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Ms. Alberta Harris.
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My earliest remembrance was about five years, old living on Elsberry Quarters in Ruskin. My Mother's name was Josephine and my Daddy's name was Albert Harris but everyone called him "Georgia Boy". He was foreman of Elsberry -- search terms for more info: harris, quarters, liverpool -- Ms. Alberta Harris also has an interview on this website
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SHC050
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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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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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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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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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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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Picnic Grocery.
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Picnic Grocery at Picnic, FL. (State Route 37)
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HCC0101PIC002
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1843 External Boundary Survey of Township 30S, Range 22E.
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Initial external boundary survey (1843), authorized when Florida was still a territory of the United States, of Township 30S, Range 22E, the easternmost section of Hillsborough County, bordering today's Polk County.
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HCC0101SHC024
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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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1843 External Boundary Survey of Township 30S, Range 20E.
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This initial external boundary survey of T30S, R20E is irregular due to the reserved lands (by the Federal Government) set aside for Fort Brooke in Tampa. Originally, the military reservation, which includes the mouth of the Alafia River, as 16 miles square, and no settlers were permitted inside this reservation without the specific permission of the US Army. The reservation was reduced in size in July 1848.
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HCC0101SHC029
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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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1847 Sectional Survey Map of Township 30, Range 21E.
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This sectional survey map was created by Tampan, John Jackson, at the request of the Internal Improvement Fund of the State of Florida in order to further subdivide the 1843 survey into land preparatory to land sales. This land encompasses today's Lithia and Pinecrest.
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HCC0101SHC027
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1959 Aerial View of Ruskin.
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January 1959 photograph of the Ruskin area. The river at the bottom of the picture is the Little Manatee River. Ruskin lies on the north shore of the River and the Ruskin Inlet. The developing area, in white, at the extreme left of the picture is Paul Dickman's Bahia Beach area, then under construction.
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HCC0101RUS191
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Ruskin School.
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Ruskin School. Undated.
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HCC0101RUS097
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Adaline Dickman Miller.
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Adaline "Addie" Dickman was a co-founder of Ruskin, along with her husband, George Miller. She also served as Vice President of Ruskin College.
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HCC0101RUS090
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George McA Miller.
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HCC0101RUS070
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Admer Miller.
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Admer Miller
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HCC0101RUS061
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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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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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