Lake Wales Collection

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Title

Alternative Title

Lake Wales Collection

Subject

Lake Wales (Fla.)

Description

Collection of digital images, documents, and other records depicting the history of Lake Wales, Florida. Series descriptions are based on special topics, the majority of which students focused their metadata entries around.

The land around present-day Lake Wales was first surveyed by Sidney Irving Wailes in 1879. Wailes changed the name of the area's major lake, then called Watts Lake, to Lake Wailes. The area was used by settlers for the turpentine, lumber, grapefruit, and orange industries.

Around 1911-1912, the City of Lake Wales was established by the Lake Wales Land Company. The town was officially incorporated in 1917 and the City of Lake Wales was granted a municipal charter in 1921. In 1925, the Atlantic Coast Line (ACL) Railroad Company constructed a railroad line joining Haines City to Everglades City, with a depot located in Lake Wales.

Contributor

Moore, R.

Is Part Of

Polk County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

Language

eng

Type

Collection

Coverage

Lake Wales, Florida

Bok Tower Gardens, Lake Wales, Florida

Curator

Cepero, Laura

Digital Collection

RICHES MI

External Reference

"About Lake Wales." City of Lake Wales. http://www.cityoflakewales.com/.

Privett, Jan. Lake Wales. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Pub, 2010.

Collection Items

Pinewood Estate at Bok Tower Gardens

The Pinewood Estate at Bok Tower Gardens, located at 1151 Tower Boulevard in Lake Wales, Florida. The Pinewood Estate is a mansion that was constructed for Charles Austin Buck, the vice president of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation. In 1929, William…

First Lady Grace Coolidge Dedication Marker at Bok Tower Gardens

The dedication marker for a palm tree planted by First Lady Grace Coolidge (1879-1957), the wife of President Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933), on February 1, 1929, at Bok Tower Gardens, located at 1151 Tower Boulevard in Lake Wales, Florida. These images…