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Fishing Shacks on Little Manatee
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Fishing Shacks on Little Manatee.
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Looking at the north bank of the Little Manatee River close to its intersection with the Bay. Fishing was an important early industry in Ruskin.
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HCC0101RUS443
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Lavaenders Grocery
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Lavaenders Grocery.
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Lavender's was the principal store for the Ruskin area through the 1940s. Located on the NW corner of Hwy 41 and College Avenue. Utlimately, it burned down
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HCC0101RUS442
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Ruskin Amphitheater Concert
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Ruskin Amphitheater Concert.
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Well attended concert at Ruskin Amphitheater.
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HCC0101RUS441
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Ruskin News and Commongood Charter
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Ruskin News and Commongood Charter.
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Partial page 1 of April 1910 edition (#2) and complete supplement of July 1910 (#3). Together, these two photocopies of the Ruskin News (the official newspaper of early Ruskin) will help the reader understand something of the disagreements that led early colonists to create a new Commongood Bylaws in 1910,replacing an earlier management, seemingly out of disagreement with the way that Manager A. B. Hawk was reporting to the Society. Much of the new by-laws are contained here as are the...
Show morePartial page 1 of April 1910 edition (#2) and complete supplement of July 1910 (#3). Together, these two photocopies of the Ruskin News (the official newspaper of early Ruskin) will help the reader understand something of the disagreements that led early colonists to create a new Commongood Bylaws in 1910,replacing an earlier management, seemingly out of disagreement with the way that Manager A. B. Hawk was reporting to the Society. Much of the new by-laws are contained here as are the election results approving the new by laws.
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HCC0101RUS440
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Northern End of Bahia Beach
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Northern End of Bahia Beach.
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Early picture of Bahia Beach, frequently used for early advertising purposes. Note the large Ruskin Marina sign on the right.
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HCC0101RUS439
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Ruskin Commongood Minutes Nov 1909 to Nov 1910
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Ruskin Commongood Minutes Nov 1909 to Nov 1910.
Abstract/Description
While considerable portions of this Minute Book are difficult to read, it is a very important record of the first year for the Ruskin Commongood Society. Indexing did not produce usable results, so unfortunately a researcher will have to read through each page.
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HCC0101RUS438
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Document (PDF)
Clarence Harding Scrapbook
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Clarence Harding Scrapbook.
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Clarence Harding wrote a significant number of articles on the environment, the history, and life in and around South County. This is a collection of articles written by Harding that appeared mostly in the Shopper Observer News, although there are a few articles from the Bradenton Herald.
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HCC0101SHC114
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Notes from Pauline Dickman on Ruskin College Experience
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Notes from Pauline Dickman on Ruskin College Experience.
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Pauline Dickman graduated from Ruskin College with a degree in Home Economics. These are random notes from her experiences at Ruskin College. while the interviewer is unknown, it is believed that these notes represents extemporaneous comments from Pauline.
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HCC0101RUS437
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Document (PDF)
Socialist Party Account Book 1911-1916
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Socialist Party Account Book 1911-1916.
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There is an ongoing debate on whether or not Ruskin Florida was established as a Socialist experiment or not. This ledge demonstrates that many Ruskin residents were dues paying members of the Socialist Party in Florida. Yet, by itself, this book doesn't answer the question. There were many branches of the Socialist Party in America and George Miller, was likely of a more mild, reform party loyalist because the primary parties didn't fully address social inequities in the United States....
Show moreThere is an ongoing debate on whether or not Ruskin Florida was established as a Socialist experiment or not. This ledge demonstrates that many Ruskin residents were dues paying members of the Socialist Party in Florida. Yet, by itself, this book doesn't answer the question. There were many branches of the Socialist Party in America and George Miller, was likely of a more mild, reform party loyalist because the primary parties didn't fully address social inequities in the United States. Miller was more of a Christian Socialist and communitarian, although it is likely that most views of the party were held by at least some members of the community.
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HCC0101RUS436
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Partial List of Initial Inventory of Ruskin Library 1926
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Partial List of Initial Inventory of Ruskin Library 1926.
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Ruskin's first library was opened in 1926 in the home of Harriett Orcutt, our first librarian. This is a partial list of the initial holdings of the library. Note the high emphasis on history and the French language. Also there is an extensive list of classic literature. Missing, at least from this list, are two of Ms. Orcutt's own books: A Modern Love Story, and The Empire of the Invisibles. Later the library was moved to the Ruskin Woman's Club building (formerly the President's Home for...
Show moreRuskin's first library was opened in 1926 in the home of Harriett Orcutt, our first librarian. This is a partial list of the initial holdings of the library. Note the high emphasis on history and the French language. Also there is an extensive list of classic literature. Missing, at least from this list, are two of Ms. Orcutt's own books: A Modern Love Story, and The Empire of the Invisibles. Later the library was moved to the Ruskin Woman's Club building (formerly the President's Home for Ruskin College.)
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HCC0101RUS434
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Ruskin College Trenton MO
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Ruskin College Trenton MO.
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Ruskin College in Trenton MO was the first Ruskin (of three) Collleges established by Walter Vrooman and George Miller. This college was started in 1900 and moved to Glen Ellyn in 1903. This picture is of the last graduating class at the Missouri School taken about a month before the college left for Illinois
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HCC0101RUS429
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Ruskin College Glen Ellyn IL
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Ruskin College Glen Ellyn IL.
Abstract/Description
Hotel on Lake in Glen Ellyn IL which later housed Ruskin College from 1903 - 1906
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HCC0101RUS424
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Set of related objects
Ruskin Commongood Society (College Research Paper)
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Ruskin Commongood Society (College Research Paper).
Abstract/Description
This annotated research paper discusses the founding within the context of he founding of Ruskin Florida.
Identifier
HCC0101RUS418
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Document (PDF)
Ruskin Hall Atop Shell Point Mound C 1910
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Ruskin Hall Atop Shell Point Mound C 1910.
Abstract/Description
This poor quality photo, contained in a scrap book provided by Mac Miller, is the only known photo of Ruskin Hall, the hotel/sportsmen's club that stood atop the Shell Point mound when George Miller arrived in the area in 1907. The Miller family first lived in this hotel and had an intention to create a new town in the vicinity, to be called Venoa. After realizing that the immediate surrounding lands could ill support agricultural he, along with the Dickman's, negotiated with Captain C. H....
Show moreThis poor quality photo, contained in a scrap book provided by Mac Miller, is the only known photo of Ruskin Hall, the hotel/sportsmen's club that stood atop the Shell Point mound when George Miller arrived in the area in 1907. The Miller family first lived in this hotel and had an intention to create a new town in the vicinity, to be called Venoa. After realizing that the immediate surrounding lands could ill support agricultural he, along with the Dickman's, negotiated with Captain C. H. Davis of Wimauma to purchase 12,000 acres along the Little Manatee River which was platted into the town of Ruskin. Ruskin Hall, sometimes referred to as Ruskin Lodge, burned to the ground in 1918. Not long after the shell that comprised the mound was carted off to help pave Shell Point Road, thus destroying this important archeological site.
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HCC0101RUS417
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Ruskin Amphitheater Voices in The Wind
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Ruskin Amphitheater Voices in The Wind.
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A decade before the premier of Cross and Sword, which eventually became Florida's Official State Play, the state had another big outdoor musical historical drama in operation. Voice In The Wind was produced at the Suncoast Theatre on US 41 in Ruskin, just south of Tampa. Voice In The Wind ran from mid-March to mid-May in the mid-1950's, and, according to AAA, portrayed "the history of Florida, weaving the music and dance of the Spanish, English, Indians and Negroes into the legends of the...
Show moreA decade before the premier of Cross and Sword, which eventually became Florida's Official State Play, the state had another big outdoor musical historical drama in operation. Voice In The Wind was produced at the Suncoast Theatre on US 41 in Ruskin, just south of Tampa. Voice In The Wind ran from mid-March to mid-May in the mid-1950's, and, according to AAA, portrayed "the history of Florida, weaving the music and dance of the Spanish, English, Indians and Negroes into the legends of the area." This photo is of that play. It ran for only one year, 1956 Photo: Courtesy of Hillsborough County Public Library System
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HCC0101RUS416
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Ruskin Amphitheater Seating Section 1956
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Ruskin Amphitheater Seating Section 1956.
Abstract/Description
This is a photo of the Ruskin Amphitheater built to house an outdoor drama Voices in Wind, 1956. The amphitheater stood south of College Avenue,and north of US 41, but exact location has not yet been determined. Photo Courtesy of the Hillsborough County Public Library System
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HCC0101RUS415
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Image (JPEG)
Downtown Ruskin 1950s
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Downtown Ruskin 1950s.
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Photo of shopping area in downtown Ruskin, 1950s. Photo: courtesy of HIllsborough County Public Library System
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HCC0101RUS414
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Image (JPEG)
Shell Point Marina c 1950 Recreation Center
Title
Shell Point Marina c 1950 Recreation Center.
Abstract/Description
In the 1940s and 1950s, at the end of Shell Point Road, stood the Shell Point Recreation complex, very popular with local residents. In its earlier days, two docks, a swimming pool and a skating rink were on the property along with a restaurant and bar. Waterside cottages (not pictured) were on the site as well. Today, the Shell Point Marina occupies the spot. This land is historically very important as it is believed to be the location of a large native mound, that was the center piece of...
Show moreIn the 1940s and 1950s, at the end of Shell Point Road, stood the Shell Point Recreation complex, very popular with local residents. In its earlier days, two docks, a swimming pool and a skating rink were on the property along with a restaurant and bar. Waterside cottages (not pictured) were on the site as well. Today, the Shell Point Marina occupies the spot. This land is historically very important as it is believed to be the location of a large native mound, that was the center piece of small native town peopled by the Uzita. Hernando de Soto likely saw this mound on his entry into the Bay and targeted it for his first incursion into what is now South Hillsborough County. While in some dispute, de Soto's landing spot was near Piney Point where he off loaded his troops and marched them north, crossing the Little Manatee River at approximately the site of Camp Bayou today, before marching back to the bay to capture the native village (which had been abandoned.) De Soto's likely first encampment was at this site. The site is also historically relevant as a sportsmen's hotel was built on the mound in the early part of the 20th Century. It was at this site that George Miller and his family first stayed when they arrived in the area in 1907. His initial intent was to establish a town that he called Venoa on the site but determined a larger, more farmable spot was necessary. From here he bought the 12,000 acres (along with his brother's in law, the Dickman's, to establish the colony of Ruskin.
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HCC0101RUS413
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Ruskin School C 1910
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Ruskin School C 1910.
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Early photo of Ruskin school. C. 1910. This is either the first or second building built by early Ruskin colonists. The school accepted students not only from the Colony members but also from "Up the Creek" families in the nearby area. (Photo: appears to be from Joni Maschek collection.)
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HCC0101RUS412
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Image (JPEG)
Early Transportation Mode to Ruskin at Ruskin Landing
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Early Transportation Mode to Ruskin at Ruskin Landing.
Abstract/Description
Earliest known photo (c. 1908) of one of two boats that served Ruskin Florida as the only transportation in and out of the town. The name of the boat is not listed. Photo provided by the Ruskin Chamber of Commerce.
Identifier
HCC0101RUS411
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Image (JPEG)

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