Maps and documents relating to property in the proposed town of Poinciana
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Title:
Maps and documents relating to property in the proposed town of Poinciana
Creator:
Smith, Loren E
Reclaiming the Everglades
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Language:
English
Physical Description:
6 items. : ;

Notes

Summary:
Contents: 1. Map of the Everglades, depicting Poinciana, Seminole Indian reservation, existing and proposed roads, 1927. -- 2. Map of Poinciana townsite, 1925? -- 3. Poinciana Company certificate for 21 shares of stock, 1929. -- 4. Indenture for the purchase of a lot, 1929. -- 5. Abstract of title to lot, 1929. -- 6. Tax sale certificate for lot sold to pay for delinquent taxes, 1928.
Funding:
Electronic format produced as part of Reclaiming the Everglades, a collaborative project of the University of Miami, Florida International University, and the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, funded by the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Program.
Biographical:
Proposed development centered on Onion Key, about ten miles up Lostman's River, and including sections 3, 4, 9 and part of 16 of T56S R31E. In 1925 the Tropical Florida Development Corporation began to sell lots and construct a few buildings, but it failed within a few years. Loren Smith was one of the many investors.
General Note:
Items from: Loren Smith, Papers relating to Poinciana.

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Florida International University
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Resource Identifier:
RTEP00150001
000004016 ( aleph )
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