This undated postcard is of a turpentine operation somewhere along the St. Johns River. Most camps were no where near this fancy. This is really more a loading and unloading area to ship the sap collected. Note the dugout canoe.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This mastodon sculpture was a tourist stop while traveling from Cypress Gardens and Bok Tower in the 1960s. The Phosphate Valley Exposition opened 30 miles east of Bartow on 130 acres of reclaimed phosphate lands. The sculpture was to be[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The rail yard in Dunnellon in 1906 was a hopping place as phosphate was a booming business at the time. Phosphate and rock was moved out of the bustling industrial community to nearby Rockwell and Inglis to prepare for use[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Above is part of Swampy’s Florida record album collection, Glenn W. Turner’s “You Can Better Your Best”. Glenn W. Turner based his motivational speaking, ‘Dare to be Great’, & product business in Florida as it and he became huge celebrities[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…