a motor tourist camp, and diversification into citrus cattle truck crops and fruits like Irish potatoes peppers and blackberries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeSoto County
DeSoto
Arcadia
Itt
United States
Viery
Easr
NeSoto County
Peace River
Tion
Okeechobee
Aristrom Field
Dorr Field
Uncle Sam
State Road Department
Florida
Bewine
Bradenton
Lake Annie
Okeechobee City
Indian Prairie
Tamiami Trail
Miami
Everglades
Manatee County
Manatee
Ih Seto
Develo
Sity
Tin Camera
Miskita
Seaboard Air Line
Southern Division
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Dixie County
Cross City
Dixie
Suwannee River
Levy County
Agar
Levy
South Florida
Duneller
Floral City
Preridian
France
Dernarde
The
Charlotte
Hardee
Glades
Hipslands
Ste Y Groves
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