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- Permanent Link:
- http://dpanther.fiu.edu/dpService/dpPurlService/purl/VM00010004/00001
Material Information
- Title:
- Lake Okeechobee and environs, 1912-1916
- Publication Date:
- 1916
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 9 photos. : black and white.
Notes
- Abstract:
- Views of Lake Harbor: 1-3. Shot by F. W. Hunt, April 12, 1912. -- 1. Bolles Hotel at Ritta. 1976-89-9. -- 2. View from the Bolles Hotel of vegetable garden and Lake Okeechobee. no. 1976-89-8. -- 3. View from the Bolles Hotel of tents, canal and Everglades. no. 1976-89-3.
- Abstract:
- Views of farms south of Lake Okeechobee, September 9, 1916: 4. "H. N. Graham on North New River Canal, 2 1/2 or 3 miles below Lake, pointing to Fruitcrest, 3/4 mile west where T. E. Will is exploiting a tract of land. He says no farming has been done on this tract. He is experimenting on machine to break up the land." -- 5. "R. I. Garland place on north New River Canal, near Okeelanta Fla PO." View from canal of roofless house and for sale sign, both in banana patch. HMSF no. 1976-89-12. -- 6. "Sign in front of T. E. Will residence on North New River Canal, 1 mile north of Bolles Canal and Okeelanta P.O. In Everglades. Visited Sept. 9, 1916 by H. N. Graham, W. E. Hern and W. A. Blount." Sign reads: Fruitcrest cooperative colony....
- Abstract:
- Views of farms and land south of Lake Okeechobee, September 9, 1916: 7. "T. J. Champion place on south shore of Lake Okeechobee west of Ritta P.O. Visited Sept. 9, 1916 by H. N. Graham, W. E. Hearn and W. A. Blount. Custard apple land in rear being cleared. Elder berry land already cleared and cropped. Finest residence on Lake." -- 8. "A. V. Callahan, pioneer everglade gardener, and H. N. Graham, in front of Callahan 'mansion' on south shore of Lake Okeechobee, near Ritta P.O." HMSF no. 1976-89-19. -- "H. N. Graham with W. E. Hearn and W. A. Blount on [T. J.] Champion place cleared of custard apple. South shore of Lake Okeechobee west of Ritta P.O." HMSF no. 1976-89-31.
- General Note:
- Richard J. Bolles built the Bolles Hotel in 1910-1911 to house prospective buyers of reclaimed land. Ritta's name was changed to Lake Harbor in 1931.
- Funding:
- Electronic reproduction. Miami, Fla. : Reclaiming the Everglades, c2000. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software. Digitized from photographs at the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, Miami, Florida.
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- Florida International University
- Holding Location:
- HistoryMiami
- Rights Management:
- Please contact the owning institution for licensing and permissions. It is the users responsibility to ensure use does not violate any third party rights.
- Resource Identifier:
- VM00010004
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