Citrusland’s Central Florida History Challenge #3:
The Challenge:
You are no doubt aware of Hamilton Disston of Philadelphia
receiving 4 million Florida acres in exchange for $1 million in cash, funds
which then made it possible for the State to pay in full its pre-Civil War debt
obligations. The first cash installment was made by Disston on 13 September
1881, and at the same time a Darling of a new settlement - Tavares – was in
the design process for a spit of wilderness land separating two large lakes in
West Orange County.
The Tavares original design had one lakeside “Boulevard”, 14 east-west “Streets” and 12 north-south “Avenues”. Of these roadways, the easternmost north-south artery, on the “Township” line, was named Disston Avenue. The roadway still exists today, and is still called Disston Avenue.
Our history challenge #3 is a True or False? “Disston
Avenue of Tavares also encroached on a portion of those 4 million acres that
were acquired by Hamilton Disston?”
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CitrusLAND’s Central Florida History Challenge #3 was
borrowed from Chapter 3 of my latest book, Tavares: Darling of Orange County,
Birthplace of Lake County, now available at Amazon.
The correct answer? TRUE! The 4 million acres acquired
by Hamilton Disston starting in 1881 are generally thought of as land in the
vicinity of Kissimmee. His property however included land as well along the
Gulf Coast - at Tarpon Springs, Tampa, and Charlotte Harbor – as well as some acreage
north of Kissimmee, such as four (4) small parcels on each corner of Lake
Eustis.
One of the four Hamilton Disston Lake Eustis parcels was a 56 acre site identified by the letter E on the below exhibit, borrowed from page 45 of my new book (The bold black line below and to the left of the E section aligns with Disston Avenue of Tavares).
Each lettered section above is detailed in Chapter 3 of the book.
The Hamilton Disston land deal was reason enough for
the founders of Tavares to name a road for the man. The town’s concept was to
create a South Florida railroad hub, a plan made possible because Governor
Bloxham (Chapter 4: Bloxham Avenue) had made a cash deal with Disston that
allowed Florida to begin building railroads. Tavares could not be a railroad
hub unless and until Florida’s debt was resolved. But, having a piece of the Disston
property adjoining the Town of Tavares – well, that was merely icing on the
cake for the town founders.
Hamilton Disston decided to sell all four of the small
Lake Eustis parcels, part of the fascinating story of Florida’s “Great Lake
Region’ that I will reserve for Chapter 3 readers of Tavares, Darling of Orange
County, Birthplace of Lake County.
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40
plus want-to-be Orange & Sumter County settlements of May 26, 1887
40
plus want-to-be Lake County communities as of May 27, 1887
362 pages including detailed Index and Bibliography
THE STORY OF HOW LAKE COUNTY CAME TO BE
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