Here’s the Atlantic Coast Line train depot in Bartow in the early 1900s. This photo is from ‘Yesterday’s Florida’ by Nixon Smiley. You can purchase a copy by clicking here: https://amzn.to/4eWuopm This book is aprt of the Swampy’s Florida colelction.[…]↓ 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…
In Downtown Bartow, Mrs. Gladys Dubose demonstrates a new portable pay phone. The Peninsular Telephone Co. phone was developed right in Bartow in 1949 by Bartow Exchange Manager Nye Jordan. It was intended to be used at events like fairs[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…