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that they took their time to share knowledge, stories and images with us through the years.

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This was too fun, not to pass it along to you to enjoy.
Milk Delivery in Key West!

A FUN IMAGE - Breakfast in Key West

READY FOR MILK & COOKIES KIDS

No waiting! Just come on in, and we'll Stamp-It for ya'll
POST OFFICE - RATTLESNAKE, FloridaPast

Wonderful Old FloridaPast Scene of
Seabreeze, Fla. Peninsula Country Club

Grandad, his brother, and all our Great Aunts posed for this picture, Way Back When, somewhere FloridaPast
Back in the Earlier Days of FloridaPast

Now if we only had that sign! WOW! Talk about a Piece of History!!
FOLLOW THE ZEPELIN TO HOTEL MAYFLOWER - JACKSONVILLE, FloridaPast

WAY DOWN SOUTH
​in FloridaPast Ma & Pa

Make sure You bring Your OWN CATALOG, ok?
Florida is the place to be, for you and me, and ma and pa
 A fun image for you to ponder.
Something that wasn't too far from the truth of FloridaPast.
If ya'll plan ona' com'in down this way, bring your own catalog

To think, this is how it was. How Primitive and Simple, yet the FloridaPast Folks remain Unyielding to the elements of FloridaPast - back in the day when Men were Men and Women were Women
This would be a typical sight, even back in the early 1900s, in FloridaPast if we give it thought, it wasn't so long ago either"
One of the Many Ways FloridaPast was Built
1880s View of Jacksonville, FloridaPast Water Front
This is where we hop out, and stroll down the serene streets of FloridaPast
LOOKING EAST, Main St. DUNEDIN, FloridaPast

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Official Car EXPLORERS TAMIAMI TRAIL last frontier Fort Myers to Miami Aprl 1923

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Various Views of Tarpon Springs, FloridaPast
Sponge Market History & More

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1905 or so, WhatWasInThere Now & Then Fade of what a typical interior of a Sponge Market Tarpon Springs, FloridaPast
Click this line for a very interesting audio visual history tour of Tarpon Springs
We borrowed a bit of history about the Sponge Business in Tarpon Springs to share.

-> "The west coast sponge beds were discovered accidentally in 1873 by Key West turtle fishermen whose nets were fouled by sponges off the mouth of the Anclote River. Spongers came to the area to work the beds, and some moved to Tarpon Springs. In 1890 John Cheyney, a Tarpon businessman, opened the Anclote River and Rock Island Sponge Company across the river from Tarpon. During the 1890s, sponge packing houses were built in the city, sponge presses were installed, and buyers moved to town. Gradually the sponge business shifted from Key West, Cuba, and the Bahamas to Tarpon, and by 1900 the city was considered the largest sponge port in the United States."
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Please credit above history/text and VISIT HERE TO SEE & LEARN MORE
Everyone is getting ready for a Big Day of Fishin'
BOATHOUSES AT THE BAYOU, TARPON SPRINGS, FloridaPast
"By 1905 some 500 Greek divers had arrived to Tarpon Springs following A. & R.I. Sponge Company advertisements of guaranteed work in the ever developing sponge industry.
This influx significantly changed the local scene and created a vicious rivalry between the decades' old Key West Conchs and the newly arriving Greek Divers."

Credit above History/Text, and Follow THIS LINK HERE to Learn More about Bailey's Bluff - Tarpon Springs

The Tarpon Inn - Tarpon Springs, FloridaPast

This place was a little to ritzy for Uncle Dan and his family. But, they took this wonderful photograph anyhow.
THE VENICE OF THE SOUTH

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Our next stop will be in the Everglades of FloridaPast, visiting the Seminole Indian Life
Our next visit can be a real 'heart' pumper and soul strummer
If you want to skip around to other parts of your tour without following Wally Gator,
you can use either of these FloridaPast Tour Links to get you there.
Wally doesn't like when his Tour leaves to go their own way. So he may snip at ya'll.

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Begining of your Tour/Highway-2/Highway-3-Natural Scenes/Highway-4-Roadside Hotels & Motels/Highway-5-Past Attractions/Highway Attractions 5-B/Highway-6-Citrus Farming Tour/
Highway-7-Historical Images/Highway-8-Seminole Indians Tour/Seminole Indians Musa Isle Tour 8-b/

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