Road to Clifton by Bettye Reagan

Road to Clifton by Bettye Reagan

Road to Clifton by Bettye Reagan

Oviedo (Fla.)

Painting--Florida

Art--Southern States

A painting by Bettye Reagan, a local artist in Central Florida, inspired by a photograph of the road to Clifton Springs, a spring in Oviedo, Florida. Clifton Springs was named in honor of the hometown of Dr. Henry Foster, a wealthy grower from Lake Charm in Oviedo. Originally called White's Wharf, the site marks the approximate location where John Bartram and William Bartram camped during their excursion along the St. Johns River in 1765-1766. William G. White migrated to the area in the late 1870s and built a store here in 1879. White moved his store to Orlando in the 1880s. Many Oviedo residents used the site as the location for their annual May picnics, which began in 1880. The picnics were hosted by a joint committee of the local Baptist and Methodist churches. The wharf is now known as Hiley's Fish Camp. The road featured in this photograph is now Florida State Road (SR) 419.

Reagan, Bettye Jean Aulin

Original painting: Reagan, Bettye. Road to Clifton. 1986: Private Collection of Bettye Reagan.

1986

1986

Reagan, Bettye Jean Aulin

Digital reproduction of original painting: Reagan, Bettye. Road to Clifton. 1986.

Oviedo Historical Society Collection, Oviedo Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

"Road to Clifton." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/6964.

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Clifton Springs, Oviedo, Florida

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Originally created by Bettye Reagan.

Copyright to this resource is held by Bettye Reagan and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

Cepero, Laura

Private Collection of Bettye Reagan

"WHITE'S WHARF (Clifton Springs)." Waymarking. http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMH53_WHITES_WHARF_Clifton_Springs.

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