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Long Florida trip letter from Esta Bever to Ura Shoat
Mrs. Esta Bever writes from Daytona Florida to Miss Ura Shoat about wintering in Daytona Beach and surrounding areas. She describes the Shell Road Halifax River and ocean views 15 miles downriver, a 150 acre orange grove, palm trees magnolias live oaks with Spanish moss, and visits with local residents including Daisy Myers Sanders Manley Booe Zeb Bone and the Curtis family. The note covers travel by boat and train ending with reflections on Northerners vs Crackers and a wish to return home.
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Esta Bever
Ura Shoat
Wallace
Daytona
Fla
Ura
Loreta
Florida
Shell Road
Halifax
Daytona Beach
New Summa
Daisy Myers Sanders
Manley Bone
Zeb Bone
Manley Booe
Zeb
Dupont, Fla
Dupont
Manley