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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1951
Page
8
On a rural highway in Ocala Forest a huge rattlesnake attracted onlookers as two cars collided radiator to radiator. A man and a woman were injured, a child cried, and emergency crews arrived to transport the wounded to hospital as the forest rattlesnake earned its grim vengeance.
The Lake County Chamber of Commerce releases a history of how towns like Lady Lake Fiddle Lake Mount Dora Eustis and others received their names. Fiddle Lake arose from a cargo of fiddles dumped into the lake during a hot ordeal. Lady Lake stems from an Indian observation of a white woman ghost. Mount Dora honors Dora Drawdy. Grand Island and other locales trace roots to local events languages and settlers. The piece links Yalaha Okahumpka Sorrento Ta vares and Leesburg to Native terms Spanish words and notable pioneers including Col Frank Harris and Colonel Eustis, noting past county seat and Florida Southern College ties.
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