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Descriptive Pamphlet of Hillsborough County, Florida.
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HCC0101SHC053
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Document (PDF)
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Simmons Ranch Memories.
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Simmons Ranch was located south of Big Bend Road, north of I-75, and west of US 301, in land that is likely, today, more properly Riverview. However, the ranch was extensive and likely located in larger sections of Hillsborough County. Today, that land is behind St. Joseph's Hospital on Big Bend Road. Extensive Memories of Winafred Simmons Gardner's , and other family members, concerning life on the farm. She was born in the old house in 1924 and moved to the new house when in her early teens...
Show moreSimmons Ranch was located south of Big Bend Road, north of I-75, and west of US 301, in land that is likely, today, more properly Riverview. However, the ranch was extensive and likely located in larger sections of Hillsborough County. Today, that land is behind St. Joseph's Hospital on Big Bend Road. Extensive Memories of Winafred Simmons Gardner's , and other family members, concerning life on the farm. She was born in the old house in 1924 and moved to the new house when in her early teens. She says that she has many fond, happy, fun memories of which she'll try to relate a few.
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2006-04-01
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HCC0101SHC032
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E-book
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Lillie Mae Jenkins Liverpool.
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Lillie Mae Jenkins Liverpool lived in "The Elsberry Quarters" Ruskin farm property for Black workers, from approximately 1956 to 1968. Before living in "The Quarters" Lillie and her family lived in Palmetto. She was born in Tampa in 1950. Her father, Robert worked as a crew-leader; her mother, Lola was a daily worker in Mr. Cushman's fields -- search terms for more info: liverpool, quarters, harris
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HCC0101SHC009
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2014 Alberta Harris Interview.
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I remember being bussed to school from Adamsville (Ruskin) to Milton on 22nd St. and the original Blake High School on Spruce in Tampa. My family moved from Palmetto where I was born to Ruskin to work the fields. It was my Mother, Father; brothers- Robert who passed away November, 2013, Abe John "AJ", Alvin, William, Nelson, Roosevelt, Randolph; and me. We all worked on the farm. -- search terms for more info: harris, quarters, liverpool
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HCC0101SHC008
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