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1890-1920 Buck of Cock Roach Bay.
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Poster 1890-1920 Buck of Cock Roach Bay Shipped by E.C. McLean, Inc. Sun City, Florida
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HCC0101SC007
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1925: Sun City Subdivision Plan for Movie Colony.
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This is the 1925 Subdivision Plan filed with the County in order to offer lot sales to begin the planned Sun City, designed to be the HOllywood of the east. Note that the names of all of the streets are named for elements of the Silent Film industry, stars, studios or producer/directors. This plat is on file at the Clerk's Office in Hillsborough County in the Subdivision Book Number 17 on Page 21. Take note, also, that the studio was built in the large area on the east side of the development...
Show moreThis is the 1925 Subdivision Plan filed with the County in order to offer lot sales to begin the planned Sun City, designed to be the HOllywood of the east. Note that the names of all of the streets are named for elements of the Silent Film industry, stars, studios or producer/directors. This plat is on file at the Clerk's Office in Hillsborough County in the Subdivision Book Number 17 on Page 21. Take note, also, that the studio was built in the large area on the east side of the development in section 70A.
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HCC0101SC001
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Abandoned Packing House.
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This abandoned packing house, serving local farmers in the Balm area, stood near the railroad grade.
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HCC0101BA002
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Bridge Remains to Gulf City.
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Only remaining section of bridge to Gulf City
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HCC0101GC002
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Fort Lonesome Grocery.
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Photo of Fort Lonesome Grocery. Note man on horseback. Appears to be a political picture by a man named Dougherty seeking electoral support.
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HCC0101FL001
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History of Fort Lonesome.
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History of Fort Lonesome prepared by Hillsborugh County Historic Resources Survey Report
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HCC0101FL002
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Jameson House, Lillibridge: SE Hillsborough County.
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By mid-century, only four families remained in the Lillibridge area. Once listed on Hillsborough County’s register of historic places, the sprawling Jameson House (owned by one of Lillibridge’s earliest settlers) was demolished sometime before 1995. The house was one of the last reminders that a community existed about 3 miles east of today’s state SR 39.
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HCC0101LIL001
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Jones Filling Station - Sun City.
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This picture of Jones Filling Station likely post dates 1926. Note the sign which indicates this is also the Sun City Post Office. According to USPS records, Sun City's post office was established in 1927.
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HCC0101SC003
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Legend of Pirate Ben Margoza.
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The legend of Pirate Ben Margoza, who once reportedly made Gulf City his pirate fortress. No physical traces of the pirate city have been found, but the legend persists, and treasure hunters still search the island for remnants. The same story can be found in the Tampa Tribune in an article written by Tampa historian,, Rodney Kite-Powell.
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2013-02
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HCC0101GC001
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Map of Lillibridge location.
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This map is one of the very few maps found to show the location of Lilllibridge in SE Hillsborough County. The location would have spanned the South Prong of the Hillsborough River along today's Jameson Road, east of SR 37. There are no remnants of the once thriving town today.
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HCC0101LIL002
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Map of Morris Parak.
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Morris Park was a community created by Ruskin Founder, George Miller in 1913 By 1911, the new town of Ruskin was a thriving, cooperative community, and Miller sought to create a ‘twin town’ to the east. Through a complex series of land deals involving Wimauma Founder Captain C. H. Davis, Miller acquired development rights to lands northeast of Wimauma. It was here, midway between Wimauma and Balm, along the Seaboard Air Lines rail tracks, that Miller laid out his new town: Morris Park, named...
Show moreMorris Park was a community created by Ruskin Founder, George Miller in 1913 By 1911, the new town of Ruskin was a thriving, cooperative community, and Miller sought to create a ‘twin town’ to the east. Through a complex series of land deals involving Wimauma Founder Captain C. H. Davis, Miller acquired development rights to lands northeast of Wimauma. It was here, midway between Wimauma and Balm, along the Seaboard Air Lines rail tracks, that Miller laid out his new town: Morris Park, named in honor of William Morris of England. Morris was the philosophical successor to England’s John Ruskin, whose ideas of social organization and education initially inspired Miller to found Ruskin in 1908. Nothing remains of Morris Park today, although a neighborhood in Wimauma is named in memory of the town (Morris Park Farms.) Welfare Hall. A thriving poultry industry arose. By May 1913, the new railroad station opened. Growth continued into 1914 with announced plans for a canning factory and a cane mill. The telephone connection with Ruskin became a reality. Beginning in 1915, however, Miller seemingly lost interest in Morris Park. In a major blow to the town’s survival, the sawmill closed, and its employees and their families moved away. By 1916, Miller’s and Ruskin’s attention was diverted by World War I, which took many of Ruskin’s young men, resulting in the eventual closing of Ruskin College. (This excerpt, below) is by historian Charles Nelson (affiliated with HCC Ruskin's South Shore History Project). The full article was published in the Osprey Observer on Nov 7, 2019) Early growth in Morris Park seemed promising. By February 1913, the town boasted a boarding house and a store. A Sunday school was organized in Few land sales are reported in 1918/19 and plans for connecting rail lines were abandoned. The community never recovered, and by 1930, much of the town’s lands were sold in chancery court.
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HCC0101MP001
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Memoir: Donnie Connel.
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This transcript of an oral history of Donnie Connel was recorded and transcribed by Roselyn Cruthis on February 17, 2016. In it, Donnie Connel describes his early life in the Sun City and Ruskin area, working on a cattle ranch, schooling, and life in Ruskin.
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HCC0101SC009
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Mordecia Walker.
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Mr. Mordecia Walker was an agriculture teacher at the mid 1940s Sun City School. (Picture courtesy Alberta Harris, former Ruskin resident. Mr. Walker was her teacher. He now lives in St. Petersburg with his sister.)
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HCC0101SC008
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Mr. Smith, known as "Bronco".
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Mr. Smith, known as "Bronco" was a Sun City High School teacher and athlete coach. He taught shop, math, and coached boys and girls basketball. (Picture courtesy Alberta Harris, former student of Mr. Smith at Sun City H.S.)
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HCC0101SC005
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Of Fishes and Men.
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In 1934, H. B. Woolf and Son, a major tropical fish farmer and supplier, established a large hatchery first in Gibsonton, but quickly relocated to Adamsville where it supplied tropical fish, by air, to market around the United States. This article, by Robert Sims, details the establishment of this South HIllsborough County industry and highlights the tiny community of Adamsville. Sims, Robert E. (2018) "Of Fishes and Men," Sunland Tribune: Vol. 15 , Article 10. Available at: https:/...
Show moreIn 1934, H. B. Woolf and Son, a major tropical fish farmer and supplier, established a large hatchery first in Gibsonton, but quickly relocated to Adamsville where it supplied tropical fish, by air, to market around the United States. This article, by Robert Sims, details the establishment of this South HIllsborough County industry and highlights the tiny community of Adamsville. Sims, Robert E. (2018) "Of Fishes and Men," Sunland Tribune: Vol. 15 , Article 10. Available at: https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/sunlandtribune/vol15/iss1/10
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HCC0101AD001
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Old School House at Picnic.
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The old school house at Picnic, originally housed in the general store, but moved to the intersection with the Road to Fort Lonesome.
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HCC0101PIC001
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Original Bridge at Lillibridge.
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Photo of original bridge at Lillibridge. This bridge was torn downed replaced with a more modern bridge.
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HCC0101LIL003
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Photo (copy) of Sun City Studio.
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Copy of a photograph of the Sun City Studios, a $300,000 full scale production facility built in Sun City as an inducement for the Hollywood film industry to move at least part of its capabilities to Florida. The studio was the main anchor in the failed project to create the town of Sun City near the end of the Great Florida Land Boom. The studio was completed in October 1925. Two small,20 minute comedies were produced her in 1925: Spuds and South Bound, both starring comedian Billy Moon....
Show moreCopy of a photograph of the Sun City Studios, a $300,000 full scale production facility built in Sun City as an inducement for the Hollywood film industry to move at least part of its capabilities to Florida. The studio was the main anchor in the failed project to create the town of Sun City near the end of the Great Florida Land Boom. The studio was completed in October 1925. Two small,20 minute comedies were produced her in 1925: Spuds and South Bound, both starring comedian Billy Moon. When the studio failed to attract large scale interest from Hollywood, in addition to worsening real estate conditions in late 1925, the project failed. The studio was dimanted in the 1930s (check date).
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HCC0101SC013
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Picnic Grocery.
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Picnic Grocery at Picnic, FL. (State Route 37)
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HCC0101PIC002
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Railroad Bridge near Willow.
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Rusting Railroad Bridge over Little Manatee River, near Willow, FL. By Harvey Henkelmann, Attribution, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=482032
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HCC0101WIL002
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