Posts Tagged Kissimmee Florida

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Swampy’s Florida Postcards – Monument of States in Kissimmee, circa 1950.

by on May 12, 2022 at 6:00 am
Posted In: Florida Amusement Spots, Florida Architecture, Florida Arts, Florida Parks, Florida Postcards

Here’s a postcard from around 1950 of the Monument of States in Kissimmee, that is still there today along the shore of Lake Tohopekaliga. Charles Pettis conjured the idea of a statue of rocks of each state as a monument[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Swampy’s #Florida Train Stops: Kissimmee, late 1890s.

by on December 13, 2019 at 6:49 pm
Posted In: Swampy's Florida History

The Kissimmee Masonic Lodge members and those associated await a train for a trip in the 1890s. These days the Masonic Lodges, and so many more organizations, have a far smaller congregation. People are spending more time entertaining themselves than[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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