Turn by turn directions for driving from Bartow to Haines City in Polk County, Florida. State and U.S. highways were not yet marked at this time, hence the need for detailed instructions to motorists traveling along public roadways. Published on page 54 of The Florida Times-Union's "Florida Roads an...
The First World War erupted in Europe during the summer of 1914, becoming the bloodiest conflict in world history to that time. The United States remained neutral, although the sympathies of most Americans lay firmly with the Allied nations of Great Britain, France, Italy, and (until 1917) Russia. G...
Hubbard L. Hart was a native of Guildford, Vermont who was born on May 4, 1827. In 1852 he moved to Savannah, Georgia, and opened a stagecoach line that carried U.S. mail. Three years later he moved to Florida and opened a similar line linking Palatka and Tampa. By 1860 he had built a wharf at Palat...
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