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Oral History: Everett and Sharon Prevatt
Title
Oral History: Everett and Sharon Prevatt.
Abstract/Description
This oral history of Everett and Sharon Prevatt was conducted by Charles Nelson, HCC-Ruskin's Digital Library Collections Manager, on November 9, 2017 at the Prevatt home in Wimauma, FL. Everett, a former Hillsborough County school member, and his wife Sharon, discuss a wide variety of issues relating to Wimauma settlement, history and schooling. An edited transcript of the session is included, along with the actual recording of the interview.
Identifier
HCC0101WIM001
Format
Set of related objects
Wimauma Train Station - 1962
Title
Wimauma Train Station - 1962.
Abstract/Description
Train at Wimauma Train Station in 1962
Identifier
HCC0101WIM002
Format
Image (JPEG)
Why MaMa
Title
Why MaMa.
Abstract/Description
Good early history of Wimauma. Clipping
Identifier
HCC0101WIM004
Format
Image (JPEG)
Baptism at Lake Wimauma
Title
Baptism at Lake Wimauma.
Abstract/Description
Ruskin Baptist Church members being baptized at Lake Wimauma
Identifier
HCC0101WIM003
Format
Image (JPEG)
Potato Farm Workers in Wimauma
Title
Potato Farm Workers in Wimauma.
Abstract/Description
Farm workers working a potato field in Wimauma FL.
Date Issued
1926
Identifier
HCC0101WIM005
Format
Image (JPEG)
Picking Beans in Wimauma
Title
Picking Beans in Wimauma.
Abstract/Description
Picking beans in a Wimauma FL bean field, 1926
Identifier
HCC0101WIM006
Format
Image (JPEG)
Aerial View of US 301 at Wimauma Road 1959
Title
Aerial View of US 301 at Wimauma Road 1959.
Abstract/Description
Aerial view of US 301 near Wimauma Road...note lack of development in area. To the left would be where Sun City Center would eventually be. 1959
Identifier
HCC0101WIM007
Format
Image (JPEG)
Wimauma
Title
Wimauma.
Abstract/Description
This document, prepared by the Hillsborough County Planning and Growth Commission, is a history of Wimauma.
Identifier
HCC0101WIM008
Format
Document (PDF)
Wimauma High School - 1957
Title
Wimauma High School - 1957.
Abstract/Description
Front view of Wimauma High School in 1957.
Identifier
HCC0101WIM009
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
Wi ma u hi for '57
Title
Wi ma u hi for '57.
Abstract/Description
1957 Yearbook of Wimauma School in Wimauma Florida. Excellent memoir or school life in mid 1950s. Donated by student Frances Pettigrew (sophomore) (now Frances Hereford)
Identifier
HCC0101WIM010
Format
Document (PDF)
Wimauma Town Plat 1907
Title
Wimauma Town Plat 1907.
Abstract/Description
Copy of town plat for Wimauma, 1907
Identifier
HCC0101WIM012
Format
Image (JPEG)
1957 Church of God Tabernacle
Title
1957 Church of God Tabernacle.
Abstract/Description
1957 Photograph of the Wimauma Church of God Tabernacle. Wimauma was the site of annual COG Camp Meeting that attracted 1000s of visitors from Florida and the SE part of the US. (From an article written by Charles Nelson (Historian for HCC Ruskin History Project and the Ruskin Library and published in the Osprey Observer, June 7, 2019) The Church of God was founded in Tennessee in 1886 and is the oldest Pentecostal Church in America. The annual camp meeting is a cherished tradition of the...
Show more1957 Photograph of the Wimauma Church of God Tabernacle. Wimauma was the site of annual COG Camp Meeting that attracted 1000s of visitors from Florida and the SE part of the US. (From an article written by Charles Nelson (Historian for HCC Ruskin History Project and the Ruskin Library and published in the Osprey Observer, June 7, 2019) The Church of God was founded in Tennessee in 1886 and is the oldest Pentecostal Church in America. The annual camp meeting is a cherished tradition of the Church and is still widely held. Florida’s Wimauma Camp Meeting is the oldest and largest Church of God camp meeting site in the United States still in operation. Pentecostals had been holding camp meetings at Pleasant Grove, near Durant, for many years before the turn of the 20th century. Most major denominations sponsored at least one camp there a year and rather than continuing to share, the Durant Church sought a new exclusive location. In 1913, land along Tiger Lake (now Lake Wimauma) was selected as the permanent camp and purchased by the Church of God at Durant. The scenic beauty of Lake Wimauma had a lot to do with building the camp in Wimauma. The first Wimauma Camp Meeting was held in 1914 and housed in an open-air barn. Campers slept in tents on the ground. A larger Tabernacle replaced the original structure in 1924. Separate male and female dormitories, an expanded tent ground, a cafeteria and, later, small cottages were built to house a growing number of camp goers. As crowds expanded, a third Tabernacle was built: an open-air structure that seated 3,700 worshipers. It was later expanded to seat over 5,000. The open-air construction served late arriving worshippers who could bring their own chairs or sit out on the campgrounds to listen to the five daily services. A fourth, fully enclosed and air-conditioned structure was built in 1985, which continues to serve the annual camp meeting and houses today’s Wimauma Convention Center.
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Identifier
HCC0101WIM013
Format
Image (JPEG)