Church Picnic by Bettye Reagan
Oviedo (Fla.)
Painting--Florida
Art--Southern States
Picnics
A painting created by Bettye Reagan, a local artist in Central Florida, in 1996. The painting was inspired by photograph of a Sunday school picnic at Clifton Springs located near Lake Jesup in Oviedo, Florida, on November 12, 1910. Some of the individuals appearing in the painting are J. C. Brainan, J. H. Lee, Olauc Howard-Huret, Frank Anderson, Sid Brown and his wife, H. B. McCall, and Hugh White.<br /><br />Clifton Springs was named in honor of the hometown of Dr. Henry Foster, a wealthy grower from Lake Charm in Oviedo. Originally called White's Wharf, the site marks the approximate location where John Bartram and William Bartram camped during their excursion along the St. Johns River in 1765-1766. William G. White migrated to the area in the late 1870s and built a store here in 1879. White moved his store to Orlando in the 1880s. Many Oviedo residents used the site as the location for their annual May picnics, which began in 1880. The picnics were hosted by a joint committee of the local Baptist and Methodist churches. The wharf is now known as Hiley's Fish Camp.
Reagan, Bettye Jean Aulin
Original painting: Reagan, Bettye. <em>Church Picnic</em>. 1988: Private Collection of Bettye Reagan.
Reagan, Bettye Jean Aulin
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Oviedo, Florida
Sunday School Picnic at Clifton Springs
Oviedo (Fla.)
Picnics
A Sunday school picnic at Clifton Springs located near Lake Jesup in Oviedo, Florida. Although the caption states that the photograph was likely take around 1912, the precise date has been determined to be November 12, 1910. Some of the individuals appearing in the photograph are J. C. Brainan, J. H. Lee, Olauc Howard-Huret, Frank Anderson, Sid Brown and his wife, H. B. McCall, and Hugh White.<br /><br />Clifton Springs was named in honor of the hometown of Dr. Henry Foster, a wealthy grower from Lake Charm in Oviedo. Originally called White's Wharf, the site marks the approximate location where John Bartram and William Bartram camped during their excursion along the St. Johns River in 1765-1766. William G. White migrated to the area in the late 1870s and built a store here in 1879. White moved his store to Orlando in the 1880s. Many Oviedo residents used the site as the location for their annual May picnics, which began in 1880. The picnics were hosted by a joint committee of the local Baptist and Methodist churches. The wharf is now known as Hiley's Fish Camp.
Reagan, Bettye Jean Aulin
Original black and white newspaper photograph: <em>The Seminole Outlook</em>: Private Collection of Bettye Reagan.
<em>The Seminole Outlook</em>
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Clifton Springs, Oviedo, Florida
James Hiram Lee, Sr. and Laura Agusta Barnett Lee
Oviedo (Fla.)
Husband and wife, James Hiram Lee, Sr. (1844-1920) and Laura Agusta Barnett Lee (1851-1940) sometime in the late 19th century. A veteran of the Confederate military, Lee served as an Orange County Commissioner, before Seminole County was established. The county courthouse was constructed in 1892, while Lee was chairman of the commission.<br /><br />Barnett migrated from Columbia County to Oviedo and married Lee in 1867. The couple settled near Lake Charm in the Lake Jesup community (present-day Oviedo) in 1874 and had nine children, including William "Wiley" Lee (1869-1905); John Theodore Lee (1871-1959); Mary Louise Lee (1876-1877); Annie Ethel Lee Carter; James Hiram Lee, Jr. (1890-1959); Charles Simeon Lee (1892-1991), George Lee Wheeler, and Lillian Della Lee Lawton (ca. 1883-1977).
Howard
Original 5 x 7 inch black and white photographic print by Howard: Private Collection of Vicki Clonts.
Clonts, Vicki
Bruce, Mimi
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Lake Charm, Oviedo, Florida
Citizens Bank Founded in 1946
Oviedo (Fla.)
Banks and banking--Florida
<em>The Oviedo Heritage</em>, a supplement for <em>The Oviedo Outlook</em>, published on June 30, 1977. This article chronicles the history of the Citizens Bank of Oviedo, which Originally opened on East Broadway Street on July 2, 1946. The land on which the bank sits was Originally the Bill Browning celery farm. The Citizens Bank of Oviedo took in over half a million dollars in deposits on its first day, with B. F. Wheeler as president, C. R. Clonts as vice president, and Charles Shaffer as the cashier. In 1949, the bank moved to the Memorial Building, which is located at 38 South Central Avenue. On March 25, 1974, the Citizens' Bank of Oviedo reopened at 156 Geneva Drive. The bank is now the Citizens' Bank of Florida with locations throughout Seminole County.
Neely, Larry
Original newspaper article: Neely, Larry. "Citizens Bank Founded in 1946." <em>The Oviedo Heritage</em>, June 30, 1977: <a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>, Oviedo, Florida.
<em>The Oviedo Outlook</em>
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Citizens Bank of Oviedo, Oviedo, Florida
The Oviedo Heritage '77, June 30, 1977
Oviedo (Fla.)
<em>The Oviedo Heritage</em>, a supplement for <em>The Oviedo Outlook</em>, published on June 30, 1977. <em>The Oviedo Outlook</em> was published every Thursday at 173 West Broadway Street in Oviedo, Florida. The newspaper was operated by the NPN Corporation, president and general manager Lawrence E. Neely, vice president and managing editor James "Randy" R. Noles, and secretary-treasurer and business manager Marilyn Neely. Topics discussed in various articles in this issue include the history of Oviedo, Andrew Duda and his family, the history of the Citizens Bank of Oviedo, and the life of Dr. Theodore Luqueer Mead (1852-1936).
Original 8-page newspaper supplement: <em>The Oviedo Heritage</em>, June 30, 1977: <a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>, Oviedo, Florida.
<em>The Oviedo Outlook</em>
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Oviedo, Florida
Lake Charm, Oviedo, Florida
First Baptist Church of Oviedo, Oviedo, Florida
First United Methodist Church of Oviedo, Oviedo, Florida
Wheeler Fertilizer Plant, Oviedo, Florida
Gwynn's Cafe, Oviedo, Florida
Black Hammock, Oviedo, Florida
Florida Technological University, Orlando, Florida
Oviedo Railroad Depot, Oviedo, Florida
A. Duda and Sons Celery Farm, Slavia, Florida
Citizens Bank of Oviedo, Oviedo, Florida
Mead Manor, Oviedo, Florida
Sunday School Picnic at White's Wharf
Oviedo (Fla.)
Picnics
A Sunday school picnic at White's Wharf, located near Lake Jesup in Oviedo, Florida, in 1910. Some of the individuals appearing in the photograph are J. C. Brainan, J. H. Lee, Olauc Howard-Huret, Frank Anderson, Sid Brown and his wife, H. B. McCall, and Hugh White.<br /><br />White's Wharf marks the approximate location where John Bartram and William Bartram camped during their excursion along the St. Johns River in 1765-1766. William G. White migrated to the area in the late 1870s and built a store here in 1879. White moved his store to Orlando in the 1880s. The site was also known as Clifton Springs, which is a name in honor of the hometown of Dr. Henry Foster, a wealthy grower from Lake Charm in Oviedo. Many Oviedo residents used the site as the location for their annual May picnics, which began in 1880. The picnics were hosted by a joint committee of the local Baptist and Methodist churches. The wharf is now known as Hiley's Fish Camp.
Original black and white photograph, November 12, 1910: <a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>, Oviedo, Florida.
Clonts, Thelma Lee
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White's Wharf, Oviedo, Florida