The Land of the sky, and beyond . ap land, awaiting settlers. Several large,com])act bodies f)f virgin pine limber close totrans])ortalion a\\-ait the sawmill. (lainesville is a gas-lighted eitv, with astreet-railway system and two l)aid<s. It is acommercial centre, the location of the UnitedStates Land ()f1iee for F 1 o r i d a. It has thelinest road in the Slate, consisting of sevenmiles of continuous rock roads through thesurrounding vegetable farms, which are notsurjjassed for fertility anywhere in the State. Across Lake Newmanis Windsor, consid-ered by many the handsomest tow nin I^lor
The Land of the sky, and beyond . ap land, awaiting settlers. Several large,com])act bodies f)f virgin pine limber close totrans])ortalion a\\-ait the sawmill. (lainesville is a gas-lighted eitv, with astreet-railway system and two l)aid<s. It is acommercial centre, the location of the UnitedStates Land ()f1iee for F 1 o r i d a. It has thelinest road in the Slate, consisting of sevenmiles of continuous rock roads through thesurrounding vegetable farms, which are notsurjjassed for fertility anywhere in the State. Across Lake Newmanis Windsor, consid-ered by many the handsomest tow nin I^lorida. It has the only , ard ])ail factory hi theState, and ofl^ers e.\traorrHnar\-inducements to newcomers,here we reach Micanopv. RoArredondo. long famous ^for their rich lands and ^?wealthy truck farmers. A \settlement of Friends, or Ouakewitli a handsome meeting-houselocated at Archer, and near by ithe famous Shell Ioiid nnrseriiIrom Archer runs the Mineliranch, which giviS access t<the ])hosphate mines—the new. Portland, Standard, Seminole, BaltimoreCompanys, the Boulder, P:arly Bird, the New-York Ccrapanvs, nearlv all of which areshipping, their product being of high grade ;and the stations of Williston. Montbrook, Sal-vator, Standard Junction, Early Bird, andEagle Mine.
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