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Dublin Core
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Title
A History of Central Florida Collection
Alternative Title
History of Central Florida Collection
Subject
Podcasts
Documentaries
Description
A History of Central Florida Podcast series explores Central Florida's history through the artifacts found in local area museums and historical societies.
Contributor
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/podcastsblog.php" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries</a>
Cassanello, Robert
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/70" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Altoona, Florida
Astor, Florida
Brevard County, Florida
Bushnell, Florida
Clermont, Florida
Cocoa Beach, Florida
Daytona Beach, Florida
DeLand, Florida
Disston City, Florida
Fort King, Florida
Geneva, Florida
Goldenrod, Florida
Groveland, Florida
Holly Hill, Florida
Hontoon Island, DeLand, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Kissimmee, Florida
Lake Apopka, Florida
Lake County, Florida
Lake Mary, Florida
Marion County, Florida
Merritt Island, Florida
Miami, Florida
Mims, Florida
Mount Dora, Florida
Newnans Lake, Gainesville, Florida
New Smyrna, Florida
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Ocala, Florida
Ocklawaha River, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Ormond Beach, Florida
Osceola County, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Silver Springs, Florida
St. Augustine, Florida
St. Cloud, Florida
St. Johns River, Florida
St. Petersburg, Florida
Tampa, Florida
Tavares, Florida
Weirsdale, Florida
Winter Garden, Florida
Winter Park, Florida
Ybor City, Tampa, Florida
Rights Holder
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES</a>
Contributing Project
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/podcastsblog.php" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/podcastsblog.php" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/podcastsblog.php" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/podcastsblog.php.
Moving Image
A series of visual representations that, when shown in succession, impart an impression of motion.
Producer
Cassanello, Robert A.
Director
Hazen, Kendra
Dublin Core
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Title
A History of Central Florida, Episode 13: Buck and Ball
Alternative Title
Buck and Ball Podcast
Subject
Seminole War, 1st, 1817-1818
Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842
Native Americans
Marion County (Fla.)
Fort King (Fla.)
Description
Episode 13 of A History of Central Florida podcasts: Buck and Ball. <span><span>A History of Central Florida Podcast series explores Central Florida's history through the artifacts found in local area museums and historical societies.</span></span> These podcasts can involve the participation or cooperation of local area partners.<br /><br />Episode 13 features a discussion of war artifacts from the Seminole Wars. This podcast also includes interviews with Dr. Andrew K. Frank of Florida State University, author John Missal, and Gary D. Ellis of the Gulf Archaeology Research Institute.
Type
Moving Image
Source
Original 12-minute and 40-second podcast by Kendra Hazen, 2014: "A History of Central Florida, Episode 13: Buck and Ball." <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/podcastsblog.php" target="_blank">A History of Central Florida</a>, Orlando, Florida.
Requires
<a href="http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/" target="_blank">Adobe Flash Player</a>
<a href="http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp" target="_blank">Java</a>
Is Part Of
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/podcastsblog.php" target="_blank">A History of Central Florida</a>, Orlando, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/137" target="_blank">A History of Central Florida Collection</a>, RICHES Podcast Documentaries Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Coverage
Fort King, Ocala, Florida
Silver River Museum and Environmental Education Center, Ocala, Florida
Creator
Hazen, Kendra
Publisher
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/podcastsblog.php" target="_blank">A History of Central Florida</a>
Contributor
Frank, Andrew K.
Missal, John
Ellis, Gary D.
Cassanello, Robert
Clarke, Bob
Ford, Chip
Gibson, Ella
Kelley, Katie
Velásquez, Daniel
Cassanello, Kathleen<a href="http://www.marion.k12.fl.us/district/srm//" target="_blank"><br /></a>
<a href="http://www.marion.k12.fl.us/district/srm//" target="_blank">Silver River Museum and Environmental Education Center</a>
<a href="http://www.floridamemory.com/" target="_blank">Florida Memory Project</a>
Date Created
ca. 2014-04-24
Format
video/mp4
Medium
12-minute and 40-second podcast
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Kendra Hazen and published by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>.
Rights Holder
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>
Accrual Method
Item Creation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/podcastsblog.php" target="_blank">A History of Central Florida</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/4553" target="_blank">A History of Central Florida, Episode 13: Buck and Ball</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/4553.
Frank, Andrew K. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/60712324" target="_blank"><em>Creeks & Southerners Biculturalism on the Early American Frontier</em></a>. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2005.
Missall, John, and Mary Lou Missall. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54005595" target="_blank"><em>The Seminole Wars: America's Longest Indian Conflict</em></a>. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2004.
Click to View (Movie, Podcast, or Website)
<a href="http://youtu.be/7uV9t9VAXxA2" target="_blank">A History of Central Florida, Episode 13: Buck and Ball</a>
Date Copyrighted
2014-04-24
Date Issued
2014-04-24
Extent
72.8 MB
A History of Central Florida
Andrew K. Frank
Billy Bolek
Billy Bowlegs
Bob Clarke
cattle
Chip Ford
Creeks
Daniel Velásquez
Ella Gibson
First Seminole War
Florida Memory Project
Fort King
Gary D. Ellis
Gulf Archaeology Research Institute
Halbutta Micco
Halpatter-Micco
Halpuda Mikko
Holata Micco
iron
John Missal
Kathleen Cassanello
Katie Kelley
Kendra Hazen
lead
Marion County
Muscogee Indians
Muscogees
musketballs
Native Americans
OCRHC
Orange County Regional History Center
Robert Cassanello
Second Seminole War
Seminole Wars
Seminoles
shots
Silver River Museum and Environmental Education Center
slavery
slaves
spalding stores
The Seminole Wars: America's Longest Indian Conflict
trading posts
U.S. Army
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https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/f066cebfce7df0932e6d72758a977fdf.pdf
f372f3eb35fc5696babfb3ea91162f48
Dublin Core
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Title
Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District Collection
Alternative Title
Seminole Soil and Water Conservation Collection
Subject
Seminole County (Fla.)
Environmental protection--Florida
Contributor
<a href="http://www.conserveseminole.org/" target="_blank">Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District</a>
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/44" target="_blank">Seminole County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Seminole County, Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.conserveseminole.org/" target="_blank">Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District</a>
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Dublin Core
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Title
Annual Report of the Board of Supervisors of the Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District, 1950
Alternative Title
Seminole Soil and Water Conservation Annual Report
Subject
Seminole County (Fla.)
Environmental protection--Florida
Description
The annual report of the Board of Supervisors of the Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District for 1950. The organization began in 1948 with a goal to assist in agricultural interests. Over the years, the Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District began to also concentrate on the development and management of recreational enterprises. Their interests also entailed inventory and evaluations for land uses and solving issues concerning soil and water resources. In this year's report, the board gives an annual review of the accomplishments of the past and a summation of the objectives for the next year.
Type
Text
Source
Original 6-page typewritten report by the Board of Supervisors of the Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District,1950: Folder SSWCD Annual Reports, 1949-1975, <a href="http://www.conserveseminole.org/" target="_blank">Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District</a>, Sanford, Florida.
Requires
<a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/reader.html" target="_blank">Adobe Acrobat Reader</a>
Is Part Of
Folder SSWCD Annual Reports, 1949-1974, <a href="http://www.conserveseminole.org/" target="_blank">Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District</a>, Sanford, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/204" target="_blank">Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original 6-page typewritten report by the Board of Supervisors of the Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District, 1950.
Coverage
Seminole County, Florida
Creator
Osborne, Homer L.
Publisher
<a href="http://www.conserveseminole.org/" target="_blank">Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District</a>
Osborne, Homer L.
Date Created
ca. 1950
Date Issued
ca. 1950
Format
application/pdf
Extent
619 KB
Medium
6-page typewritten report
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by the <a href="http://www.conserveseminole.org/" target="_blank">Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District</a> and Homer L. Osborne.
Rights Holder
This resource is not subject to copyright in the United States and there are no copyright restrictions on reproduction, derivative works, distribution, performance, or display of the work. Anyone may, without restriction under U.S. of state copyright laws:
<ul class="one_column_bullet"><li>reproduce the work in print or digital form</li>
<li>create derivative works</li>
<li>perform the work publicly</li>
<li>display the work</li>
<li>distribute copies or digitally transfer the work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending.</li>
</ul>
This resource is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only. For more information on copyright, please refer to <a href="http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?submenu=3#A1S24" target="_blank">Section 24 of the Florida Constitution</a>.
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Baker, Holly
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.conserveseminole.org/" target="_blank">Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District</a>
External Reference
Osborne, Homer L. 1950. <em>1950 Annual Report of the Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District</em>. Sanford, Florida.
C. A. Wales
cattle
celery
Central Florida Experiment Station
Chase and Company
conservation
dairy
David Powell
Donald J. Bales
drainage
farmers
farming
fertilizers
FGS
Five Points
Florida Geological Survey
H. H. Cooper, Jr.
H. James Gut
irrigation
J. W. Christie
James Weir
Les Jacobsen
Leslie A. Jacobsen
Millard S. Morgan
nematodes
nematologist
Otis E. Smith
Oviedo
Philip Westgate
R. E. Witheral
R. W. Ruprecht
Randall Chase
Robert G. Jessup
Sanford
Seminole County
Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District
Soil and Conservation Service
SSWCD
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Geological Survey
USDA
USGS
W. W. Linz
water
water control
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https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/6301356a0b653ce6e9e14df18befd1c3.pdf
85cce5a845f4c21a0cb000fba8b616ca
Dublin Core
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Title
Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District Collection
Alternative Title
Seminole Soil and Water Conservation Collection
Subject
Seminole County (Fla.)
Environmental protection--Florida
Contributor
<a href="http://www.conserveseminole.org/" target="_blank">Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District</a>
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/44" target="_blank">Seminole County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Seminole County, Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.conserveseminole.org/" target="_blank">Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District</a>
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
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Title
Annual Report of the Board of Supervisors of the Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District, 1955
Alternative Title
Seminole Soil and Water Conservation Annual Report
Subject
Seminole County (Fla.)
Environmental protection--Florida
Description
The annual report of the Board of Supervisors of the Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District for 1955. The organization began in 1948 with a goal to assist in agricultural interests. Over the years, the Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District began to also concentrate on the development and management of recreational enterprises. Their interests also entailed inventory and evaluations for land uses and solving issues concerning soil and water resources. In this year's report, the board gives an annual review of the accomplishments of the past and a summation of the objectives for the next year.
Type
Text
Source
Original 11-page typewritten report by the Board of Supervisors of the Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District,1955: Folder SSWCD Annual Reports, 1949-1975, <a href="http://www.conserveseminole.org/" target="_blank">Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District</a>, Sanford, Florida.
Requires
<a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/reader.html" target="_blank">Adobe Acrobat Reader</a>
Is Part Of
Folder SSWCD Annual Reports, 1949-1974, <a href="http://www.conserveseminole.org/" target="_blank">Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District</a>, Sanford, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/204" target="_blank">Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original 11-page typewritten report by the Board of Supervisors of the Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District, 1955.
Coverage
Seminole County, Florida
Creator
Carter, Bonner L.
Publisher
<a href="http://www.conserveseminole.org/" target="_blank">Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District</a>
Carter, Bonner L.
Date Created
ca. 1955
Date Issued
ca. 1955
Format
application/pdf
Extent
1.25 MB
Medium
6-page typewritten report
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by the <a href="http://www.conserveseminole.org/" target="_blank">Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District</a> and Bonner L. Carter.
Rights Holder
This resource is not subject to copyright in the United States and there are no copyright restrictions on reproduction, derivative works, distribution, performance, or display of the work. Anyone may, without restriction under U.S. of state copyright laws:
<ul class="one_column_bullet"><li>reproduce the work in print or digital form</li>
<li>create derivative works</li>
<li>perform the work publicly</li>
<li>display the work</li>
<li>distribute copies or digitally transfer the work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending.</li>
</ul>
This resource is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only. For more information on copyright, please refer to <a href="http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?submenu=3#A1S24" target="_blank">Section 24 of the Florida Constitution</a>.
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Baker, Holly
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.conserveseminole.org/" target="_blank">Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District</a>
External Reference
Carter, Bonner L. 1955. <em>1955 Annual Report of the Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District</em>. Sanford, Florida.
agriculture
artesian wells
beef
birds
Bonner L. Carter
C. A. Wales
cattle
Central Florida Experiment Station
citrus
conservation
dairy
drainage
Elbert Cammack
Elbert Cammack, The Farm Forester
farmers
farming
FFS
fire control
fires
Florida Forest Service
Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission
GFC
Henry Wight
irrigation
lespedeza
milk
Ralph Hammond
Sanford
Seminole County
Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District
silage
Soil and Conservation Service
SSWCD
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
W. B. West
W. W. Linz
water control
water levels
Wells
wildlife
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https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/647d9459b1540e3dca50d138f5485072.pdf
f448ccb94c4fd1f685a7b923213df831
Dublin Core
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Title
Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District Collection
Alternative Title
Seminole Soil and Water Conservation Collection
Subject
Seminole County (Fla.)
Environmental protection--Florida
Contributor
<a href="http://www.conserveseminole.org/" target="_blank">Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District</a>
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/44" target="_blank">Seminole County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Seminole County, Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.conserveseminole.org/" target="_blank">Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District</a>
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
Annual Report of the Board of Supervisors of the Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District, 1956
Alternative Title
Seminole Soil and Water Conservation Annual Report
Subject
Seminole County (Fla.)
Environmental protection--Florida
Description
The annual report of the Board of Supervisors of the Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District for 1956. The organization began in 1948 with a goal to assist in agricultural interests. Over the years, the Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District began to also concentrate on the development and management of recreational enterprises. Their interests also entailed inventory and evaluations for land uses and solving issues concerning soil and water resources. In this year's report, the board gives an annual review of the accomplishments of the past and a summation of the objectives for the next year.
Type
Text
Source
Original 13-page typewritten report by the Board of Supervisors of the Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District,1956: Folder SSWCD Annual Reports, 1949-1975, <a href="http://www.conserveseminole.org/" target="_blank">Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District</a>, Sanford, Florida.
Requires
<a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/reader.html" target="_blank">Adobe Acrobat Reader</a>
Is Part Of
Folder SSWCD Annual Reports, 1949-1974, <a href="http://www.conserveseminole.org/" target="_blank">Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District</a>, Sanford, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/204" target="_blank">Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original 13-page typewritten report by the Board of Supervisors of the Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District, 1956.
Coverage
Seminole County, Florida
Creator
crea
Publisher
<a href="http://www.conserveseminole.org/" target="_blank">Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District</a>
Carter, Bonner L.
Date Created
ca. 1956
Date Issued
ca. 1956
Format
application/pdf
Extent
1.43 MB
Medium
6-page typewritten report
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by the <a href="http://www.conserveseminole.org/" target="_blank">Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District</a> and Bonner L. Carter.
Rights Holder
This resource is not subject to copyright in the United States and there are no copyright restrictions on reproduction, derivative works, distribution, performance, or display of the work. Anyone may, without restriction under U.S. of state copyright laws:
<ul class="one_column_bullet"><li>reproduce the work in print or digital form</li>
<li>create derivative works</li>
<li>perform the work publicly</li>
<li>display the work</li>
<li>distribute copies or digitally transfer the work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending.</li>
</ul>
This resource is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only. For more information on copyright, please refer to <a href="http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?submenu=3#A1S24" target="_blank">Section 24 of the Florida Constitution</a>.
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Baker, Holly
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.conserveseminole.org/" target="_blank">Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District</a>
External Reference
Carter, Bonner L. 1956. <em>1956 Annual Report of the Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District</em>. Sanford, Florida.
Bahia grass
Bahia grasses
beef
Bonner L. Carter
C. A. Wales
C. H. Galloway
cattle
cattle ranching
Cecil Tucker II
chlorides
citrus
conservation
dairy
Econlockhatchee
Econlockhatchee River
farm drainage
farming
fertilizers
FFS
fire control
fires
fishing
Florida Forest Service
flowing wells
Frank Russell
game fishing
Hairy Indigo
Henry Wight
Hubam clovers
Huban clovers
irrigation
Jack Barraclough
milk
nitrogen
oats
partridge peas
pollution
rainfall
Ralph Hammond
ranching
recreation
rotational system
rye
Sanford
Seminole County
Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District
Soil and Conservation Service
SSWCD
timber
timber management
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Geological Survey
USDA
USGS
W. W. Linz
water control
wildlife preservation
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Dublin Core
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Title
Lucile Campbell Collection
Alternative Title
Campbell Collection
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Teachers--Florida
Educators--Florida
Description
This collection features postcards kept by Lucile Campbell, a schoolteacher in Sanford, Florida, for 30 years. Campbell collected postcards from her travels around the world and used them as teaching aids in her classrooms. In 1931, she took advantage of a special rate for teachers and sailed to Europe, where she traveled for several months and is thought to have acquired many of these postcards.
Contributor
Campbell, Lucille
<a href="http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">UCF Public History Center/Student Museum</a>
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Sanford, Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Raffel, Sara
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">UCF Public History Center/Student Museum</a>
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
1 black and white photographic postcard
Physical Dimensions
3 x 5 inches
Dublin Core
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Title
Branding Calves on the C. C. Ranch Postcard
Alternative Title
Branding Calves on the C. C. Ranch Postcard
Subject
Cattle--United States
Ranches--United States
Description
A postcard showing ranchers branding calves in Adamana, Arizona. Now a ghost town with only four inhabited buildings, Adamana was once home to 30 families, and had a hotel until 1965 and a post office until 1969. It was known as the "Gateway to the Petrified Forest" because the Santa Fe Railroad stopped at the hotel and passengers stayed the night before continuing into the forest.<br /><br />This postcard is part of a collection of postcards kept by Lucile Campbell, a schoolteacher in Sanford, Florida, for 30 years. In 1931, she took advantage of a special rate for teachers and sailed to Europe, where she traveled for several months and is thought to have acquired many of these postcards. During the 1940-1941 school year, Campbell taught at Sanford Grammar School. Before her retirement in 1970, she taught at many other area schools, including the Oviedo School, Westside Grammar School, and Pinecrest Elementary School. Campbell used these postcards as aids in her classrooms to teach advanced subjects, such as Shakespearean drama. The collection, along with her other teaching aids, papers, and photographs, was later found at Sanford Grammar School after it became the University of Central Florida's Public History Center. Campbell's postcard collection and photographs provide insight into the life of a respected Florida educator.
Type
Still Image
Source
Original 3 x 5 inch black and white postcard: ACC# SM-00-243, file folder 1 (U.S. blanks), box 10A, Lucile (Mary Lucile) Campbell Collection, <a href="http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">UCF Public History Center</a>, Sanford, Florida.
Is Part Of
File folder 1 (U.S. blanks), box 10A, Lucile (Mary Lucile) Campbell Collection, <a href="http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">UCF Public History Center</a>, Sanford, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/151" target="_blank">Lucile Campbell Collection</a>, Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original 3 x 5 inch black and white postcard.
Coverage
Adamana, Arizona
Contributor
Campbell, Lucile
Date Created
ca. 1896-1969
Date Copyrighted
ca. 1896-1969
Format
image/jpg
Extent
151 KB
Medium
3 x 5 inch black and white postcard
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Geography Teacher
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">UCF Public History Center</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
Aphasia Project
Curator
Raffel, Sara
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">UCF Public History Center/Student Museum</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/az/adamana.html" target="_blank">Adamana</a>." Ghost Towns. http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/az/adamana.html.
Adamana, Arizona
bovines
branding
calf
calves
cattle
ranch
ranches
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Title
Florida Historical Quarterly Podcasts Collection
Alternative Title
FHQ Podcast Collection
Description
The <em>Florida Historical Quarterly </em>is the academic journal published four times per year by the Florida Historical Society in cooperation with the Department of History at the University of Central Florida. Each issue features peer-reviewed articles focusing on a wide variety of topics related to Florida history.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="https://myfloridahistory.org/quarterly" target="_blank"><em>The Florida Historical Quarterly</em></a>
Curator
Burke, Mike
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="https://myfloridahistory.org/default" target="_blank">Florida Historical Society</a>
External Reference
"<a href="https://myfloridahistory.org/quarterly" target="_blank">Florida Historical Quarterly</a>." Florida Historical Society. https://myfloridahistory.org/quarterly.
"<a href="http://fhq.cah.ucf.edu" target="_blank">The Florida Historical Quarterly</a>." College of Arts and Humanities, University of Central Florida. http://fhq.cah.ucf.edu.
Sound/Podcast
A resource whose content is primarily intended to be rendered as audio.
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Title
Florida Historical Quarterly, Episode 24: Vol. 93, No. 3, Winter 2015
Alternative Title
Florida Historical Quarterly, Ep. 24
Subject
St. Augustine (Fla.)
Crime--Florida
Governors--Florida
Colonialism
American Revolution, 1775-1783
Description
This episode features an interview with Dr. Sherry Johnson, who was the guest editor of the Special Issue of <em>The Florida Historical Quarterly</em> that examines the Eighteenth-century Florida. This is the third of a six-part special issue that will examine the Quincentennial of Ponce De Leon's first visit to Florida.
Type
Sound
Source
Original 34-minute audio podcast by Daniel S. Murphree, 2015: <a href="https://myfloridahistory.org/quarterly" target="_blank"><em>The Florida Historical Quarterly</em></a>, Florida Historical Society, Cocoa, Florida.
Requires
Multimedia software, such as <a href="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/" target="_blank"> QuickTime</a>.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://myfloridahistory.org/quarterly" target="_blank"><em>The Florida Historical Quarterly</em></a>, Florida Historical Society, Cocoa, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/184" target="_blank">Florida Historical Quarterly Podcast Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Coverage
British East Florida
St. Augustine, Florida
Creator
Murphree, Daniel S.
Publisher
<a href="https://myfloridahistory.org/quarterly" target="_blank"><em>The Florida Historical Quarterly</em></a>
Contributor
Johnson, Sherry
<a href="https://myfloridahistory.org/default" target="_blank">Florida Historical Society</a>
<a href="http://history.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">University of Central Florida, Department of History</a>
Date Created
2015
Date Issued
2015
Date Copyrighted
2015
Format
audio/mp3
Extent
62.2 MB
Medium
34-minute audio podcast
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Daniel S. Murphree and published by the <a href="https://myfloridahistory.org/quarterly" target="_blank"><em>The Florida Historical Quarterly</em></a>.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="https://myfloridahistory.org/default" target="_blank">Florida Historical Society</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
<a href="https://myfloridahistory.org/quarterly" target="_blank"><em>The Florida Historical Quarterly</em></a>
Curator
Burke, Mike
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="https://myfloridahistory.org/default" target="_blank">Florida Historical Society</a>
External Reference
Johnson, Sherry. "The Historiography of Eighteenth-Century Florida." <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/69023195" target="_blank"><em>The Florida Historical Quarterly</em></a>. 93, no. 3 (Winter 2014): 296-326.
Schwartz, Susan. "James Grant, British East Florida, and the Impending Imperial Crisis, 1764-1771." <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/69023195" target="_blank"><em>The Florida Historical Quarterly</em></a>. 93, no. 3 (Winter 2014): 327-353.
Meide, Chuck. "'Cast Away off the Bar': The Archaeological Investigation of British Period Shipwrecks in St. Augustine." <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/69023195" target="_blank"><em>The Florida Historical Quarterly</em></a>. 93, no. 3 (Winter 2014): 354-386.
Smith, Roger. "The Failure of Great Britain’s 'Southern Expedition' of 1776: Revisiting Southern Campaigns in the Early Years of the American Revolution, 1775-1779." <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/69023195" target="_blank"><em>The Florida Historical Quarterly</em></a>. 93, no. 3 (Winter 2014): 387-414.
Cusick, James "Slanders and Sodomy: Studying the Past through Colonial Crime Investigation." <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/69023195" target="_blank"><em>The Florida Historical Quarterly</em></a>. 93, no. 3 (Winter 2014): 415-445.
Boucher, Diane. "Mayhem and Murder in the East Florida Frontier, 1783 to 1789." <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/69023195" target="_blank"><em>The Florida Historical Quarterly</em></a>. 93, no. 3 (Winter 2014): 446-471.
Harman, Joyce Elizabeth. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/124193" target="_blank"><em>Trade and Privateering in Spanish Florida, 1732-1763</em></a>. St. Augustine, Fla: St. Augustine Historical Society, 1969.
Click to View (Movie, Podcast, or Website)
<a href="https://youtu.be/sBZ8z8GA-HY" target="_blank">Episode 24: Vol. 93, No. 3, Winter 2015</a>
adaptation
American Revolution
American Revolutionary War
Atlantic World
British East Florida
British Florida
Carlos Antonio Pascual Francisco Javier Juan Nepomuceno José Januario Serafín Diego
Carlos Howard
cattle
Charles III of Spain
Charles IV of Spain
Charles V of Sicily
Charles VII of Naples
Chuck Meide
Citizen Genet
citrus
colonial
colonialism
colonists
colonization
crimes
criminal investigations
Cuban exiles
Daniel S. Murphree
defendants
deviants
Edmond-Charles Genêt
Enlightenment
Enrique White
Ferdinand the Learned
Ferdinand VI of Spain
FHQ
Florida Historical Quarterly
French and Indian War
frontiers
Gálvez clan
geography
Henry O'Neil
historical archaeology
imperialism
imperialists
James Grant
James Grant, Laird of Ballindalloch
Joyce Elizabeth Harman
Juan Nepomuceno de Quesada
Juan Nepomuceno de Quesada y Barnuevo Arrocha
merchants
murders
Patriot War
politics
prosecution
Roman Catholics
Second Spanish Period
Seven Years' War
Sherry Johnson
shipwrecks
slanders
sodomy
Southern Expedition
Spanish America
Spanish Court
Spanish Monarchy
Spanish sovereignty
St. Augustine
Susan Schwartz
trade
Vicente Manuel de Céspedes
Vicente Manuel de Zéspedes
violence
War of Jenkins' Ear
War of the Spanish Succession
West Florida
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Title
Thomas Cook Collection
Alternative Title
Cook Collection
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Orange County (Fla.)
Longwood (Fla.)
Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
Lake Wales (Fla.)
Silver Springs (Fla.)
Weeki Wachee (Fla.)
Winter Haven (Fla.)
Osceola County (Fla.)
Winter Park (Fla.)
Description
Collection of digital images, postcards, documents, and other records from the private collection of Thomas Cook. Series descriptions are based on special topics, the majority of which students focused their metadata entries around.
Contributor
Cook, Thomas
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Cape Canaveral, Florida
Lake Wales, Florida
Longwood, Florida
Orange County, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Osceola County, Florida
Winter Haven, Florida
Winter Park, Florida
Rights Holder
All items in the <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/102" target="_blank">Thomas Cook Collection</a> are provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<p><a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a></p>
Source Repository
Private Collection of Thomas Cook
Has Part
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/103" target="_blank">Postcard Collection</a>, Thomas Cook Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
External Reference
<span>Antequino, Stephanie Gaub, and Tana Mosier Porter. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/783150094" target="_blank"><em>Lost Orlando</em></a></span><span> Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Pub, 2012.</span>
"<a href="http://sanfordhistory.tripod.com/Links/wtour.pdf">Downtown Orlando Historic District Walking Tour</a>." City of Orlando. http://sanfordhistory.tripod.com/Links/wtour.pdf.
<span>Rajtar, Steve. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70911136" target="_blank"><em>A Guide to Historic Orlando</em></a></span><span>. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2006.</span>
<span>Osborne, Ray. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/253374549" target="_blank"><em>Cape Canaveral</em></a></span><span>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub, 2008.</span>
<span>Smith, Margaret. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51888803" target="_blank"><em>The Edward Bok Legacy: A History of Bok Tower Gardens: The First Fifty Years</em></a></span><span>. Lake Wales, Fla: Bok Tower Gardens Foundation, 2002.</span>
<span>Pelland, Maryan, and Dan Pelland. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/67516850" target="_blank"><em>Weeki Wachee Springs</em></a><span>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2005.</span>
<span>Flekke, Mary M., Sarah E. MacDonald, and Randall M. MacDonald. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/85451307" target="_blank"><em>Cypress Gardens</em></a></span><span>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2006.</span>
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
1 color digital image
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Title
Headstone for Aaron David Jernigan at Lake Hill Cemetery
Alternative Title
Jernigan Headstone at Lake Hill Cemetery
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Cemeteries--Florida
Militias
Gravestones
Tombstones
Florida. Legislature. House of Representatives
Description
The headstone of Aaron David Jernigan (1813- 1891) at Lake Hill Cemetery, located at 5950 Old Winter Garden Road in Orlando, Florida, in 2001. He was born to Aaron Jernigan and Martha Patsey Deas Jernigan in Camden County, Georgia. The Jernigans are descendants of Sir Thomas Jernigan, an English immigrant to Virginia. Aaron David Jernigan lived for several years in Tallahassee before moving to Orange County with his wife, Mary Ann Hogan Jernigan, in 1843. The couple settled on the shore of Lake Holden, where they raised cattle. Jernigan also planted various crops on a plot near Lake Conway. Additionally, he served as the captain of the Florida Mounted Militia, which guarded against attacks by Seminole Indians. In 1846, Jernigan was elected as an Orange County state house representative in the Florida Legislature. He and his wife had three children: Aaron David Jernigan, Martha Jernigan Tyler, and Andrew Jackson Jernigan. Although the area is now called Orlando, the town was originally named Jernigan until 1857. Jernigan died in 1891.
Creator
Cook, Thomas
Source
Original color image by Thomas Cook, 2001: Private Collection of Thomas Cook.
Publisher
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>
Date Created
2001
Contributor
Cook, Thomas
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/102" target="_blank">Thomas Cook Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Format
image/jpg
Extent
272 KB
Medium
1 color digital image
Language
eng
Type
Still Image
Coverage
Camden County, Georgia
Tallahassee, Florida
Lake Holden, Orlando, Florida
Lake Conway, Belle Isle, Orlando, Florida
Lake Hill Cemetery, Orlando, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Thomas Cook and published by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by Thomas Cook and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11358594" target="_blank">Aaron David Jernigan</a>." Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11358594.
Rajtar, Steve. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70911136" target="_blank"><em>A Guide to Historic Orlando</em></a>. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2006.
"<a href="http://www.cityoforlando.net/about/" target="_blank">City of Orlando's History</a>." City of Orlando. http://www.cityoforlando.net/about/.
Dickinson, Joy Wallace. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53872607" target="_blank"><em>Orlando: City of Dreams</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub, 2003.
Antequino, Stephanie Gaub, and Tana Mosier Porter. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/783150094" target="_blank"><em>Lost Orlando</em></a>. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Pub, 2012.
Transcript
A MEMORIAL TO CAPT. AARON JERNIGAN
ORLANDO'S FIRST SETTLER
SEPT. 14, 1813 AUG. 25, 1891
Source Repository
Private Collection of Thomas Cook
Camden County, Georgia
cattle
cattle industry
cemetery
Cook, Thomas
Deas, Martha Patsey
Florida House of Representatives
Florida Legislature
Florida Mounted Militia
Florida state representative
grave
gravestone
headstone
Hogan, Mary Ann
Jernigan
Jernigan, Aaron
Jernigan, Aaron David
Jernigan, Andrew Jackson
Jernigan, Martha
Jernigan, Martha Patsey Deas
Jernigan, Mary Ann Hogan
Jernigan, Thomas
Lake Conway
Lake Hill Cemetery
Lake Holden
milita
Old Winter Garden Road
orange county
orlando
representative
settler
state representative
Tallahassee
tombstone
Tyler, Martha Jernigan
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Dublin Core
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Title
Thomas Cook Collection
Alternative Title
Cook Collection
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Orange County (Fla.)
Longwood (Fla.)
Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
Lake Wales (Fla.)
Silver Springs (Fla.)
Weeki Wachee (Fla.)
Winter Haven (Fla.)
Osceola County (Fla.)
Winter Park (Fla.)
Description
Collection of digital images, postcards, documents, and other records from the private collection of Thomas Cook. Series descriptions are based on special topics, the majority of which students focused their metadata entries around.
Contributor
Cook, Thomas
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Cape Canaveral, Florida
Lake Wales, Florida
Longwood, Florida
Orange County, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Osceola County, Florida
Winter Haven, Florida
Winter Park, Florida
Rights Holder
All items in the <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/102" target="_blank">Thomas Cook Collection</a> are provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<p><a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a></p>
Source Repository
Private Collection of Thomas Cook
Has Part
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/103" target="_blank">Postcard Collection</a>, Thomas Cook Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
External Reference
<span>Antequino, Stephanie Gaub, and Tana Mosier Porter. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/783150094" target="_blank"><em>Lost Orlando</em></a></span><span> Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Pub, 2012.</span>
"<a href="http://sanfordhistory.tripod.com/Links/wtour.pdf">Downtown Orlando Historic District Walking Tour</a>." City of Orlando. http://sanfordhistory.tripod.com/Links/wtour.pdf.
<span>Rajtar, Steve. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70911136" target="_blank"><em>A Guide to Historic Orlando</em></a></span><span>. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2006.</span>
<span>Osborne, Ray. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/253374549" target="_blank"><em>Cape Canaveral</em></a></span><span>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub, 2008.</span>
<span>Smith, Margaret. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51888803" target="_blank"><em>The Edward Bok Legacy: A History of Bok Tower Gardens: The First Fifty Years</em></a></span><span>. Lake Wales, Fla: Bok Tower Gardens Foundation, 2002.</span>
<span>Pelland, Maryan, and Dan Pelland. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/67516850" target="_blank"><em>Weeki Wachee Springs</em></a><span>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2005.</span>
<span>Flekke, Mary M., Sarah E. MacDonald, and Randall M. MacDonald. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/85451307" target="_blank"><em>Cypress Gardens</em></a></span><span>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2006.</span>
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
1 color digital image
Dublin Core
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Title
Headstone for George White Crawford at Conway United Methodist Church Cemetery
Alternative Title
Crawford Headstone at Conway United Methodist Church
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Cemeteries--Florida--Orange County
Churches--Florida
Veterans--Florida
Gravestones
Tombstones
Graves
Florida. Legislature
Description
Headstone of George White Crawford at the Conway United Methodist Church Cemetery in 2003. Crawford arrived in Orlando, Florida, from Tennessee in 1873. During the Civil War, he served as second lieutenant of the 5th Tennessee Infantry for the Confederate Army. Crawford settled in the Conway area and began raising cattle and growing citrus. He was also elected three times to the lower house of the Florida State legislature and once to the Florida State Senate. Crawford also served as the Justice of the Peace. He married Sarah Mizell, the daughter of David Mizell, Jr., who was a pioneer settler of Winter Park. The Crawfords had four children: Sarah Crawford (who married Frank Cullen), Ethel Crawford, Cora Belle Crawford, and John Crawford.<br /><br />Located at 3401 South Conway Road in Conway in Orlando, Florida, the Conway United Methodist Church (UMC) was formed in 1870 as the Prospect Methodist Episcopal Church, South (MECS). In 1874, Morgan Montgomery Mizell and his wife donated two acres of land to build a church for the congregation. One acre was designated for the cemetery and a log cabin-like structure was constructed on the other acre, which was located at the corner of Conway Road and Anderson Road. Reverend James D. McDonald was the first to lead the church. In 1881, a new wood-frame building was constructed and was used by the Prospect MECS until it was replaced by Callaway Hall in 1959. A new sanctuary was completed in 1973. The hall was remodeled in 1994 and currently serves as the administration building. The cemetery includes graves of several members of the English Colony, which was platted in 1892 as the East Conway Churchyard Cemetery.
Creator
Cook, Thomas
Source
Original color image by Thomas Cook, 2003: Private Collection of Thomas Cook.
Publisher
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>
Date Created
2003
Contributor
Cook, Thomas
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/102" target="_blank">Thomas Cook Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
299 KB
Medium
1 color digital image
Language
eng
Type
Still Image
Coverage
Conway United Methodist Church Cemetery, Conway, Orlando, Florida
Tennessee
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Thomas Cook and published by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by Thomas Cook and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21423840" target="_blank">Senator George White Crawford</a>." Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21423840.
"<a href="http://www.conwayumc.org/churchhistory.htm" target="_blank">The History of Our Church</a>." Conway United Methodist Church. http://www.conwayumc.org/churchhistory.htm.
Rajtar, Steve. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70911136" target="_blank"><em>A Guide to Historic Orlando</em></a>. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2006.
<a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/666225766" target="_blank"><em>Methodist Churches in Florida</em></a>. [S.l.]: General Books, 2010.
Thrift, Charles T. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1310732" target="_blank"><em>The Trail of the Florida Circuit Rider; An Introduction to the Rise of Methodism in Middle and East Florida</em></a>. Lakeland, Fla: Florida Southern college Press, 1944.
Transcript
SENATOR
GEORGE WHITE CRAWFORD
JUNE 13, 1840
AUG. 13, 1920
Source Repository
Private Collection of Thomas Cook
5th Tennessee Infantry
cattle
cattle industry
cemetery
church
citrus
citrus industry
Confederate Army
Conway
Conway Road
Conway UMC
Conway United Methodist Church
Conway United Methodist Church Cemetery
Cook, Thomas
Crawford, Cora Belle
Crawford, Ethel
Crawford, George White
Crawford, John
Crawford, Sarah
Florida State Legislature
grave
gravestone
headstone
McDonald, James D.
MECS
Methodist church
Mizell, Morgan Montgomery
Mizell, Sarah
orlando
Prospect MECS
Prospect Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Second Lieutenant
senator
state legislator
state representative
state senator
Tennessee
tombstone
UMC
veteran
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Title
Thomas Cook Collection
Alternative Title
Cook Collection
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Orange County (Fla.)
Longwood (Fla.)
Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
Lake Wales (Fla.)
Silver Springs (Fla.)
Weeki Wachee (Fla.)
Winter Haven (Fla.)
Osceola County (Fla.)
Winter Park (Fla.)
Description
Collection of digital images, postcards, documents, and other records from the private collection of Thomas Cook. Series descriptions are based on special topics, the majority of which students focused their metadata entries around.
Contributor
Cook, Thomas
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Cape Canaveral, Florida
Lake Wales, Florida
Longwood, Florida
Orange County, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Osceola County, Florida
Winter Haven, Florida
Winter Park, Florida
Rights Holder
All items in the <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/102" target="_blank">Thomas Cook Collection</a> are provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<p><a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a></p>
Source Repository
Private Collection of Thomas Cook
Has Part
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/103" target="_blank">Postcard Collection</a>, Thomas Cook Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
External Reference
<span>Antequino, Stephanie Gaub, and Tana Mosier Porter. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/783150094" target="_blank"><em>Lost Orlando</em></a></span><span> Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Pub, 2012.</span>
"<a href="http://sanfordhistory.tripod.com/Links/wtour.pdf">Downtown Orlando Historic District Walking Tour</a>." City of Orlando. http://sanfordhistory.tripod.com/Links/wtour.pdf.
<span>Rajtar, Steve. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70911136" target="_blank"><em>A Guide to Historic Orlando</em></a></span><span>. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2006.</span>
<span>Osborne, Ray. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/253374549" target="_blank"><em>Cape Canaveral</em></a></span><span>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub, 2008.</span>
<span>Smith, Margaret. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51888803" target="_blank"><em>The Edward Bok Legacy: A History of Bok Tower Gardens: The First Fifty Years</em></a></span><span>. Lake Wales, Fla: Bok Tower Gardens Foundation, 2002.</span>
<span>Pelland, Maryan, and Dan Pelland. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/67516850" target="_blank"><em>Weeki Wachee Springs</em></a><span>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2005.</span>
<span>Flekke, Mary M., Sarah E. MacDonald, and Randall M. MacDonald. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/85451307" target="_blank"><em>Cypress Gardens</em></a></span><span>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2006.</span>
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
1 color digital image
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Title
Headstone for William Harrison Holden, Nancy A. Mizell Holden, and Florence C. Holden at Conway United Methodist Church Cemetery
Alternative Title
Holden Headstone at Conway United Methodist Church
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Cemeteries--Florida--Orange County
Churches--Florida
Gravestones
Tombstones
Graves
Description
Headstone of William Harrison Holden (1826-1913), Nancy A. Mizell Holden (1836-1902), and Florence C. Holden (1876-1903) at the Conway United Methodist Church Cemetery in 2003. William Harrison Holden arrived in Orlando from Virginia in 1865, after serving Watson's Company Florida Mounted Troops during the Civil War. The Holden family settled on the south side of Lake Holden and homesteaded 1,200 acres of land. Holden raised cattle on his land and was the first to bring the Brahman bull to the Florida strain of cattle. He also was known as one of Central Florida's largest commercial citrus growers and began the first grapefruit grove in the area. Holden served the Orange County Commission from 1874 to 1887 and sat as a member of the Convention Committee in Tallahassee in October of 1875.<br /><br />Holden's wife, Nancy, was the daughter of David Mizell, Jr., the first white settler of Winter Park. She and Holden had six children together: William Holden, Norman Holden, John Holden, Mary Holden, Cora Holden, and Florence C. Holden. Also buried here is the Holden's youngest daughter, Florence. Both Nancy and florence died of tuberculosis.<br /><br />Located at 3401 South Conway Road in Conway in Orlando, Florida, the Conway United Methodist Church (UMC) was formed in 1870 as the Prospect Methodist Episcopal Church, South (MECS). In 1874, Morgan Montgomery Mizell and his wife donated two acres of land to build a church for the congregation. One acre was designated for the cemetery and a log cabin-like structure was constructed on the other acre, which was located at the corner of Conway Road and Anderson Road. Reverend James D. McDonald was the first to lead the church. In 1881, a new wood-frame building was constructed and was used by the Prospect MECS until it was replaced by Callaway Hall in 1959. A new sanctuary was completed in 1973. The hall was remodeled in 1994 and currently serves as the administration building. The cemetery includes graves of several members of the English Colony, which was platted in 1892 as the East Conway Churchyard Cemetery.
Creator
Cook, Thomas
Source
Original color image by Thomas Cook, 2003: Private Collection of Thomas Cook.
Publisher
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>
Date Created
2003
Contributor
Cook, Thomas
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/102" target="_blank">Thomas Cook Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Format
image/jpg
Extent
299 KB
Medium
1 color digital image
Language
eng
Type
Still Image
Coverage
Conway United Methodist Church Cemetery, Conway, Orlando, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Thomas Cook and published by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by Thomas Cook and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21440155" target="_blank">William Harrison Holden</a>." Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21440155.
"<a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21439931" target="_blank">Nancy A Mizell Holden</a>." Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21439931.
"<a href="http://www.conwayumc.org/churchhistory.htm" target="_blank">The History of Our Church</a>." Conway United Methodist Church. http://www.conwayumc.org/churchhistory.htm.
<a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/666225766" target="_blank"><em>Methodist Churches in Florida</em></a>. [S.l.]: General Books, 2010.
Thrift, Charles T. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1310732" target="_blank"><em>The Trail of the Florida Circuit Rider; An Introduction to the Rise of Methodism in Middle and East Florida</em></a>. Lakeland, Fla: Florida Southern college Press, 1944.
External Reference Title
<a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1310732" target="_blank"><em> </em></a>
Transcript
HOLDEN
NANCY A.
BORN NOV. 28, 1836
DIED APR. 27, 1902
__________________
FLORENCE C.
BORN OCT. 7, 1876[?]
DIED FEB. 23, [?]
__________________
WILLIAM H.
BORN FEB. 26, 1826
DIED MAY 14, 1913
Source Repository
Private Collection of Thomas Cook
Brahman bull
cattle
cemetery
church
citrus
citrus grove
citrus industry
Civil War
Convention Committee
Conway
Conway Road
Conway UMC
Conway United Methodist Church
Conway United Methodist Church Cemetery
Cook, Thomas
county commissioner
grapefruit
grapefruit industry
graprefuit grove
grave
gravestone
headstone
Holden, Cora
Holden, Florence C.
Holden, John
Holden, Mary
Holden, Nancy A. Mizell
Holden, Norman
Holden, William
Holden, William Harrison
Lake Holden
MECS
Methodist church
Orange County Commission
orlando
Prospect MECS
Prospect Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Tallahassee
tombstone
UMC
veteran
Virginia
Watson's Company Florida Mounted Troop
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Title
Lucile Campbell Collection
Alternative Title
Campbell Collection
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Teachers--Florida
Educators--Florida
Description
This collection features postcards kept by Lucile Campbell, a schoolteacher in Sanford, Florida, for 30 years. Campbell collected postcards from her travels around the world and used them as teaching aids in her classrooms. In 1931, she took advantage of a special rate for teachers and sailed to Europe, where she traveled for several months and is thought to have acquired many of these postcards.
Contributor
Campbell, Lucille
<a href="http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">UCF Public History Center/Student Museum</a>
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Sanford, Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Raffel, Sara
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">UCF Public History Center/Student Museum</a>
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
1 black and white photographic postcard
Physical Dimensions
3 x 5 inches
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Title
Kühtai with Gaiskogl Postcard
Alternative Title
Kühtai with Gaiskogl Postcard
Subject
Mountains--Europe
Chapels--Europe
Churches--Europe
Hunting--Europe
Description
A postcard depicting a hunting lodge and chapel at Kühtai, a mountain pass in the Austrian Alps, in front of the Gaiskogl mountain in Tyrol, Austria. Built in 1622, it became a haven for skiiers around 1909, when the sport became popular.<br /><br />This postcard is part of a collection of postcards kept by Lucile Campbell, a schoolteacher in Sanford, Florida, for 30 years. In 1931, she took advantage of a special rate for teachers and sailed to Europe, where she traveled for several months and is thought to have acquired many of these postcards. During the 1940-1941 school year, Campbell taught at Sanford Grammar School. Before her retirement in 1970, she taught at many other area schools, including the Oviedo School, Westside Grammar School, and Pinecrest Elementary School. Campbell used these postcards as aids in her classrooms to teach advanced subjects, such as Shakespearean drama. The collection, along with her other teaching aids, papers, and photographs, was later found at Sanford Grammar School after it became the University of Central Florida's Public History Center. Campbell's postcard collection and photographs provide insight into the life of a respected Florida educator.
Type
Still Image
Source
Original 3 x 5 inch black and white photographic postcard: ACC# SM-00-243, file folder 1A (non-U.S. blanks), box 10A, Lucile (Mary Lucile) Campbell Collection, <a href="http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">UCF Public History Center</a>, Sanford, Florida.
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Is Part Of
File folder 1A (non-U.S. blanks), box 10A, Lucile (Mary Lucile) Campbell Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/151" target="_blank">Lucile Campbell Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original 3 x 5 inch black and white photographic postcard.
Coverage
Kühtai, Tyrol, Austria
Publisher
Tiroler Kunstverlag: Chizzali
Contributor
Campbell, Lucile
Date Created
ca. 1931
Format
application/pdf
Extent
220 KB
Medium
3 x 5 inch black and white photographic postcard
Language
ger
Mediator
History Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally published by Tiroler Kunstverlag: Chizzali.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">UCF Public History Center</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
Aphasia Project
Curator
Raffel, Sara
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">UCF Public History Center/Student Museum</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.kuehtai.info/en/winter/khtai/chronicle.html" target="_blank">History</a>." http://www.kuehtai.info/en/winter/khtai/chronicle.html
Alps
bovines
cattle
chapels
church
churches
cows
Gaiskogl
hunting
hunting lodge
Kühtai
Kühtai, Tyrol, Austria
mountains
Roman Catholicism
Roman Catholics
Tiroler Kunstverlag: Chizzali
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Title
General Collection
Description
Collection of digital images, documents, and other records depicting the history of Florida. Series descriptions are based on special topics, the majority of which students focused their metadata entries around.
Florida was first inhabited by Paleo-Indians as early as 14,000 years ago. By the 16th century, several distinct Native American tribes inhabited present-day Florida, primarily the Apalachee of the Panhandle, the Timucua of North and Central Florida), the Ais of the Central Atlantic Coast, the Tocobaga of the Tampa Bay area, the Calusa of Southwest Florida, and the Tequesta of the Southeast Florida.
In 1513, Juan Ponce de León of Spain became the earliest known European explorer to arrive in Florida. During the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, Spanish, French, and English pioneers settled various parts of the states, though not all settlement were successful. Most of the region was owned by Spain, until it was ceded to the United States via the Adams–Onís Treaty of 1819. On March 3, 1845, Florida earned statehood. Florida was marred by nearly constant warfare with the Native Americans in the region, particularly with the Seminoles during the Seminole Wars.
On January 10, 1861, Florida seceded from the Union and joined the Confederate States of American on January 20th. The state's participation in the Civil War revolved mostly around the transportation of goods via ships.
On June 25, 1868, Florida regained its representation in Congress. During the Reconstruction period, Florida drafted a new state constitution, which included statues that effectively disenfranchised its African-American citizens, as well as many poor white citizens.
Through much of its early history, Florida's economy relied heavily upon agriculture, especially citrus, cattle, sugarcane, tomatoes, and strawberries. Florida's tourism industry developed greatly with the economic prosperity of the 1920s. However, this was halted by devastating hurricanes in the second half of the decade, the Wall Street Crash of 1929, and the Great Depression. The economy would not fully recover until manufacturing was stimulated by World War II. As of 2014, Florida was the third most populous state in the country.
Contributor
Humphrey, Daphne F.
Alternative Title
General Collection
Subject
Florida
Eatonville (Fla.)
Orlando (Fla.)
Winter Park (Fla.)
Sanford (Fla.)
Daytona Beach (Fla.)
New Smyrna Beach (Fla.)
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Eatonville, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Winter Park, Florida
Sanford , Florida
Daytona Beach, Florida
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://dos.myflorida.com/florida-facts/florida-history/" target="_blank">Florida History</a>." Florida Department of State. http://dos.myflorida.com/florida-facts/florida-history/.
<span>Knotts, Bob. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49672975" target="_blank"><em>Florida History</em></a><span>. Chicago: Heinemann Library, 2003.</span>
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
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Title
Map of Florida Showing the Land Grant of the Florida South Railway
Alternative Title
Florida South Railway Map
Subject
Railroads--Florida
Agriculture--Florida
Fishing--Florida
Description
A map of Florida showing the Florida South Railway's land grant, published in 1888. The map includes information about towns along the railway, facts about Florida, and hints for potential immigrants. The Florida Southern Railway was established in 1891 when it took over the Gainesville, Ocala and Charlotte Harbor Railroad. Facing foreclosure, the line was acquired by Henry B. Plant (1819-1899) as part of his Plant System in 1892 and reorganized as the Florida Southern Railroad, which stretched from Gainesville to Ocala and then to Punta Gorda. In 1903, the Florida Southern was acquired by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL). The ACL merged with the Seaboard Air Line Railroad (SAL) in 1967 to form the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (SCL). Much of the original ACL lines are now part of the CSX Transportation line, which operates the SCL.
Type
Still Image
Source
Original 24-page map, 1888: Matthews, Northrup and Company. <em>Map of Florida Showing the Land Grant of the Florida South Railway</em>. Map. Buffalo, NY: Art-Printing Works, 1888: <a href="http://www.maitlandpubliclibrary.org/" target="_blank">Maitland Public Library</a>, Maitland, Florida.
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<a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/reader.html" target="_blank">Adobe Acrobat Reader</a>
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/36" target="_blank">General Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original 24-page map, 1888: Matthews, Northrup and Company. <em>Map of Florida Showing the Land Grant of the Florida South Railway</em>. Map. Buffalo, NY: Art-Printing Works, 1888.
Coverage
Palatka, Florida
Francis, Florida
Francis, Florida
Hollister, Florida
Mannville, Florida
Interlachen, Florida
Keuka, Florida
McKeein, Florida
Hawthorne, Florida
Grove Park, Florida
Rochelle, Florida
Gainesville, Florida
Micanopy, Florida
Evinston, Florida
Boardman, Florida
McIntosh, Florida
Citra, Florida
Reddick, Florida
Martin, Florida
Mount Tabor, Florida
Kendrick, Florida
Ocala, Florida
Candler, Florida
Ocklawaha, Florida
East Lake Weir, Florida
South Lake Weir, Florida
Conant, Florida
Lady Lake, Florida
Fruitland Park, Florida
Leesburg, Florida
Astor, Florida
Eustis, Florida
Tavares, Florida
Lane Park, Florida
Okahumpka, Florida
Centre Hill, Florida
Webster, Florida
Pemberton Ferry, Florida
Brooksville, Florida
Bartow, Florida
Homeland, Florida
Fort Meade, Florida
Bowling Green, Florida
Wauchula, Florida
Zolfo Springs, Florida
Charlie Creek, Florida
Brownville, Florida
Arcadia, Florida
Nocatee, Florida
Fort Ogden, Florida
Cleveland, Florida
Punta Gorda, Florida
Creator
Matthews, Northrup and Company
Publisher
Art-Printing Works
Date Created
1888
Format
application/pdf
Extent
98.9 MB
Medium
24-page map
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Matthews, Northrup and Company and published by Art-Printing Works.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by <a href="http://www.maitlandpubliclibrary.org/" target="_blank">Maitland Public Library</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.maitlandpubliclibrary.org/" target="_blank">Maitland Public Library</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep25-RailwaysOfCentralFL.mp3" target="_blank">Episode 25: The Railways of Central Florida</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep25-RailwaysOfCentralFL.mp3.
Mulligan, Michael. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/225874809" target="_blank"><em>Railroad Depots of Central Florida</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub, 2008.
Murdock, R. Ken. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38291666" target="_blank"><em>Outline History of Central Florida Railroads</em></a>. Winter Garden, Fla: Central Florida Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, 1997.
Turner, Gregg M. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/184906141" target="_blank"><em>A Journey into Florida Railroad History</em></a>. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2008.
"<a href="http://www.csx.com/index.cfm/about-csx/our-evolution-and-history/interactive-timeline/" target="_blank">Our Evolution and History: CSX</a>." CSX. http://www.csx.com/index.cfm/about-csx/our-evolution-and-history/interactive-timeline/.
Alachua County
Altoona
Arcadia
arrowroot
Art-Printing Works
Astor
Baker County
bananas
Bartow
Boardman
Bowling Green
Bradford County
Brevard County
Brooksville
Brownville
Caloosahatchee River
Candler
cassava
castorbeans
cattle
Centre Hill
Charlie Apopka
Charlie Creek
Charlotte Harbor
Chinese sand pears
Citra
citrus
Clay County
Cleveland
climates
coconuts
Columbia County
comtie
Conant
corn
cotton
DeSoto County
Dragem Junction
Duval County
East Lake Weir
Eustis
Evinston
field crops
fish
fisheries
fishery
fishing
Florida Commissioner of Land and Immigration
Florida Southern Railway Company
Fort Mason
Fort Meade
Fort Ogden
Francis
Fruitland Park
fruits
Ft. Meade
Ft. Ogden
Gainesville
Glendale
Grove Park
groves
guava
hammocks
Hawthorne
hemp
Hernando County
hogs
Hollister
Homeland
immigrants
immigration
indigo
Interlachen
Irish potato
Irish potatoes
Jacksonville
Japanese persimmon
Japanese plums
John W. Candler
John W. Weeks
John Welsh
Johnson
jute
Kendrick
Keuka
L.O. Garrett
Lady Lake
Lake County
Lake Eustis
Lake Harris
Lake Weir
Lane Park
LeConte pears
Lee County
Leesburg
lemons
Levy County
limes
Lochbie
Manatee County
Mannville
Marion County
Martin
Matthews, Northrup and Company
McIntosh
McKeein
Micanopy
Monroe County
Mount Tabor
Nassau County
Nocatee
nuts
Oak-Lawn
Ocala
Ocklawaha
Okahumpka
Orange Belt Railway
orange county
Orange Lake
oranges
Osceola County
Palatka
Peace River
peach
peaches
pecans
Pemberton Ferry
pineapple
pines
Polk County
population
Punta Gorda
Putnam County
railroads
railways
rain
ramie
Ravenswood
Reddick
rice
Rochelle
Sherman Conant
South Lake Weir
St. Johns River
Stanton
strawberries
strawberry
sugarcane
Sulphur Springs
Summit
Sumter County
swamps
sweet potato
sweet potatoes
Tavares
timber
tobacco
Umatilla
vegetables
Volusia County
Wait's Crossing
Wauchula
Webster
Welshton
Zolfo Springs
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Title
Oviedo Historical Society Collection
Alternative Title
Oviedo Historical Society Collection
Subject
Oviedo (Fla).
Description
The Oviedo Historical Society Collection encompasses historical artifacts donated for digitization at the Oviedo Historical Society's History Harvest in the Spring semester of 2015.
The Oviedo Historical Society was organized in November 1973 by a group of citizens. The society is a 501(3) non-profit organization. Its purpose is to help preserve the community identity of Oviedo by collecting and disseminating knowledge about local history, serve as a repository for documents and artifacts relating to Oviedo history, promote the preservation and marking of historic sites and buildings in the Oviedo area and foster interest in local, state, national, and world history.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/128" target="_blank">Oviedo Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Oviedo, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>
<a href="http://history.cah.ucf.edu/staff.php?id=304" target="_blank">Dr. Connie L. Lester</a>'s Introduction to Public History course, Spring 2015
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>." Oviedo Historical Society, Inc. http://oviedohs.com/.
Adicks, Richard, and Donna M. Neely. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5890131" target="_blank"><em>Oviedo, Biography of a Town</em></a>. S.l: s.n.], 1979.
Robison, Jim. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/796757419" target="_blank"><em>Around Oviedo</em></a>. 2012.
"<a href="http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68" target="_blank">History</a>." City of Oviedo, Florida. http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68.
"<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 41: Oviedo, with Dr. Richard Adicks</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3.
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
Dublin Core
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Title
Oral History of Bettye Jean Aulin Reagan
Alternative Title
Oral History, Reagan
Subject
Oviedo (Fla.)
Education--Florida
Description
An oral history interview of Bettye Jean Aulin Reagan, conducted by Rebecca Schwandt on April 2, 2015. Born January 27, 1934, Reagan is the granddaughter of Andrew Aulin, Sr. (1843-1918), who is credited with naming Oviedo, Florida. In this oral history, Reagan discusses growing up in Oviedo, attending school at Oviedo High School, the great technological advances that have occurred during her life, segregation and integration, her hopes and aspirations, and her family life. She also tells stories about her grandfather and talks about the history of the Aulin family, as well as the Lawtons and the Wheelers. Finally, Reagan discusses her career as an artist.
Table Of Contents
0:00:00 Introduction <br />0:00:37 Childhood memories <br />0:03:46 Childhood games and entertainment <br />0:07:29 Friends and pets <br />0:11:46 Siblings and childhood aspirations <br />0:14:27 Favorite books <br />0:17:18 Mary Alice Powell Aulin and sewing <br />0:22:17 Childhood homes <br />0:24:56 RECORDING CUTS OFF <br />0:24:59 Community events <br />0:29:36 Car accident and the local doctor <br />0:35:02 Teachers and discipline <br />0:39:19 School pranks and memories <br />0:42:05 Integration and race relations <br />0:47:30 Graduation <br />0:49:41 College education and first job <br />0:53:26 Husbands and children <br />1:02:35 History of the Aulin family <br />1:09:08 Closing remarks
Abstract
Oral history interview of Bettye Jean Aulin Reagan. Interview conducted by Rebecca Schwandt at Reagan's home in Lake Mary, Florida, on April 2, 2015.
Type
Moving Image
Source
Reagan, Bettye Jean Aulin. Interviewed by Rebecca Schwandt, April 2, 2015. Audio/video record available. Oviedo History Harvest, <a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>, Oviedo, Florida.
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Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/147" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society Collection</a>, Oviedo Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Has Format
28-page digital transcript of original 1-hour, 14-minute and 19-second oral history: Reagan, Bettye Jean Aulin. Interviewed by Rebecca Schwandt, April 2, 2015. Audio/video record available. Oviedo History Harvest, <a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>, Oviedo, Florida.
Coverage
Oviedo, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Lake Mary, Florida
Creator
Reagan, Bettye Jean Aulin
Schwandt, Rebecca
Publisher
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>
Date Created
2015-04-02
Date Modified
2016-01-20
Date Copyrighted
2015-04-02
Format
video/mp4
application/pdf
Extent
482 MB
270 KB
Medium
1-hour, 14-minute and 19-second audio/video recording
28-page digital transcript
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Julia Bettye Jean Aulin Reagan and Rebecca Schwandt, and published by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>.
Rights Holder
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>
Accrual Method
Item Creation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>
External Reference
"<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/6207" target="_blank">Joseph Lawton, October 18, 1753 - March 1815</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/6207.
"<a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=69149825" target="_blank">Andrew Aulin</a>." Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=69149825.
"<a href="http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1993-01-13/news/9301130107_1_oviedo-sanford-grandchildren" target="_blank">MARY ALICE AULIN, 83, Myrtle Avenue, Oviedo, died Tuesday...</a>" <em>The Orlando Sentinel</em>, January 13, 1993. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1993-01-13/news/9301130107_1_oviedo-sanford-grandchildren.
Adicks, Richard, and Donna M. Neely. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5890131" target="_blank"><em>Oviedo, Biography of a Town</em></a>. S.l: s.n.], 1979.
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Transcript
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>This is an oral history of Bettye [Jean Aulin] Reagan. The interview is conducted by Rebecca Schwandt at Bettye Reagan’s home in Oviedo, er—Lake Mary, Florida…</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>On April 2<sup>nd</sup>, 2015. Could you please state your full name and birth date for the record?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Okay, Bettye Jean Reagan. Uh, January 27<sup>th</sup>, 1934. Uh, born actually in Sanford in the hospital, which I was the first one in my family to be born in the hospital. Everybody else had been born at home, [<em>laughs</em>] which was in Oviedo, and, um, that’s where I was raised.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>And what is one of your earliest childhood memories?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>My earliest childhood memories was[sic]—we lived, uh—I don’t know the name of the road. It goes, uh—it goes beside the Lawton House—where the Lawton House, uh—there’s one that goes towards Winter Park and the other one that comes beside it. We lived down that road, across from where the [Oviedo High] School was. That was in a big ol’ two story house there, and one—I guess I’ll never forget this. When I was—we moved out of that house when I was six years old, but, uh, one day my little brother<a title="">[1]</a> and I decided to go for a walk out—and you went through the back—we had a—a garden and we had an orange grove. If you kep’ on goin’, there was a great big ditch there, you walked over, which was scary. We could go all the way to where the cemetery is today. It was there then, through the woods, and we decided we just go for—and we went, which we—unheard of. Today, it would be terrible they would have called the police [<em>laughs</em>], but—and we’re out there wandering around in—in the cemetery, and this lady, who knew who we were, came and got us and took us back home, and another time, we went down there, and—and I was gonna fix it so my brother, who’s two years younger than I am—he had to be—if I was six he had to be four—and I made him a fishing pole out of a stick, a piece of string, and I don’t know how I did it, but I took a straight pin and bent it. We got some bread and we tied that string on there, and we went down there to that ditch that we had to cross over, which is really what it was, but it had water in it—to fish, and my little brother fell in head first, and his—there—and his feet are sticking up and I pulled him out [<em>laughs</em>]. He’s covered with mud [<em>laughs</em>], but that was a sca—I used to have nightmares after that about that incident.</p>
<p>It scared me so bad, and another time, at that same area, where my daddy<a title="">[2]</a> had planted all the strawberries, I took the bucket one day and I picked every strawberry in the patch, and they were all green, so we didn’t have strawberries that year [<em>laughs</em>]. That’s[sic] my first memories [<em>laughs</em>], but then, I swear I started school in first grade, and I got to go to school a year early. I went when I was five. My birthday was in January, but you were—but—and you weren’t supposed to go to school, but, uh, a man from Oviedo, Mr.—Mr. Gore, was a—on the school board, and, uh, his son was Frank—Frankie D. Gore, and he’s a school—well, I guess he’s not now, but he was a school teacher—grew up to be a school teacher. He got to go—his birthday was the same as mine was. So my Mama<a title="">[3]</a> said, “Well, if you[sic] can go to school—well, if he can go, you can go.” So they had to let me go. So I got to go to school when I was five and get out early, and those are some of the first things I remember [<em>sniffs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>And what kind of games did you play as a young child?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>We, you know—we made up our games. We did things—I guess we couldn’t say we—we, uh—I remember that, uh, we took the—we—We lived in another—we moved two more times, and we lived up where the—we were surrounded by orange groves, and every year, when they got ready to pick the oranges, they would come out and they would dump all the orange crates. If you know what an orange—old-fashioned orange box looks—it’s got a division in the middle and they would stack them, and we would make a great fort. Me and my brother would get out there and make this great big fort and, uh, play in that.</p>
<p>Then, we would also fix a, uh—a little thing in the back yard and play storekeeper, and in those days, you—what you did with you garbage—you didn’t have garbage collection. You dug a great big hole in your backyard somewhere. you put all the—your trash that you had and we put it in the hole and then—and you tried to burn it, if you could, and then you’d fill the hole in, and then you dig another hole, but we would get anything that came in a carton, a box, and we would save all those and we would put them up on the table, and we would play like we had a store, and y—anybody came to the store, and we would pull the—we got in trouble for this—we pulled the leaves off the orange tree. That was our money. We made out like that was dollars, and we would do that, and we would, uh, play cops and robbers, and we—we would get a little saw, which my daddy had—we weren’t s’posed to use, and saw out little—just a little thing that look like a—a pistol, but of course, it wasn’t. It was just a little thing, and we would run around and chase each other, and then another time, we decided we would go find Indian mound[sic]. We had a wild imagination, I guess, and we went out with a shovel, and we found a little mound way away from the house. I don’t know how we got away with all that, and we would dig and dig. ‘Course, we never found anything [<em>laughs</em>], but we—but we spent a lot of time doing that sort of thing.</p>
<p>We—you just came up with your own ideas, you know, but as far as havin’ a lot of toys, we didn’t, but we—we made, uh, treehouses. We’d climb a tree, and put boards up on it and climb up, and we didn’t really have a house, but we would put a couple boards up there—make out like we did. Or we would do another thing. We would cut off palmetto[sic]—big, uh, palmetto[sic] palms, you know, and we would put them around some trees, and we would have a little house, and that’s the kinda thing we did growin’ up, but as far as havin’ a lot of toys or anything, we didn’t. We didn’t do that. Not like today, and of course, there was no TV, of course, and you listened to the radio at night. That’s the only time you listen to it.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>Do you remember any radio shows?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Yes, uh, <em>The Lone Ranger</em>. Every—we always listened to <em>The Lone Ranger</em>, and, uh, something else came on. Um, cowboy show came on—another one. I can’t think of the name of that one. Trigger—who was<a title="">[4]</a>—he had the horse named Trigger? Uh, anyway, we—we did listen to those kind of sh—and then, uh, <em>Grand Ole Opry </em>came on Every Saturday night. We listened to that, uh, but—and everybody just sat around the radio.it was quiet and you listened to it.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>Who were your childhood friends?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Uh, some of the—the same people that I started out with in the first grade. I—they were still with me when I graduated [<em>laughs</em>], and I don’t know how many people were in the first grade, becau—but probably 20 or so, and, uh, when I graduated there were nine, but most of ‘em, I had started out with in the first grade, and, uh, some—a couple of ‘em lived close to me, and we would go to each other’s house n’ play, but—or, actually, a lot of times, we went to the school ground and play. They have swing sets there, and, uh, they had a field to play baseball and all that, and—and then, another thing, we had a cow, and—to get—for milk—and every day, my daddy would take that cow with a chain on it and go across the road to the school grounds [<em>laughs</em>], which had some woods on it—a little bit of woods, and he would stake the cow out there on—and the cow would eat the grass on the school ground, and then we’d bring it in every night, and that was—nobody thought there was anything wrong with that. That was just what you did, and it’s crazy. Things change so much, but today, you couldn’t think of doin’ something like that [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p>Another thing that we would do when we got a little bit older, um—where the school is, the railroad track ran right behind the school, and we would be watchin’ the ball game on Sunday afternoon, which everybody in town went, and there would be s—just a bunch of people get up a game—you know, choose up, and then they would play baseball, and everybody would be there to watch it, and these boys would figure out how to let…</p>
<p>[<em>clock chimes</em>]</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Some of the air out of the tires on the car and get it on the railroad track, and they would—we would be sitting her watching the ball game and way out there past the field, there goes the car down the railroad track, and that was the highlight of the thing [<em>laughs</em>]—of the day. I don’t know how they did that. Sometimes, they’d get off and it’d go, “Bump, bump, bump, bump” down there too [<em>laughs</em>]. Oh.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>Did you have any other animals besides the milk cow?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Oh, yeah. Well, we had, uh—we had a dog. I had two dogs I’ll never forget. Uh, the first one we got—well[?], we—we got this white Spitz, and we had that dog for 14 years. His name was Troubles, and, uh, he—he was, uh, just a lifelong pet, and, uh, then one time, my daddy brought home a little, black puppy. Uh, when he was workin’ with—for Nelson and Company, which was Wheeler’s.<a title="">[5]</a> Uh, he was, uh, a man who checked the fruit. He was a fruit tester, and when they would go to pick oranges in the groves, he had all this equipment and he would, uh—slice the fruit and put the juice in, and he knew how to measure to see how much solid it had, how much sugar it had. They had to do that when they picked the oranges to know what kind of thing it was. Anyway, while he was—was gone one day, somebody gave him a little puppy. He brought it home, and we already had that other dog, and my mother said—and I thought it was my dog. It was my dog. Uh, I called her Black Beauty, ‘cause I had just read that book, <em>Black Beauty</em>, and I had that that dog for a couple weeks. My mother kept sayin’ all the time, “You can’t keep that dog. You can’t keep that dog.” Well, I kept it three or four months, and one day, I came home from school and the dog wasn’t there, and my mother had given it to somebody who was walkin’ by and saw it, and she asked if they wanted that dog. She—we couldn’t have two dogs. She gave my dog away, and I was very, very heartbroken [<em>laughs</em>] about that, but, uh, Anyway, we knew who had it and we used to go down and see the dog all the time, bum, but that was—that was the only pets we ever had was those two dogs and the cow, of course. [inaudible]. That was it.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>How many siblings do you have?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>I had, uh—I had two sisters and two brothers, and I still have one sister and one brother. The others are all passed away.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>And how did you get along with your siblings?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /> </strong>Good. Well, there was a big, uh—there was seven years difference between my older—my older sister, <a title="">[6]</a> who’s here, and, uh, I had a—my older sister was 10 years older than me, and then [Alice] Kathryn [Aulin Bunch] was next to her, and then I had a brother<a title="">[7]</a>—was seven years older, and then there was me and my younger brother, who’s two years younger, who still lives in Oviedo, and, uh, so, we were, uh—my sister will be the first to tell you that me and my brother were spoiled, because we were younger, then there was seven years difference, and by the time we came along, we—we didn’t have to do all the work that they had to do, and she says we got by with a lot of stuff, which not true [<em>laughs</em>], but, uh, ‘cause they grew up and they left home. We were still at home, you know, for seven more years, but, uh—and[?] today she lives in so[?] close to me now. She used to live in Orlando most all her life and now she lives here.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>What did you want to be when you grew up?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Oh, I wanted to be, uh, a teacher, and I wanted to teach English and literature, which I loved, and, uh, P.E.,<a title="">[8]</a> and the reason I wanted to teach P.E.—one reason—cause I loved sports and all that. We used to have these girls in our P.E. class, which we would go, eh—different times of the year, you did different things. We had basketball. We actually didn’t have a lot of sports, but we played basketball and softball. That was the only two sports that girls played, and, uh—but those girls—so many of them were la—lazy, and they would just say, “Oh, um, you know, I’m havin’ my period and I can’t play,” and so they’d sit in the gym, you know, and just sit there and not do anything, and that wasn’t true. They[?] just lazy, and I always said, “One day I’ma be a P.E. teacher and nobody’s gonna be sitting in there on the bench, ‘cause I’m gonna give them a trashcan and they’re gonna walk around the school yard and pick up the trash, if they can’t do anything else.” That was my goal, but I didn’t get to do any of those things [<em>laughs</em>], ‘cause I didn’t get to go to college, as much as I wanted to, Uh, but, uh, it all turned out okay anyway, but that’s…</p>
<p>I loved school. I loved school. I would go to school—as soon as I was old enough to be able to do this—the teachers always came to school in those days—two weeks before school, the teachers would be at school gettin’ their classrooms ready, and they always stayed for two weeks after school was out, and I would go to school and find my teacher that I was gonna have, and I would ask her what I would do to help her, and I would stay there, because I just loved going to school, and I was always not happy when school was out every year. I loved school.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>What—you mentioned you wanted to be a—a[sic] English teacher. What were some of your favorite books?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Oh, gee [<em>laughs</em>]. Uh, I remember <em>Heidi</em>, when I was little. <em>Heidi</em>, you know? if you ever read that book, and, uh, then, um—oh, after I got older, I remember books I read, but I can’t think of any right off the—oh, I’ll never forget, I’ma tell you a funny story about this book. We had this little book that somebody gave us on the life of Abraham Lincoln, and it was a child’s book. You know it had pictures of Lincoln and it was written so a child could understand. Well, you know when you get up in the high school, you got to write a book report. You gotta read a book every six weeks—well, we did then—and you gotta bi—write a book report on it and turn it in. Well, we had this book. I didn’t do this, but my brothers did. They got the Abraham Lincoln book, which you could read in 15 minutes if you were an adult, you know, and they would almost copy it word for word and turn that thing in for a book report, and got by with it, but I [<em>laughs</em>]—I always remembered that, but I used to, uh, uh—we had—in Oviedo, actually, they had, uh—we had a drugstore, which was the place. The number one place in Oviedo was the drugstore. They also had a section down there where they had like library books—new books that were written today, you know—modern books, and you could go check ‘em out, and, uh, I would go down there and check books out there, and I had a teacher, um, uh, her name was Miss Walker, and, uh, she got married later her name was Ms. Anderson, but she told me about these books and she would recommend a book for me to read, and I would go down to the drugstore and check it out and read those books, and then after I got married and had kids, eh, hardly had time to read, but every day when they took a nap after lunch, I would—I was a member of a book club and I would my—I’m still reading today.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>Uh, in an earlier conversation you mentioned your mother was a seamstress.</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Yes.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>Can you elaborate on some of the things she did[?]?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Yes. Um, my mother, uh, was—oh, she—she packed oranges for 25 years for Nelson and Company. I remember that well, ‘cause we would go down there sometimes after s—we’d have to go down there and see her about something, but, um—but she also was a seamstress, and she learned to do this on her own. My mother came to Oviedo on the train from Sanford. She only got to go to school to the eighth grade, and she loved school. That was another thing. She lived over here in Sanford and she came out there to operate the telephone service—the—be the telephone operator, and, uh, that’s where she met my father, but, um, I don’t know when or how she learned to sew, because I know that she was young, uh—maybe 16, 17 years old then, when she came out there, and, uh, I never heard about her mother sewing so I—I—I didn’t ever know how she ever learned, but she was very good. She made all our clothes. Never had a bought dress. Never had anything bought, until one day she did get me a big coat. I have a picture. It’s in one of my books. That—it was a—really a store-bought coat. It looked like fur. It wasn’t, but it was—I—I—there’s a picture of me in that book in school, standing there in that big old coat [<em>laughs</em>], but she made, uh—she made all my clothes, and, uh—and my—my sister’s too, and she made—she sewed for other people. They would come to the house, uh, she made clothes for them too, but she made me a—something I’ll never forget—she made me a red coat. It was like a red, wool coat—bright red—and in the inside was satin lines. It was full-length, you know, like a—I was only about 10 years old, and I thought that was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen, and I wanted to wear it to school, but she said, “No, that was to wear to church,” you know, that was special. I finally remember I got to wear it to school, but I never forgot that, and to this day, not too long ago, I learned a song that Dolly Parton wrote, my—<em>Coat of Many Colors</em>. I don’t know if you’ve ever heard—are familiar with that. Anyway, that always made me—we weren’t that hard up. It wasn’t made out of rags, like her coat was, but every time I heard that song, I think about my red coat that my mother made me.</p>
<p>So that, uh, and she sewed everything, and then what happened years later—I always said—every night my mother would sit there by the sewing machine and sew, and we’d be sittin’ listenin’ to the radio, and she would sew ‘til late, and I said, “There’s one thing I’m never gonna to do. I am never gonna sew,” ‘cause I thought it was just too much work. Well, got married. my husband gives me a sewing machine for Christmas, plus lessons over in Orlando, so I’d go take lessons, and so I did that, and low ‘n’ behold, I—liked it, and I can—I made my kid’s clothes, and I have pictures—Easter pictures where everybody’s—even my little boys’ coats. we all had dresses that—just alike, and we all had hats and gloves, and we would go to church, and—I mean, some of them are little kids, and we got movies of all this, and we would go to church, and then—especially on Easter and Mother’s Day, we went to Morrison’s Cafeteria after church, the only time we ever went out to eat, and we would go there, and then we would go to Lake Eola in Orlando to the Easter parade, and go up on the platform at—at Lake Eola, and walk across there with our Easter outfits on, and the last thing I made was, uh,—my daughter—one of my daughters got married, and I made her, uh, all the dresses for that, and it was like a Southern Belle-type thing, and the wedding was here at our yard, and, uh, I made all the dresses for that, but I haven’t made—and I made all my kids little—they had a band, uh, that they played. They had guitars and all that, and we had—all of them played, but the—the four younger ones were playing in a little group that started out doin’ it for school, and it got—they got good, and we played it, eh, for Doctor’s Day, for Fourth of July. So I made them outfits alike, you know, vest-like things to wear for that, and that—I really enjoyed being able to do all that. It was neat [<em>taps on table</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>Um, in an earlier conversation, you mention several different houses you moved to…</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>Throughout the years. Uh, could you describe them?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Yes, the first house we lived in, it was called “The West House,” ‘cause Mrs. West owned it—was the one—was across from the school, and then we moved—I’ll never forget that, because we didn’t have electricity at that house. We had lanterns, like oil lanterns, and, uh, Then I remember when we moved, and my mother was so excited, because that—the house we moved in is still there, and, uh, it’s—you go by the Lawton House and go on down, through that red light, up the hill, and it—it’s on the left. It sits up on top that hill there still. It’s funny—it doesn’t look near as big as it did, when I was growin’ up. Everything looks smaller, but, uh, we moved in that house, and—electricity, running water. We had—the house we lived in had a pump outside. You pumped the water and brought it in—before. Now, we had water. You turned the faucet on. You could take a bath in the bathtub. That was a big thing for us. That was our first time to do that, and, uh, so that was—we really liked that house, and my mother wanted to buy it. We didn’t—we were renting, and, uh, the lady sold it to somebody else, so we didn’t get to buy it. So we—we had to move.</p>
<p>So we moved down back into town into an area that—the house is not there today, because it’s the parking lot of First Baptist Church [of Oviedo]—where the house was. It was real small, but then there were only—all my brothers and sisters—the older ones—Just me and my little brother were still home, so it was okay, ‘cause we just needed—and we actually slept on this sleeping porch—bunk beds. I slept on top and he slept on bottom, and then a lil’ later, when I got a little older, they moved me into the dining room, and they opened the couch up every night and slept on it [<em>laughs</em>], but, uh, that’s where we lived, until I left home, and—and then after my mother got sick, uh—she had a, um, Parkinson’s [Disease].</p>
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<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>And she stayed there as long as she could, and, uh—very independent person—very. Always wanted to take care of everything herself. Never wanted any charity from anybody—very independent, and, uh, so, um, she was nur—in the nursing home in Orlando—in Winter Park, and—and then eventually, she ran out of money, and she had to stay there, ‘cause she cou—and she still had her house, and, uh, she—she took the money, and sold the house, and used it to pay her hospital bill until.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>Were there any community events that you would attend regularly?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Uh, actually, very few, um, community events. Most everything centered around either school or church, and, uh, that[sic] was[sic] the activities for—and the other thing though, in the summertime—very important—the swimming pool. Oviedo had a pool. No—Sanford didn’t have one, Longwood didn’t have one, and there weren’t any in people’s homes, in those days. They didn’t do that, but there—Oviedo had a swimming pool—a good, big, record[?]-sized pool, and then they had a baby pool next to it. Everybody came from Sanford and everything out there. My daddy ran the pool, and so, every day in the summertime, we’d go to the pool. Every day, after lunch, you’d go to the pool, and then, also, they had a dance floor and an old juke—juke organ, you know, and, uh, so that was a very popular place people went, in the summertime. You’d go all the time, and, uh, that was very important part of our life in those days. That and—actually, we didn’t do much else.</p>
<p>We rode our bikes a lot. That, we did. Uh, walked everywhere. We didn’t have a car. In fact, most—a lot of people didn’t, uh, and at—at school, there would be three—maybe—kids that drove a car to school, when they got in high school. The other cars belonged to the teachers, and these boys usually were from Slavia, and the reason they got to do that was—as soon as school was out they could go home and start workin’ out in the farms there, but, uh—and you walked everywhere. We walked all the way from my[?] house down to the pool, and the crazy part was, eh, we’d do it at night. I would be 15 years old, and I’d be walkin’ home with another friend, and she lived somewhere else, and she’s goin’ to her house and I’d wa—we’d walk all the way home in the dark at 10 o’clock at night. Nobody thought anything about it.</p>
<p>Today, you wouldn’t do that at all. I wouldn’t think of letting my kids to do that, but in those days, it was not a problem, ’n you didn’t lock your door at our house. If you—Mama did decide to lock the door. The windows that went from the porch into the hou—[<em>laughs</em>] to the living room—all you had to do was raise it up and go in. I mean, anybody could com—there was—no one broke into houses. There was not any of that. You hardly ever heard of anybody stealing anything. That didn’t happen, in those days. You just didn’t have like we have today. Uh, it is so different. Everybody took care of everybody else, uh, but as far as, uh, entertainment and all, we rode our bikes to Lake Charm. That was a big thing. Get on your bike and ride out from Oviedo to Lake Charm—you know where that is—and ride around the lake. That was what we did. My brother would catch fish, and he’d sell it to the people that he went by there homes on his way home, and he stopped and sell his fish stock[?]. Yeah [<em>taps on table</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>As I understand, you attended the First Baptist Church of Oviedo?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan</strong>Right.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>Uh, what’re some memories of services or events?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Uh, they had, uh, uh—like when you were real little, they had what they called Sunbeam Band, When you were little. I remember going to that, Sittin’ in the little red chairs, and learnin’, uh, little songs that I’ve never forgot. I could sing them for you to this day, and they learned them in Sunbeam Band, and then, as you got older, they had a girls’ organizin—organization called GAs—Girls’ Auxiliaries somethin’—and—and that was extra that you—so it gave you something else to go to, and you learned all kinds of scripture verses, and you learned so much, and then you got promoted up to another level, and all of that, and the boys had something called RAs—Royal Ambassadors—and they did that, and, uh, you had, uh, the Christmas program, and, uh, that was always a big thing every year—the Christmas program in our Church, And, you went to Church, uh, every Sunday morning and at—Sunday night, and that was what all the teenagers did.</p>
<p>And then, uh, I’ll never forget this, uh—when—my mother would always say, “Come straight home from church.” This was where we lived, right—we lived next to the church almo—within a block of the church, and this was—I was a senior in high school, and, uh, this particular night, [inaudible] my friend—girlfriend lived right down the street from me, and these two boys ask us if we wanted to go for a ride, and, uh, I didn’t particularly want to go with this guy, but I knew she did, so I was going to help her out, and, um, we said, “Okay,” and I knew I was supposed to go home, but I didn’t. So we got in the car with them and we went from Oviedo out to Slavia. You know where that is? Turned down a little dirt road that’s now right where the, um, nursing home is out there. Now, there’s a dirt road that went down there, and got down there, and this guy’s gonna park, and I said, “Nope.” I said, “I want to go home.” So he was not happy. Meanwhile[?], this other couple’s in the back seat.</p>
<p>So he takes off and tears down the road, and we get to the hard road—the road that goes to Winter Park today, and he instead—he goin’ too fast, and he turns and rolls the car. Rolled it over two or three times. I went through the windshield, landed on the—on the railroad track. The railroad track went by there, and the car—I looked and I was alright. The car is upside down, the wheels are still goin’ around [<em>laughs</em>], the lights are on. We had a friend that lived right down the road from there. They heard it, and they came up, and, uh—but in the meantime, a car with a lady in it from Oviedo came drivin' by. She saw the accident, and anyway, it scared them, because they didn’t know where—I wasn’t in the car. They thought maybe I was under the car, but I wasn’t, but the—I di—I lost my shoe—one of my shoes. Couldn’t find it, but anyway, this lady knew me, knew my parents, and she said, “I’ll take you home,” and this was about 10 ‘o clock at night.</p>
<p>So I had to go home, and go in there and wake up my parents. They were already sleepin’—with one—the whole thing that was bothering me was the fact that I lost my shoe—couldn’t find it [<em>laughs</em>], ‘cause I didn’t have but one pair of loafers, you know, and I had to wear ‘em to school the next day. <em>What am I gonna wear to school? </em>Anyway, I had to tell her we—that had[?]—that happened, and I’ll never forget. It Totaled the car. Totaled it—messed it all up, and the—the guy who was driving—his—nobody got hurt really, luckily. I did have to go in a cou—I got dizzy in a couple days and I had to go over and get x-rayed, and I had a slight concussion, but that was never any more to that, and, uh—but anyway, I felt sorry for the boy that was driving the car, because his mother was pregnant, and they were—she had to have that car to go to the doctor in Sanford. So he was in big trouble. That was a memory I remember[?] [<em>laughs</em>] well. Anyway…</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>In a prior conversation, you mentioned the town’s doctor. Could you tell me any stories you have of him?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>The town doctor? Dr. Martin, yes. Dr. Martin was the town—and he did everything. He pulled teeth, and, you know, anybody got anything wrong with them. What you hardly ever—I—I don’t remember going to him, uh, eh, but just one time. um, my mother—I came—came in from somewhere, one time, and my daddy was washing dishes, and that was unheard of, ‘cause I had never seen him wash a dish in my life, or do anything in the kitchen, and he was washing dishes, and I said, “What is goin’ on?” I was a teenager, and, uh, he—my—my mother had been doin’ it, and there was a knife in the water and she had cut her hand real bad, and he had to take her over to Dr. Martin and get it sewed up, and I remember that, and then, another thing that happened, um—Dr. Martin and his wife, Miss—Mrs. Martin, were very active in our church. Mrs. Martin…</p>
<p>[<em>clock chimes</em>]</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Taught Sunday school and all that. They—the—this doctor’s office was right next to the church, a little bit behind it—right next to it, and they had a bell out there by the office—doctor’s. The office was right by the home, and if somebody came while the doctor was in church, they would ring the bell and he would hear it, get up and go out of church, and One Sunday that happened. Somebody had done something to their leg, was layin’ on the back of a truck, with no sides on it—just a wooden back—and he goes over to take care of it, and he took that guy’s leg off—the rest of it, while everybody—Of course, as soon as we could get out of church, we all went runnin’ over to see what’s goin on, and we’re all standin’ around watchin’ Dr. Martin take a—saw this guy’s leg off, while he’s layin’ on the back of the truck [<em>laughs</em>]. Yeah, he was a character. Yup.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>And also, um, in an earlier conversation a—about school, you mentioned, uh, the disciplinary actions of certain teachers.</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Yes.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>What are some experiences that stuck out to you?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Uh, well, I’m not gonna tell you that story I told you last time, ‘cause I don’t want to get in trouble about that one, but, uh, uh, most of my teachers, uh—it—I’ve always said this, and I’ve probably—you probably know this. Everybody does. You always have certain teachers that are really good teachers and you’ll never forget ‘em. I mean, they—I have—I can remember certain teachers that were just good, and then there were some that, you wonder why they’re doing this, you know, uh, but um, I—we had this one teacher and [<em>clears throat</em>] she was hard to get along with, and she wa—she never had a smile on her face. She was just real sharp, and is always getting on everybody for every little thing, and she taught the fourth grade, and I was getting older by then, you know, ‘cause all the grades, one through 12, went to same school. You walked down the hall and—and this was something that I—I was bad sometimes at—I must have been seventh grade, ‘cause junior high is really the bad time [<em>laughs</em>]. I—if you look at my—I have every report card, and I can—you could pick out the ones I had when I was in seventh and eighth grade, uh, and anyway, she was just always mean to the kids, I thought, and so, she left her door open. She’d be in there talkin’ and you can walk down the hall and you’d hear her or see her in there.</p>
<p>So one day, when we were ki—talking out there on the—before you walk into the main building—on the porch, and, uh, so I said—there was a box—an old cardboard box out there, and I said, “I’ma walk down the hall. I’ma throw it in her room. See what happens.” So they bet me I wouldn’t do it, so I did it. I walked in, threw it in there, and ran on down the hall. She caught me, and she took me up to the office, and the principal there knew me, of course, and he knew that she—also that she was a little bit difficult to get along with, and all he did to me was—after she left, he said he’d take care of it, and, uh, he gave me a poem to learn. He says, “Now, just sit here and learn this poem, but don’t do that anymore,” [<em>laughs</em>] but we had some, uh—we had another teacher, who had been there for many years and taught my older si—you know, that was another thing. The teachers you got—they had already had your older sister, who was a brain.</p>
<p>You know, you’re supposed to know as much as she did, and, uh, they always compared you, as you went down the kids, but, uh, we had this teacher, and she could be—she was a good teacher, but she—she didn’t really—I don’t think she had children of her own. I don’t think she ever had children, but she would do things that, uh, would hurt people. Like we had this one girl that lived across the railroad track—her home was right over there—and she’d walk to school across the railroad track every day. Nicest person in the world, and one day she did something, and this—this teacher criticized her so badly in front of the whole class, and the girl did not deserve it. She didn’t do anything. Oh, she was a little bit late, I think, and I think she was late, because the train was across the track, and she got all over her or bein’ late to class and made the girl cry, and she did that to another girl in my class, and I just—it just really—I never, ever forgot it. Even though she was a good teacher, she—she would ridicule students sometimes, and, uh, I thought that—and—and it was embarrassing for that student, in front of the other kids, uh, and so you just remember certain people for certain things, but most of my teachers were good.</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Oh, and I gotta tell you one more school story. Right next to the school, lived—there was some houses, and one of these houses was Mr. McCulley’s[sp] house. Charlie McCulley was my—I went to school, first grade through 12. I wish I knew if he was still livin’ today. I would love to see him. uh, but anyway, they had chickens—chicken yard, and one night, uh, some of the high school boys got Mr. McCulley’s chickens—three or four—and brought them over, and—and for some reason, we were able to get in and out of the school. I don’t know what it was, but they knew how to open—pick the lock or something, then go in there, and so, they got these chickens and they had this teacher that was a retired military. His name was Mr. Bayton[sp], and Mr. Bayton was vague. He shouldn’t have been teaching history. I mean, he was like—he didn’t even know the subject, you know, and he didn’t—nobody cared for him, but he was just kinda dumb, and so they put these chickens in his room and shut the door and left them in there [<em>laughs</em>] all night. The next day, he came to school and had all those chickens in there, and another time, they took somebody’s old “Model T,” and put it in the hall—put it in the hall, and every Halloween, they put a metal trashcan on top of the flagpole, upside down. Nobody ever figured out how they did it, but they—that was—you knew it would be there the next mornin’ [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p>Another thing though, when I went to school, what we did every day—they—they had the [American] flag, it stayed in the office, and they had certain people that did this, and they would take the flag out, unfold it, put it on the flagpole, and put the flag up, and that was—and if it rained, you ran out there and took the flag down. You never let the flag stay up there in the rain. You never let it stay up overnight. That was the way it was always. The whole time I was at school, it was that way.</p>
<p>We always had what we called chapel every S—every Friday morning, everybody in the school went to the auditorium and there was a program. A lot of—once a month, you had a pastor of one of the churches came and talked, and it’d be a different one each time, and today, that could never happen. You always had the Pledge of Allegiance every morning before class, and you always said the Lord’s Prayer. You did those two the whole time I was in school. Now, things have changed.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>I have read that, uh, Oviedo High did not become integrated until the 1960s. Growing up during segregation, do you recall any incidences where you recognized the separation of races?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Oh, when I was growing up—I remember when integration started, ‘cause we were livin’ here, and I had kids in school, and I remember the first day, uh, that it—that the schools were integrated, and my kids were in high school, at that time, but back when—when I was growin’ up, it—everything was segregated. Blacks were—rode—if they got on the bus, they had to ride in, uh, like the—we had a bus that came from Orlando to Oviedo. It was called Orlando Transit, and if you got on the bus, all the black people had to sit in the back. They loaded back to front, but this was another thing. They did have buses that went—went out to get kids to go to my school, but blacks didn’t have a bus. They—they had to walk to school, and they lived past where I lived up on the hill that—what we called “The Negro Quarters.” they were called “The Quarters.” They lived—a lot of ‘em—there were different places, but there was a group down there. They walks by our house, and they had to walk all the way across town to the black school, and of course, there was—it was no—no integration at all, and, uh, it even, uh—it was just unheard of for, uh—for people to mix up, or—or even—they was[sic] just two separate entities, and, uh, it—gradually, it got better.</p>
<p>I remember like when my daughter, who, uh, just passed away this last summer—when she was a senior in high school, she was yearbook editor, just like I was yearbook editor when I was in school, and, uh—but, uh—and the two years before that, we had integration. it started when my oldest son<a title="">[9]</a> was still in sch—still in school, and, um, so there were some black[sic] on her, uh, editor—on her, uh, staff to do the yearbook, and when they got ready to have the ye—the party, there was a big discussion about whose house they could have it at, because that meant black people—kids were gonna come.</p>
<p>The same way with my daughter, uh—my younger daughter, Julie [Karin Reagan], who‘s a nurse, uh, now. Uh, when she was a cheerleader, uh, we had some black girls that were cheerleaders with her, and, uh, lot of people—it was hard for a lot of people to get used to that. They didn’t like it, and—but I remember I took ‘em, um, ‘cause the parents—the white girls’ parents worked too. I was a stay-at-home mom, and, uh, all the other parents of the cheerleaders worked, and so they never went to anything, and then every—the cheerleaders needed to go to cheerleading camp. I drove ‘em over there, picked ‘em up. I made their uniforms, and—and I took the black girls too, you know, and somebody would say, “Are[?]—are you gonna do that?” I’d say, “Yes,” and I can remember that, and then I remember when my oldest daughter—the one that was a yearbook editor—went to Miami, she trained at, uh, Jackson Borough School for Nursing, and she had to watch a[sic], uh, autopsy. They had this group[?]. they watched up looking down from this glass to watch it, and that was part of her nurses training, and it was a black girl they were an autopsy on, and she said, “You know, Mom, when you open up somebody, they’re the same on the inside as you are,” and she said, “A lot of people need to think about that,” and, you know—and that was just wha—what she figured out on her own, and I said, “That’s[?]—that’s right,” and right now, two or three doors down here, my best friend is a black girl who’s 50 years old, who was married to a white man, who just passed away, and she and I walk every—two days a week, and we have a ball. She is more fun than—anyway, uh, that is certainly not a problem today, but I remember when it was a very big problem.</p>
<p>I can remember when the guy who was the—the de—the she—the, uh, constable or the police chief of Oviedo—the only—only one policeman—I can remember how he mistreated black people that he put in jail. He hit ‘em. He had a billy stick and I remember hearing how he hit ‘em in the head with that, and, you know—I mean, they were mistreated. They were bad. It was bad. I can remember some bad things that happened. I’m certainly glad that part is over. Uh, hopefully, it’s over.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>What year did you graduate at Oviedo High School, and what was the graduation ceremony like?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Uh, I—1951. Nine people in my graduatin’ class. In those days, you always had a—a baccalaureate service. I don’t know if they still—don’t still do that, but they always had a, uh—a, uh—and they had it at the school. It was just like a graduation thing, but They had it like a—on a—two or three days before graduation, you had baccalaureate, and they would, like, preach a sermon, or they would do a—it would be a talk on how you—to live your life and all that sort of thing, but it was a different, and every year, they’d have a different pa—we had a Methodist and a Baptist and a Lutheran ch—church. Those were the three main churches, and they would take turns, uh, doin’ the baccalaureate service.</p>
<p>So you always had that first, and then you had graduation, and at the same time as grad—graduation night, you also—they gave out any awards that—now—now today, my kids—they have an award night for different things, but in the—they did all the awards the night of graduation, and, uh, I got—I’ll never forget this, because my older sister got a bunch. S when I came along, I did too, except…</p>
<p>[<em>clock chimes</em>]</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>One. She got one that I didn’t get, and my mother said—as soon as she walked out of that thing, the first thing she said was, “How come you didn’t the”—I forgot what it was—“American Legion Award” or somethin’. I said, “That’s alright. I got best all-around athlete award. My sister didn’t that,” [<em>laughs</em>] but I got the history award and, uh—and the, uh, leadership award. I forgot what—it’s another name for it, but, uh, I’ll never forget that. She didn’t know how come I didn’t get that one, so—but that—we had award’s night the same night, as we did that [<em>taps on table</em>]. That was about it.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>And where did your life take you after high school?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Uh, not very far. My whole thing was to leave Oviedo. Both of my sisters had left and went to work at a bank in Orlando. uh, my older sister went first and she got—she worked at Florida State—it was called Florida State Bank in Downtown Orlando, right down the middle of town, and then when my sister graduated, my ol—other sister had talked to ‘em and got her in the[?]—she worked in the bookkeeping department. So they both went to Orlando to work in the bank.</p>
<p>Well, I didn’t want to work in the bank. What I wanted to do was to go to college, and I did not get to go, and Mr. [Thomas Willington] Lawton—T.W. Lawton—you’ve heard of the Lawtons? Uh, he was a cousin of ours, and, uh, he knew how much I wanted to go, and[?], uh, so I was supposed to go over to—with him, right? ‘Cause he—he drove to Sanford every, uh, day to work at the—down at the courthouse—was where his office was, and, uh, they were gonna have a test for scholarships. You could take these tests to try to get a scholarship to go to co—FSU.<a title="">[10]</a> In those days it was a women’s college,<a title="">[11]</a> and, uh, so I was all set to go. My principal had fixed it for me to go, ‘cause—‘cause I was valedictorian, and—and I was kinda’ smart, and I[?] thought I could pass—get maybe—maybe get a scholarship, and I was gonna go, and Mr. Lawton—and I was—and I already made arrangements with him. I didn’t tell my mother anything about it, ‘cause she had said, “We can’t afford to send you to college,” you know, “We don’t have the money,” uh, and—but so I thought, <em>If I can get a scholarship, you know I can do this</em>, and, uh, so doggonnit, if, uh, Mr.—somebody from sch—one of the teachers called and my mother answered the phone, and she said, “Well, tell Bettye when she goes tomorrow to take the scholarship test” —she didn’t know I was goin’. I didn’t tell her, and, uh—but Mr. Lawton knew, ‘cause I had already contacted him. He was goin’ take me, and so she says, “What is this all about?” And I told her. She said, “We can’t do that.” So she called Mr. Lawton and told him not to come—not to pick me up, ‘cause I couldn’t—even if I got it, it was just—they couldn’t afford all the stuff they still have to do for me to go, and he called back, and he said, “Listen. I will help her go. I will help her financially [inaudible],” but my mother would never take any money from anybody.</p>
<p>So that, I did not get to do, but—so then, I get on the bus, after I get out of school and I [inaudible]—my senior year, I worked for—Mr. Teague, who was the principal, I worked in the office half a day every day, ‘cause I had all the subjects they had. I took [inaudible] instead of st—study hall, I took a subject. So there wasn’t[sic] any subjects left for me to take. So he asked me to be the school secretary, work in the office half—half a day, and I did that all that senior year, and tough—and then after I graduate, I’m—I’m goin’ to Orlando riding the bus, trying to walk around, find a job, which I hadn’t found. I come home one day, and my mother says, “Well, you got a job. I got you a job. Mr. Teague called and wanted to know if you wanted a full-time job being a school secretary.” <em>Oh, jeeze.</em> I wanted to leave. I wanted to get out of Oviedo, and go do somethin’ different.</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>So I was home for a year, and then I got married and moved to Sanford, and then, uh, I was married for three years. I had—we built a house. City of Sanford would give you a lot—give you a lot, but you had to build a house within a year. We built the house. We cleared the lot. I can show you that house today. We built the house—I mean, laid the blocks, poured the floor, did the whole thing in one year. He<a title="">[12]</a> worked for the railroad and we did this when he wasn’t working. We built the house. We laid blocks—all that stuff—and we were able to move in within a year. it wasn’t finished, but we moved in, and, uh, anyway, he was, uh—I had two kids, and when I had a year-old baby<a title="">[13]</a> and a three-year-old son, <a title="">[14]</a> and he was killed, uh, in a train accident, working—he was a railroader—train accident, uh, and then, I met my husband<a title="">[15]</a>—I have today, uh—eight months later, which everybody thought was too soon [<em>laughs</em>], at church, and, uh, we’ve been married—we—we just celebrated, uh, Monday, our 58<sup>th</sup> wedding anniversary. So [<em>taps on table</em>] it worked [<em>laughs</em>], and we had four more kids.<a title="">[16]</a> That’s six.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>After your first husband died, for those eight months, before you met your—how did you survive?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Uh, well, uh, Social Security [Insurance], uh, and he had some insurance and, uh—the other thing though we had done—we had bought—borrowed money and bought, uh, I think it was 4,000 dollars—bought 80 acres—now, 80 acres in Osteen, uh, found a road that if you took it—took you all the way to Oak Hill. It was a back road. It goes through there. We bought 80 acres, and we got these cows from the dairy, and we were—we were raising cows out there. We were doin’ that too. So when he died, I had that 80 acres and about seven or eight cow, uh—calves. I had to go feed ‘em on a nipple bucket, and I was goin’ out there every day doing—in fact, that’s where I was when they came out and found me to tell me what had happened, and, uh, so anyway, uh, I had that when I married Don—he was in, uh, TV business—and, uh, so we—he went out there and got some more cows and played cowboy [<em>laughs</em>], and we had that, and we were eventually able to sell it for [$]16,000, which when—in those—that was a long time ago, back in the—we’re talkin’ about the [19]60s, and, uh—and we bought another five—bought 10 acres out here near the airport, and put our cows out there and we had that.</p>
<p>Then we had a chance to buy this place, and, uh—we lived in town, and he had a really nice, big house. I mov—sold my house out there and moved into his house, and, uh—but we had a pool we added on to the house by the time we had a bunch of kids. We had to keep addin’ onto the house, and we had a pool, which was—new at those time[sic]. Not too many people had ‘em. So every day, I had not just my kids. I had everybody’s in the neighborhood’s kids at my house, and it got to be a zoo. I said, “We gotta move.” So he was out here fixin’ these people’s tel—television set, and he saw this place. He said—and they wanted—there was an old couple—they wanted to move into town. Well, we owned another house across the street that was a rental, and, uh, so they—we almost swapped ‘em, and Of course, we had to work on this one for a year to make it so we could—this—this, uh—this was outside the house. This wall was the outside, and that brick in that fireplace—there was a—fireplace right here. We chipped all the brick out of that. that’s the same brick that were[sic] in the fireplace, and we added this room, and we added another bathroom and put—what was a porch, we made that into bigger bedrooms, and we moved out here with six kids, and, uh, it’s been a great, great place to live, and then we got a lot o—I’ll show you my studio, before you go. It’s outside.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>And how did you meet your—how did you meet Don, your second husband?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>My husband now? At, uh—it was a put-up job [<em>laughs</em>]. It really was. Um, he—he came here in the Navy, and, uh, he was—he got married and he was married. He was divorced, when I met him, um, and he was at the church. Anyway, One day, after my husband had passed away, I called. I had the two little kids, and I was still—I was going to church down there, but—and I had gone to church all my life, but I was so, you know—I was totally—I was just kinda’ down, and I called the—the church, and they said—the assistant pastor came out, and I told him—I said, “I’m goin’ to church, but I’m not gettin’ anything out of it.” I said, “I’m just not”—I was miserable, and he said, “You know what? You need to be—you don’t need to be sittin’ in a class, uh, with you kids anymore[?]. You need to be teaching class,” So he said, “We have seven year olds. We need a teacher for seven year olds. Would you”—and so I said, “Okay.” So I go—first Sunday, I go in this—we had 30-somethin’ seven year olds and there were four or five teachers. He was a teacher, and I was a teacher of Sunday school of seven year olds. They put us both in the same room with a little thing in between, and it didn’t take very long, and, uh, so we got—that’s where I met him—was there. We been together ever since [<em>taps on table</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>What are some fond memories you have raising your children?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Oh [<em>taps on table</em>], great memories, and the good part about it was we had a movie camera. Took movies of everything we did—every Christmas, every Thanksgiving, every birthday, all events. Oh, you should see our kids, going to Lake Eola, lined up where the flowers are, where all the little kids with—all the little girls had white gloves on, hats, frilly dresses. Boys had on ties and coats and—and, uh—gettin’ out of the car, going to church, [inaudible] watchin’ ‘em tryin’ to get in and out of the cars and all that, and, uh—and then going on vacations, camping. That was the only way you could go—take that many kids on vacation is to go camping, and that’s what we did. We went camping. We started up[?] in Florida, ended up in the mountains, and they still go camping to this day, but, uh—and then, I—I enjoyed my kids.</p>
<p>Uh, I never missed a—any program that they were in, and, uh, of course when you got that many, they’re in different things, you know, uh, and that—and this one daughter—she tickled me, because if I was gonna have to go to school for, uh—drive a car for, uh, you know—take the kids somewhere—trip, or something—she would tell me—pick out what she wanted me to wear. She wanted you to look good, you know? [<em>laughs</em>] She would come in there and say, “Mom, this is what I want you to wear,” but, um, I really—and I never missed a PTA<a title="">[17]</a> meeting, and I remember going, and I have two or three kids in one school, and you went to each one of ‘em’s class, and I’m trying to go to all of ‘em’s class, and change classes and do this, but I always did—kept up with what was going on, and, uh—and they all did good in school—pretty good in school, and never really had any major problems with ‘em. Uh, all did school, all—all graduated good[sic], and, uh, have great memories, and then I have all these—and used to be the movies were on film, and then—‘till now. You know, now, it’s entirely different, but my daughter that—the one that you went to her house—she took those, and I dunno how long it took her, she’s finally—still got something to do, and put ‘em all on DVDs, and, uh—and we have ‘em all today. A lot of nice ones. We don’t have anything on TV we want to watch, we sit and watch the kids all growin’, when they were little all the way up. So that—we have those, and I—I tell ‘em today—I said, “Y’all have all these things on camera”</p>
<p>[<em>phone rings</em>]</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>“Now you need to be makin’ sure you—you have these things. Don’t just let it get taken off of there, ‘cause we have a record of everything. Y’all aren’t going to have that.” I’m just gonna let that go.</p>
<p>[<em>answering machine</em>]</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>I understand that your great-grandfather Andrew Aulin[, Sr.] founded Oviedo.</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Right.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>What are some stories about him or other founding families, like the Lawtons or Wheelers that you…</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Uh…</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>Remember being told?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Well, he passed away before I was—was born, and, uh, the, uh—the way that, uh—he came down here—a lot of those people who were Swe—he was Swedish—came over here from Sweden, and he didn’t come the way so many people in this area did. The Sanford area is all—a lot of Swedes over here, and they came over, uh, to work the citrus groves, and the—and the people who owned the groves here would pay their way on the ship, if they’d come and work a year. That’s how a lot of them came, but he didn’t come that way. He came up at, um—on the East Coast in New York or somewhere like that, and he came down through Georgia, and then eventually, into down here, and, um, he, uh, uh—at first, Oviedo—the settlement was out on, uh, Lake Jessup, and they called it White’s Warf—was the name of it—little settlement, and then they sor—sort of moved into O—into what is Oviedo today, and, uh, he was one of ‘em that moved in there, and he became—he was the first postmaster, and they had to come up with a name, and, uh, he was—when they named it, and he was also a schoolteacher…</p>
<p>[<em>clock chimes</em>]</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>And he spoke ‘bout four or five languages. He was very smart, and the reason he named it O—it should be pronounced <em>Oh-vee-ay-do</em>—was he traveled, uh, before he came over here, and then he even went back over to Europe several times, and he had been to Oviedo, Spain, and he thought since Florida was a Spanish word, he thought we’d name it Oviedo, and he called it <em>Oh-vee-ay-do</em>, and at, uh, one time, it—it was—it was in Orange County. You know, that used to be all Orange County all this part of it, plus this was too, and—and it was, uh, uh…</p>
<p>[<em>train whistles</em>]</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>So then, he—and he opened a store. He had a store there also, and they—and I heard a, uh—different things people have written about him and said that they’d go in their store, and he’d be so intent on reading something. he was very intellectual, and he liked to read all the time—that they’d have to ma—make him quit reading to wait on him, ‘cause he was into that, and [inaudible] when he passed away, he didn’t have a lot of money, but what he had, he game to Rollins College. It was just starting, and he was one of the people that gave what he had to Rollins College, because he wanted to see that college be there. So he was—I wish I had known him. He was—I was—he gone before I came along, and his wife<a title="">[18]</a> was a Lawton.</p>
<p>So that’s how we got involved with that, and, uh, then, it’s—it’s crazy, because when we started going through different history things, I found out that [inaudible] the Lees in Oviedo, which are—that’s all involved—the Lawtons, Lees, and the Wheelers—all [Lee] sisters all married those people. They were sisters and one married a Lawton,<a title="">[19]</a> one married a Lee[sic], and a Wheeler,<a title="">[20]</a> and all that, and, uh, so when—my—on my mother’s side, who came from Sanford, there were some Lees. Her sisters married the Lees, and—and I al—al—I asked a couple times—I said, “Ya’ll kin to the[?] Lees in Oviedo?” Said, “No, no.” Well, they are, uh—they got this book on the Jacobs family and I started reading it, and the Jacobs family, involved with both Lees there, Lee’s here. So way back, if you wanted to go by marriage things, my mother was actually—her people were ancestors with my father’s people, way back and by marriage, and I thought—I just found that out not too long ago, and I bet that they—I’ll tell ‘em. They don’t know it [<em>laughs</em>], but that was, uh—and, uh, another thing—when—when my husband—my first husband—he was Catholic, and, uh, when we—when he went and talked to my daddy about us getting married, and he said, “Well, there’s one thing I want you to do. I don’t care which church you go to, but both of you go to the same one,” because—and Oviedo’s known for that. The Lawtons and the Wheelers and the Lees—the Whe—Frank Wheeler—big in the Baptist church—his wife was big in the Methodist church. Same things with the Lawtons. One went—husband went to one church and the wife we—and my daddy said, “I don’t want to see any more of that.” You—but that was—was one of the things that they did out there too, but they were all related. Yup.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>Do you have any family heirlooms that were passed down that you held on to?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Uh, no, uh, I don’t. I have some pictures, but I don’t have any—anything else that—I wish I did, and that is why I[sic] makin’ a point to save everything that I have [<em>laughs</em>], and—Like that bell that’s—there’s a big bell hanging outside. That’s my husband’s family. His father had that bell on the farm in Mississippi, and we were able to get that, and he re—redid it and painted it and all and put it up there, but—but that’s one of the few things we have from his family, and, um, we—so our kids are—that’s the one thing—you don’t get rid of that. that stays in the family, you know, and it’s very, very—it’s made in 1800-somethin’ is what—the date is in it, but, um, no, uh, I don’t think there’s—there’s much left, uh, physical things, you know, um, just some pictures, which I try to keep up with, and I have pictures of my father and his father together, and, uh, things like that, but, uh, no, uh, I don’t—can’t think of any—any artifacts, really, that I have.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>Is there anything you like—you’d like to cover that we haven’t addressed?</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>No, uh, well, one thing I want to say about Oviedo today, is, uh—it must be a great place to live, because here a few years ago—well, quite a few years ago, when I was starting, uh—doing a lot of painting, and, uh, I—I did a whole thing—a lot of pic—paintings, uh, about Oviedo, and, uh, I went out there and just drove around, went down to where the pool used to be, which they covered it up. it’s not there anymore, but there’s a park down there—children’s park and things, and, uh—and I went down there to—just to take some pictures and look around, and there was[sic] some women down there playing with their kids, and, uh, I—I told them— I said, “Do you mind if I take some pictures?” ‘Cause I didn’t know what I was going to do, but I was going to do some series of paintings on Oviedo, and they said, “Yes.” it was okay, and—and I said, “Would you mind telling me”—‘cause they—they weren’t from there, and I said, “Why did you move here?” And they said, “Well, we researched before we moved”—they came from out of state—”And this just was the best place to move to raise your kids.” They checked it out. They said, “This is a very family-oriented town. They have a lot of things for kids, and it’s—it’s, you know—it’s just a very—it’s the ideal place to raise a family.” I thought, <em>Well, that’s great. </em>So then, I go to another place in Oviedo, another place like that. There’s some more families there. I asked the same question, got the same answer. I said, “Now, isn’t that amazing?” That—that’s sayin’ a lot for Oviedo. It is, and another thing—the Townhouse Restaurant—are you familiar with that? Which they’re fixin’ to move, you know?</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>But, uh, we go out there every now and then just to eat there, but, uh, I remember when it wasn’t the Townhouse, and up above it, there used to be a doctor’s office above that place, but, uh, that corner there—the—the red light—the whole time I was re—growin’ up, that was the red light. the only one in town for many, many years, and I kinda hate to see ‘em do what they’re gonna do there, but that’s progress, and, uh—but, uh, I have very fond memories of Oviedo, but, you know, when you’re growing up, you always think somethin’s gonna be better somewhere else, but, uh, my daughter lives out there, and right down the road, you know, comin’ from—back to Oviedo from her house, there’s a new subdivision that’s called Aulin[‘s] Landin<em>g</em> or something they’re building. That’s got the Aulin name in it. There’s just—new. They just started building it. So that’s something too, and of course, they got Aulin Avenue, you know, out there by the cemetery. So yeah, it’s a—good memories from Oviedo, and I need to get back out there, ‘cause I have—still have people out there that I know. Um, how are you—how—how much more are y’all doing? Do you have more people you’re going to interview? ‘Cause I know somebody would be good to interview [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>Oh, I’m sure other classes…</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>Like I said, you know, which—which—every new semester, because we’re just…</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>To get as much…</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Right.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>Of Central Florida’s history as possible. So…</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>If you wanna…</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Uh, the Wards, uh—there’s a, uh—Bob Ward. Uh, his brothers passed away, but Bob Ward—Bob and Joanne Ward. I would recommend, uh, talking to—to them. Uh, they live out there close to where I lived, right across the street from the Wheeler House. The—we used to call Mrs. Wheeler—Mrs. B. F. —Frank Wheeler “The Queen,” and, uh—and she was like a queen, you know? She didn’t speak to you. You speak to—I’ll never forget. One time, since I’ve been—when—after I moved to—to, uh, Sanford, we had a drug store downtown called Tusta’s[?] Drugstore. In those days, it had a soda fountain. just like Oviedo had a soda fountain. Had a soda fountain in it, and I was down there one day, sittin’ in a booth, and, uh, Ms. Wheeler came by, and I recognized her and she recognized me, you know, and she walk right on by and didn’t speak, and goes on down and doggone, if every booth wasn’t full, of course, and so she comes back and then all of the sudden, she remembered who I was, ‘cause she needed a place to sit [<em>laughs</em>]. I thought that was—that was—that was pretty good. That was the way it was. They were a little bit—little bit that way—a little bit that way. Uh…</p>
<p><strong>Schwandt<br /></strong>Well, thank you so much for your time.</p>
<p><strong>Reagan<br /></strong>Mmhmm, you’re welcome. I enjoyed it.</p>
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<p><a title="">[1]</a> Andrew “Andy” Aulin III.</p>
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<p><a title="">[2]</a> Andrew Aulin, Jr.</p>
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<p><a title="">[3]</a> Mary Alice Powell Aulin.</p>
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<p><a title="">[4]</a> Roy Rogers (born Leonard Franklin Slye) in <em>The Roy Rogers Show</em>.</p>
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<p><a title="">[5]</a> Wheeler Fertilizer Company.</p>
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<p><a title="">[6]</a> Mary Leonora Aulin Bartlett.</p>
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<p><a title="">[7]</a> Charles Warren Aulin.</p>
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<p><a title="">[8]</a> Physical Education.</p>
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<p><a title="">[9]</a> Daniel Lee Reagan, formerly Daniel Lee McGill.</p>
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<p><a title="">[10]</a> Florida State University</p>
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<p><a title="">[11]</a> Florida Female College, later Florida State College for Women.</p>
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<p><a title="">[12]</a> Joel Edwin McGill.</p>
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<p><a title="">[13]</a> Kathleen Ann McGill, now Kathleen Ann Reagan.</p>
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<p><a title="">[14]</a> Daniel Lee McGill, now Daniel Lee Reagan.</p>
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<p><a title="">[15]</a> Donald Thomas Reagan.</p>
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<p><a title="">[16]</a> Debbie Lynn Reagan, Julie Karin Reagan, Andrew Schott Reagan, and Patrick Kelley Reagan.</p>
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<p><a title="">[17]</a> Parent-Teacher Association.</p>
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<p><a title="">[18]</a> Emma “Lona” Leonora Lawton Aulin.</p>
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<p><a title="">[19]</a> Charlotte "Lottie" Lee Lawton married Thomas Willington Lawton and Lillian Della Lee Lawton married Winborn Joseph Lawton, Sr.</p>
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<p><a title="">[20]</a> George Lee Wheeler married Benjamin Franklin Wheeler.</p>
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schools
seamstress
seamstresses
segregation
sewing
Slavia
spitz
spitzen
storekeepers
strawberries
strawberry
Sunbeam Band
Swedes
Swedish
swimming pools
T. W. Lawton
teachers
telephone operators
The Roy Rogers Show
Thomas Willington Lawton
Trigger
Troubles
Tusta's Drugstore
W. J. Lawton
Walker
weddings
West
West House
Wheeler
Wheeler Fertilizer Company
White's Wharf
Winborn Joseph Lawton, Sr.
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Dublin Core
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Title
Seminole County Collection
Alternative Title
Seminole County Collection
Subject
Seminole County (Fla.)
Altamonte Springs (Fla.)
Casselberry (Fla.)
Goldenrod (Fla.)
Heathrow (Fla.)
Lake Mary (Fla.)
Longwood (Fla.)
Oviedo (Fla.)
Sanford (Fla.)
Winter Springs (Fla.)
Description
Collection of digital images, documents, and other records depicting the history of Seminole 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 the early-1900s, Seminole County was known for its agricultural development and close proximity to shipping lanes. By the 1920s, citizens in Seminole County, particularly in Sanford, soon shifted their interests in making the area a tourist destination.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Contributor
<a href="http://www.cfmemory.org/" target="_blank">Central Florida Memory</a>
Cepero, Laura Lynn
Cepero, Nancy Lynn
<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>
<a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>
Has Part
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/118" target="_blank">Altamonte Springs Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/117" target="_blank">Casselberry Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/54" target="_blank">Geneva Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/55" target="_blank">Geneva Historical & Genealogical Society Collection</a>, Geneva Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/56" target="_blank">Goldenrod Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/57" target="_blank">Goldenrod Historical Society & Museum Collection</a>, Goldenrod Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/129" target="_blank">Heathrow Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/119" target="_blank">Lake Mary Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/43" target="_blank">Longwood Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/128" target="_blank">Oviedo Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/147" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society Collection</a>, Oviedo Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/16" target="_blank">Sanford Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/82" target="_blank"><em>Celery Soup: Florida's Folk Life Play</em> Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/65" target="_blank">Churches of Sanford Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/131" target="_blank">Creative Sanford, Inc. Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/41" target="_blank">Georgetown Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/78" target="_blank">Marie J. Francis Collection</a>, Georgetown Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/101" target="_blank">Sanford Avenue Collection</a>, Georgetown Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/79" target="_blank">Goldsboro Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/116" target="_blank">Henry L. DeForest Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/12" target="_blank">Hotel Forrest Lake Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/14" target="_blank">Ice Houses of Sanford Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/42" target="_blank">Milane Theatre Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/13" target="_blank">Naval Air Station Sanford Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/15" target="_blank">Sanford Baseball Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/61" target="_blank">Sanford Cigar Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/10" target="_blank">Sanford Riverfront Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/11" target="_blank">Sanford State Farmers' Market Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/30" target="_blank">Seminole County Centennial Celebration Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/31" target="_blank">Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/32" target="_blank">General Photographic Collection</a>, Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/73" target="_blank">Seminole County Public Schools Collection</a>, Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/125" target="_blank">Winter Springs Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>.
Coverage
Seminole County, Florida
Altamonte Springs, Florida
Casselberry, Florida
Goldenrod, Florida
Heathrow, Florida
Lake Mary, Florida
Longwood , Florida
Oviedo, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Winter Springs, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://www.cfmemory.org/" target="_blank">Central Florida Memory</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
External Reference
Bentley, Altermese Smith. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45705201" target="_blank"><em>Seminole County</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2000.
"<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/index.aspx" target="_blank">Seminole County Government </a>." Seminole County Government. http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/index.aspx.
<a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52607030" target="_blank"><em>Early Days of Seminole County, Florida: Where Central Florida History Began</em></a>. [Sanford, Fla.]: Seminole County Historical Commission, 2002.
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
Interviewer
Youngers, Stephanie
Interviewee
Tucker, Cecil A. II
Bit Rate/Frequency
1411kbps
Dublin Core
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Title
Oral History of Cecil A. Tucker II
Alternative Title
Oral History, Tucker
Subject
Christmas (Fla.)
Gainesville (Fla.)
Ocala (Fla.)
4-H clubs--Florida
Sanford (Fla.)
Oviedo (Fla.)
Description
An oral history of Cecil A. Tucker II, conducted by Stephanie Youngers on September 23, 2010. Tucker served as a County Agent for the Extensions Office in various counties in Florida. In the interview, he discusses growing up in Christmas, Cracker Christmas and Fort Christmas Historical Park, his educational history, the 4-H (head, heart, hands, and health) program, working for the Extensions Office in Marion County and Seminole County, agriculture in Seminole County, opening Tucker's Farm and Garden Center, and his wife and children.
Table Of Contents
0:00:00 Introduction <br />0:01:50 Growing up in Christmas<br />0:05:38 Schools in Christmas<br />0:08:40 College education and 4-H <br />0:13:27 Working for the Marion County Extension Office<br />0:17:39 Working for the Seminole County Extension Office<br />0:22:41 Agriculture in Seminole County<br />0:33:54 Growing watercress and managing dairy<br />0:38:20 Tucker's wife<br />0:39:15 RECORDING CUTS OFF<br />0:39:15 Tucker's wife<br />0:42:55 Tucker's family and cattle<br />0:43:47 Challenges while working at the Extension Office<br />0:51:17 Closing remarks
Abstract
Oral history interview of Cecil A. Tucker II. Interview conducted by Stephanie Youngers at the <a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>, Sanford, Florida.
Type
Sound
Source
Tucker, Cecil A. II. Interviewed by Stephanie Youngers. September 23, 2010. <a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>, Sanford, Florida.
Requires
Multimedia software, such as <a href="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/" target="_blank"> QuickTime</a>.
<a href="https://get.adobe.com/reader/" target="_blank">Adobe Acrobat Reader</a>
Is Part Of
<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>, Sanford, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/44" target="_blank">Seminole County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Coverage
Christmas, Florida
Fort Christmas Historical Park, Christmas, Florida
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Ocala, Florida
Citrus Heights, Sanford, Florida
Agricultural Center, Sanford, Florida
Tucker's Farm and Garden Center, Sanford, Florida
Creator
Youngers, Stephanie
Tucker, Cecil A. II
Date Created
2010-09-23
Date Modified
2014-10-09
Date Copyrighted
2010-09-23
Format
audio/mp3
application/pdf
Extent
543 MB
177 KB
Medium
53-minute and 48-second audio recording
19-page digital transcript
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Stephanie Youngers and Cecil A. Tucker II.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>
External Reference
Sanford Historical Society (Fla.). <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/783150094" target="_blank"><em>Sanford</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2003.
Edwards, Wynette. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53015288" target="_blank"><em>Orlando and Orange County</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2001.
"<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/about-the-museum-of-seminole-county-hi/" target="_blank">About the Museum of Seminole County History</a>." Parks and Preservation, Seminole County Government. http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/about-the-museum-of-seminole-county-hi/.
Transcript
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>My name is Stephanie Youngers. Today is September 23<sup>rd</sup>, 2010. And I am interviewing Mr. Cecil [A.] Tucker [II], here at the Museum of Seminole County History. Mr. Tucker, how are you?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>I’m doing great.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Good. We’ll start with where and when you were born, if you’re willing to give us that information.</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Yes. I was born actually in Brevard County in Rockledge. May 26<sup>th</sup>, 1931. And we lived in Rockledge—my mother and dad and I—for just a few weeks. My dad was working for the state and the tick eradication and his job as a range rider was over in east Orange County. So he moved us to Bithlo. And so, I was in—actually, he was already working for the state and headquartered out of Bithlo when I was born. My mother went over to Cocoa, to where there was some of the family, to help when I was being born.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Oh.</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>We lived in Bithlo for about six months. And then we moved to Christmas.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>And that’s another story.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>And is that where you live now, is in Christmas?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Yes. Yes.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Okay. How—how was it growing up there? Obviously different from today, but…</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>You know, Christmas is a kind of unique community. In a lot of respects, there’s some areas of it—we live a lot different today than it was when I was growing up, primarily because the people worked real hard to keep it that way and not let influence come in.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>That’s good.</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>But the community is—always had a—it’s a real close-knit community. And people pretty much look after each other, and help each other out. And the [Fort Christmas] Historical Park in Christmas is helping to preserve some of this kind of history.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>And like, we talked about the Cracker Christmas, and that’s one of the main events out there.</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Yes.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>And I know a lot of people don’t hardly go to Christmas, but during that time of year, you’ll find a lot more people out there.</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Cracker Christmas is always the first weekend in December. That also is the time that we have the tree-lighting and carol singing. We have decorated a Christmas tree. A large, living Florida red cedar. We’ve decorated it every year since 1952.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Wow.</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>And we have the carol singing and tree-lighting. Tree-lighting and carol singing, always the first Sunday in December every year. So Cracker Christmas—that weekend involves usually the tree-lighting and carol singing, as well as what’s going on at the fort.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>And is it like crafts and things at the fort?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Yes, at the fort. Crafts and—it’s a real nice festival. It really is.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>I know most people that go to Christmas during Christmastime want to get their letters stamped from Christmas.</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Yes. That’s an interesting situation. When Mother became Postmaster in 1932, she found out how much people were interested to get their cards postmarked at Christmas time. So she created a Christmas tree cachet that could be put on the extra onto the cards.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>The envelope?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Yes. Yeah. And so, she started doing that. And that was in 1934.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>And everything is by hand too?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker <br /></strong>Everything was by hand. Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Wow. So how many people do you think, on average, would come through there?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Well, it started out, you know—it’d be 30 or 40 thousand a year. Now, we’re probably somewhere between 300 and 500 thousand a year that have this done. But it’s just for those extra, little special things. We don’t get a whole lot of cooperation out of the Post Office Department. Because they consider this an extraneous thing. It creates more problems for them.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Right. But you all still do it out there.</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Still do it. Yeah [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>That’s crazy. Wow. Was there any other kind of events and things that you can remember, growing up?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>As I was growing up, the school—the activities at the school pretty much centered—it was the activities in the community. We’d have school plays, and get-togethers at school, a covered dish dinner, and this sort of thing. All those kind of things going on all the time in Christmas.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Right. And the school is located not in Christmas?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Yep. Well, in those days, until 1969, there was a school in Christmas. It started out in the 19—in 18—probably the 1880s. It could have been a little before that. The post office—the church in Christmas was started in 1871, and shortly after that, the school was created in the church, in the building. But we’ve had a school in Christmas ever since, until 1969, when it ended up getting moved to Bithlo.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>And that was all the grades throughout?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>We had a, it was eight grades. My first eight years of school was in that building. First four grades—we called “The Little Room,” and that was in the small room. That building has been moved to the fort, and is one of the preserved buildings at the fort. The larger room was grades four—five through eight.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>And the high school?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Well, in those days, they didn’t—we had a junior high, but it went from ninth grade on. And now they call it, well…</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Now they have elementary school, middle school, and high school.</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Middle school. Yeah. They call it middle school. So…</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>And which high school did you go to?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>And then I rode a bus to Orlando and went to Memorial Junior High [School] in Orlando, and then I transferred in the tenth grade. I transferred to Orlando High School—OHS.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Okay. And after that, you went to the University of Florida?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Well, I went to Orlando Junior College, which was there in Orlando. It was in the early stages of junior colleges getting started. But I only went one year, because I had in my 4-H work. I had won a scholarship to the University of Florida. And that scholarship was fixing to expire on me, so I had to transfer out of junior college up to the university so I could get my scholarship.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>We’ll come back to your schooling. How long were you into the 4-H? I mean, what did you do while you were in there?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /> </strong>I was always very active in 4-H. In fact, when I got on up to—I stayed active in 4-H even when I was in high school. I drove my dad’s cattle truck, and I would haul our dairy heifers to the various shows around. I carried Orange County heifers to Tampa—to the show.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>So you showed dairy cows?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Showed dairy cows and beef cattle. Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Alright. And did you show any hog, or anything like that?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>No. Never was very intrigued by hogs.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>I can understand. So you won a scholarship through doing your shows and things?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Through the 4-H. yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Well, good. Okay.</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Wasn’t a very big scholarship, but in those days, every penny counted.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Exactly.</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>I think it was $100, or something like that.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Well, good. And that helped you get into the University of Florida?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Well, no, it just helped to pay some of the expenses when I did get in.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>When you went there, did they have, like—was it still an all-male college, or…</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>You know, I need to do a little research on that. It was close. We did have—when I was attending there, it was co-ed. But it was pretty close to the time that it became co-ed, because I went there when—as I was active in 4-H, we used to go to what they called “Short Course.” And we spent a week at the university in the summertime every year. If you won that position in 4-H, you could go to Short Course. So I had been to Short Course, I guess, every year for five, six, seven years. And so I was involved there at the university as a 4-Her long before I got there as a student, so I knew some of the things that was going on.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>And they already knew you. They were expecting you.</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>So is that what you went to college for was for the agriculture?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker <br /></strong>Yes.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Did they have a specific program?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>I was going to major in animal husbandry. And did.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Okay. And you went for four years at the university?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Well, I actually went for four years, and I was thinking about going to vet school. And at that time, the only vet school was in Auburn, Alabama. And I applied, and the earliest I could get in, I would be already out of college. You had to wait two or three years to get in. So I decided I would back up and look at the feasibility of going into—I was interested in either extension agriculture, extension work, or in research. So, I ended up going toward a Master’s degree. So I got my Master’s degree, and had an opportunity to go into extension down in Marion County, in Ocala. And that’s what got me into County Agent.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>So after you graduated, you went right into the [Marion County] Extensions Office? Wow. And you were the youngest, one of the youngest in the state?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Well, there were a lot of young assistant county agents my age. But when I became the full agent, I was the youngest at that time of that.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>And had you—when you first started out with the Extensions Office, did you work there for a while, or did you just go right into the position that you were in?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>I went right in. When I graduated from university, in Marion County, Assistant Agent position opened up. I applied for it, and received it, and went right into it. And so I was very fortunate, because Marion County was one of the most active 4-H counties in the state. They had numerous state titles, teams, judging teams that won. And then 4-Hers that won positions and went to Chicago[, Illinois], or the national deal. And so it was a great county to go into for training.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>What did you do at the Extension Office when you first started out there?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Well, I—my job was two-fold. As a—see, at that time, I had a Master’s degree in Animal Husbandry and Nutrition. So, I had a job in Marion County working with the cattle people. And then I had the job of being 4-H Agent. And so, as leader of the 4-Hers, I ended up training judging teams. We had judging teams in dairy, and judging teams in beef, and judging teams in poultry.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>And you taught them, like, what to look for in the animal…</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Right. In the area of poultry—I didn’t know that much about it, but I found somebody that did.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>That seems like it would a little bit more in-depth.</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Yep. But we had some good teams. Some great 4-Hers there.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>So, when you say, working with the cattle there, like what types of cattle? What types of things did you do with them?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Well, it had to do with the cattlemen on their pastureland, and any problems they had with pastureland. And, of course, we had a number of purebred ranches in the area. Some of them were Brahman, some of them were Shorthorn, some of them were Hereford. And Angus. So it was a good training area for me.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>It sounds like it. And how long were you with the Marion County office?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>I was with Marion County for two years, and the, just before I left Marion County, the county agent of Marion County—he’d always been quite interested in the Sheriff’s Department, and in fact, he periodically would go on with the Sheriff’s Department on activities, and it became available to him to be able to get appointed as Sheriff. And so he took it. So I was appointed for a brief time as acting county agent in Marion County—big county.</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>But at the time, I had already applied for the job of County Agent here in Sanford, Seminole County, because it had became available.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>And it was closer to home.</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>And it was the closest one home.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Now, when you were up in Marion County, did you live up there?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Yes.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Okay. Good to know you didn’t try to commute every day.</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>No, no. I lived there.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>So once he took the position as Sheriff, how long until you got to come down here? I mean, did they find someone else?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Yeah. They found someone right away. In fact, I was just Acting Agent to take care of some things at the school. I wasn’t in the county, just for—goodness, it probably wasn’t for more than six or seven months.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Then you come down here.</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Yep.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Okay. You want to talk about what you did down here, which was a lot?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>The county agent that was here at the time—it was an interesting situation. He had—he had almost retired before his retirement. And some of it’s understandable. During the [Great] Depression, they cut back drastically on salaries. In fact, one of the stories told is: one of the farmers said to him, “Charlie, I heard they cut back your salary. Cut back 25 percent.” [<em>laughs</em>] He says, “Doesn’t that bother you?” Charlie says, “Well, yeah. But no, I just set the lever back 25%percent.” Well, he had done that. And he was fortunate that he was—had been in place for a long time. And the farmers were a little unhappy that when he first came in to the county, he did a tremendous job as county agent. I went through his files and things, and letters and all that he sent out, and he did a remarkable job. But after the episode with the salary and all of that, I think he was fortunate that he was real close friends with the director of Extension.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Goodness. So you came in about mid-1950s, into Seminole County?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>In 1956, I came here. The joke in the community was that, well, if you want to look for the county agent, just go down to Roumillat and Anderson’s Drug Store. He’ll be down there in the coffee shop.” So I says, “I tell you what. You won’t find me in Roumillat and Anderson’s. I’m going to go down to the other drug store.”</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Oh, goodness.</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>But Charlie had—Charlie had a good job. It was just there towards the end.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>He was ready to go.</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Yeah. And some of the old time farmers here, they pretty well understood. And so—but he was—the day came time for him to retire. It was pretty well fixed.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>So when you came in, what types of things did you do down here?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Well, one of the first things I did was to begin to get the 4-H going. Because there wasn’t much going in that area. And then I started working on the—bringing all of the mailing lists of the various farms—the citrus growers, the vegetable growers, the cattlemen—bringing those up to date. Charlie pretty well had a list, but he wasn’t keeping all of it up-to-date. And that was one of the things I worked on.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>So there was quite a bit of agriculture planting?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Yes. There was. In those days, we still was one of the more active vegetable producing areas in the state. And we had quite a bit of citrus here. We had probably 15 to 18 thousand acres of citrus.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>And that was in the Sanford area?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>In the Sanford area—Seminole County area. Now, the unique thing about that is, Seminole County is the fourth smallest county in the state in land area. So to have much acreage of anything is a little unique, because of the size of it.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>I know the big thing that I’ve heard is, like celery and citrus.</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Yes.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>But I know there was maybe some other things in there, as well.</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Well, in the—in those days, the nursery part of it was not—it was just beginning to come on. And in the ‘70s, we predicted that the nursery part—ornamental, horticultural, nursery—was probably going to outstrip the rest of it. And it has. But that’s just one of those things of how an area changes to meet the needs of the community.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Wow. And what about like agriculture—beef and things? I know there’s still quite a bit of it here, but not as much as it was.</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>No. In fact, the only thing that is as much as it was is ornamental horticulture. The vegetables has dropped way down. Almost nil right now. Beef cattle is still, over in the eastern part of the county is where most of the traditional pastureland was. And it’s still a lot of it over there.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>So that’s like, Geneva?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker <br /></strong>Geneva. Yep.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Oviedo kind of area.</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Chuluota. Yep. Kind of area. Osceola.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Chuluota. Osceola. Okay. Back in those days, was it more prominent? Did it come further into Seminole County, or is it just kind of always in that general area?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>It’s always been out in that area, although every area in the county had some cattle scattered in it. Not today, but back in those days.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong></p>
<p>No. Definitely not today. Now, when you were with the exchange office, you were telling me earlier about getting the new buildings, and even using this building, the county home building,<a title="">[1]</a> as an agricultural office. Could you tell me a little bit more about that?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Alright. Let me back up before that. I probably developed more offices for the county than any other department head. When I became county agent in 1956, we were in the bottom floor of the courthouse. I called it the Salt Mine Section of the courthouse. And it was just basically one big room, which housed my office, the home economics agent’s office, and we had Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation [Service (ASCS)], the old AAA. That office was also in that area. And so, basically, and I was trying to develop part of the program that we provide in extension to farmers is information about agriculture. And some of the best information that Extension has available are the bulletins that they print on the various topics. So, I determined that we were going to have a—when I was working my way through college at the university, one of my jobs, I worked in the bulletin room. And we sent out to county agents all over the state. They would send in an order for so many bulletins of this, so many bulletins of that. And so I was involved in shipping those out to the various agents. So I was pretty well familiar with the—what was available in bulletins. And I determined, in Seminole County, we was[sic] going to have the best supply of bulletins south of Gainesville. And we did.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Wow. What kind of things did the put out for bulletins? Was it like that tell of, like maybe a pest type thing for plants, or…</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Right. They would have a bulletin out on chinch-bug control. And a bulletin out on varieties of grasses. You name the topic, and they had it. In vegetables, there was a general vegetable production guide that gave how many pounds of seed, and how you would do for all the vegetables for growing a garden.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>So being down here in Seminole County and making more offices, and making more of this information available, you were very helpful to more of the general population here, to help them with their agriculture.</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Yeah. And that was part of the making information available. So when I came in to the—to the Salt Mine Section of the courthouse, it was a little bit difficult to do what I wanted to do with the—just that one big room. So, I showed—in those days, the [Seminole County] Clerk of the Court pretty much ran the county. And so, I was to see Mr. Herndon, and I said, “Mr. Herndon, I know we really need a little bit more office space. And the other day, I was downstairs here, on the other side our office in this big storage area down here, and I could regroup a lot of stuff that’s in there, and make an office right there.” He says, “Son, let’s go down there and see what you talking about.” So I went down there and showed him, and he says, “We’ll think about that.” And he agreed, as I recall. I don’t think I even had to restore the stuff. They moved it around. And so we put an office in, and it was an all-inside deal. I didn’t have any—if I’d had claustrophobia, I would have been in trouble, because there wouldn’t have been any windows.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>No windows. Wow.</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>But it provided more wall space to do what I wanted to do. And that was to put these bulletins available for people to see and pick up.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Right. And then did you all stay in that office, or did you eventually move out into the new one?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Well, we were there until the early ‘60s. The judges needed more room. And we had made our space into a pretty nice office area, over the course of time. And so they wanted that space. So again, I says, “Mr. Herndon, there is an abandoned county building. It’s a good building. It has a potential. And what I’d like to do is for us to create a[sic] ag[ricultural] center and move all the agriculture people we’ve got—we’ve got soil conservation, plant inspector, we’ve got ASC here, and put all of us in one area for the farmers just to come into one spot. To see all these things.” And so, he says, “Well, we’ll think about that.” Well they appointed a committee, and I was on the committee, and we created the Ag Center at the Stockade building down here.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>And that’s where everybody moved with you.</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>They all moved with me.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Wow.</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Yeah. So then they wanted more space for the road department. And that was shortly about the same time that the county home had moved out of here. And so I said again, “I know where there’s a place that would really work out better for us, because we’re a little bit crowded here for all the people for the Ag Center.” And they agreed to it.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>So you made this entire area here?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>This entire building became the Ag Center.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Wow. And how long was that office here?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>From the middle ‘60s until 19—I think Frank [Jazzen] moved over into the new Ag Center in the mid-70s.<a title="">[2]</a> I had already left as county agent at that time.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>And how long were you County Agent?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Thirteen and a half years.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Wow. So what did you do when you were done being the county agent?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>I had an opportunity to go into a farming operation growing watercress down in Oviedo. Went into a watercress-growing enterprise, another young fellow and I. And after a couple of years, well, we ended up merging with Don Weaver and his brother-in-law, and created B&W Quality Growers. That grew into a pretty sizeable watercress-growing operation. We were the largest in the eastern part of the United States. And we had farms in Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Florida. Later on, I got out of that.</p>
<p>And Joe Baker, who had Baker’s Dairy over here, was interested in my coming to work for him. In fact, when he found out I had gone into the watercress, he says, “Cecil, you, uh, I didn’t know you was[sic] available.” I said, “Joe, I probably wasn’t available for anything except what I did.” Because it was a good opportunity that I got into. Anyway, when I got out of the watercress deal, I went to see Joe. He says, “Yeah. I’m still interested in you.” And he says, “When can you start?” I says, “Well, I got a couple of things I got to finish at home. I’ll need a couple of weeks.” He says, “No. I need you to start Monday.”</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Alright then.</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>So, I managed Baker’s Dairy here for a couple of years. And then, well, let’s see. I got out of Extensions in 1969. And then I was in the watercress business for a couple of years. And then I managed Baker’s Dairy for I guess it was about a year and a half on each one of them. In 1972, I opened my own farm and garden supply store in Sanford. Tucker’s Farm and Garden Center. And we ran that as a family operation for the next 30 years.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>And it’s Myer’s now?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Yeah. Horstmeyer [Farm and Garden]. Horstmeyer. Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>And when did you sell that there?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Well, I sold it to my son in 198—1983. That’s when I moved to Christmas. Let’s see, ’83-’84 —somewhere along in there. And he sold it to his friend, Horstmeyers[sic], in—about 15 years later.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>So during the time that you lived—or that you worked—out here in Seminole County, did you still live in Christmas?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>No. I’ve always lived in—from the time I came here as County Agent, I’ve lived here in Seminole County. I didn’t move back to Christmas until I sold the store and moved back to Christmas in the mid-80s.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>So you lived in the Oviedo-Chuluota area?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>No. Always right here in Sanford. Actually, over here is what’s called Citrus Heights. That’s where we lived.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>The whole time?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>The whole time. Yeah. Well, I shouldn’t say the whole time, because I bought a house on Rosalia Drive, and we lived there a few years, and then I lived out her. [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Now, during all this time you met a lovely lady?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Actually, I met her and courted her while we were in college at the university.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>So she went to University of Florida too?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker</strong>She went to the university for a while. Her mother had to have an operation, and that was money sending her to college had to be used. And so by that time, she and I had gotten pretty serious, and she got a job working for an orange packing company in Orlando. And after—I don’t know—a little over a year we ended up getting married. And then she came back to the university.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>How’d you win her over? Did you do anything special? Or did you just say, “Alright, woman...”</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>We need to make that a continued story. I’ll be right back.</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Now then, you was[sic] wanting to know about my wife.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Yes, sir.</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Well, during the year that she was—I knew her—knew of her—before we got to university. I doubt if she knew too much about me beforehand, but we—I was a member of the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity, agricultural fraternity there, and I would invite her every guest night to come over to the fraternity house and eat with us. And so they got to be pretty—and by the way, you’ll want to put Ms. [Mart Albritton] Tucker on your list as one to do an oral interview.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>I will do that.</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Because she is an old-time—as an Albritton, old-time Florida family. But she’s been active here in Seminole County. She helped me in to get the store going. She’s active in the cattle operation. In fact, when I was running the store, she did as much of the cattle work as I did. We had a—a pet at the store. It was a wild pig that became pretty well-known in the community. She used to take it on a leash downtown when she went to make the deposit at the bank. She’d carry the pig with her.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>What was his name?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Pete. Streaky Pete. Pete the Pig. And he grew to be about 700 pounds. But anyway, that’s another story. But she was active in the [Seminole County] Farm Bureau—in the women’s deal at the Farm Bureau. She was active in 4-H, doing some of the judging, and some of the 4-H activities here. And of course, when we were opening the store, she was part of that. So she’d be another one.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>And she—so you all married before you graduated?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Right.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>So she went to Marion County with you?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Yes. In fact—well, let’s see. Before I got my Master’s, she was expecting my daughter. And she typed my thesis. And then when we moved to Ocala, uh—trying to remember at what point—my daughter was born before then.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>And you have one daughter?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>I’ve got one daughter and two sons—twins. They were born on my daughter’s second birthday. And then, we have an adopted daughter, as well.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>And you all have always had cattle in your family?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Yes.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Put your boys to work?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>We’ve had cattle in our family since as far as we can tell, going back into the 1700s. And that’s another thing I’m researching, because one of these days, that’s going to be a part of my book too.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Wow. That’s a long time. Okay. As far as the cattle in your family—the history—that’ll be good?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Do you have anything else that you want to add to our…</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Well, let’s see. Well, there’s a lot of things we could go into and talk about [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>We could always come back and talk about different things, if you wanted to.</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>The problem of being able to have—to build a program when the county didn’t have any funds, it was a problem. I needed—and of course, I was always on the low-end of the pay scale. If it wasn’t for the fact that this is where I wanted to be, I’d have gone somewhere else. In fact, when I left to go into the watercress, I was offered a job paying me twice as much I was in extension. And he couldn’t understand why I wouldn’t take it. Because my opportunity that I was going into was better [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Right.</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Well, let me look here. See if there’s anything—this is interesting. When I came to the county, the phone number for the county agent’s office was 470.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>470? That’s it? [<em>laughs</em>]</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>] 470. That’s it. But we went through the medfly infestation, we went through the fire burning the [Sanford State] Farmers’ Market down, and having to help get things going for it to build back up. We had, in ’57—late ’57, early ’58 —a severe freeze deal that actually we had cattle dying, because there wasn’t enough hay, and we brought in hay for that. We had—one of the projects that I worked on was the eradication of screwworms. And my dad was involved in that. That was one of the miracles of using atomic energy to eradicate the screwworm fly. The female fly mates only once. And so they found that if they would raise screwworm flies and eradiate them with atomic energy deal, it sterilized the males, and they put these male flies out in the area, and they mate with the wild females, and the eggs wouldn’t hatch. And by continually doing that, they lowered the population of the screwworm fly to completely eradicate it.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Really? So it’s gone for good?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Yes. Yes. it’s gone.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Wow. That’s amazing.</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>And my dad was involved in that. He was an inspector. And in fact, some of the first pastures that they put the medfly—I mean the screwworm fly—out in was his pasture. So, when I was County Agent, of course I would make contact with the cattle people, and pass along the information to him about what was going on, and if there was an outbreak somewhere, they’d get on top of it.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Did they still have the technique of doing the cow dipping?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Yes. Now, the cow dipping—this was to eliminate the cattle tick—the fever tick. And in the early ‘50s, they was[sic] still—in fact, my dad worked with that. There’s still a lot of the, uh, dipping going on. Getting rid of the fever tick. And that lasted until, I guess, the early ‘60s.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Right. Is that something that they were able to just control?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>They were able to control it by dipping continually. They were able to eliminate the fever tick. After they wiped out a bunch of the deer who was perpetuating it. And some of your family was involved in that.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Yes, sir.</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Oh, let’s see. We had a fire ant infestation that came into the county and we almost got it eliminated by flying [Boeing] B-17s [Flying Fortress], and putting out Myrex, until the do-gooders got involved and killed the program.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>And we still have fire ants.</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>And we still have fire ants, and we’ll always have fire ants. But we came about within two flights of eliminating them.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Wow. Now, did that have any—the chemicals used, did it have any effect on people? Is that why people got involved?</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>The problem is it could create some problem in the water and affect fish, and that sort of thing. But we could have eliminated that. You know, by staying away from those areas. Anyway. Well, let’s see. Any other questions?</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>No. Not if there’s anything. I mean, I have lots of questions. I know you’re big into the rodeo, and you’ve done a lot for 4-H, and different things like that, but we can come back maybe and talk about that another other time.</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Well, what do—yeah. Make a list. And we’ll do it. And like I said, I think you need to interview my wife, because I think you’ll find that to be interesting, as well.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers <br /></strong>Absolutely.</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>There’s a lot of little ins and outs of what went on here in the county.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Well, I’ll definitely schedule a day with her, so she can come in and talk to me.</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Good deal.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Well, I appreciate it very much.</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>And I appreciate your being on board to help do these things.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Absolutely.</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>We want to look through the list of people and be sure that we get some—thing of it is, we’re five years late on a lot of people that passed on. Joe Baker, he—would have been great to be able get his. And I want to set up Don Weaver.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Don Weaver and his family was—they came here from Pennsylvania. But they are pioneers in the watercress industry in the United States. And he lives down in Chuluota, on the south side of Lake Mills. And we’ll work out getting that set up. Anything else?</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>No, sir.</p>
<p><strong>Tucker<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Thank you.</p>
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<p><a title="">[1]</a> Old Folks’ Home.<br /><br /><a title="">[2]</a> Correction: November 1980.</p>
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4-H
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
agriculture
Alpha Gamma Rho
Angus
animal husbandry
ASCS
B&W Quality Growers
Baker's Dairy
beef
Bithlo
Brahman
cattle
cattleman
cattlemen
Cecil A. Tucker II
Christmas
Christmas trees
citrus
Citrus Heights
Cocoa
cow dipping
cows
Cracker Christmas
dairy
Don Weaver
extension agriculture
extension offices
Fort Christmas Historical Park
Frank Jazzen
Gainesville
Hereford
Herndon
horticulture
Joe Baker
Marion County
Marion County Extension Office
Mart Albritton
Marty Tucker
Memorial Junior High School
Museum of Seminole County History
Ocala
Old Folks Home
orlando
Orlando High School
Orlando Junior College
ornamental horticulture
Oviedo
poultry
Rockledge
Rosalia Drive
Roumillat and Anderson's Drug Store
Sanford
screwworm flies
Seminole County
Seminole County Extension Office
Short Course
Shorthorn
Stephanie Youngers
Tucker's Farm and Garden Center
UF
University of Florida
vegetables
watercress
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Title
Linda McKnight Batman Oral History Project Collection
Alternative Title
Linda McKnight Batman Collection
Subject
Ocala (Fla.)
Orlando (Fla.)
Oviedo (Fla.)
Port Tampa (Fla.)
Sanford (Fla.)
Silver Springs (Fla.)
Titusville (Fla.)
Zellwood (Fla.)
Description
Collection of oral histories depicting the history of Seminole County, Florida. The project was funded by Linda McKnight Batman, a former teacher, historian, and Vice President of the State of Florida Commission on Ethics.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>
External Reference
<span>Museum of Seminole County History, and University of Central Florida. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/744676869" target="_blank"><em>Researcher's Guide to Seminole County Oral Histories: Linda McKnight Batman Oral History Project</em></a><span>. [Sanford, Fla.]: Museum of Seminole County History, 2010.</span>
Contributor
<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>
Coverage
Seminole County, Florida
Ocala, Florida
Oviedo, Florida
Port Tampa, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Silver Springs, Florida
Titusville, Florida
Zellwood, Florida
Contributing Project
Linda McKnight Batman Oral History Project
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
Interviewer
Morris, Joseph
Interviewee
Yarborough, Ima Jean Bostick
Location
<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a><span>, Sanford, Florida.</span>
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Title
Oral History of Ima Jean Bostick Yarborough
Alternative Title
Oral History, Yarborough
Subject
Ocala (Fla.)
Silver Springs (Fla.)
Cattle--Florida
Horses--Florida
Agriculture--Florida
Description
An oral history interview of Ima Jean Bostick Yarborough, conducted by Joseph Morris on November 10, 2011. Yarborough was born on August 2, 1935 in Ocala, Florida, but spent much of her adult life working in the cattle industry in Geneva. In the interview, she discusses her childhood in Ocala, how Ocala has changed over time, living in Oxford, the cattle industry, life in Geneva, the 4-H program, and her husband's military service.
Table Of Contents
0:00:00 Introduction<br /> 0:00:26 Growing up in Ocala<br /> 0:03:34 How Ocala has changed over time<br /> 0:06:09 Living in Oxford<br /> 0:06:29 RECORDING CUTS OFF<br /> 0:06:30 Living in Oxford<br /> 0:08:24 Family and occupational history<br /> 0:11:34 Meeting her husband, Edward, and moving to Geneva<br /> 0:14:10 Husband, children, and grandchildren<br /> 0:20:44 4-H<br /> 0:22:49 Cattle industry<br /> 0:36:58 Markets and butcher houses<br /> 0:40:31 Relationship between ranches<br /> 0:41:53 Improvements in the cattle industry<br /> 0:42:29 Tracking cattle<br /> 0:42:29 Family involvement in the cattle industry<br /> 0:48:49 Husband’s service in the military<br /> 0:50:15 Female figures in Yarborough’s childhood<br /> 0:54:29 Declaration of World War II<br /> 0:59:45 Closing remarks
Abstract
Oral history interview of Ima Jean Bostick Yarborough. Interview conducted by Joseph Morris at the <a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a> in Sanford, Florida.
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Sound
Source
Original 1-hour and 56-second oral history: Yarborough, Ima Jean Bostick. Interviewed by Joseph Morris. November 10, 2011. Audio record available. <a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>, Sanford, Florida.
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<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/123" target="_blank">Linda McKnight Batman Oral History Project Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Creator
Morris, Joseph
Yarborough, Ima Jean Bostick
Date Created
2010-06-30
2010-07-06
Date Copyrighted
2010-06-30
2010-07-06
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Extent
649 MB
168 KB
Medium
1-hour and 56-second audio recording
24-page typed transcript
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Joseph Morris and Ima Jean Bostick Yarborough and transcribed by Savannah Vickers.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
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Donation
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>
External Reference
Cochran, Oladel, Letha Fowler, and Arolyn True. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/15199699" target="_blank"><em>A Bicentennial History of Geneva, Florida, 1976</em></a>. Geneva, Fl: Bicentennial Committee, 1976.
"<a href="http://www.lakemaryhistory.org/History.htm" target="_blank">Geneva's History</a>." Geneva Museum, Geneva Historical Society. http://www.lakemaryhistory.org/History.htm.
Transcript
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>This is an interview with Ima Jean [Bostick] Yarborough, and this interview is being conducted on November 10, 2011, at the Museum of Seminole County History. The interviewer is Joseph Morris, representing the Linda McKnight Batman Oral History Project for the Historical Society of Central Florida. Ma’am, could you tell us about where you were born, and when?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>I was born in Ocala, Florida, on Sanchez Street, August the 2<sup>nd</sup>, 1935.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay. And could you tell us a little bit more about where, what kind of environment you grew up in, house, and...</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Yes, this is a two-story home that my mother was living in at the time with her in-laws, and we went back later and purchased the home, but I was around ten years old at that time. So she lived there for about a year and a half with me. This home is still standing. When I go to Ocala on business or pleasure, I go by and look at it, and have wonderful memories there, because it was across the street from a city park called Tuscawilla Park. That was very close to a logging company that was in Ocala at that time, and they used the ponds to float the logs in. So it was a wonderful place for a child to grow up and play. We could fish the pond. We could wade the pond. And there was tennis courts all around that one particular pond, so we just had a wonderful playground right there as we were growing up. That was way before television, and not many radios.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, ma’am. The community—was it a very sparse community, or very condensed?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>It’s a large, it was a large community, because that’s very close to Silver Springs, which is a beautiful, a natural spring, and the Seminole Indians were there for quite a while. And there was a big reptile collection [Ross Allen’s Reptile Institute] out there that people could pay to go and visit. That was originally started by a gentleman by the name of Ross Allen, and he played with alligators and milked rattlesnakes for the venom, for medical purposes. So people could go out there and pay to watch all that. It was an entertainment place. But as children we, the city took a bus out each year during the summer, each day, and you could have swimming classes out there. So we were very fortunate to learn to swim early, and enjoyed that particular area. Now it has grown into a home place for horses, especially racehorses and quarter horses.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>At Silver Springs, ma’am?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>No, Ocala.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Yeah, I’m sorry. I didn’t switch right. But Ocala has continually grown out, and it’s quite a large city.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Can you tell me more changes that might have occurred from when you were growing up in Ocala and now how it is today? Like what kind—when you go there, what differences stand out to you the most, ma’am?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>More people, [<em>laughs</em>] more people. Of course, everything was centrally located uptown at that time. There was a town square in the center of town, which is still there with a bandshell. At that time, it had a bandshell on it, and a bandshell is used to—for a band to play music while people sit around and enjoy it, like a park atmosphere. There’s a lot of shopping centers, of course. Most towns have those now. But everything was built around that square, and just evolved out from it like a star.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>There’s a lot of horse enthusiasts, and horse breeders and racers up in that country, as I said earlier, now. So they have large statues of horses all around the square at this point.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>So it’s grown, typically, like every other city in the state of Florida.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris</strong>Any particular reason the horse training took off in Ocala?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>They’ve got a lot of lime rock up in that area, and that helps to grow very strong grass, and you need good grass for cows and horses. And it was—some people were already growing horses in the area, and they had a race horse that had won one of the very important races, that was raised from that area. So it just, after he won the race, they just started coming to that area to raise their animals and winter their animals.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Oh, better climate?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Better climate.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Gotcha, ma’am. How do you feel about the changes that have occurred from when you were growing up to now? Do you—positive, negative changes, anything? How do you feel?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Oh, I guess most of it’s positive. I want to feel that way. I try to find something positive in everything I encounter. Sometimes it’s harder than others.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>And any examples of that, ma’am? You knew I was gonna ask.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>] Oh, goodness. I’ll think on that one and come back. Okay, Joseph?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay. I’ll keep that in mind.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>We’ll put that at the end. Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>And so, after that, where have you lived? Have you always lived in Ocala, ma’am?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>My mother went to work, and I lived with my grandmother in Oxford.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, we’re back, and we were discussing where you’ve lived over the years, ma’am.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Yes, Oxford is a little town in Sumter County on the west side of the state, south of Ocala, and that’s where my mother was raised. And I lived the first year before school and the first grade. I lived with my grandmother. And I had a sister, Nadine, who was about three years younger than myself. And back then, we carried our lunch to school in little brown bags or maybe like a little syrup can, whichever you had. But our grandmother always made sure that I had an apple in my lunch every day, and there wasn’t always an apple left for my sister, Nadine, to have when she wanted it, under those particular circumstances. So one morning, Grandmother—we called her Granny, Granny Olberry—was packing my lunch, and my sister, Nadine, asked for an apple, and Granny said, “Nadine, you know that Ima Jean’s got to take that apple for recess.” And Nadine got very disturbed and started crying, and she says, “When I get big and go to school, I’m going to slap recess’s face for taking Ima Jean’s apple.” So that has always been a laugh, a laughing situation in our family. Recess, of course, was time out in school to play outside. Not every kid even knows what recess is, ‘cause now it’s usually called break or gym…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong> Morris<br /></strong>P.E.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Something of that nature.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Right, ma’am. What kind of jobs did your family have, and that you had, also, ‘cause I’m...</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Okay, my mother’s people were in the cow business. Her brothers and her dad were. And my mother’s mother passed away at her birth, so she was adopted by the Olberry family and moved to Oxford. And the couple that adopted her were just good old salt-of-the-earth people. Granddaddy was a[sic] what we would call jack-of-all-trades. He was a repairman. He repaired people’s cars. He repaired their equipment that broke down. He repaired their shoes. He just was a good fixer-upper. And of course, Granny stayed at home and canned, and took care of the garden and the family.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>And what about your...</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>My mother worked as—she was in charge of the waiters and waitresses at a big hotel in Ocala. That was her night job. Her day job was cashier for a Piggly Wiggly, which was a strand of grocery stores at that time, that later became Winn Dixie, that we know today. She worked Winn-Dixie for 20-something years.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, ma’am, and how come—your grandparents, you said, worked in cattle?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Yes.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>But your mother did not?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>No.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Did she not have an interest, ma’am, or...</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>No, by being adopted out, she wasn’t where the cattle were, so she went straight from school to getting married, and then working at Winn-Dixie and the hotel.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, and when did you start working, ma’am?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>I started working as a freshman in high school, and I worked for the Winn-Dixie meat—in the meat department—making hamburger, cutting up chickens, weighing out the meat and wrapping it to go into the case to be sold. And I would work on weekends and at holidays.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>And how long did you have that job for, ma’am?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Four years of high school, and about a year afterwards.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, and what did you do after high school, ma’am?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>My husband and I got married.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>And he went into the service, and I went back and worked at Winn-Dixie for a while, ‘til I could go to Oklahoma whenever he was transferred to Oklahoma after basic training.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>But let me go back into when I, how I met Edward [Yarborough].</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>In October—in fact, October the 26th, 1949, my mother moved to Geneva. She had remarried, and my stepfather was coming down to help his brother work his orange grove and cattle over in the Chuluota area. So we moved to Geneva, because there was a good school there. And Mother went to work at the Piggly Wiggly, which is now the Goodwill store here in Sanford on Palmetto [Avenue]. And at that time we moved into a lovely home, and that afternoon, we had some heavy furniture to be moved. And Miss Pearl Yarborough was the lady who owned the home, and she said that when her son came in, he would help move the furniture for us that afternoon, along with my stepdad. So later on we heard him—what we know now was a cow whip—making a noise coming up the road, and it was my—it was Edward and his uncle coming in from work. And their habit was to crack the cow whip all the way up the lane, and that was just to give them practice, as well as let them—Mr. [W. G.] Kilby’s wife and Edward’s mother know to put dinner on the table. “We’re coming home.” So anyway, that’s how I met Edward. And he had graduated from high school in June of that year, and we were moving in October. So we didn’t begin dating, because I wasn’t old enough to date for another year, year and a half.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>How old were you at this time, ma’am?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>I was 13.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>So, he had to wait on me to grow up. [<em>laughs</em>] That’s what he had to do. And he did. But that’s the way I met him.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, ma’am. Can you tell us a little more about him, and then the rest of your family?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Mmmhm.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Because I know you mentioned that he was in the service, and that’s why you moved to Oklahoma for a while, ma’am?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Right, the draft was still very active in 1954.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>That’s whenever a young man turned 21, he could be drafted into the service for two years. So we had been dating probably three years by that time, and we knew that Edward was going to be drafted in January or February. He wanted to get married so that I could go with him after basic training to wherever he went. So that’s what we did. We got married December the 26th, 1954, and he went to the service in February. And after he had boot training, he was transferred to Little Rock, Arkansas, where I joined him for a couple of weeks, and then we moved everything out to Oklahoma. And we finished his two years out in Lawton, Oklahoma, at Fort Sill, and then came home, and he went back to work for his uncle, W. G. Kilby, on the cattle farm, cattle ranch. And we’ve been there ever since.</p>
<p class="Body">We raised four children, two girls and two boys, and the two boys have stayed on the ranch. They’ve got side jobs. Bo—or W. E. [Yarborough]—is the oldest boy, and he has a trucking business where he hauls cattle from one market to another out in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Florida base. He doesn’t do that all year. There’s just certain times of the year that that goes on. Otherwise, he works on the ranch, and he’s got a little place in Alabama, a ranch up there. So he’s back and forth.</p>
<p class="Body">J. W. [Yarborough]’s stayed here and stayed on the farm all the time, and he’s got a fertilizer business where he puts fertilizer out on large areas, large pastures and groves. So that’s his side job. Otherwise, he’s on the ranch at all times and manages it.</p>
<p class="Body">Our oldest was Lynn [Yarborough]. She became a learning disability teacher, and has worked in—we’ve had the pleasure of starting three different private schools for learning disability children, through our years. J. W. had quite a learning disability problem whenever he was first started school, and there was none in Seminole County to take care of those problems, so we finally found a wonderful teacher, Mary Dunn, who helped us start PACE School. And the problem J. W. had was seeing upside-down and backwards, and glasses could not help that. You just had to retrain the mind, somehow or another, and it takes a lot of training to get that done. So in the process, as I said earlier, we had started three schools, and we got three wonderful schools. And Lynn has been a teacher. In fact, she retired this past summer. She’s taught 33 years in learning disability.</p>
<p class="Body">Our youngest daughter, Reba [Yarborough], lives in Sumter County, and her family has cattle over there. So, in Lynn’s retirement, she’s helping the boys on the ranch now. She works with them whenever we mark and brand. And both of the boys’ wives help give shots and some of them, and they ride a little bit too.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>And I’ve got three grandsons: Robert [Yarborough], J. K. [James Kilby Yarborough], and C. W. Yarborough.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Are they all from the, have the same parents, or...</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>No [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Which grandkids go with which kids?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Okay, Bo has a son named Robert.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>He’s probably 26 now, and he works for the forestry service on Snow Hill Road, and he has a little girl, six years old, Gracie [Yarborough]. And they’re expecting a second child around December the 21<sup>st</sup>. It’ll be a little boy.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Oh, do they have a name picked out already, ma’am?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>They do, but I can’t tell you right now. [<em>laughs</em>]</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Anyway, they have, then J. W. has two sons, James Kilby, which, who we call J. K. And right now he’s doing his junior year at Gainesville, in college, and a double-A student all the way across, I’m proud to say. Then C. W., who was born with a slight problem similar to his dad’s, and he’s in Bridges Academy now. That’s one of the schools that we started and is doing real well. He’s 15 years old and about 6’2”. He’s a big fellow.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Playing football?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>He’s not playing football right now, but he does ranch rodeos.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Yeah, he has played football, but prefers the rodeos.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>I gotcha.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>They’re all interested in 4-H. J. W.’s wife is Francis Yarborough, and she is a teacher, and she is our 4-H leader, also. So we’ve got a wonderful 4-H group out our way, about 43 kids in the group. They show animals at Central Florida Fair every year.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>And what does the 4-H stand for, ma’am?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>4-H is to teach the children about agricultural. Head, heart, health, and hands is[sic] the 4 H’s.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Ah.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>And they raise steers, pigs, chickens, rabbits, sheep, goats. They also plant gardens. You can do just about anything that you’re interested in through the 4-H program.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>And how long has the program? Is it like a summer program they do for a certain amount of time?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>No, it’s round-year, year-round.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Well, if you’re doing an animal, you don’t have to feed that animal all year, but you do about six months—six to eight months of it—of feeding the animal. Then it goes to the fair, and it’s shown and auctioned off to the highest bidder. And they buy the animals. Some people butcher the animal and eat—has it for food. Some people give it to, like the Methodist Children’s Home, for them to eat, or to the Russell House. We’ve got quite a bit of food like that donated down through the years.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Oh, okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Then they get money back to pay for the feed that they put in the animal.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>And—oh, by the way, thank you very much for the—I got everybody in your family here written down. But the, um—you worked in the cattle industry, correct, ma’am?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>I’m sorry?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>You worked with the cattle as well, right? Did you start working when you came back from Oklahoma with your husband?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Oh, yes.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Did you go back to Piggly Wiggly for any amount of time, or did you go straight into the cattle industry, and have you stayed there the entire time?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>No, no. I stayed home at that time, because there was[sic] quite a few older people in Ed’s family that needed to be looked after, and the only place to buy groceries back then was Sanford, which was twelve miles from Geneva, so I did the little chauffeuring back and forth of about five different older people in his family, and just helped—helped where I was needed. If we had a garden planted, I always picked the vegetables—helped pick the vegetables and can them. Back then we didn’t have too much running water, so Mondays were wash day. I’d fix a fire under the big old wash pot and heat the water, put it in the washing machine for Edward’s mother to wash clothes. Tuesdays was days to iron. You used your wash water to mop the floors with, being as conservative as we could be with the water. And Wednesdays we did other things around the house, but Mondays was always wash days, and Tuesdays was always iron day.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Did you not have indoor plumbing in your house at that time, ma’am?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>We had both. Both.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>The outdoor was there because that’s what had been there to begin with, but they had put indoor plumbing at Edward’s home about five years before.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Before we got married.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris <br /></strong>And when did you get involved with the cattle industry, ma’am?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>With the cattle?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Yes, ma’am.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>That was started in our area and in Ed’s family by his grandfather, E. H. Kilby, who came here from Pensacola as a young man, way back in the late 1800s. He stayed with a man by the name of C. S. Lee from Oviedo, lived in his barn and worked orange groves ‘til he got enough money to buy a little piece of land. And then after he got married and had a family of his own, the boys grew up and W. G. [Kilby], his second child, stayed with him, and they hunted hogs, wild hogs, on the St. John’s River area, and would butcher—would feed them out, and butcher them, and take them to the Piggly Wiggly and sell them. And they accumulated enough money to buy some land and buy some cows, by hunting the wild hogs. Then in 1949, Florida passed a law that all the animals had to be fenced in. So up until then, they roamed free, anywhere on the land that was in the area, and of course you wanted to keep them close to the river, because that was where they could get their water, and good grass too. So Mr. Kilby focused on purchasing land adjacent to the St. John’s River, where—so he could have water, as well as grass. And that’s what they did. They had land in Volusia County, and then he came over and bought some from Mr. C. S. Lee, along highway [Florida State Road] 46 and the St. John’s River, bordered by Snow Hill on the west side. And altogether, at one point, we had about 12,000 acres that was under fence. So, a lot of fences to keep up, ‘cause you did them different pastures for the cows to live in, and you’d circulate your cows. You don’t leave them on the same pasture all the time.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>So that’s just part of the, part of the way you work cattle.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>And why would you rotate the cattle to different fenced areas, ma’am?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Well, they eat the grass down, and you have to give it time to grow back. And you leave them on that same place too long, they just pull it up by the roots, and then you don’t have any grass at all.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>So you rotate them about every 28 days.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Oh, that frequently?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Mmhmm. You can leave them a little longer, but just really depends on the weather. [<em>laughs</em>] Everything with farming and ranching depends on the weather.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>So if it was rainier weather you’d keep them there longer, and drier weather you’d have to move them faster, because the grass wouldn’t grow as much, ma’am?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>That would be safe to say, pretty well. Yeah. But warm nights is really when grass grows. That’s why grass grows so good down here in Florida. But the dirt—the sand is very porous, so you have to really fertilize it, and back then, they didn’t fertilize much. They didn’t know that back then. It was always native grass, but now we’ve got what’s called “improved grass.” So you fertilize the improved grass. The native grass, like on the river, grows on its own, because the river and the high water fertilizes the native grass.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>And what is improved grass?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Argentina[sic] Bahia is one, and there’s a Pensacola Bahia, and that’s the two grasses that we use the most in our cattle ranch.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, ma’am.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>There’s a lot of different grasses, though, Joe.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Right, I just didn’t know if there was native grass in other areas…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Yes, there is.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Or if they had been, like, tinkered with.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>No, we’ve cleaned—down through the years, we’ve cleaned up a lot of land, and made what’s referred to as “improved pastures.” That’s on the higher land. And so, you fertilize these places. We’ve made them into hayfields. Some of them are hayfields, and some of them are just regular pastures. But you always have to fertilize the improved pasture.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay. Could you tell me a little more about cattle raising, as is?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>All right. We have what’s referred to as cow-calf operation.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>That means you raise the calf to about between six- and eight-hundred pounds, and then take it to market. Several years ago, we had cattle markets in Ocala, Webster, Kissimmee, Lakeland, and Okeechobee. We also had butcher houses at different parts of the state, but we no longer have but one butcher house, and that’s Center Hill over in Sumter County, close to Bushnell. The Ocala market is still open, and Webster is still open, and Lakeland and Okeechobee are still open. But the market that we would go to every week with our cattle was Kissimmee. That was the closest one to us. That closed about 20 years ago, now. So now we use mostly Lakeland, but we also—let me back up just a little bit. We lost Edward in the year 2000.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, ma’am.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>And there was a little bit of changing in the way that we do our cattle. As I said earlier, W. E. has two trucks that he hauls cattle out west with, so we would take our calves in his semi[-truck]s to markets out in Texas and sell them. And we continue to do that today. We had done that a little bit before Edward passed away, but not on the big scale, like the boys have changed the operation a little bit. But the cow-calf operation means that you raise a calf and sell it, and breed the cow back. So you buy registered bulls, and put them—and we have a mixed herd. Our main stock are the Brahmas[sic], because they get along so well here in Florida. They’re very tolerable of the mosquitoes and the hot weather and the rain, and such. But we have brought the English breeds in through the years, the Black Angus, and the White-Faced Hereford, and the Charolais, which is a cream-colored cow. And you cross that with the Brahmas[sic], and that makes for a good, good mama cow.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>So a good breeding cow is pretty good to raise calf for about 12 to 13 years, with good grass and good feed. A bull is probably good for maybe three to—they start breeding at three years, and they’re good for three to five years, so you have to keep bringing in new bulls. Each year, you bring in a certain amount of bulls. One bull can service about 35 cows, so you have to go according to your largest herds, to see how many, to see how large your herd is, to see how many bulls you need. A good bull would cost you between two- and three-thousand dollars. If you buy a bred heifer, which is a young cow, that will cost you between five- and seven-hundred dollars. But, if she has a calf in the next six months or so, then it’ll take six months to get that calf up to—which will put you into a year—that calf will bring back what that mother cost. Meanwhile she’s gotten bred again. Ready to have another calf. And that’s the cycle that you work through.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, ma’am. And what would be the size of your herd? You said there’s one bull for every 35 cows, correct?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Yeah, you want it something pretty close to that.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>We’ve got about 1,000 head.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, ma’am. Are you still using—do you still have the 12,000 acres?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>No.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Yes, ma’am.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Down through the years, for inheritance tax purposes, we’ve had to sell land. We sold everything that we had in Volusia County. And we’ve sold—we sold 9,000 acres to the State of Florida, which has been turned into a game refuge and parks. It’s overflow land that’s not really a buildable property for homes. It’s real low. But an old cow can get along real well on it, so we’ve got 1,400 acres left in the family now.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>We have leased the 9,000 acres back from the state to use for the cows. We have to pay for that lease, so much an acre, and also keep up the fences and keep up the roads, and there’s a lot of responsibility there.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Oh, okay, ma’am. I noticed you mentioned, before that, at one point in time you had this many markets and this many butcher houses. How come that number has decreased over time? Were they personally yours, or were they...</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>No. No, no, no. They were, those were the ones that we could take our animals to. They were not ours personally. Kissimmee closed because of the management, and so many people started moving into the area around Kissimmee, and Orlando, and up our way, and the cattle, the little cattle ranches, were just not existent anymore. They were building homes. We could, a farmer could make more—and a rancher could make more selling his land than he could make with the cows on the land. Does that make sense to you, Jeffrey[sic]?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>It does, ma’am.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>All right. He could sell his land, and at that time put it at interest, which was 12 percent, 8 and 12 percent interest for a number of years, years ago, and could live—could live on that, and not have to work as hard. And the real estate was paying five and six and a whole lot more for land, an acre, see. So they could have that a lot easier. So, numbers were down. Numbers were down, and that’s why markets have to close. Same with the butcher houses. Same, same thing.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, ma’am. That makes perfect sense to me, sounds like supply and demand. People kind of got squeezed out with the increase in population.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>That’s right. That’s right.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Gotcha, ma’am.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Now, going back into the ‘50s here in Seminole County, there was about six families that made their living on cattle, all around in Seminole County. Right now—and for the last ten years—there’s three families that make, that make their living on cows. There’s a lot of people that’s got 20 head, or 10 or 20 or 40 or 60, or 150 head of cows, but they do something on the side to make a living. They work in a grocery store, or they’re a mechanic, or something else to help them make a living. But there’s only three families that’s just made their living on the ranch, and that’s the Robert Lee family of Oviedo, Betty [Yarborough] Schlusemeyer, who is Edward’s sister in Geneva, and our ranch, Ed Yarborough Ranches, in Geneva. But they all kind of congregate around the St. John’s River. Remember I said we needed the water?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Yes, ma’am, I do.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>So the land adjacent and joins the Econ[fina] Creek and the St. John’s River. All of these three ranches go around into that area.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>And do the ranches ever, do you communicate with the other ranches often?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Oh, yes, definitely.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>In what ways, ma’am?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Right now, by phone [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Well, I asked for that. I should have known that was coming, ma’am.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>That’s okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>I meant in what capacity? Is it like a very positive relationship? Do you help each other?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Yes, yes, definitely. If one group might be marking and branding, and need a little help, or they might be cutting hay, and their tractor’s breaking down, they come over and get our tractor. Or one of our boys will take the tractor and go over and bale for them. And they do the same for us.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, so...</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Yeah, it’s a very congenial atmosphere. We have a very active cattlemen’s association [Seminole County Cattlemen’s Association] in the county, and you don’t have to be a cattleman to join it, because everybody wants to—every young boy wants to be a cowboy. [<em>laughs</em>] But nevertheless, this is a group that is also a state group, and we get information from the University of Florida about feed, fertilizer, medicines, and all, that help us raise the cattle to the better level that it is today.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>So the business has improved over time?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Very much. Very much. Yes. See, the cows were brought here back in the 1500s by the Spanish people.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Mmmhm.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>And they were what we refer to now as “scrub cattle,” because they lived in the scrubs, the woods, and they were all horns and bones. They weren’t very fat. But now we have to put meat on their bones, so the steaks will turn out good. So the taste is there.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Yes, ma’am, and I do love a good steak. Do you know where your cattle end up eventually? Do you know if it’s sold in Florida, or...</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>We do have that possibility of tracing every cow where it goes to, now. That is fairly new in our particular business world, I’d say five years or so back that all of this started. That is a health precaution, because if you have some tainted meat for some reason or another, it could go back to the owners, to find out if the meat was tainted at the ground level, so to speak, before it was butchered, or at the butcher house, or in transit to the grocery store.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris <br /></strong>Right. You gotta find it.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>So you got to find that, that situation, and so we do have that facility to do now.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Do you keep track of where your cattle go?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Yes.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Do you know, do they usually end up—because I know you said they transfer a lot to Texas. Do...</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>They do, and they feed them out, out there. Then they get sold again to stores and such.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Do they end up all over the place, ma’am?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>All over. All over.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Oh, okay. I didn’t know if there was a concentration. Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough </strong>No.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>The Yarborough more cows tend to be in Massachusetts, where they end up in.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Yep.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>But we do have buyers. They buy ours sight unseen, because they know from experience that we use the good bulls, and we use the right feed and medicines and everything to keep them well. So they, they even, there’s a group that bids on ours, sight unseen.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /> </strong>Is that a good feeling, ma’am?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>That’s a very comfortable feeling.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>And how long has the family been in this business? How far back does that go?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Okay. My children—Ed’s and my children—are one, two, three, are fourth, fifth generation.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Fifth generation. And the grandchildren, C. W., J. K., and Robert, are next generation. And Gracie and her little brother will be the sixth generation. So, that’s the way it goes.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>So you’re covered for now?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Right now.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, ma’am.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>It’s like a baseball team, almost, but you got to have help. [<em>laughs</em>] That’s one of the things that I take great pride in, is Edward coming through and working the kids, and working the ranch with the children, and one other man, all the years that they were growing up and all. They had to work hard, and they still do. It’s not an easy life.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>It doesn’t sound easy, ma’am.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>You don’t get just—close the gate and go on vacation. You have to, you have to stay close by.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>There’s work involved?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>There’s a lot of work involved. Have you ever dug a fence hole?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Yes, ma’am.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Fence post hole?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Yes, ma’am.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>You ever strung barbwire?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Barbwire? Yes, ma’am.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>You know what barbwire is?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Yes, ma’am.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>I’m in the military. We have our fair share of sharp pieces of metal that we set up.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Okay. Well, see, we have to grow our grass for the cows to eat. You got to provide them with water. You got to keep an eye on them, because they get sick just like we do.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Yes, okay. So it’s a very family-oriented business.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Very.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Not a lot of outside help, a lot of...</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>No, but we got people that we know, that if we need help, we can usually call on them. We have one hired man that works five days a week, so.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Of course our boys, C. W.—no, J. W., and Bo—ride through all the time. They’re out there, pretty much.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Yeah, it definitely sounds like it can be a tough job.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>It is, but it’s an interesting job. It’s rewarding. It’s rewarding in many ways, Jeff[sic]. You see that when there where the grass starts greening up after you’ve had a hard winter, and the frost has killed it and everything’s brown, and you’re feeding hay every day, and you’re feeding corn, and the ingredients that it takes to make the different types of feed we use, by the bagfuls, and spring starts coming, and the grass starts turning greener. The rains start to come. And you can smile again. But you always know it’s God’s country to begin with. You’re just the caregiver. That’s the attitude that I’ve tried to teach, and firmly believe in.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>It sounds like it’s done a great job.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>We’ve done well. We’ve been blessed.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>And, I know you said one of your grandkids is 26, I think—one of the older ones?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Yes.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Will he be working in the cattle industry as well?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Oh, he helps. Yes. On his days off, it’s, and fortunately, his office is right across the street from our largest set of cow pens where we go in, off of Snow Hill Road. So, he can come over every now and then, and check on things. But on his days off, he can help us.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris <br /></strong>I thought he was a student at...</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>No, that’s the second, second one. This is the oldest one.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Gotcha. Oh okay, ma’am.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>This is Robert, the oldest one, that works for the forestry unit.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Oh, okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>And usually Mondays are his days off, because he’ll work weekends. And so, we plan to do a lot of pen work or have him riding on Mondays, when we got Robert a lot of times, ‘cause he’s a, he’s a good, big, strapping boy.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>I have a question from a while ago. I just didn’t want to interrupt at the time. It was a—actually it goes even farther back, way back quite a ways, actually. You said earlier on that your husband had drafted into the service, correct?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Correct.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>And this is in the early ‘50s—1954, I believe.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Yes, actually, it was ’55.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Oh, ’55, okay. Is that, was that a common occurrence at that time?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>It was. Yes, you had the general, the boys, when they turned 21, they had to register. Or might have to register at 18, but they had to go about 21.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Definitely you get your draft card at 18, ma’am. That has not changed.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Oh, it hasn’t? Okay [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>No, I have my draft card.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Okay, hut he—he had to go.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay. So most, almost all males at that time...</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Back then, yes.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Oh, okay. I didn’t realize that that was still occurring after the end of World War II.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Yes.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, I just wanted to make that clear. I didn’t know if there was an exception for him, if it was a...</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>No, no. In fact, they did make exceptions. It’s called hardship [exemption]. If a family did not, did—a lot of agriculture families did get excused, because they needed the boys on the farms.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Couldn’t afford it. Oh, okay, ma’am. But that family could, or he chose to do it regardless of...</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Well, no, he, they didn’t give him a choice. [<em>laughs</em>]</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris <br /></strong>Oh. Oh, the military. Okay, ma’am. I’d like to do some more general questions about your life.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>lease.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Do you have any, any stories or childhood memories that come to mind, that you’d like to share—have recorded, ma’am? Anything that you find hilarious, or that was really important during your life as you were growing up, or even past that?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>I was very—I have always felt I was very blessed having people in my life that would take the patience to teach me many of the things they had learned in life—older people. And my mother working, as I said earlier, I stayed with my grandmother in Oxford. I also had the opportunity to stay with a great-aunt on my mother’s side, Grace Bevel, in Bushnell. She never had children, but she accepted me as hers, and Mother let me stay with her quite a bit in my younger years. And she was a very—she was a learned person, and most willing to teach me how to crochet, how to cook, how to be good to others, and a lot of Bible verses, and rhymes. Because in her day, a lot of the teaching was done by voice, from one to the other, and singing it or either telling the stories is where doing it like the history and such. But she taught by repeating rhymes and songs and things. And states and capitals, multiplication tables. There was a railroad track right next to her house, and we had to—for me to get to play on the railroad track, between trains, I had to learn to spell certain words, big hard words, and then I could go over and walk the railroad tracks.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>And that was—like I said, we didn’t have TVs or radios, back then. We invented our own playtime and playthings. But I had Aunt Grace, and I had Granny Olberry, and my mom. Those were the close ladies in my life until we moved to Geneva, and then Edward had an aunt, Catherine Kilby, who was his Uncle W. G.’s wife. They had no children, neither. But she took a liking to me, and was just like a mother in teaching me, because she too was a schoolteacher. And then Edward’s mother, Pearl Yarborough, was like a mother to me. We called her Mama Pearl, especially whenever the children started coming. Ed and I were married four years before we had any children, because we didn’t want to live in the house with his folks and raise children. So we waited ‘til we accumulated enough money to build a house, and we were given the piece of property by Mr. Kilby to build right there between his mother and him. They put the young couple there to help the older people, is what I was told. [<em>laughs</em>] And we did. We worked together beautifully as a family. But go ahead.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Oh, I was going to say, are there any historical events, even international or domestic?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>I remember the day that that Second World War was declared. I had broken my arm. I was in the third grade, doing something very foolish—the seesaws. The seesaws at school were built up about three feet high, and the boards were about twelve foot long. And I was acting like Tarzan. I was standing up on one end, and there was five girls on the other, and they would bounce me up. They would hit the ground hard with their end, bounce me up, and I’d come down, and supposed to hit the board. And I was pretty good at it, ‘til I fell one morning and broke my arm, my shoulder, right in the shoulder. And the doctors wanted to remove my arm because gangrene set in. They could not set it. At that time, Second World War was going on.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough <br /></strong>And all the good doctors had been taken to war, so it was just a group of older doctors in Ocala. No surgeons, and my mother was pregnant with my third sister. And she just begged the doctor not to, not to take my arm off. Girls couldn’t get along without an arm. And this is—this will show you how God works. God sent up a surgeon home to Ocala, Dr. Davis, and he was home for two weeks, because they were going to ship him overseas. And Mother’s Dr. Ferguson heard that he was home, and he called him up and told him about my arm, and he said that, told him that we’re going to have to cut it off, unless he thought he could do something. He said that he didn’t have any idea what to do, but he would try. So they fashioned some type of plate to fit around the bone, because it was broken in the joint, so to speak, where the arm joints the shoulder. And it had four screws in this plate, and the operation took six hours. And that was a long operation, back then, especially. And they said I could use that plate for about a year, but then they’d have to go in there and take it out, because my bone would still be growing, and they, it wouldn’t stay properly. But it would probably never be a working arm. But, during all of this, Mother had had the baby, and she stayed home with me, and they didn’t have physical therapy that much back then, but Mother would rub this arm and exercise it, and I wasn’t let ride a bicycle, or skate, and I was a very active sports person. But today I have use of my arm.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /><br /></strong>That’s fantastic, ma’am.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Because of the doctors. And they did the surgery the next year, took the plate out, and I’ve got about a 14 inch scar on the arm that doesn’t bother me a bit to show. I’m proud to have the arm. But that’s, two of them—oh, and to getting back. I’m regressing. During this time, I said I remember the day that they...</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>World War II.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>World War [II] was declared. I remember reading in the Bible, as a youngster, that God said He would destroy the earth the next time by fire. The first time He destroyed the earth by water.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /> </strong>Yes, ma’am.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>And they talked about the atomic bomb. Maybe it wasn’t war declared. It was when they did the, dropped the atomic bomb.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>At the end of the war.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Yes, whenever they did that, I said, “Well, that’s what’s going to have a part in God’s next coming, is the atomic bomb.” That was just my mental perception.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>That stuck out to you?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Yes, yes.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris <br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>But that could have changed my whole life, too. I could have lost my arm on that deal, had Dr. Davis not come home.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>That’s definitely a memory that would have stuck with me too, ma’am. Do you—we’re about to wrap up. Do you have anything you’d like to share before we go, ma’am? Anything that you feel that we overlooked or bypassed?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>I think you’ve done a marvelous job, Jeff[sic]. I just feel it a great privilege to have had the opportunity to grow up in the little community of Geneva. Geneva is made up of a lot of older people that have retired from businesses, but they are willing to work with youngsters down through the years, through the school systems and the different community groups that we have out there, through the homemakers and the 4-H, and through the [Rural] Heritage Center and churches. I just feel very fortunate to have been put there for a reason, and I’ve tried to repay it in every way that I could by working with the youth as much as I can, all through the years. So I feel very blessed to have been there.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Thank you very much, ma’am, for coming in today.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Yarborough<br /></strong>Thank you.</p>
Coverage
Geneva, Florida
Oxford, Florida
Silver Springs, Florida
Tuscawilla Park, Ocala, Florida
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4-H
agriculture
Argentine Bahia
atomic bombs
Betty Schlusemeyer
Betty Yarborough
Bevel, Grace
Black Angus
Bo Yarborough
Brahman
Bridges Academy
bulls
Bushnell
butcher house
butcher houses
C. S. Lee
C. W. Yarborough
Catherine Kilby
cattle
cattle breeding
cattle ranch
cattle ranches
Center Hill
Central Florida Fair
Charles Simeon Lee
Charolais
Chuluota
conscription
cow-calf operations
cows
Davis
E. H. Kilby
Econfina Creek
Edward Yarborough
Ferguson
fertilizers
Florida State Road 46
Fort Sill
Francis Yarborough
Geneva
Goodwill
Grace Bevel
Grace Yarborough
Gracie Yarborough
Historical Society of Central Florida
horses
Ima Jean Bostick
Ima Jean Yarborough
improved grass
improved grasses
improved pastures
J. K. Kilby
J. W. Yarborough
James Kilby
Joe Morris
Joseph Morris
Kissimmee
learning disabilities
learning disability
Lee, Robert
Linda McKnight Batman Oral History Project
Little Rock, Arkansas
Lynn Yarborough
Mary Dunn
Methodist's Children's Home
military drafts
Morris, Joseph
Museum of Seminole County History
native grass
native grasses
Ocala
Oklahoma Lawton
Olberry
Oviedo
Oxford
PACE School
Palmetto Avenue
pastures
Pearl Yarborough
Pensacola
Pensacola Bahia
Piggly Wiggly
Reba Yarborough
Robert Lee
Robert Yarborough
Ross Allen
Ross Allen's Reptile Institute
Rural Heritage Center
Russell House
Sanchez Avenue
Sanchez Street
Sanford
Seminole County
Seminole County Cattlemen's Association
Silver Springs
Snow Hill
snow Hill Road
special education
SR 46
St. Johns River
Sumter County
Tuscawilla Park
University of Florida
Vickers, Savannah
Volusia County
W. E. Yarborough
W. G. Kilby
White-Faced Heifer
Winn-Dixie
World War II
WWII
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Title
Seminole County Centennial Celebration Collection
Description
The Seminole County Centennial Celebration Collection contains digital items related to the 100 year celebration of the creation of Seminole County. Items include ephemera distributed before and during the celebration, photographs, and other digital items.
Seminole County will turn 100 years old on April 25, 2013. This centennial benchmark is being commemorated as Seminole Celebrates A Century of Success with a 100-day celebration beginning January 16, 2013, and will conclude with a community-wide Centennial Festival planned for April 20, 2013.
Seminole Celebrates will highlight the county Points of Pride and is designed to celebrate Seminole County's heritage while embracing its future. Collaboration among the business community, faith-based organizations, art and historical societies, civic groups, and educational institutions will provide our residents with numerous fun family oriented events and activities over the 100 days of celebration.
Contributor
<a href="http://www.celerysoupsanford.com/" target="_blank">Creative Sanford, Inc.</a>
<a href="http://www.goldenrodhistoricalsociety.com/" target="_blank">Goldenrod Historical Society Museum</a><a href="http://www.goldsboromuseum.com/" target="_blank"><br /></a>
<a href="http://www.goldsboromuseum.com/" target="_blank">Goldsboro Historical Museum</a>
<a href="http://www.sanfordwelcomecenter.com/" target="_blank">Historic Sanford Welcome Center</a>
<a href="http://www.lakemaryhistory.org/" target="_blank">Lake Mary Historical Museum</a>
<a href="http://www.usgennet.org/usa/fl/county/seminole/Geneva/museum.htm" target="_blank">Museum of Geneva History</a>
<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>
<a href="http://www.ruralheritagecenter.net/" target="_blank">Rural Heritage Center</a>
<a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=108" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>
<a href="http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">UCF Public History Center</a>
Alternative Title
Seminole Centennial Collection
Subject
Seminole County (Fla.)
Goldenrod (Fla.)
Sanford (Fla.)
Lake Mary (Fla.)
Oviedo (Fla.)
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/30" target="_blank">Seminole County Centennial Celebration Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Creative Sanford, Inc., Sanford, Florida
Goldenrod Historical Society Museum, Goldenrod, Florida
Goldsboro Historical Museum, Goldsboro, Sanford, Florida
Historic Sanford Welcome Center, Sanford, Florida
Lake Mary Historical Museum, Lake Mary, Florida
Museum of Geneva History, Geneva, Florida
Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida
Oviedo Historical Society, Oviedo, Florida
Rural Heritage Center, Geneva, Florida
Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida
UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://apps.seminolecountyfl.gov/centennial/index.aspx" target="_blank">Seminole County Centennial Celebration</a>
Curator
Marra, Katherine
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
<a href="http://apps.seminolecountyfl.gov/centennial/index.aspx" target="_blank">Seminole County Centennial Celebration</a>
<span>Francke, Arthur E. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39871004" target="_blank"><em>Early Days of Seminole County, Florida</em></a><span>. [Sanford, FL]: Seminole County Historical Commission, 1988.</span>
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
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Title
Oral History of Mart Tucker
Alternative Title
Oral History, Tucker
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Christmas (Fla.)
Gainesville (Fla.)
Description
An pral history of Mart Tucker, conducted by Stephanie Youngers on November 10, 2010. In the interview, Tucker discusses the various towns and cities that she resided in, her college education, her career as a typist, her family history, her children and grandchildren, her husband's career, her involvement in the Seminole County Farm Bureau and the 4-H program, and opening Tucker's Farm and Garden Center. The interview also includes commentary from her husband, Cecil A. Tucker II.
Table Of Contents
0:00:00 Introduction<br />0:00:18 Biographical information<br />0:02:33 Living in Holopaw<br />0:05:51 Family life<br />0:11:58 College education and career as a typist<br />0:18:21 Children<br />0:19:44 Living in Marion, Seminole, and Orange counties<br />0:23:36 Seminole County Farm Bureau and 4-H<br />0:27:21 Opening Tucker€™s Farm and Garden Center<br />0:32:05 Grandchildren<br />0:34:17 Family history<br />0:40:07 Closing remarks
Abstract
Oral history interview of Mart Tucker. Interview conducted by Stephanie Youngers at the <a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>, Sanford, Florida.
Type
Sound
Source
Tucker, Mart. Interviewed by Stephanie Youngers. November 10, 2010. <a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>, Sanford, Florida.
Requires
Multimedia software, such as <a href="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/" target="_blank"> QuickTime</a>.
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Is Part Of
<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>, Sanford, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/44" target="_blank">Seminole County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Coverage
Orlando, Florida
Christmas, Florida
Holopaw, Florida
St. Cloud, Florida
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Ocala, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Citrus Heights, Sanford, Florida
Tucker's Farm and Garden Center, Sanford, Florida
Creator
Youngers, Stephanie
Tucker, Mart
Date Created
2010-11-10
Date Modified
2014-10-01
Date Copyrighted
2010-11-10
Format
audio/mp3
application/pdf
Extent
412 MB
166 KB
Medium
40-minute and 49-second audio recording
19-page digital transcript
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Stephanie Youngers and Mart Tucker.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>
External Reference
Sanford Historical Society (Fla.). <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/783150094" target="_blank"><em>Sanford</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2003.
Antequino, Stephanie Gaub, and Tana Mosier Porter. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48909411" target="_blank"><em>Lost Orlando</em></a>. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Pub, 2012.
Edwards, Wynette. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53015288" target="_blank"><em>Orlando and Orange County</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2001.
Akerman, Joe A. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2647695" target="_blank"><em>Florida Cowman: A History of Florida Cattle Raising</em></a>. Kissimmee: Florida Cattlemen's Association, 1976.
Transcript
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>My name is Stephanie Youngers. Today is November 19, 2010, and I am interviewing Mrs. Mart Tucker and Mr. Cecil Tucker here at the Museum of the Seminole County History. How are we all today?</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>We’re doing great.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Just fine [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Good. Well, we’re going to start where and when you were born.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Okay. I was born in Fort Pierce. January 19<sup>th</sup>, 1932.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>And when did you come to the area here?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Well—here?</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Did you move around a lot before you moved to the Seminole/Orange County area?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>No. I remember—the thing that I remember first was when we moved to the two-story house on Lake Barton—Little Lake Barton Road<a title="">[1]</a>—out just outside of Orlando. And we lived there for about 12 years, I think. And then Daddy, of course—he was going up and down the state when the tick eradication was on. And when that was over, he then became a foreman of the ranch south of Christmas. And, so when he was in the tick eradication, he never knew where he would be moved to another place. And so we rented the house that we lived in for about 10 or 12 years.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Wow.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>But, this[sic] was[sic] the [World] War [II] years, and you couldn’t find housing in Orlando. And somebody found that house, and bought it, so we had to find another place. And couldn’t go out to the ranch, because there was no school bus going there.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>How far was the ranch from civilization?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Well, it was 18 miles south of the main highway.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Oh, wow.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>That was 18 miles south of Christmas. And Christmas was 20 miles from Orlando.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Wow. And you went to school in Orlando?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Yes. Well, when that house was bought. If you worked for the company, they would give you housing in Holopaw. And the ranch was—that he was foreman of—was…</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Osceola County.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Well, it was in Osceola County, but it was owned by the Holopaw outfit. And therefore, we went to Holopaw. And we lived there. Best year of my life—well, not really.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>But I had lots of fun out there in Holopaw. Mother was—helped to do out the—what is it?</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>The commissary. Food stamps.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>No, the—food stamps and things. Still the war—we still had that. And that was in the commissary. So I’d come to the commissary and I’d help the guys put cans up in that grocery department, and then I’d go to a guy that cuts up all the meat, and I’d do help there. And then at the end of the week, they would do their hand in their pocket and give me out some change. And I still have the .22 rifle that I bought with that money.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Oh, my goodness. So, the commissary—that was like the grocery store?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>That was out in Holopaw.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Yes. Because you didn’t have to go to town if you need clothes or, if you need…</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>That was P. V. Wilson Lumber Company. Big outfit.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Oh, okay. Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>And they’re not there anymore. Not at all.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>No. they’re not. Do you know—what is the school that you attended?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Well, I went to the school in—what is it? I had it down here. The city that was…</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Holopaw.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>No, no, no. They had to go out.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Fort Pierce?</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>St. Cloud?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>St. Cloud. St. Cloud. Rode into there.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>That’s still quite a drive. I’ve been down that road.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Yes. It was.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>And they had a grammar school there, or…</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>No. I don’t think so.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>What—in St. Cloud?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>No. in Holopaw they did.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>But in St. Cloud? Did you attend grammar school? Or was it a large school? Or was it a small place?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Just regular. St. Cloud.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>It wasn’t that large.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Wasn’t anything like Orlando. But it was bigger than Holopaw.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>And you all lived in Holopaw for a year?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Just a year.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>When did you—where did you go after you left there?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Well, when we left there, the ranch was just officially our home. But Mom and us—well, there’s[sic] four girls at the time—had not yet finished all high school. So we went into Orlando and rented in Orlando until my twin sister and I…</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Oh, you’re a twin, too? Wow.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Tell us about your brothers and sisters.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Oh, hm. Well, Sally [Albritton] and Betty [Albritton]. Helen [Albritton] was the oldest. And then I had a brother, Boots [Albritton], that[sic] was about, I guess, four years younger than she. And then there was two sets of—Sally and Betty. And then there was Miriam [Albritton] and Margaret [Albritton].</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>So two sets of twins? Goodness.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Two sets of twins. Twenty months apart.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Oh, my goodness.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>You can figure why I guess she had her tubes tied. Didn’t need any more kids. And what else did you…</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Well, just tell us about your brothers and sisters, because that…</p>
<p><strong>Youngers <br /></strong>Did you all help out at home a lot on the ranch?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Well, see, we didn’t live on the ranch. I was privy to be able to—well, in the sixth and seventh grade, Daddy would go out for two weeks in the summer. And even then, on Wednesday, he would let me ride. I’d cow-hunt with him. I sat up on horse, and all that. He was my dad, but you took care of whatever you was supposed to do. So I loved to cow-hunt. We’d ride all day. We’d ride all morning and then have lunch and take a snooze before we rode some more. So you could get tired of it, but I didn’t.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>How about your brother?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Well, my brother, Boots—he was out at the ranch. He married and was out at the ranch. But he—he didn’t stay there very long. Thing of it is, you have to not let hollerin’ at you bother you, because when you’re having to do something, or things are quick—and Daddy hollers at you to do something—you don’t get out of sorts, because that’s just the way it is. But he couldn’t take it. And so he went into Orlando there.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Now, did your other sisters do this with you too?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>No.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>She was, um—Mart<a title="">[2]</a> was the only boy.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>They didn’t. They didn’t never come out to the ranch when for—you know, like I did.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Her dad said that he had a pretty good cowhand in her until I came along and started courting her and messed it up [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>] Oh, well, you could have jumped in and helped us. No.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>When you went to the high school in Orlando, were you part of any groups or anything there? Did you have any kind of social functions that you attended?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Well, I was athletic. So we had a group—a club—that I was head of. And as far as us girls that were athletic were concerned, we stayed after school and played the different sports that were available at that part of the year.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>What were some of the sports that y’all played?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Speedball was one. Of course, basketball. Volleyball.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Softball?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Yeah, yeah. Softball. I was pitcher. But my main thing in high school was sports. And that and makin’ honor society.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>What about rifle team?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Oh, I forgot about the rifle team.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>You were on the rifle team too?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Well, we had a rifle club. I got a picture home, shows this old, oh, eight or ten boys and girls up there with their rifles, out from the school building there. Now, can you imagine? They’re letting people bring rifles to school today? [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Oh, yeah. Were the boys a little put off by the fact that you could shoot a rifle?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Oh, no. No.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>No? They liked that? They weren’t afraid?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>I still have the rifle. Oh, when I was in Holopaw, and the guys—well, did I say that? And the guys, when they would give me money…</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>And you bought your .22.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Yeah, that’s when I bought that .22. When I was in the eighth grade. So…</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Oh, wow. And they let you buy it all by yourself?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Oh, yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>See, can’t do that anymore either.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>[inaudible] Right, yeah. That was better days.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Yeah. And from high school, you went to University of Florida. Did you do that right out of high school, or did you take some time in between?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>No, I went right out of high school and I was going to major in animal husbandry. And, when did I see you first?</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>The summer before you went up there.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Well, I can’t…</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>You saw him here back home?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>When my sister and I graduated from high school, then the ranch was our home. And that’s where I lived. And our post office was in Christmas. We’d go into Orlando to get groceries and stuff, and so one of those days before I went off to college, got the mail, came out and told Mom, “Oh, I saw the postmaster’s son. He was waiting—in there waiting on customers.” She said, “Oh, you should have told him you’re one of the lucky ones. You’re going to be in Reid Hall.” And I was really surprised that Mother would want me to—but I knew what—she was afraid I was going to get homesick at university and didn’t know anybody, and at least I would know one person. Of course, since I was a beginner there, I had to go a week early for the week of orientation. Well, it just so happens there’s this guy sitting on the steps of the big building we were waiting for something, the next thing to be done. But because he was a transfer student…</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>I had to go to orientation too.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>He had to do the same. And so that’s where I really met him. And, of course, we went to the frat[ernity] house and met all those guys.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Yeah. He said he used to invite you to dinner every week to come have dinner with him and all the boys there.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Of course, he made sure to tell everyone one of them—oh, man. Whole house full of guys, you know. He told every one of them, “Hands off.” Never did give—well, he was out of town, he had to go home for his teeth or something, and old McGregor—tall, lanky fellow—asked me out. And I had already planned to do ironing and what not, but I said, “No.” That was the only…</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>The only opportunity you had. He hadn’t gotten a word yet at that point.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Yeah. He hadn’t gotten to the frat house yet. But that was great. And I went that one year. But if I really wanted to go again back, I’m sure money would have been able to be found. Mother had an operation that took what normally would have sent me, but by then, I was…</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Sidetracked.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Well, yeah. I was wanting to get a job and save up money so that whenever we were—we were getting pretty close, and so I didn’t mind not going back to work there. I worked there and I forget where it was in Orlando, but then we were married.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Jacob’s Packing House.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Yeah. That’s it.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>So when he finished out his education up there…</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>No, when he finished his—see, he had his first year in Orlando. Second year when I was up there too, and then the third year before—which way was it? We got married before he was graduated from college.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>So, did you stay down here?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>No.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Yeah. You did. You stayed one year working at Jacob’s.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>After we were married?</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>No. Not after we were married, before we were married.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Well, the next year, then what?</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Then we got married and you moved to Gainesville with me.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>And I got a job in the animal husbandry department at Typhus. I was supposed to type this book they were wanting to have. And they ended up finally making it not a book, but something else. And they—do you remember?</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>It was a book, but go ahead.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Well, anyway. That was—we had a lot of fun up there. One professor’s—of course I was a typist. They would give their handwritten stuff, and I would type it up. So I typed up this test that was going to be given out. And I went back to the fellow and I handed him the typed thing. And I had his handwritten, I says[sic], “Do you want this? I usually give it to Cecil.” He says, “Don’t.” [<em>laughs</em>]</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>At that point, I was working on my Master’s [Degree].</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Oh. They didn’t want him having the test questions.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Of course, she was teasing, but…</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Aww.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Those were good men in the ag[riculture] —animal husbandry. Until I was pregnant with Miriam [Tucker].</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>They weren’t good after that?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Yeah. They were, but—then I was no longer working. So, what else is there to be said?</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>When you all had twins too, right?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Goodness gracious.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>We had a little girl first. Then had twins. And Dr. Hoffman from Orlando—he saw to things. I mean, here I was pregnant, but in Gainesville, and we’d come home for, you know—back and forth. And in Thanksgiving—I think it was—came home and stayed.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>But now the twins were born in Ocala. They were born in Orlando, while we were living in Ocala.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>True, true. Okay, so, it’s Ocala still. And he informed me that he’d tied my tubes. He contended with three on the ground, and coming in two’s, I didn’t need—and his financial status at the time, we couldn’t afford to have any more. To me, that was the best thing. That just made life so much easier, to not worry about getting pregnant.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers</strong><br />Right.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Good deal.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Right. And when you all moved back to this area, it was so that Mr. Tucker could take his job at the Extension Office?</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Right.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Yeah, when were first in Ocala, and then…</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>We were in Ocala for two years. I was Assistant County Agent in Marion County. And then we came here. I was [Seminole] County Agent and we came—I think it was in 1957.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>What else we got here?</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>What else did you do back here? Did you go back to work, or did you stay home?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Oh, what did I do? Cecil?</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>You had three children. What do you think you did? [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Alright. We were living out by…</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Christmas.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Well, first we lived in Rosalia Drive.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>In Sanford. In about 1960, we moved out on old Orlando Highway.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>We had acreage there—oranges and pasture. Well, that was one. And we had cattle. Cecil was workin’ at the dairy and he—they had calves that weren’t going to be dairy cattle. And we started building up a herd there.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>It was 1956 that we came here.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>But whatever had to be done with cattle and whatnot around the place, I usually did it. Because he had to go to work. We were feeding out—how many? Seven steer? That year?</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Well, y’all raised a bunch of heifer yearlings first. And later on it was about 10 steers that y’all fattened up.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>What do you mean, “Y’all?”</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>You [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>In other words, the kids didn’t help out.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /> </strong>Well, they probably had to go to school or something. It was probably wasn’t in the summertime or not. But that’s…</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>So, you did a lot of work.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Oh, and also, we had some cattle…</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Lake Osprey[sp]. North of Osteen.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>And so I primarily would go out there and check the cows or take them feeding. And he wasn’t always with me.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Right.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>We’d do it real nice [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>About 1960, we moved out to Citrus Heights—Ginderville[sp] [Heights], or near Ginderville[sp]. And that’s when we were able to have a lot more cattle she could look after, and the kids could have 4-H projects.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>And really, what was really nice was there was an old house down the way, and Mom and Dad were able to—he kept the livestock market in Orlando. They lived there until finally when he retired. And this little house—with Daddy’s expertise on carpentry and stuff, they made the house a nice little place and lived there.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>So you were close to your Mom and Dad. Oh, good.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>And you were—when you were part of the women’s club for the [Seminole County] Farm Bureau, was that while Mr. Tucker was working at the Extension Office?</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>It was after that, when we started a store in 1972. And at that point, I became president of Seminole County Farm Bureau. And it was a law in there that she became chairman of the women’s—deal.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>What did you do while you were on that board there?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>I knew that would be asked. I don’t know. Well, when we would have the whole group would have an annual meeting, and supper, and whatnot. Of course, I was involved in getting all that prepared. Getting tables right and things like that.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Did you help set, like, regulations? Or were the ladies involved in that way?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>No.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Not much. Not much. It was primarily just providing information of programs of what was available to them and what was going on.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /> </strong>Okay. Very good.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>But also, when we moved out to Citrus Heights area, you became more active in 4-H. Because the boys became active in 4-H.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>And did they raise heifers?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>No, they raised chickens.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Chickens and pigs.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Oh.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil </strong>And they did raise heifers, but they never did raise any to show.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Oh, okay.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>At one point, they won all of the trophies [<em>laughs</em>]. With the chickens at the show.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Oh, yeah. They felt kind of bad, I guess. Or we did [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>They raised all the best chickens.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>I can see why. They had the best of help.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /> </strong>They had the best parents. That’s right.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Help ‘em learn.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Good.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Oh, goodness.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>But when we’d have our annual 4-H contest and things, she was in involved in helping us judge things like the lamp contest and making lamps.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>They make lamps? Really?</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Yeah, and electrical, you know—learn things about electricity. And she also judged these speaking contests.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>The what?</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Speaking contests.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Oh, yeah. Okay. A lot of this I don’t remember [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>That’s okay.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>I remember him, so far [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>That’s important.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>But it’s been really, really great being involved in those kind of things. Being around with the kids, and…</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>We—we started the store in 1972. Were you involved in that?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Slightly. I always brought the main attraction of the store. And where did we find that little pig?</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>My son-in-law found him. He was a little wild pig. And he was so young that he still had, you know, fawn with half-spots on it. Wild pigs have similar spots as well.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>So he became mine. And did he have a collar on?</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Yes.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>A leash. Because when he was littler, if I was going to go mail something…</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Or deposit something. Make a deposit at the bank.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>I would take him along down the streets of Sanford and take him in on a leash and finally he got bigger and bigger and bigger. And he’d come up on the porch. I’d chain him up there out of the sun.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>At the store?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Yeah. At the store. But he would come in, I’d bring him in to the store in the car. And he would be in the front seat. And one day I went there, heard someone said, “Hey!” I saw somebody on the corner there with a friend, who went on to work. She told me later she said, “The person said, ‘Was that a pig?’” And she said, “Oh, that’s Mart Tucker. That’s all she can get to ride with her.” [<em>laughs</em>] What a good friend. So a car would stop in the middle of the street from the store and the lady would get out, come up the steps, and give something to Pete right there, and go down, get in her car, and go off.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>It was a daily ritual with her to give him some piece of candy. Something.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Some edible thing.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>So they would just come up and give him treats then.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Yeah [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>So how long did you have him for?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Until we finally, I quit bringing him in to the…</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>He got to be about 700-800 pounds.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Wow. Yeah. You wouldn’t be toting him around too much.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>So he had a place there, at the barn at the house, and I guess…</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>He got an infection. Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Well, he got to be an awfully big boy, so…</p>
<p><strong>Cecil <br /></strong>He did.<br /><br />[<em>phone rings</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>He must have been a happy boy.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>He had lots of friends. Lots of attention.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Excuse me. I forgot to turn this thing off.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>That’s alright.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Let’s see. That was at the store.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>So, you helped with the store, doing like all the stock. And, like, when the customers would come in, you’d help them?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Yeah. It’s Cecil and I. we did it all. It was a real enjoyable, and funny. Um, Horstmeyers?</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Horstmeyer [Farm and Garden].</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Yeah, they have it now. Of course, we come in and get our feed there. And we came in and Miss Horstmeyer was behind the counter, and she made some comment about, “There’s the Tuckers.” And her telephone rang and she said, “Tuckers?” Instead of “Horstmeyer’s.” We had the biggest laughs over that. Her calling her own store by the wrong name. Oh, goodness.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>And you sold the store to your son first, right? And he just took it over, and did you retire, or did you move on to different things?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Well, we didn’t do any—I don’t know. You’d have to ask Cecil.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Um, I don’t—I haven’t been—I haven’t thought of that in a while. Oh, goodness. So…</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Do you have grandchildren?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Yep, we got great-grandchildren. We had Miriam, and then Cecil and John. Miriam is in—still in Christmas. She’s in Christmas. And Cecil III—he lives in a house that was ours in Sanford, and John is on the coast.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Daytona [Beach]?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>No, closer by.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Melbourne?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>That’s south. What is it, right down Cheney Highway? Um, Titusville.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Titusville?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Titusville. When, let’s see. I was trying to think, I guess Drew, his son, one of his sons, moved up to Titusville and he wasn’t going to be left behind from being around his grandchildren. And so they moved up. And they live in that area. So it’s real nice. Drew has four children—two boys and two girls. So John and Pam just make do over there profusely. [<em>laughs</em>] Which is really nice. So, we’ve spent time over there ourselves.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>You like it over there on the coast?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Yeah. It’s nice. Yeah. We were talking about John and Pam and the kids there.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>I had asked Mrs. Tucker what she did once the store closed. If y’all retired, or if you just kind of—what you did.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Well, we sold the store to my son. And when we moved out to Christmas, we just spent more time working on the ranch. So. And that went on, we were pretty much full time on that until Mother—well, my dad passed away in ’95, and in the next couple years Mother came to live with us. And Mart looked after her for the next 10 or 12 years.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Wow.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Mother lived to be 101, one month, one week, and one day old.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>She was the one. She was quite a lady.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>And how about your parents?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Well, my dad passed away. I don’t know when.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Well, he was in his late 80s. And then later, your mother came to live with us, and she was in her 90s when she passed away.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>She was living the little house, where she did when we were in Sanford. And my sister Betty was living with her when, after Daddy died. And keeping care of her. And it was getting to be a burden for her. So I just had her and Mother to come on over to our house and she would be looking after Mother, but she wouldn’t have that, you know, burden of having to do all the shots of making decisions that she had us to be able to do that too. And…</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Well, I was going to take you back a little bit, because Mr. Tucker told me your maiden name was Albritton. And I know that’s real prominent down in the South Florida area. I know that the families would run cattle and different things. Was your family involved in that kind of thing as well?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Oh, yeah. And, of course, Daddy—he was—how long was he foreman of the ranch south of Christmas?</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>15-20 years.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>The thing of it is, he was involved in the tick eradication, and then whenever that was over, then he got the job of being foreman of that ranch. And so…</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>But his family, the Albrittons, were raised around Polk County/Hillsborough County area.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Well, I was thinking of another—I can’t think of it. Where the Albrittons came from, I mean most of them were…</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Well, some came from that area.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Okay. What’s the name of the area you’re talking about? [<em>laughs</em>]</p>
<p><strong>Cecil </strong>Pine Level in Pine Crest. Plant City.</p>
<p><strong>Mart </strong>Oh, okay.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Arcadia. By the way, Arcadia was named after Arcadia Albritton.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>That’s really neat [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>] Oh, something came on my mind.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>But Mart’s family came from—there’s two lines of Albrittons. There’s fence-cutting Albrittons and hog-stealing Albrittons. She’s from the fence-cutting Albrittons. [<em>laughs</em>] That’s another story.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Yeah. Yeah. Because cattle people move their cattle up and down the state of Florida, according to the weather. Weren’t any fences anywhere. People fenced their yard in, and things. And then whenever the—what is it? The people that put the fence across?</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Oh, the, uh…</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Phosphate…</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Phosphate mining.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>That came in. And so they didn’t want cattle going through, and they put a fence over, and so a group of men went and tore the fence down. And there was a big shootout there.</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>Well, the second or third time that they tore the fence down was when the shootout happened [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>I think we talked about that too.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Oh, did you? What else?</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Do you have anything else that we didn’t talk about that you want to talk about?</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Don’t know. No, I don’t guess so.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Guess we’ve got everything.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>How about you, Mr. Tucker? You want to add anything?</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>No. I think we did pretty good[sic].</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Alright, then. Thank you very much, Mrs. Tucker.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /></strong>Well, you’re welcome.</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /> </strong>And Mr. Tucker.</p>
<p><strong>Mart<br /> </strong>I hope it’ll be worth having [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Cecil<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Youngers<br /></strong>Oh, it will. Yes, ma’am.</p>
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Title
Linda McKnight Batman Oral History Project Collection
Alternative Title
Linda McKnight Batman Collection
Subject
Ocala (Fla.)
Orlando (Fla.)
Oviedo (Fla.)
Port Tampa (Fla.)
Sanford (Fla.)
Silver Springs (Fla.)
Titusville (Fla.)
Zellwood (Fla.)
Description
Collection of oral histories depicting the history of Seminole County, Florida. The project was funded by Linda McKnight Batman, a former teacher, historian, and Vice President of the State of Florida Commission on Ethics.
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eng
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Collection
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Cepero, Laura
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<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
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<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>
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<span>Museum of Seminole County History, and University of Central Florida. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/744676869" target="_blank"><em>Researcher's Guide to Seminole County Oral Histories: Linda McKnight Batman Oral History Project</em></a><span>. [Sanford, Fla.]: Museum of Seminole County History, 2010.</span>
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Seminole County, Florida
Ocala, Florida
Oviedo, Florida
Port Tampa, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Silver Springs, Florida
Titusville, Florida
Zellwood, Florida
Contributing Project
Linda McKnight Batman Oral History Project
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
Interviewer
Morris, Joseph
Interviewee
Clonts, Rex, Jr.
Location
Rex Clonts, Jr.'s home in Florida
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Title
Oral History of Rex Clonts, Jr.
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Oral History, Clonts
Subject
Oviedo (Fla.)
Celery
Agriculture--Florida
Zellwood (Fla.)
Citrus--Florida
Cattle--Florida
Ants--United States
Description
An oral history of Rex Clonts, Jr., conducted by Joseph Morris on November 2, 2011. Clonts was born in Orlando, Florida, but he was raised in Oviedo. In the interview, Clonts discusses his family's work in agriculture, celery farming, how Oviedo has changed over time, the effect of Walt Disney World and the University of Central Florida (UCF) on the region, the citrus and cattle industries, the relationship between the Oviedo community and the Naval Air Station Sanford (NAS Sanford), and fire ants in Florida.
Table Of Contents
0:00:00 Introduction
0:00:40 Family background in agriculture
0:11:32 Celery farming
0:12:06 RECORDING CUTS OFF
0:12:07 Celery farming
0:20:23 Bleaching celery
0:25:34 Childhood memories of mules
0:29:13 Working in the fields
0:31:01 How Oviedo has changed over time
0:33:13 Arrival of Walt Disney World and the University of Central Florida
0:38:11 Evolution of the citrus industry
0:42:27 Central Florida weather
0:43:28 Cattle industry
0:45:19 College education
0:45:46 Plane crash near Oviedo High School
0:48:58 Relationship between the Oviedo community and the Sanford Naval Training Center
0:50:40 Fire ants in Florida
0:55:06 Closing remarks
Abstract
Oral history interview of Rex Clonts, Jr. Interview conducted by Joseph Morris at Clonts' home in Florida.
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Original 55-minute and 16-second oral history: Clonts, Rex, Jr. Interviewed by Joseph Morris. November 2, 2011. Audio record available. <a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>, Sanford, Florida.
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<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/123" target="_blank">Linda McKnight Batman Oral History Project Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Coverage
Oviedo, Florida
Zellwood, Florida
Black Hammock, Oviedo, Florida
Mitchell Hammock, Oviedo, Florida
Oviedo High School, Oviedo, Florida
Naval Air Station Sanford, Sanford, Florida
Creator
Morris, Joseph
Clonts, Rex, Jr.
Date Created
2011-11-02
Date Modified
2014-09-09
Date Copyrighted
2011-11-02
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application/pdf
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557 MB
151 KB
Medium
55-minute and 16-second audio recording
18-page typed transcript
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Joseph Morris.
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Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
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Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3" target="_blank">Episode 41: Oviedo, with Dr. Richard Adicks</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3.
Adicks, Richard, and Donna M. Neely. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5890131" target="_blank"><em>Oviedo, Biography of a Town</em></a>. S.l: s.n.], 1979.
Robison, Jim. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/796757419" target="_blank"><em>Around Oviedo</em></a>. 2012.
"<a href="http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68" target="_blank">History</a>." City of Oviedo, Florida. http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68.
Transcript
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>It is November 2, 2011, and I'm talking to Rex Clonts[, Jr.] at his residence. I am Joseph Morris, representing the Linda McKnight Batman Oral History Project for the Historical Society of Central Florida. Mr. Clonts, could you tell us a little about your life?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Well, I was born in 1949 in the hospital, in Orange Memorial Hospital in Orlando, to Rex Clonts, Sr., my dad, and my mother, Thelma Lee Clonts. I'm gonna talk a little bit about their life, if that's okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Perfect, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>My dad came to Oviedo riding in the lap of his mother—he was one year old, age of one—in a Model A Ford, from north Georgia in 1937, I believe. And my mother was born here on Lake Charm in Oviedo. They both passed on rather recently. They—so, basically, both lifelong residents of Oviedo. And after the war [World War II] they married, and I'm the oldest of their five children. Four of us still live right here in Seminole County, and have one sister who lives in Cartersville, Georgia. </p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>What kind of jobs did your parents do while they lived in Oviedo, sir?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Their families were in agriculture. Oh, let me start over. Let me start back just a little bit. My mother's family had—her grandfather had moved down here in the 1880s, and her father—my grandfather—C. S. Lee, was born here on Lake Charm in Oviedo. And his dad was in agriculture, taking care of citrus trees. And so my grandfather was always in the citrus, vegetable, and cattle business. And so my mother was familiar with all those endeavors coming up, and it was natural that she married a farmer—my father. His father also had begun farming shortly after arriving in Oviedo. </p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Same type of farming, sir?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Both of them were vegetable farmers growing celery.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>They grew some other crops from time to time, but specialized in celery farming. And so—growing up here—that's what my family did. We had some orange groves, but the majority of the family focus was on the vegetable farming operation. C. R. Clonts Associated Growers was the company that my grandfather started in the early 1940s, and at one time we farmed over 200 acres of celery right here in eastern Seminole County-Oviedo area. You got a mosquito on your cheek. Got him.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Thank you, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Celery farming was extremely profitable, lucrative during the early '30s and '40s. Sort of the heyday of the Oviedo celery industry. So their timing was good. But over—after the war, when all the boys came home from the war, and a lot more celery was being grown in the United States, markets went down. Prices went down. The small farms here in Oviedo weren't as easy to operate—weren't as efficient. And so my father and grandfather purchased land in Zellwood—in the Zellwood muck area on Lake Apopka. And they did that in anticipation of needing to be having a more modern, large, contiguous farm. So they purchased that in the year I was born, in 1949. So when I grew up, we were farming both places. My father was farming both—multiple small farms here around Oviedo—Black Hammock, Mitchell Hammock, the Slavia area—and we were raising vegetables at our Zellwood farm. And that was 650 acres. And as a child, I remember going over, and every year they would clear up another portion of that farm. So they started by farming just 40 acres, and then over about another 10 or 12 years, they cleared the rest of it so that they could farm all 650 acres over there.</p>
<p class="Body">When I went off to college, I specifically—I went to school so that I wouldn't be a farmer. I could have stayed home and been a farmer. So I was planning on working in the business world, and just before I graduated realized the one business I could control was coming back here, taking over the family farm. And so I came back and joined actively working full-time in 1971, when I got out of college. And I moved over to Apopka and ran that Zellwood farm. We grew celery, lettuce, carrots, sweet corn, occasionally onions and parsley—several crops over the years, but the staple was always celery, sweet corn, and carrots. And in about 1978, we closed down our last Oviedo farm. Up until that time, we'd been farming both places, but we closed that down, and the last farm land that we were actively farming is now—is in Mitchell Hammock—is now a sod farm along Mitchell Hammock in between Mitchell Hammock and Chapman Roads. So, no longer used for vegetables. Family still owns the land, but we don't farm vegetables anymore.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir. So your family's no longer in the farming business, but they were in the farming business up until 1978?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts <br /></strong>Well, we still were in business here in several ways. We always had orange groves here. </p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>And we have cattle ranches.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Those were my follow-up questions.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Yeah. You know, you'd find most people that had been multi-generational in the vegetable business in Central Florida also have had orange groves and cattle, because the three just naturally go together here. And you can, if you're successful in one, you're able to be successful in the other, usually.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>How come they go together like that, sir?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Well, vegetables are very seasonal, so, you know, you've got a fall crop and a spring crop, but you got time on your hands during the other portions of the year. So orange grove tends to be more year-round work, but is not as intensive as vegetable farming, so you can sort of work the two together. And then if you've been successful in the vegetable business, usually you reinvest in land, and very often the best use for that land is cattle. Only certain types of land are good vegetable land, but cattle you can graze just about anywhere in Central Florida.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir. Could you give us a little insight into how you grow vegetables—celery in particular, citrus in particular—like the methods of how you would go about it?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Celery's, in nature, celery grows, um—stop it.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Sure thing, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir. Would you like to continue?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Yeah. Celery in Central Florida is—the seed is planted in the fall, and it’s planted in seed beds so that you can grow a large number of plants in a small, controlled area. You can herbicide them. You can control the irrigation. And as those seeds—because celery seeds are a very difficult seed to sprout. It’s not much larger than a large fleck of pepper, and takes a long time to germinate to get any substantial size, and so we would start planting seed in August. But because that seed is so tender, we would oftentimes cover those plants.</p>
<p class="Body">First of all, laid burlap out as soon as you rolled the seed down out on the ground, and let the seed actually germinate under the burlap where it would be cooler and moister. You kept the ground moist with subsurface irrigation, and actually surface irrigation between the beds to keep that environment just right for those little seeds to germinate. And then you would remove the sacks after the green—after the seeds germinated and started to show the first leaves. And we would grow them in the seed bed for about four months, and then we would transplant those plants, pull them up by the root, knock the majority of the dirt off the root, and pack them in boxes, take them to the production field. And we used a New Holland transplanter, which is a fairly simple machine that, as it’s pulled through the field, opens up a furrow, and it has a wheel with a set of fingers on it, and you can put the plants one at a time in the notches in the wheel, and as it goes around and puts the root in that furrow, it releases that plant. And we would have a bank of six of these wheels on the back of a tractor-drawn machine, and go through the field and transplant—we called it “setting”—the celery plants in the field. And from that point, they got immediately irrigated with overhead irrigation so that the ground got packed good[sic] around the roots, and they got a good start. Then it took anywhere from 75 to 90—and if the weather was cold, maybe 100—days to produce that crop. So growing celery’s four months in the seed bed, and three months in the field. It’s a long cycle, especially when you consider that in the off-time you’re having. Someone usually would gather seed from an arid region like Utah or California. Had our seed grown. So between the production of seed and the planting of seed and the growing of the crop, was just about a year-round endeavor. And we did all our harvesting in March, April, May, and June.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Why did you transplant it from the seed bed to the production area? What was the difference between—is it soil?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>No. Well, yes. It did happen to be different soil, but you could take ten acres of seed beds and grow enough plants for 200 acres of field production, and so was much less expensive to take care of that—to do the fungicide, and the weeding, and keeping the insects off of it on ten acres. And then you—when you pull those plants and spread them out where they would get to a large stalk, planted them at the right distance apart, you could have 200 acres of celery out of that. You only had three months to take care of that 200 acres.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Oh, okay, sir. So it was easier to guard and protect them when they were younger that way?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Yeah, much easier, much less expensive to protect them. The transplanting operation was expensive, but it was not nearly as expensive as it would have been trying to put those plants—to put those seeds directly in the field and take care of them the whole seven months it took to grow that. And you could, also when that—the seed beds—that ten acres that that seed bed was on…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris <br /></strong>Mosquito’s trying to—he’s gone. He’s just scouting you out, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>The ten acres that seed beds are on is very—you intensely farm that, and one of the preparations of doing that intense farming—this will keep the mosquitoes out—is that you level that land meticulously. You tried to—you ran a very intricate irrigation system all tile-drained, and you used—your seed bed land was your most prized possession in the celery business. That seed bed—a good seed bed—plot that was the right consistency of soil and the right ability to not only hold moisture, but to get rid of moisture when you had too much rain—to get rid of excessive rainfall—was very important. So celery farmers did a lot of work to try to get their seed bed just perfect and have the right plot of land to do that with.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>So that was pretty common then, between celery farmers?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Yeah. Every celery farmer in the state had their own seed beds. And now seed—most celery seed or a good portion of it—is grown in greenhouses. It’s grown in plant trays—in the trays of plants in greenhouses. So it’s got much more of a controlled environment to grow in now, than when we were growing them outside. But still the best plants are the ones grown outdoors. It’s just a lot tougher, a lot more work.<strong> </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir. Did you ever bleach the plants—whiten them?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>That was a practice that kind of came to an end in the mid-1940s. Until then, yes. They took the boards and put down the sides of celery, at least a portion of it, and they would bleach it. I remember them doing that as a child—I shouldn’t say that. I remember them talking about it, but I don’t actually remember seeing it.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir. But why did they do that? I personally don’t understand.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>It was a practice that—I don’t know this for sure—but I think that it allowed celery to be harvested, and stored in root cellars, and carried much longer through the year, than if celery were left green and packed away and stored. You know, a lot of the original celery growers were Upstate New York and Michigan. In the North, when they grew celery, they grew it in the late summer, harvested it, and stored it, and shipped it out little by little during the wintertime. And so people would traditionally take celery, put it in a root cellar back in the—back before refrigeration. And it was very important to try to preserve that as long as you could before so that you had vegetables, and if you stored potatoes, and everything that you harvested in the fall, you stored and ate on it as long as you could. We’re not used to that nowadays. Nowadays you go to a supermarket and they got, you know, just about every vegetable year-round, but that’s just happened in my lifetime. Prior to that and prior to refrigeration in the early part of the 1900s, vegetables were very seasonal. And so you had an excess—you had an abundance at harvest time—you tried to store that as long as you could. And bleached celery would store better than green celery.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>That’s the reason. That’s the long-winded explanation for bleaching. And because it traditionally had been bleached, even after refrigeration came along in the early part of the 1900s, celery was—had always—people were used to eating bleached celery, so that’s the way it was done. That was phased out, and my understanding is that the military, right before World War II, came out with a report that said green celery was better for you than bleached celery—was more nutritious. And that one report was sort of the tipping point. They had been up until then, for the few years before that, they had been growing bleached and unbleached celery, and after that, bleached celery became a thing of the past.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay. Well, thank you, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>All right. That’s the long-winded explanation. It’s kind of like, you know, why did all citrus juice come from a frozen concentrate can a few years ago, and now it’s available in a not-from-concentrate carton in the refrigerated section of the store? It’s sort of the same thing. It’s an evolution of technology and what people are used to. And you can’t—people don’t change their habits overnight. It takes a while.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>All right. Gotcha, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts <br /></strong>But all the celery starting in the late ‘40s then, was not bleached celery.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Did your—so I’m understanding—well, you didn’t grow it that way, but your father and grandfather each did?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Grandfathers definitely did. Yes.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris <br /></strong>Okay. Well, how, you said earlier that one of the stories you remember—hearing them talk about bleaching the celery. Do you remember any other childhood memories popped into your mind? You know, whether’s[sic] it in agriculture or just at school?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Well, when I was—I do remember my father’s—excuse me—my grandfather’s mules. He had obviously started—mules were used a lot, exclusively in the 1800s, and quite a bit in the early 1900s, because in Oviedo most of this celery farming was grown on muck, and that soft, organic land, the heavy tractors of the day wouldn’t stand up. They’d do fine out here on the sand land, or where they were mostly used in the Midwest, but that muck soil was, you had to have good flotation. And they would even take the mules’ hooves and wrap them in sacks, and tie around the hooves to increase the footprint of the mule so that he wouldn’t bog up as much when he went through the field. And at the end of the day, untied those sacks off the bottom of the mules’ feet. And the next day, if it was still soft and wet out there, they’d retie them. That would keep him from bogging up. He’d only sink three inches instead of sinking eight inches.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>And the mule accepted this.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>The mules accepted it. And you know, back then, if you were going to be a farmer, you had to be able to have a good—you had to know your mules, and be able to train them, and be able to work them. And it was an art to have a good team of mules. So I remember as a kid, the conversation between my dad and my grandfather, where my dad was saying, “What in the world are you doing keeping those mules? You haven’t plowed a field with them in five years now, and we’re not gonna ever use mules again. I don’t know why you’re fooling with them.” And my grandfather saying, “They’re my mules. I can’t just get rid of them.” So until those mules died, which was probably—I was probably six or seven years old—he still had a barn right on the end of Lake Charm at Florida Avenue. Along Florida Avenue there, he had a barn with two mules in it. But I’ve never seen them work the field. I’ve seen pictures. I’ve got pictures of it. In fact, I’ve got pictures of my grandfather with his mule team and his first tractor in the field, and he’s smiling. I think he’s more proud of the mules than he is the tractor.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>He had two mules? Is that like a normal amount, or...</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Oh, well, they generally used a mule team. They generally used two mule teams farming here. Now, I have no idea how many total teams he had, but probably, you know, two or three teams of two.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>You said your grandfather had worked the fields. Did your father also work as a farmer?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Yeah. Yes.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>And growing up, did you do the same?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Well, I worked summers, you know, but—so when school got out in the summer, I’d go work with Dad, and work all summer long at the farm. But my dad always told me that, you know, he wanted me to be whatever I wanted to be. You know, don’t—he didn’t expect me to come back to the farm. If I did, it was going to be my decision. He wanted me to make that decision on my own.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>So as I said, when I went off to college, I went so that I wouldn’t be a farmer, but ended up coming back.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>When you came back, sir, did you work mostly the administrative? Or did you also go back and work the fields as well?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>No, I worked the fields. I mean, you know, times had changed, but we had a crew of tractor drivers and—but I was the farm manager. I oversaw not only decisions on what we were gonna plant and where we were gonna plant it, but when the planting times were gonna be, and how we were gonna try to space the crop out, what personnel we needed for packing, and shipping, and selling.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir. Can you tell us how it’s changed over the years, like Oviedo and the areas you’ve lived in? Since you were growing up, I’m assuming there’s been a lot of changes between then and now.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Well, Oviedo in the 1950s was an agricultural economy. Between the citrus and the vegetables that were grown, the basis for all the economy and all the services here was built around agriculture. That started changing in the late ‘50s, as some of the new equipment that was available had opened up new farming areas in the United States, and competition. For instance, in South Florida, the Belle Glade area opened up, and it was more economical in a lot of ways to grow products down there than it was up here. So, these farms tended to fall on harder times, and the more marginal farms and marginal farmers dropped out, sometimes bought up by other farmers, and sometimes that land was just taken out of production, never to be put in. There was lots of small pockets here in Oviedo that I remember having vegetables in them, that have not have been farmed in thirty years now.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Now, that started occurring the ‘50s, you said, sir?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Well, late ‘50s.</p>
<p>And with the, you know, two things things happened about the time I started to go to—I graduated from high school and left to go to college. One is [Walt] Disney [World] opened up, and the other is that UCF [University of Central Florida] was established in our backyard here. And Disney really was the beginning of Orlando being a tourist destination. It had been a wintertime destination for a hundred years, almost, but it had not been a year-round tourist destination until [Walt] Disney established Disney World here.</p>
<p class="Body">UCF, being so close to Oviedo, changed Oviedo in that it brought in not only the teachers, professors, but all of the services that a large university requires, and, of course, the students. And so, it makes Oviedo a little bit more of a bedroom community to that college—doesn’t make it—Oviedo’s not the classic college town, but it is definitely a bedroom community to UCF. My perspective, because I left for college and didn’t come back to Oviedo—I lived in Apopka after that to run that farm, and just moved back fairly recently. I lived in Apopka for 35 years, but had lots of interests here. My family was here so I was, you know, monthly I was in Oviedo. And so I could see Oviedo change without being part of that change, you know, sort of being distanced from that change.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris <br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>And really, not easily described, but a very constant growing and getting less and less dependent on agriculture, more and more dependent on the high-tech industries and moderate. You know, medium manufacturing, light manufacturing, and of course, tourism.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>As a farmer, did you see UCF and Disney World as problematic for your business or for your community in Orlando?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>No, no. You know, you don’t try to rail against progress. It is—and you adapt to it. So, our family’s operation adapted as needed to those, and one reason why we closed the Oviedo farms down and just concentrated on our Zellwood operation was because that was the more modern farm of the last part of the 20th century, and the Oviedo farm was the farm of the first half of the 20th century.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir. And since then both have farms have been closed down, correct, sir?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Yes. We sold our Zellwood farm to the State of Florida as part of a restoration project to clean up Lake Apopka.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay. And that was 1979?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>No. No, we shut that down, sold that in 1998.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris <br /></strong>Oh, okay, sir. And have you been working elsewhere since then, or traveling, or…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Yeah. We had citrus groves, and we expanded those after selling out the vegetable operation, but basically downsized. I said I retired when I sold the vegetable operation, because I work so much less now than I did back then. But I still stay busy and enjoy growing oranges. You know, even the citrus business has evolved. When I was on the outside, I didn’t think the citrus business changed very much in, you know, my whole lifetime. And then once I got involved in it, I realized it is evolving. So it’s an interesting business to be in. I really enjoy it.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>How has it evolved?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Well, we were, once again, especially around Oviedo, there were lots of small orange groves. You could send a man on a tractor down the road. If your farm was right here, you could send a man out on over to Casselberry or up to Lake Mary on a tractor pulling an implement, have him do work that day, and drive back in the evening to do work on a ten-acre grove. Now, the liability exposure of putting a tractor on the road, you wouldn’t do—you know, you couldn’t make enough money on a ten-acre grove to just cover the liability exposure. So, groves now tend to be large blocks of a hundred acres, 75 to 500 acres. Anything less than that is pretty hard to caretake.</p>
<p class="Body">Irrigation systems—groves weren’t irrigated except by portable aluminum pipe. In real dry times in the spring, you would hook portable irrigation pipe to a pump and irrigate down that row—and for two or three hours—and you would shut the pump down, move that pipe through the grove, and reassemble it, and water another strip. Now everything is micro-jet, where there’s a sprinkler under every row, under every tree, year-round, a permanent micro-sprinkler. The irrigation’s mostly done by a timer and moisture sensors in the ground so that you don’t—nothing’s ever touched once it’s installed out there.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Oh, okay. Because all I ever see of the orange trees, sir, I don’t get to see underneath the ground. I didn’t know what changes had occurred.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>They’ve all got a sprinkler underneath them now.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>And we’re planting much closer than we used to. Trees used to be planted on a 25’ x 25’ spacing. Now, generally, you plant on a 12’ x 24’ spacing, so there’s a lot more trees to the acre, and everything’s worked one way down a row instead of two ways, like they used to do it in a grove. Used to be able to drive down two ways.</p>
<p class="Body">It’s starting to rain. Do you believe that?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>No.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Did you leave your windows down?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>No, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>No. It must be that one random cloud, right there. That’s the one catch about Florida. You never know when it’s gonna rain, even with the sunny skies.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Wow. I’m so surprised at that. I can’t—I wouldn’t have thought it’s gonna rain today, as cool as it was this morning.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>On the plus side, it doesn’t snow randomly.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts <br /></strong>Nah. Well, not very often.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>I think I’ve seen it snow in Florida one time.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris <br /></strong>But the snow disappeared before it hit the ground, and that was in the late ‘80s.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts <br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Have you ever seen it snow in Florida, sir?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Yeah. Yeah, about three different times I’ve seen where snow stayed around.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Really?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Yeah, but not—the Christmas freeze of 1983. Snow stayed in shady spots for two days.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Wow. Would not have expected that from Florida.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>You said you still have the citrus industry as the business. Do you still do cattle, or ...</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Well, the Clonts family never was in the cattle business, but we owned pasture land.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Oh, okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>And so, we’ve never been involved directly in the cattle business, but we know it well because we’ve always had land that we leased to my cousins and to other cattlemen who ran the cows, kept up the fences, and paid their lease for all that.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>So, was a way of having a ranch that was active cow ranch without having to be hands-on day-to-day in the business.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir. And I’m assuming that made it a lot easier, then?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Oh, yeah. Basically, you’re just a landowner. In the cow business, we’ve just been a landowner and landlord to the cattlemen.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts <br /></strong>And it’s my mother’s brother, Robert Lee, was very involved in the cattle business all his life, so they leased most of our land.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir. Jumping off subject, you mentioned when you went to college. You were old enough to go to UCF, were you not? Or was UCF ...</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>I could’ve gone to UCF, and instead I chose to go to University of South Florida down in Tampa.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Oh, really? I didn’t even realize that university was as old.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Yep.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>So you’re a Bulls fan, then?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>That’s right.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>My best friends would love to hear that. I, however, went to Florida State [University].</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Oh, yeah. Well, that’s another good school.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>It’s a good school.</p>
<p class="Body">Are there any particular historical events that come to mind, when you think over the course of your life, sir, that stick out?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Hm. You know, thinking back into my childhood, I remember one that was—and I don’t remember what the year was, probably was about 1961 or ’62—a jet aircraft flying a training mission out at what was then Sanford Naval Training Center [Naval Air Station Sanford], crashed just a few hundred feet from the edge of what is now Lawton Elementary School, but it was the Oviedo High School, which had all twelve grades at that time. And being in class, and hearing that crash, and all the flames and all the confusion afterwards. The pilot died in that crash. You know, one of those things you never forget. But I have forgotten the year. [<em>laughs</em>] So I guess I do forget it.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Oh, okay. But you remember the event though, right, sir?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts <br /></strong>I remember the event.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>What grade were you in at that time?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>It seems like I was in about seventh or eighth grade, something like that. Maybe I was younger than that, because my memory’s still pretty fuzzy. But still it was—I remember the confusion.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>And was it over by the next day? Did you return to classes normally?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Oh, yeah. And, you know, it was the talk of the town for months and months, but things got back to normal fairly quickly—not, you know. Military jets were still, at that time, you know—it was the new technology.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Right.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>So it wasn’t—we heard jets flying, but, you know, you didn’t see that many jets back then.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Unless they crashed right outside your school.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Unless they crashed next to your school.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Then it’s hard to miss them. What kind of relationship did the community have with the military—the base—right there? Especially the farmers.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts <br /></strong>Oh, I think it was a good relationship. You know, Florida was—a lot of people who were in the military during World War II, when they got out, ended up coming back to Florida, because Florida had been such a good place for military bases in the ‘40s. Got the climate where you can train year-round, you know. It’s a whole lot better being stationed on a base in Pensacola than it is in upstate Michigan in the wintertime. So Florida had lots and lots of bases that trained soldiers of all types in the 1940s. As I said, a lot of those people got a taste of Florida, and once they were out of the military, and maybe got married, and—you know, said, “I know where I want to go.” And they moved back to Florida.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Can’t blame them.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Nope. It’s been happening ever since.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>It has, sir. It has. It’s still, I think—it’s still known for its military bases being more preferable to work—train—here. Because you have some of them in Jacksonville, some still down in Tampa.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Sure.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Yeah. Is there anything we haven’t covered, discussed today sir, that you wanted to make sure we got to?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>No, I didn’t have any agenda, and I don’t think I’ve done a very good interview. I think I’ve done a pretty average job at this.</p>
<p class="Body">I remember when fire ants had first gotten into Texas—because fire ants are not native to Florida—and, so fire ants in the mid-‘60s were getting into the state from the coastal states, but they had originally come in in Texas and then spread from there, and the [Douglas] DC-3 airplanes would fly on ant bait over the whole state. They would take a grid of eight miles by eight miles, and they would systematically fly at about three or four hundred feet high, dropping ant bait on a hundred percent of the ground surface.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Ant bait was ...</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Well, the ant bait was to try to kill fire ants that were coming into the state. Obviously was not successful.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Obviously. I didn’t even know they weren’t native to Florida. I just kind of figured they were native everywhere.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>No. [<em>laughs</em>] They seem like it now.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>You know, that’s something that I don’t think you’d see happen today. I mean, there’s new pests now coming into the state of Florida, but at the rate of two or three a year. And you know, we’ve got pythons in the Everglades—that the idea of trying to eradicate an insect like that once it’s got established in the state is probably never going to happen again.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Probably not, sir. Did that cause any kind of panic or worry with the farmers? If they took it seriously enough to be spraying the entire state to try to get out fire ants?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Well, fire ants had been—fire ants are a pest, but you just learn to live with them. I mean, fire ants can kill a newborn calf if that calf gets born in the field, and the mother cow drops that calf in an ant pile. I mean, fire ants cause damage to livestock right now. They can kill a newborn calf, but that’s not a high rate of mortality, because it doesn’t happen too often, so it’s not something we try to eradicate anymore. But there was a time when there was a very organized war on fire ants.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Who organized this war?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Well, it was at the request of citizens, but it was the government and Ag departments [Department of Agriculture], and so on.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay. When you say fire ants, you’re talking about the red ones? The black ones had already been here, correct? Or did they both come at the same time?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>There’s lots of species of native ants here, some of which bite and some which don’t.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>But the fire ant is the one that, you know, when you step in the mound, you just get swarms of them.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Right. There’s one in my front yard.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>Yeah. I take those out every time I see one. I get the ant bait out and kill it. But I don’t try to eradicate them all over the state.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>That would be a little extreme, wouldn’t it? But, is there anything else, sir?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts<br /></strong>No.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>All right, sir, this has been invaluable. I really appreciate it. Thank you for letting me come over and talk to you today.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Clonts <br /></strong>You bet. </p>
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Program of the Seminole Soil Conservation District, 1948
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The Program of the Board of Supervisors of the Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District for 1948. The organization began in 1948 with a goal to assist in agricultural interests. Over the years, the Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District began to also concentrate on the development and management of recreational enterprises. Their interests also entailed solving issues concerning soil and water resources. In the 1948 program, the Seminole Soil Conservation District discusses agriculture and plans to confront issues pertaining to water control, land use, soil depletion, wind and water erosion, pasture development, and woodland and wildlife management. The nine page program is signed by R.F. Cooper, C.A. Wales, T.L. Lingo, R.T. Milwee, and Tom McLain, Jr.
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Original 9-page typewritten report by the Board of Supervisors of the Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District,1948: Folder SSWCD Statistical and Historical Information, 1948-1977, <a href="http://www.conserveseminole.org/" target="_blank">Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District</a>, Sanford, Florida.
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Donation
Curator
Baker, Holly
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.conserveseminole.org/" target="_blank">Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District</a>
External Reference
Helms, Douglas. "<a href="https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/about/history/?cid=nrcs143_021384" target="_blank">Hugh Hammond Bennett and the Creation of the Soil Conservation Service</a>." <em>Journal of Soil and Water Conservation</em> 65, no. 2, March/April 2010, 37-47. https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/about/history/?cid=nrcs143_021384.
Helms, Douglas. "<a href="https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/home/?cid=nrcs143_021380" target="_blank">Eroding the Color Line: The Soil Conservation Service and the Civil Rights Act of 1964</a>." <em>Journal of Soil and Water Conservation</em> 65, no. 2, Spring 1991, 35-53. https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/home/?cid=nrcs143_021380.
Rasmussen, Wayne D. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/795510987" target="_blank"><em>Taking the University To The People: Seventy-five years of Cooperative Extension</em></a>. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 9189.
Shofner, Jerrell H. "<a href="https://ucf.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/ucf%3A25480/datastream/OBJ/view" target="_blank">Roosevelt's 'Tree Army'</a>." <em>Florida Historical Quarterly</em> 65, no. 4, April 1987, 433-465. https://ucf.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/ucf%3A25480/datastream/OBJ/view.
DeFreese, Duane E. "<a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/20700248?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents" target="_blank">Florida and the Environment: From 'La Florida' to Global Warming: 2008 Jillian Prescott Memorial Lecture</a>." <em>Florida Historical Quarterly</em> 87, no. 4, Spring 2009, 465-483. https://www.jstor.org/stable/20700248?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents.
artesian water
artesian well
asparagus, Boston ferns, water
beef
black bass
bream
C. A. Wales
cattle
celery
census
Chase and Company
citrus
conservation
controlled burning
dairy
drainage
environmental protection
erosion
farm ponds
farmers
farming
farms
fire protection
fishing
Florida Experiment Station
forestry
grazing
Hairy Indigo
hay
hogs
irrigation
lake basins
Lake Jessup
Lake Monroe
land use
leaching
livestock
Oviedo
pasture development
pine timber
R.F. Cooper
R.T. Milwee
reforestation
saline
Sanford
Seminole County
Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District
Sidney A. Stubbs
sink holes
soil
Soil and Conservation Service
soils legend
SSCD
SSWCD
St. Johns River
T.L. Lingo
Tom McLain, Jr.
truck crops
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
water control
Wekiva River
wildlife
woodland management
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Title
RICHES Podcast Documentaries Collection
Alternative Title
RICHES Podcast Collection
Subject
Podcasts
Documentaries
Description
RICHES Podcast Documentaries are short form narrative documentaries that explore Central Florida history and are locally produced. These podcasts can involve the participation or cooperation of local area partners.
Contributor
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/podcastsblog.php" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries</a>
Cassanello, Robert
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Altoona, Florida
Apopka, Florida
Astor, Florida
Barberville, Florida
Brevard County, Florida
Bushnell, Florida
Clermont, Florida
Cocoa, Florida
Cocoa Beach, Florida
College Park, Orlando, Florida
Coral Gables, Florida
Daytona Beach, Florida
DeLand, Florida
Disston City, Florida
Eatonville, Florida
Eau Gallie, Melbourne, Florida
Fort King, Florida
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Geneva, Florida
Goldenrod, Florida
Groveland, Florida
Hannibal Square, Winter Park, Florida
Holly Hill, Florida
Hontoon Island, DeLand, Florida
Indian River, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Key Biscayne, Florida
Key West, Florida
Kissimmee, Florida
Lake Apopka, Florida
Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Lake County, Florida
Lake Mary, Florida
Marion County, Florida
Merritt Island, Florida
Mims, Florida
Mount Dora, Florida
Newnans Lake, Gainesville, Florida
New Smyrna, Florida
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Ocala, Florida
Ocklawaha River, Florida
Ocoee, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Ormond Beach, Florida
Osceola County, Florida
Oviedo, Florida
Parramore, Orlando, Florida
Reedy Creek, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Silver Springs, Florida
St. Augustine, Florida
St. Cloud, Florida
St. Johns River, Florida
St. Petersburg, Florida
Tampa, Florida
Titusville, Florida
Vero Beach, Florida
Weirsdale, Florida
Winter Garden, Florida
Winter Park, Florida
Ybor City, Tampa, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/podcastsblog.php" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/podcastsblog.php" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries</a>
External Reference
<span>"</span><a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/podcastsblog.php" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries</a><span>." RICHES of Central Florida. http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/podcastsblog.php.</span>
Has Part
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/137" target="_blank">A History of Central Florida Collection</a>, RICHES Podcast Documentaries Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/" target="_blank">RICHES</a>.
Rights Holder
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES<br /></a>
Sound/Podcast
A resource whose content is primarily intended to be rendered as audio.
Original Format
1 audio podcast
Duration
15 minutes and 31 seconds
Bit Rate/Frequency
128kbps
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Title
RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 27: Central Florida without a Theme Park: An Interview with Dr. Benjamin Brotemarkle
Alternative Title
Central Florida without a Theme Park Podcast
Subject
Podcasts
Documentaries
Festivals--Southern States
Eatonville (Fla.)
Barberville (Fla.)
Winter Park (Fla.)
Winter Park Bach Festival
Cattle industry
Tourism--Florida
Description
Episode 27 of RICHES Podcast Documentaries: Central Florida without a Theme Park: An Interview with Dr. Benjamin Brotemarkle. RICHES Podcast Documentaries are short form narrative documentaries that explore Central Florida history and are locally produced. These podcasts can involve the participation or cooperation of local area partners. <br /><br />Episode 27 explores Central Florida's rich history before Walt Disney World opened and includes an interview with Dr. Benjamin Brotemarkle, author of <em>Beyond the Theme Parks: Exploring Central Florida</em>. Dr. Brotemarkle discusses Eatonville's Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities, the Barberville Pioneer Festival, and the Winter Park Bach Festival.
Abstract
Although it is often associated with being the home of Walt Disney World and other theme park destinations, Central Florida possesses a rich history that predates any of the aforementioned arrivals. In this podcast, we explore that rich history by speaking with Dr. Benjamin Brotemarkle, author of B<em>eyond the Theme Parks: Exploring Central Florida</em>. By gaining Dr. Brotemarkle’s insight, we can better understand the conditions that existed within Central Florida before Disney’s arrival, and therefore more fully comprehend our region’s complex and intriguing past.
Type
Sound/Podcast
Source
Original 15-minute and 31-second podcast, March 30, 2012: "RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 27: Central Florida without a Theme Park: An Interview with Dr. Benjamin Brotemarkle." <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/podcastsblog.php" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries</a>, Orlando, Florida.
Is Part Of
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/podcastsblog.php" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries</a>, Orlando, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/70" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Coverage
Eatonville, Florida
Pioneer Settlement for the Creative Arts, Barberville, Florida
Winter Park, Florida
Publisher
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>
Contributor
Brotemarkle, Benjamin D.
Date Created
ca. 2012-03-30
Format
audio/mp3
Extent
14.2 MB
Medium
15-minute and 31-second podcast
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Humanities Teacher
Visual Arts Teacher
Music Teacher
Provenance
Originally published by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>.
Rights Holder
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>
Accrual Method
Item Creation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/podcastsblog.php" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>
External Reference
"<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/2480" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 27: An Interview with Dr. Benjamin Brotemarkle</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/2480.
"<a href="http://www.bachfestivalflorida.org/about/history" target="_blank">History of the Bach Festival Society</a>." Bach Festival Society of Winter Park. http://www.bachfestivalflorida.org/about/history.
Revels, Tracy J. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/666240031" target="_blank"><em>Sunshine Paradise: A History of Florida Tourism</em></a>. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2011.
"<a href="http://zorafestival.org/" target="_blank">ZORA! Festiva</a>l." ZORA! Festival. http://zorafestival.org/.
<span>Brotemarkle, Benjamin D. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40200611" target="_blank"><em>Beyond the Theme Parks: Exploring Central Florida</em></a><span>. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 1999.</span>
Click to View (Movie, Podcast, or Website)
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/files/original/0c29cb694408a79354e6e5c80cb78141.mp3" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 27: Central Florida without a Theme Park: An Interview with Dr. Benjamin Brotemarkle</a>
Date Copyrighted
2012-03-30
Date Issued
2012-03-30
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Multimedia software, such as <a href="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/" target="_blank"> QuickTime</a>.
African American
African-American community
art
Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Barberville
Barberville Pioneer Festival
Beyond the Theme Parks: Exploring Central Florida
Brevard County
Brotemarkle, Benjamin D.
burial
cattle
cattle industry
Channel 24
Christmas
composer
Crawford, Janie
Cypress Gardens
documentary
Eatonville
festival
Flagler, Henry Morrison
Fort Christmas Historical Park
Harlem Renaissance
historic site
humanities
Hurston, Zora Neale
Kennedy Boulevard
local history
mermaid
Murphree, Daniel S.
music
musician
Nathiri, N. Y.
orange county
orlando
PEC
pioneer
Pioneer Settlement for the Creative Arts
podcast
radio
radio magazine
railroad
RICHES Podcast Documentaries
roadside attraction
Rollins College
Spaniards
Spanish
Stetson University
television
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Titusville
tourism
tourist
University Press of Florida
Vanderjagt, Steve
Walt Disney World
Weeki Wachee
Windover Archaeological Site
Windover Farm
Winter Park
Winter Park Bach Festival
WMFE
Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities
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Title
RICHES Podcast Documentaries Collection
Alternative Title
RICHES Podcast Collection
Subject
Podcasts
Documentaries
Description
RICHES Podcast Documentaries are short form narrative documentaries that explore Central Florida history and are locally produced. These podcasts can involve the participation or cooperation of local area partners.
Contributor
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/podcastsblog.php" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries</a>
Cassanello, Robert
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Altoona, Florida
Apopka, Florida
Astor, Florida
Barberville, Florida
Brevard County, Florida
Bushnell, Florida
Clermont, Florida
Cocoa, Florida
Cocoa Beach, Florida
College Park, Orlando, Florida
Coral Gables, Florida
Daytona Beach, Florida
DeLand, Florida
Disston City, Florida
Eatonville, Florida
Eau Gallie, Melbourne, Florida
Fort King, Florida
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Geneva, Florida
Goldenrod, Florida
Groveland, Florida
Hannibal Square, Winter Park, Florida
Holly Hill, Florida
Hontoon Island, DeLand, Florida
Indian River, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Key Biscayne, Florida
Key West, Florida
Kissimmee, Florida
Lake Apopka, Florida
Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Lake County, Florida
Lake Mary, Florida
Marion County, Florida
Merritt Island, Florida
Mims, Florida
Mount Dora, Florida
Newnans Lake, Gainesville, Florida
New Smyrna, Florida
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Ocala, Florida
Ocklawaha River, Florida
Ocoee, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Ormond Beach, Florida
Osceola County, Florida
Oviedo, Florida
Parramore, Orlando, Florida
Reedy Creek, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Silver Springs, Florida
St. Augustine, Florida
St. Cloud, Florida
St. Johns River, Florida
St. Petersburg, Florida
Tampa, Florida
Titusville, Florida
Vero Beach, Florida
Weirsdale, Florida
Winter Garden, Florida
Winter Park, Florida
Ybor City, Tampa, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/podcastsblog.php" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/podcastsblog.php" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries</a>
External Reference
<span>"</span><a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/podcastsblog.php" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries</a><span>." RICHES of Central Florida. http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/podcastsblog.php.</span>
Has Part
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/137" target="_blank">A History of Central Florida Collection</a>, RICHES Podcast Documentaries Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/" target="_blank">RICHES</a>.
Rights Holder
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES<br /></a>
Sound/Podcast
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Original Format
1 audio podcast
Duration
14 minutes and 14 seconds
Bit Rate/Frequency
128kbps
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Title
RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 39: The Orange County Regional History Center
Alternative Title
Orange County Regional History Center Podcast
Subject
Podcasts
Documentaries
Orlando (Fla.)
Museums--Florida
Public history--United States
Orange County (Fla.)
Description
Episode 39 of RICHES Podcast Documentaries: The Orange County Regional History Center. RICHES Podcast Documentaries are short form narrative documentaries that explore Central Florida history and are locally produced. These podcasts can involve the participation or cooperation of local area partners. <br /><br />Episode 39 features an interview with public historian Michael Perkins, the exhibits coordinator at the Orange Country Regional History Center (OCRHC). Topics include how to start working in the field of public history, how the OCRHC addresses controversial subjects, and how exhibits are chosen and created. Located at 65 East Central Boulevard in Downtown Orlando, Florida, the Orange County Regional History Center is housed in the historic Orange County Courthouse and is a five-story museum consisting of local and regional histories of Orange County.
Abstract
This podcast discusses what it is like to be a public historian working in a museum. Michael Perkins, the exhibits coordinator at the Orange Country Regional History Center, talks about how to start working in the field, how the History Center addresses controversial subjects and how exhibits are chosen and created.
Type
Sound/Podcast
Source
Original 14-minute and 14-second podcast by Lindsey Turnbull, September 27, 2012: "RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 39: The Orange County Regional History Center." <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/podcastsblog.php" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries</a>, Orlando, Florida.
Is Part Of
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/podcastsblog.php" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries</a>, Orlando, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/70" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Coverage
Orange County Regional History Center, Downtown Orlando, Florida
Creator
Turnbull, Lindsey
Publisher
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>
Contributor
Perkins, Michael
Date Created
ca. 2012-09-27
Format
audio/mp3
Extent
13 MB
Medium
14-minute and 14-second podcast
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Lindsey Turnbull and published by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>.
Rights Holder
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>
Accrual Method
Item Creation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/podcastsblog.php" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>
External Reference
"<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/2492" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 39: The Orange County Regional History Center</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/2492.
Porter, Tana Mosier, Cassandra Fyotek, Stephanie Gaub Antequino, Cynthia Cardona Meléndez, Garret Kremer-Wright, and Barbara Knowles. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/551205659" target="_blank"><em>Historic Orange County: The Story of Orlando and Orange County</em></a>. San Antonio, Tex: Historical Pub. Network, 2009.
"<a href="http://www.thehistorycenter.org/support/about" target="_blank">About Us</a>." Orange County Regional History Center. http://www.thehistorycenter.org/support/about.
Click to View (Movie, Podcast, or Website)
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/files/original/04dac8af93915f0fe919aef3eb9357aa.mp3" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 39: The Orange County Regional History Center</a>
Date Copyrighted
2012-09-27
Date Issued
2012-09-27
Requires
Multimedia software, such as <a href="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/" target="_blank"> QuickTime</a>.
American Civil War
American Museum Association
cattle
Cattle and Citrus
cattle industry
Central Boulevard
citrus
citrus industry
Civil War
costume
courthouse
Destination Florida
documentary
Downtown Orlando
exhibit
exhibit design
Florida in the Civil War
Henson, James "Jim" Maury
Henson, Jim
KKK
Ku Klux Klan
Mel Fisher Maritime Museum
Muppets
museum
museum studies
OCRHC
orange county
Orange County Courthouse
Orange County Regional History Center
orlando
Out of This World: Great Costumes from Sci-Fi Movies and Television
Perkins, Michael
pirate
podcast
public history
puppetry
race relations
racism
RICHES Podcast Documentaries
Smithsonian
tin-can tourist
tourism
tourist attraction
traveling exhibit
Turnbull, Lindsey
Walt Disney World
white supremacy
Wigwam
Wigwam Village
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https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/1c3270e04c31a3b32d2226268679a662.pdf
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Title
Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District Collection
Alternative Title
Seminole Soil and Water Conservation Collection
Subject
Seminole County (Fla.)
Environmental protection--Florida
Contributor
<a href="http://www.conserveseminole.org/" target="_blank">Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District</a>
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/44" target="_blank">Seminole County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Seminole County, Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.conserveseminole.org/" target="_blank">Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District</a>
Document
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Title
Supplemental Memorandum of Understanding Between the Seminole Soil Conservation District and the Soil Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, 1948
Alternative Title
Supplemental Memorandum of Understanding of the Seminole Soil Conservation District, 1948
Subject
Seminole County (Fla.)
Environmental protection--Florida
Description
Supplemental Memorandum of Understanding Between the Seminole Soil Conservation District and the Soil Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture for 1948. The Seminole Soil Conservation District began in 1948 with a goal to assist in agricultural interests. Over the years, the Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District began to also concentrate on the development and management of recreational enterprises. Their interests also entailed inventory and evaluations for land uses and solving issues concerning soil and water resources. The 1948 Supplemental Memorandum of Understanding supplements the 1948 Memorandum of Understanding. The eight page document explains what the District and the the Service will do, such as selecting a District Conservationist, keeping current records, providing field equipment, and taking part in erosion control and soil conservation. The document is signed by R.F. Cooper, C.R. Dawson, and H.H. Hennett.
Type
Text
Source
Original 8-page typewritten report by the Board of Supervisors of the Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District,1948: Folder SSWCD Statistical and Historical Information, 1948-1977, <a href="http://www.conserveseminole.org/" target="_blank">Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District</a>, Sanford, Florida.
Requires
<a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/reader.html" target="_blank">Adobe Acrobat Reader</a>
Is Part Of
Folder SSWCD Statistical and Historical Information, 1948-1977, <a href="http://www.conserveseminole.org/" target="_blank">Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District</a>, Sanford, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/204" target="_blank">Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original 8-page typewritten report by the Board of Supervisors of the Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District, 1948.
Coverage
Seminole County, Florida
Creator
Cooper, R.F.
Publisher
<a href="http://www.conserveseminole.org/" target="_blank">Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District</a>
Cooper, R.F.
Date Created
ca. 1948
Date Issued
ca. 1948
Format
application/pdf
Extent
1.25 MB
Medium
8-page typewritten report
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by the <a href="http://www.conserveseminole.org/" target="_blank">Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District</a> and R.F. Cooper.
Rights Holder
This resource is not subject to copyright in the United States and there are no copyright restrictions on reproduction, derivative works, distribution, performance, or display of the work. Anyone may, without restriction under U.S. of state copyright laws:<ul class="one_column_bullet"><li>reproduce the work in print or digital form</li><li>create derivative works</li><li>perform the work publicly</li><li>display the work</li><li>distribute copies or digitally transfer the work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending.</li></ul>This resource is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only. For more information on copyright, please refer to <a href="http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?submenu=3#A1S24" target="_blank">Section 24 of the Florida Constitution</a>.
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Baker, Holly
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.conserveseminole.org/" target="_blank">Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District</a>
External Reference
Helms, Douglas. "<a href="https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/about/history/?cid=nrcs143_021384" target="_blank">Hugh Hammond Bennett and the Creation of the Soil Conservation Service</a>." <em>Journal of Soil and Water Conservation</em> 65, no. 2, March/April 2010, 37-47. https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/about/history/?cid=nrcs143_021384.
Helms, Douglas. "<a href="https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/home/?cid=nrcs143_021380" target="_blank">Eroding the Color Line: The Soil Conservation Service and the Civil Rights Act of 1964</a>." <em>Journal of Soil and Water Conservation</em> 65, no. 2, Spring 1991, 35-53. https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/home/?cid=nrcs143_021380.
Rasmussen, Wayne D. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/795510987" target="_blank"><em>Taking the University To The People: Seventy-five years of Cooperative Extension</em></a>. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 9189.
Shofner, Jerrell H. "<a href="https://ucf.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/ucf%3A25480/datastream/OBJ/view" target="_blank">Roosevelt's 'Tree Army'</a>." <em>Florida Historical Quarterly</em> 65, no. 4, April 1987, 433-465. https://ucf.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/ucf%3A25480/datastream/OBJ/view.
DeFreese, Duane E. "<a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/20700248?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents" target="_blank">Florida and the Environment: From 'La Florida' to Global Warming: 2008 Jillian Prescott Memorial Lecture</a>." <em>Florida Historical Quarterly</em> 87, no. 4, Spring 2009, 465-483. https://www.jstor.org/stable/20700248?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents.
artesian wells
C.R. Dawson
cattle
Central Florida Experiment Station
citrus
conservation
drainage
environmental protection
H.H. Hennett
irrigation
livestock
R.F. Cooper
Sanford
Seminole County
Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District
Soil Conservation Service
SSCD
SSWCD
United States Department of Agriculture
USDA
water levels
Wells
wildlife
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Title
Lucile Campbell Collection
Alternative Title
Campbell Collection
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Teachers--Florida
Educators--Florida
Description
This collection features postcards kept by Lucile Campbell, a schoolteacher in Sanford, Florida, for 30 years. Campbell collected postcards from her travels around the world and used them as teaching aids in her classrooms. In 1931, she took advantage of a special rate for teachers and sailed to Europe, where she traveled for several months and is thought to have acquired many of these postcards.
Contributor
Campbell, Lucille
<a href="http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">UCF Public History Center/Student Museum</a>
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Sanford, Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Raffel, Sara
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">UCF Public History Center/Student Museum</a>
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
1 color postcard
Physical Dimensions
3 x 5 inches
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Title
Texas Long Horn Steer Postcard
Alternative Title
Texas Long Horn Steer Postcard
Subject
Cattle--United States
Description
A postcard depicting Old Texas, a Texas Longhorn steer with horns measuring over 8 feet. Old Tex is on display at the Buckhorn Curio Museum, now called the Buckhorn Saloon & Museum, in San Antonio, Texas.<br /><br />This postcard is part of a collection of postcards kept by Lucile Campbell, a schoolteacher in Sanford, Florida, for 30 years. In 1931, she took advantage of a special rate for teachers and sailed to Europe, where she traveled for several months and is thought to have acquired many of these postcards. During the 1940-1941 school year, Campbell taught at Sanford Grammar School. Before her retirement in 1970, she taught at many other area schools, including the Oviedo School, Westside Grammar School, and Pinecrest Elementary School. Campbell used these postcards as aids in her classrooms to teach advanced subjects, such as Shakespearean drama. The collection, along with her other teaching aids, papers, and photographs, was later found at Sanford Grammar School after it became the University of Central Florida's Public History Center. Campbell's postcard collection and photographs provide insight into the life of a respected Florida educator.
Type
Still Image
Source
Original 3 x 5 inch color postcard: ACC# SM-00-243, file folder 1 (U.S. blanks), box 10A, Lucile (Mary Lucile) Campbell Collection, <a href="http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">UCF Public History Center</a>, Sanford, Florida.
Is Part Of
File folder 1 (U.S. blanks), box 10A, Lucile (Mary Lucile) Campbell Collection, <a href="http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">UCF Public History Center</a>, Sanford, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/151" target="_blank">Lucile Campbell Collection</a>, Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original 3 x 5 inch color postcard.
Coverage
Buckhorn Curio Museum, San Antonio, Texas
Contributor
Campbell, Lucile
Date Created
ca. 1881-1979
Date Copyrighted
ca. 1881-1979
Format
image/jpg
Extent
140 KB
Medium
3 x 5 inch color postcard
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Geography Teacher
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">UCF Public History Center</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
Aphasia Project
Curator
Raffel, Sara
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">UCF Public History Center/Student Museum</a>
External Reference
"<a href="https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/atl02" target="_blank">LONGHORN CATTLE</a>." Texas State Historical Association. https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/atl02.
bovines
Buckhorn Curio Museum
Buckhorn Saloon
Buckhorn Saloon and Museum
cattle
cows
horns
Old Tex
San Antonio, Texas
steers
Texas Longhorn
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Title
DeLand Collection
Alternative Title
DeLand Collection
Subject
DeLand (Fla.)
Description
In 1874, Captain John Rich became the first white settler to arrive in the present-day DeLand, which was then known as Persimmon Hollow. After arriving in 1876, Henry Addison DeLand (1834-1908) began developing the area. The city was officially incorporated in 1882 and became the county seat of Volusia County in 1887. DeLand Academy, the first private college in Florida, was established by Henry DeLand in 1883. After a devastating freeze in 1885, many orange growers migrated away from the city, as did DeLand himself, leaving John Batterson Stetson (1830-1906) in charge of the academy, which was renamed John B. Stetson University (now Stetson University) in 1889. Stetson University was also the home of the first law school in Florida. DeLand flourished during the Florida Land Boom of the 1920s, but faced trouble during the land bust and the Great Depression.
Contributor
<a href="http://www.maitlandpubliclibrary.org/" target="_blank">Maitland Public Library</a>
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/75" target="_blank">Volusia County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Type
Collection
Coverage
DeLand, Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.deland.org/Pages/DeLandFL_Heritage/DeLandHistory" target="_blank">History of DeLand</a>." DeLand, Florida. http://www.deland.org/Pages/DeLandFL_Heritage/DeLandHistory.
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
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Title
The Florida Agriculturist, Vol. 10, No. 27, November 9, 1887
Alternative Title
Florida Agriculturist, Vol. 10, No. 27
Subject
DeLand (Fla.)
Agriculture--Florida
Description
<em>The Florida Agriculturist</em> issue published on November 9, 1887. <em>The Florida Agriculturist</em> began publication in 1878 with Christopher O. Codrington as its first editor. Codrington, who was from Jamaica, was an importer of exotic plants. The newspaper was published weekly through 1907, but changed to a monthly paper in 1908. The paper changed hands from Codrington to E. O. Painter by 1887. Painter had so much success with the paper that he was able to create a printing company: E. O. Painter Printing Company. The paper was directed towards the farmers and fruit and vegetable growers of Florida. <em>The Florida Agriculturist</em> discussed different places in Florida, especially DeLand and Jacksonville, that were the best to plant, and which fruits and plants were in season. The paper also offered railroad schedules. In the late 1800s, with a large influx of Chinese immigrants, the newspaper recommended these immigrants as farm laborers, for the purpose of replacing African-American laborers. In 1907, Painter sold the newspaper and it relocated to Jacksonville where it would last another four years eventually ending publication in 1911. Some of the topics discussed in this issue include an industrial cooperation, artificial fertilizers, the Florida Shippers Union, Roger LaRoque, the Haymarket Affair, packing for the poultry industry, the fate of anarchists for the Haymarket Affair, the role of women in the home, malaria and various other medical ailments, the use of cottonseed as fertilizer, broadcast harrowing,new city ordinanaces for DeLand, and the Seventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida.
Type
Text
Source
Original 8-page newspaper issue: <em>The Florida Agriculturist</em>, Vol. 10, No. 27, November 9, 1887: <a href="http://www.maitlandpubliclibrary.org/" target="_blank">Maitland Public Library</a>, Maitland, Florida.
Requires
<a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/reader.html" target="_blank">Adobe Acrobat Reader</a>
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/202" target="_blank">DeLand Collection</a>, Volusia County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original 8-page newspaper issue: <em>The Florida Agriculturist</em>, Vol. 10, No. 27, November 9, 1887.
Coverage
DeLand, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Publisher
<em>The Florida Agriculturist</em>
Painter, E. O.
Contributor
Foster, J. Heron
Brewer, Percival
Ticknor, F. O.
Harper, Olive
Date Created
ca. 1887-11-09
Date Issued
1887-11-09
Date Copyrighted
1887-11-09
Format
application/pdf
Extent
8.51 MB
Medium
8-page newspaper issue
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Economics Teacher
Provenance
Originally published by <em>The Florida Agriculturist</em>.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by <a href="http://www.maitlandpubliclibrary.org/" target="_blank">Maitland Public Library</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Shumate, Alayna
Wolf, Casey
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.maitlandpubliclibrary.org/" target="_blank">Maitland Public Library</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn96027724/" target="_blank">About The Florida agriculturist. (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911</a>." Chronicling America, Library of Congress. Accessed June 15, 2016. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn96027724/.
agriculture
anarchism
anarchists
Apopka
Astor
Bartow
bees
Blue Springs
cattle
citrus
clocks
colleges
consumption
courts
cows
creditors
De Funiak Springs
DeLand
Eber W. Bond
F. E, NORRIS
fertilizers
Florida Shippers Union
foreclosures
Gadsden County
Gainesville
Green Cove Springs
H. A. Wright
Halifax River Railroad
Hamlin
Haymarket Affair
Haymarket Massacre
Haymarket Riot
Highland Park
Holly Hill
horses
Huntington
Isaac D. Beauchamp,
Jacksonville
James H.c Chandler
John Cromie
John Ellis
Katie Beauchamp
Key West
Lake Apopka
Lakeland
Leesburg
Leon County
Lucas
M. Uenard
malaria
Melbourne
Monroe County
New Smyrna
Newnan
Ocala
Orange City
Orange Park
orlando
Palatka
Pensacola
Pullman
R. B. F. Roper
R. Mohan
railroads
Rockledge
Roger Laroque
San Mateo
Sanford
Seventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida
Seville
Silas B. Wright
St. Augustine
St. Johns River
Starke
Tallahassee
Tampa
Tampa Bay
The Florida Agriculturist
The Florida Citrus Grower
The Southern Circulator
Titusville
trains
Volusia County
W. A. Allen
W. Fisher
W. W. Alexander
W. W. Parce
watch
watches
woman
women
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Title
Oviedo Historical Society Collection
Alternative Title
Oviedo Historical Society Collection
Subject
Oviedo (Fla).
Description
The Oviedo Historical Society Collection encompasses historical artifacts donated for digitization at the Oviedo Historical Society's History Harvest in the Spring semester of 2015.
The Oviedo Historical Society was organized in November 1973 by a group of citizens. The society is a 501(3) non-profit organization. Its purpose is to help preserve the community identity of Oviedo by collecting and disseminating knowledge about local history, serve as a repository for documents and artifacts relating to Oviedo history, promote the preservation and marking of historic sites and buildings in the Oviedo area and foster interest in local, state, national, and world history.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/128" target="_blank">Oviedo Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Oviedo, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>
<a href="http://history.cah.ucf.edu/staff.php?id=304" target="_blank">Dr. Connie L. Lester</a>'s Introduction to Public History course, Spring 2015
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>." Oviedo Historical Society, Inc. http://oviedohs.com/.
Adicks, Richard, and Donna M. Neely. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5890131" target="_blank"><em>Oviedo, Biography of a Town</em></a>. S.l: s.n.], 1979.
Robison, Jim. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/796757419" target="_blank"><em>Around Oviedo</em></a>. 2012.
"<a href="http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68" target="_blank">History</a>." City of Oviedo, Florida. http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68.
"<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 41: Oviedo, with Dr. Richard Adicks</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3.
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
28-page booklet
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Title
The Oviedo Outlook: Centennial Edition
Alternative Title
Oviedo Outlook Centennial Edition
Subject
Oviedo (Fla.)
Description
The centennial edition of <em>The Oviedo Outlook</em> published in 1979 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of Oviedo, Florida. The newspaper begins with a brief history of Oviedo, followed by articles devoted to important members of the community, including Evelyn Cheek Lundy and John Lundy, Thad Lee Lingo, Jr. and Lacy Aire Lingo, Clare Wheeler Evans, Wayne Jacobs and Karen Jansen Jacobs, Thomas Moon, Marguerite Partin, Frank Wheeler, Katherine Lawton, Tom Estes, Ed Yarborough and Ima Jean Bostick Yarborough, Virginia Balkcom Mikler, Paul Mikler, Sparks Lingo Ridenour and John Ridenour, Ray "Rex" Clonts and Thelma Lee Clonts, Jean Jordan and Harold Jordan, the Malcolm family, Edward Duda, Penny Mitchem Olliff and Leon Olliff, Louise Wheeler Martin and Bill Martin, Miriam "Mimi" Wheeler Bruce and Douglas Allen, Viola Smith, and Cay Westerfield.
Type
Text
Source
Original 28-page booklet: <em>The Oviedo Outlook: Centennial Edition</em>, 1979: <a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>, Oviedo, Florida.
Requires
<a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/reader.html" target="_blank">Adobe Acrobat Reader</a>
Is Part Of
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>, Oviedo, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/147" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society Collection</a>, Oviedo Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original 28-page booklet: <em>The Oviedo Outlook: Centennial Edition</em>, 1979.
Coverage
Oviedo High School, Oviedo, Florida
First Baptist Church of Oviedo, Oviedo, Florida
First Methodist Church of Oviedo, Oviedo, Florida
Oviedo Woman's Club, Oviedo, Florida
Oviedo, Post Office, Oviedo, Florida
Memorial Building, Oviedo, Florida
Sweetwater Park, Oviedo, Florida
Lake Charm, Oviedo, Florida
Lake Jesup, Oviedo, Florida
Geneva, Florida
St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Slavia, Oviedo, Florida
White's Wharf, Oviedo, Florida
Citizens Bank of Oviedo, Oviedo, Florida
Citizens Bank of Oviedo, Oviedo, Florida
Publisher
<em>The Oviedo Outlook</em>
Date Created
1979
Date Issued
1979
Date Copyrighted
1979
Format
application/pdf
Extent
11.8 MB
Medium
28-page booklet
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Provenance
Originally published by <em>The Oviedo Outlook</em>.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by <em>The Oviedo Outlook</em> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 41: Oviedo, with Dr. Richard Adicks</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3.
Adicks, Richard, and Donna M. Neely. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5890131" target="_blank"><em>Oviedo, Biography of a Town</em></a>. S.l: s.n.], 1979.
"<a href="http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68" target="_blank">History</a>." City of Oviedo, Florida. http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68.
Robison, Jim. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/796757419" target="_blank"><em>Around Oviedo</em></a>. 2012.
4th of July
A. Duda
A. Duda and Sons, Inc.
A. J. McCulley
A. M. Jones
A&W
ACL
African American
Al Ruthberg
Al Ruthberg's Dry Goods
Alafaya Square
Alafaya Woods
Alafaya Woods Boulevard
Albertsons
Allen Street
American Bandstand
American Legion
American Legion Post 243
American Radioactive Chemical Company
Anderson
Andrew Aulin, Sr.
Andrew Duda
Ann Leinhart
Anna Thompson
anniversary
Anything for Floors
Artesia Street
Arthur Evans
Arthur Scott
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
Augusta Covington
Aulin Avenue
Avenue B.
B. F. Wheeler
B. G Smith
Babe Ruth League
Bank of Oviedo
Baptists
Baptizing Lake
Barbara Walker-Seaman
baseball
basketball
Bean Soup Ladies
Belle Glade
Ben Ward
Ben Wheeler
Benjamin Frank Wheeler
Benny Ward
Betty Aulin
Betty Malcolm
Betty Malcolm Jackson
Betty Palmer
Betty Reagan
Bill Clinton
Bill Martin
Bill Nelson
Bill Ward
Billie Chance
Black Hammock Fish Camp
Black Tuesday
Bob Butterworth
Bobby Malcolm
Boston Hill
Boston Park
Boy Scouts of American
Broadway Lily's Louis Edward Jordan, Sr.
Broadway Street
Brownie
Buddy Tyson
C. L. Clonts
C. R. Clonts and Associated Growers
C. S. Lee
cattle
Cattlewomen
Cay Westerfield
celery
centennial
Central Avenue
Century 21 Real Estate
Chance
Chapman Road
Charles Aulin
Charles Evans
Charles Lee, Jr.
Charles Simeon Lee
Charlie Beasley
Charlie Malcolm
Charlie McCully
Chase and Company
Chicago boys
Chiropractic Healthcare Center
Christmas
Chuluota
churches
Ci Gi's Pizza and Subs
Citizens Bank of Oviedo
city clerk
city council
city government
Clare Wheeler
Clare Wheeler Evans
Clarence William Nelson II
Clark
Clark Street
Claude Roy Kirk, Jr.
Claudia Mitchem
Cleo Malcolm
Cleo Malcolm Gore
Cleo Malcolm Leinhart
Clonts Farms, Inc.
Clyde Holder
Clyde Reese Moon
coach
Colonial Drive
Cooper
county commissioner
county government
Cow Bells
Crooms High School
Cross Seminole Trail
Crutchfield
D. D. Daniel
D. D. Daniel Store
David Evans
Dawson
Daytona
De Leon Street
Delco
Democrat
Democratic parks
desegregation
Dick Addicks
Dick Clark
Doc Malcolm
Don Ulery
Donna Neely
Donnie Malcolm
Dorothy Malcolm
Dorsey Brothers
Double R Private School
Doug Allen
Doug Allen Debris Cleaning
Douglas Allen
Downtown Oviedo
Duda
Dwardy
E. H. Kilbee
Econ Eating Club
Econ River
Econlockhatchee River
Ed Duda
Ed Yarborough
Edgar Marvin
Edith Mead
education
educator
Edward Duda
Edward Stoner
Elida Margaret McCulley
Elm Street
Elnoa Allen
Elsie Beasley
Emma Catherine Wahgren
Enoch Partin
Equestrian Green
Evelyn Cheek
Evelyn Cheek Lundy
Faircloth's Grocery
farmer
farming
Fernell's Grocery
FFA
FFWC
First Baptist Church of Oviedo
First United Methodist Church of Oviedo
Flagler's Hotel
Florida Avenue
Florida Federation of Woman's Clubs
Florida High School Athletic Association
Florida Power and Light Company
Florida State Road 426
Florida State Road 434
Florida State Road 50
Florida Tech
Florida Technological University
football
Forrest Harrill Burgess
Foster Chapel
Fountainhead Baptist churches
Fourth of July
Frank Wheeler
Freeze of 1894
Freeze of 1917-1918
Freeze of 1989
freezes
Fritz Mondale
fruit flies
fruit fly
FTU
Future Farmers of America
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Title
Sanford Collection
Description
The present-day Sanford area was originally inhabited by the Mayaca/Joroco natives by the time Europeans arrived. The tribe was decimated by war and disease by 1760 and was replaced by the Seminole Indians. In 1821, the United States acquired Florida from Spain and Americans began to settled in the state.
Camp Monroe was established in the mid-1830s to defend the area against Seminoles during the Seminole Wars. In 1836, the United States Army built a road (present-day Mellonville Avenue) to a location called "Camp Monroe," during the Second Seminole War. Following an attack on February 8, 1837, the camp was renamed "Fort Mellon," in honor of the battle's only American casualty, Captain Charles Mellon.
The town of Mellonville was founded nearby in 1842 by Daniel Stewart. When Florida became a state three years later, Mellonville became the county seat for Orange County, which was originally a portion of Mosquito County. Citrus was the first cash crop in the area and the first fruit packing plant was constructed in 1869.
In 1870, a lawyer from Connecticut by the name of Henry Shelton Sanford (1832-1891) purchased 12,548 acres of open land west of Mellonville. His vision was to make this new land a major port city, both railway and by water. Sitting on Lake Monroe, and the head of the St. Johns River, the City of Sanford earned the nickname of “The Gate City of South Florida.” Sanford became not only a transportation hub, but a leading citrus industry in Florida, and eventually globally.
The Great Fire of 1887 devastated the city, which also suffered from a statewide epidemic of yellow fever the following year. The citrus industry flourished until the Great Freezes of 1894 and 1895, causing planters to begin growing celery in 1896 as an alternative. Celery replaced citrus as the city's cash crop and Sanford was nicknamed "Celery City." In 1913, Sanford became the county seat of Seminole County, once part of Orange County. Agriculture dominated the region until Walt Disney World opened in October of 1971, effectively shifting the Central Florida economy towards tourism and residential development.
Alternative Title
Sanford Collection
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Contributor
<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>
<a href="https://www.thehistorycenter.org/" target="_blank">Orange County Regional History Center</a>
<a href="http://sanfordhistory.tripod.com/" target="_blank">Sanford Historical Society, Inc.</a>
<a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=108" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/44" target="_blank">Seminole County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Sanford, Florida
Curator
Marra, Katherine
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
Sanford Historical Society (Fla.). <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53015288" target="_blank"><em>Sanford</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2003.
"<a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=48" target="_blank">Sanford: A Brief History</a>." City of Sanford. http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=48.
<em>The Seminole Herald</em>. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52633016" target="_blank"><em>Sanford: Our First 125 Years</em></a>. [Sanford, FL]: The Herald, 2002.
<span>Mills, Jerry W., and F. Blair Reeves. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11338196" target="_blank"><em>A Chronology of the Development of the City of Sanford, Florida: With Major Emphasis on Early Growth</em></a></span><span>, 1975.</span>
Has Part
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/82" target="_blank"><em>Celery Soup: Florida’s Folk Life Play</em> Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/65" target="_blank">Churches of Sanford Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/131" target="_blank">Creative Sanford, Inc. Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/41" target="_blank">Georgetown Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/78" target="_blank">Marie J. Francis Collection</a>, Georgetown Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/101" target="_blank">Sanford Avenue Collection</a>, Georgetown Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/79" target="_blank">Goldsboro Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/116" target="_blank">Henry L. DeForest Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/12" target="_blank">Hotel Forrest Lake Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/14" target="_blank">Ice Houses of Sanford Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/42" target="_blank">Milane Theatre Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/13" target="_blank">Naval Air Station Sanford Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/15" target="_blank">Sanford Baseball Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/61" target="_blank">Sanford Cigar Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/10" target="_blank">Sanford Riverfront Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/11" target="_blank">Sanford State Farmers' Market Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
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1 newspaper article
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Title
Tobacco and Leather
Alternative Title
Tobacco and Leather
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Tobacco--Florida
Tobacco industry--Southern States
Leather industry and trade--United States
Leather goods--United States
Description
A newspaper articleon the tobacco and leather industries in Florida. The article was written by C. D. Leffler, President of the Young Men's Business League, and published by <em>Manufacturers Record: A Weekly Southern Industrial Railroad and Financial Newspaper. </em>According to the article, Florida had "become a great cigar and tobacco centre, especially for [C]lear Havana goods," a cigar brand. The cigar industry was first brought to Florida by Cuban immigrants in the 1830s and became one of the most important industries in the Southeast by the last quarter of the 19th century, with Tampa serving as the cigar manufacturing center in the state. In the late 1800s, cigar factories began to appear in various other Florida cities, such as Jacksonville and Tallahassee. Cigar manufacturing first appeared in Sanford sometime between 1909 and 1912. The Florida cigar industry came to its peak in the first quarter of the 20th century, but then declined during the Great Depression and World War II, due to the accumulation of labor union conflicts over the years, the mechanization of production, and changing consumer demands. The industry was revitalized during the 1950s as production soared, despite the decline of the number of workers. Following the Cuban Revolution of the late 1950s and the U.S. embargo on Cuban products in 1962, the Florida cigar industry again declined. The Cuban embargo included tobacco, thus forcing American cigar rollers to begin using Dominican tobacco.<br /><br />The article also discusses prospects for the leather industry in Florida, which had a virtually unlimited supply of palmetto, a root plant commonly used in the tanning process. Lastly, Leffler briefly cites the starch, tapioca, and artesian water industries.
Source
Photocopy of original newspaper article by C. D. Leffler: "Tobacco and Leather." <em>Manufacturers Record: A Weekly Southern Industrial Railroad and Financial Newspaper</em>, July 19, 1895, page 384: Cigar Making Collection, <a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>, Sanford, Florida.
Publisher
<em>Manufacturers Record: A Weekly Southern Industrial Railroad and Financial Newspaper</em>
Date Created
ca. 1895-07-19
Date Copyrighted
1895-07-19
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of photocopied newspaper article by C. D. Leffler: "Tobacco and Leather." <em>Manufacturers Record: A Weekly Southern Industrial Railroad and Financial Newspaper</em>, July 19, 1895, page 384.
Is Part Of
<em>Manufacturers Record: A Weekly Southern Industrial Railroad and Financial Newspaper</em>, July 19, 1895.
Cigar Making Collection, <a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>, Sanford, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/16" target="_blank">Sanford Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Format
image/jpg
Extent
122 KB
Medium
1 newspaper article
Language
eng
Type
Text
Coverage
Sanford, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by C. D. Leffler and published by <em>Manufacturers Record: A Weekly Southern Industrial Railroad and Financial Newspaper</em>.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the <em>Manufacturers Record: A Weekly Southern Industrial Railroad and Financial Newspaper</em> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>
External Reference
Menocal, Narciso. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34047399" target="_blank"><em>Cuban Cigar Labels: The Tobacco Industry in Cuba and Florida: Its Golden Age in Lithography and Architecture</em></a>. Coral Gables, FL: Cuban National Heritage, 1995.
"<a href="http://www.floridamemory.com/onlineclassroom/cigar-industry/photos/" target="_blank">Cigar Making in Florida</a>." Florida Memory, Division of Library & Information Services. http://www.floridamemory.com/onlineclassroom/cigar-industry/photos/.
"<a href="http://www.floridamemory.com/photographiccollection/photo_exhibits/cigar/" target="_blank">Florida Cigars: Artistry, Labor, and Politics in Florida's Oldest Industry</a>." Florida Memory, Division of Library & Information Services. http://www.floridamemory.com/photographiccollection/photo_exhibits/cigar/.
Peeples, Vernon. "<a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20020822/COLUMNIST63/208220355" target="_blank">Shifting from Cuba, Cigar Industry reached from Key West to Tampa</a>." <em>The Herald-Tribune</em>, August 22, 2002. http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20020822/COLUMNIST63/208220355.
Robison, Jim. "<a href="http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1997-01-19/news/9701171062_1_cigar-factory-cigar-boxes-cuban-cigars" target="_blank">Sanford's Busy Cigar-Making Business Flourished in 1920</a>." <em>The Orlando Sentinel</em>, January 19, 1997. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1997-01-19/news/9701171062_1_cigar-factory-cigar-boxes-cuban-cigars.
Rajtar, Steve. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/126226195" target="_blank"><em>A Guide to Historic Tampa Florida</em></a>. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2007.
Transcript
Tobacco and Leather.
YOUNG MEN'S BUSINESS LEAGUE,
SANFORD, FLA., JUNE 21.
Florida has become a great cigar and tobacco centre, especially for clear Havana goods. This industry is receiving more attention at present than anything else. Every town of any importance has one or more factories, but there are other lines that we are beginning to wake up to, and which promise a great deal.
The tanning business has bright prospects. We have an unlimited supply of saw palmetto, the roots of which make splendid tannin. This material can be had for $2 per ton, against $12 to $14 for oak or hemlock. A German company started a tan-yard here about a year ago, and has twice increased the capacity of the plant, and is again considering putting in additional machinery. In conversation with one of these gentlemen recently he said that he had been in the business all his life, and that the palmetto root was a good or better than any other material for tanning, and that there was no comparison as to price. The supply of hides is large, this being a great cattle country.
Another industry that can be made a success in this section is the manufacture of starch and tapioca from the cassava root. This plant will produce fifteen to twenty tons per acre on average soil without fertilizer; it grows the year round, and only requires replanting every third or fourth year.
There is an abundant supply of pure artesian water to be had here, and labor and fuel are cheap.
C. D. LEFFLER, President.
Creator
Leffler, C. D.
Date Issued
1895-07-19
Has Format
Original newspaper article by C. D. Leffler: "Tobacco and Leather." <em>Manufacturers Record: A Weekly Southern Industrial Railroad and Financial Newspaper</em>, July 19, 1895, page 384.
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/">RICHES MI</a>
artesian water
cassava
cattle
cattle industry
cigar
cigar factory
cigar industry
Clear Havana
factory
hemlock
leather
leather industry
Leffler, C. D.
oak
palmetto
Sanford
starch
tanning
tanyard
tapioca
tobacco
tobacco industry
Young Men's Business League