Orange County Collection

Orange County Collection

Orange County Collection

Orange County (Fla.)

Apopka (Fla.)

Christmas (Fla.)

Maitland (Fla.)

Orlando (Fla.)

Winter Garden (Fla.)

Winter Park (Fla.)

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

Mosquito County, a massive county south of St. Johns County that consisted of much of Central Florida was established in 1824. In 1845, Mosquito County was renamed Orange County when Florida earned statehood. This new county included present-day Osceola County, Seminole County, Lake County, and Volusia County. Orange County was named so for the area's major fruit crop: oranges. The area was devastated by a freeze during the winter of 1895-1896, which allowed for subsequent land speculators to initiate a land boom in Florida, with Orlando becoming a "boom town." Seminole County separated from Orange on April 25, 1913 and was named for the Seminole tribes that originally inhabited the area.

In 1926, Orange County was hit by a hurricane and then by the stock market crash and Great Depression beginning in 1929. Central Florida recovered in the late 1930s and experienced steady growth until 1967. In 1971, Walt Disney World was completed, signaling the beginning of the transformation of the Greater Orlando area into one of the world's major tourist destinations. The citrus industry in the county peaked in the early 1970s, but many groves were destroyed by several freezes during the early 1980s.

Cepero, Laura Lynn

Cepero, Nancy Lynn

Cook, Thomas

Davis, Larry D., Jr.

The Maitland News Collection, Maitland Historical Museum Collection, Maitland Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

Orlando Remembered Collection, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

Downtown Orlando Information Center Collection, Orlando Remembered Collection, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

Orlando Public Library Collection, Orlando Remembered Collection, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

Orlando Regions Bank Collection, Orlando Remembered Collection, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

Winter Garden Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

Winter Garden Heritage Foundation Collection, Winter Garden Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

Up From the Ashes Collection, Winter Garden Heritage Foundation Collection, Winter Garden Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens Collection, Winter Park Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

RICHES of Central Florida.

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Orange County, Florida

Apopka, Florida

Christmas, Florida

Maitland , Florida

Orlando, Florida

Winter Garden, Florida

Winter Park, Florida

Cepero, Laura

Blackman, William Fremont. History of Orange County, Florida; Narrative and Biographical. Chuluota, Fla: Mickler House, 1973.

Howard, Clarence E. Early Settlers of Orange County, Florida: Reminiscent-Historic-Biographic Orlando, Fla: C.E. Howard, 1915.