Swampy's Florida

Here is the Holopaw train station in 1940. Holopaw is a very old cattle ranching community in eastern Osceola County. It’s major intersection has been State Road 441 and U.S. 192. This station was part of the Florida East Coast Railroad that runs the entire east coast of Florida and started by Henry Flagler.

For years signs have been up helping folks locate Holopaw. Then a huge development, named  “Harmony”, came along and recently built near Holopaw. The development got the Holopaw sign moved over a mile away from it’s development closer to the 441 & 192 intersection. Soon that sign might disappear forever.

This photo is from ‘Speedway to Sunshine’ by Seth Bramson.
You can can get your copy of this history of the Florida East Coast Railway by clicking here: https://amzn.to/3dAdRXx

This book is part of the Swampy’s Florida library.