Description
Written histories and memoirs of South Hillsborough County. (Items related to a specific South Shore Community will be found in that town's collection.)
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South County - Histories
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Simmons Ranch Memories
Type: Still Image
Year: 2006, 2006, 2006, 2006
Member of: South County - Histories
Contributors: Gardener, Winafred Simmons
Publisher: Simmons Family
Description: Simmons Ranch was located south of Big Bend Road, north of I-75, and west of US 301, in land that is likely, today, more properly Riverview. However, the ranch was extensive and likely located in larger sections of Hillsborough County. Today, that land is behind St. Joseph's Hospital on Big Bend Road.
Extensive Memories of Winafred Simmons Gardner's , and other family members,… more
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A History of South County
Type: Still Image
Year: 1999, 1999
Member of: South County - Histories
Publisher: Media General (The Sun)
Description: Short article on the history of South County. By Robert Williams Klein. Moved to pending as we need a cleaner copy AND we need permission from copyright owner to include.
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2014 Alberta Harris Interview
Type: Still Image
Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: South County - Histories
Contributors: Harris, Alberta
Description: I remember being bussed to school from Adamsville (Ruskin) to Milton on 22nd St. and the
original Blake High School on Spruce in Tampa. My family moved from Palmetto where I was
born to Ruskin to work the fields. It was my Mother, Father; brothers- Robert who passed away
November, 2013, Abe John "AJ", Alvin, William, Nelson, Roosevelt, Randolph; and me. We all
worked on the farm… more
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Lillie Mae Jenkins Liverpool
Type: Still Image
Member of: South County - Histories
Contributors: Liverpool, Lille Mae Jenkins
Description: Lillie Mae Jenkins Liverpool lived in "The Elsberry Quarters" Ruskin farm property for Black workers, from approximately 1956 to 1968. Before living in "The Quarters" Lillie and her family lived in Palmetto. She was born in Tampa in 1950. Her father, Robert worked as a crew-leader; her mother, Lola was a daily worker in Mr. Cushman's fields -- search terms for more info:… more
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Descriptive Pamphlet of Hillsborough County, Florida
Type: Still Image
Year: 1885, 1885
Member of: South County - Histories
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