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Willow.
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This replica of the Willow Train Station, a small train stop in southern Hillsborough County near today's US 301, stands on the Parrish Railroad Museum site in Parrish, Fl.
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HCC0101WIL001
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Sweatt Family Home: Balm.
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This photo is of the Sweatt Family home, first occupied in 1907. The first postmaster of Balm lived in the house.
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HCC0101BA001
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Sun City Sales Force - 1925.
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Sun City Sales force, on site, in 1925.
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HCC0101SC012
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Sun City High School.
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Sun City High School: This the second building, builtin 1940's. It served elementary through senior high school students. Sun City H.S. closed 1962-63. (Picture courtesy Alberta Harris, former Ruskin resident who attended Sun City H.S.)
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HCC0101SC010
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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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Picnic Grocery.
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Picnic Grocery at Picnic, FL. (State Route 37)
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HCC0101PIC002
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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