Iron Horse Chronicles Venice Rail Trail to 1910
A. B. Edwards explains how the Seaboard Airline Railroad extended from Sarasota to Venice in 1910. Mrs. Potter Palmer and Ed wards push the purchase of vast lands around Venice, aiding growth and access, with unions of local landowners donating right of way as engineers follow a Line drawn from Sarasota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Earl Aumann
Venice
A. B. Edwards
Sarasota
Paul Revere
Nokomis
Seaboard
Potter Palmer
Chicago
Edwards
Fannie F. Lowe
Ben B. Dunn
Fisherman’s Wharf
Bue
Palmers
Chicago Sunday Tribune
Sarasota Bay
Manatee River
Englewood
Lemon Bay
Palmer
Edmondson Discusses 100 Committee Growth Plan at Kiwanis
George M. Edmondson addressed Kiwanis on why the South County Committee of 100 formed to craft a local development program. He urged proactive action, urging residents not to wait for help but to count and solve problems themselves. He cited Bernard Baruch on facing daunting issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Edmondson
Kiwanis Club
South County Committee of 100
Edmondson
Bernard Baruch
Masel
County Commission
Mosel Huston Backs Sarasota Courthouse Expansion Plan
Sarasota County Commissioner Mosel Huston of Venice reiterates support for the $1.5 million courthouse expansion in Sarasota and the South County branch, while challengers push for reexamination of both projects and opponents oppose the current plan. Huston, a Democrat seeking District 5, faces Republican rivals in the November race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarasota County
Mosel Huston
Venice
Commission
Sarasota
New South County
South Venice
Huston
South County
Leslie C. Miller
Casey Key
City and SRD Agree On Utilities Relocation Plan
Venice City Council approved an agreement with the State Road Department to relocate city utilities along East Venice Avenue. The West Coast Inland Navigation District will pay to move water sewer lines fire hydrants and related facilities as part of the inland waterway project. The move follows the SRD acquiring the new right of way and the WCIND funding the relocations per a four party compromise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph H. Lord and
City of
Venice
State Road Department
East Venice Avenue
Drants
SRD
West Coast Inland Navigation District
WCIND
Venice Avenue
Tamiami Trail
Venice By-Way
Lemon Bay
Boca Grande
Anclete River
Ft. Myers
Caloosahatchie River
Jack
New Lemon Bay Bridge Opens Englewood Today
Englewood and Manasota Key celebrate the opening of the Englewood Manasota Key bridge over Lemon Bay. Barriers are down at 7 a.m. as traffic shifts from the old wooden bridge to the new 998 foot structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemon Bay Bridge
Englewood
Charles Koch
South County
Manasota Key
Englewood-Manasota Key
Lemon Bay
Wotitzky
Charlotte County
Charles Carlson
J. Wildman
C. R. Pendarvis
D. M. Nanny
New
Phil Skandaliaris
S. & S. Paint Contracting Co., Inc
Tarpon Springs
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Robert M. Wright
Bruce M. Crissy
Roy B. Graves
Glen R. Phelps
Sota
Johnson Warren
L. L. Parker
Venice Gardens Recreation Center
Gary Imhoff
Sam Dillon
David Sorg
Jeff Pender
Dennis Webrand
Michael Sorg
Venice Gardens
Bill Kelley
City
Tampa Bay
L. N. Willis
Sam Durran
R.B. Quattlebaum
H. D. Price
W. P. Langford
West Palm Beach
Cleary Brothers Construction Co
S. & S. Paint Contracting Co
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