Okahumpka eBook Ray Burhop
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This is a story of a town historically important in the development of Florida. By the end of the Nineteenth Century the town appeared to have everything going for it. It was a town which was a major transportation center and generated large quantities of agricultural products such as citrus, ferns, watermelons, naval stores, hardwood lumber, and kaolin from nearby pits. Okahumpka was a stopping off point for tourists from the north and was blessed by a large hotel, which catered to visitors from the north seeking a healthy and warm environment. At one time Okahumpka was as wild as any town in the “Wild West” with Cow Hunters, cattle drives and rustlers, etc. The town was larger, during the mid-nineteenth century, than the communities of Tampa, Leesburg and other present day communities in the area. Yet, by the last half of the Twentieth Century, it had become overrun by nearby Leesburg. Almost all the major buildings would be gone including the depot, stores, post office, schools, taverns, bowling alley and churches. Today, most people know Okahumpka as the name of a rest stop along the nearby Florida Turnpike or the name of an old depot located at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa.
Okahumpka eBook Ray Burhop
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Okahumpka eBook Ray Burhop Reviews
From me actually living in okahumpka and being a 13th generation Florida Cracker this book was amazing it went over every single part that formed okahumpka
I can hardly wait to go to the State Fair and see the depot thanks for writing it. Thanks again.
the town's name caught my attention. the book is an very interesting account of the town's history. would highly recommend it.
This book kept my interest from the beginning. Of course it helps that I live very near to Okahumpka. I wanted to know the beginnings the hay day of this wonderful area of Florida. I see the ending because Okahumpka is no more than a blink in the road. This book fulfilled my questions and then some. I enjoy reading about Florida history....
you will really have to be interested in Local or Florida history
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