Here’s a banking bag of Fruit Industries in Bradenton. Fruit Industries was started by Anthony Rossi and was the precursor of Tropicana, now owned by Pepsico, Inc.
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Here’s Swampy along Falling Creek in Falling Creek Falls Park. The park is in Columbia County in North Florida. The park is 204 acres and includes one of Florida’s few waterfalls. Click here for more information about Falling Creek Falls[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
On the Swampy Facebook page Peter Updike wanted to share this photo and the information below. Thought we would share it here, too. – ‘I thought the good folks at Swampy’s Florida might enjoy seeing this cypress stump located at[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy took The Historic Jungle Trail last week in Indian River County. Swampy took the trail from the entrance at the Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge and headed south. The Pelican Island refuge is the first designated in the United[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is a terrific image of Jupiter Florida! I’ve not seen one at this angle before! You can really see how the two sides once connected. Looks almost like a puzzle piece is missing. 🙂 You can spot the lighthouse[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Tuesday Ads: Tommy Bartlett’s Deer Ranch, Silver Springs.
on June 12, 2012
at 1:06 pm
Tommy Bartlett’s Deer Ranch was a fixture next to Silver Springs from the early 1960’s to the early 1970’s. The focus was deer and, of all things, Santa Claus. A tourist could feed deer and visit the South Pole at[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s #Florida Postcards : Wayside Park, Pensacola – 1952
on February 1, 2012
at 12:20 pm
Here’s a 1952 postmarked postcard of a rest area in Pensacola. It’s still there! Click here to see the east side park and here for the west side park.
 Swampy made his way into Orange County and found the Santa standing guard outside the Park Plaza Gardens on Park Avenue in Winter Park.    Here’s a gigantic Christmas tree in Central Park on Park Avenue in Winter[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Travels: Marshall Hampton Reserve, near Lakeland.
on October 7, 2011
at 3:03 am
Swampy visited Polk County’s newest park last weekend, Marshall Hampton Reserve along Lake Hancock near Lakeland and the Circle B Bar Reserve. Riding the newly built trails Bob and Lee Julius encounter the elusive Swampy. Bob’s very happy to have[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Travels: Finds the entrance of the Upper Hillsborough park land in Pasco County.
on September 26, 2011
at 12:58 pm
Swampy found the main entrance to the Upper Hillsborough tract just east of Zephyrhills in Pasco County on County Road 54. Click here to learn more of all you can do on this tract of the Southwest Florida Management District.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…