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This folder will contain items relating to general South County history, not otherwise classified. Items relating to specific towns will be found in that town's section.
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South County - Miscellaneous
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US 541 and US 41
Type: Still Image
Year: 1940, 1940
Member of: South County - Miscellaneous
Publisher: Rand McNally
Description: This 1940 map by Rand McNally shows that US 541 is today's US 41 and that US 41 originally was the name for today's US 301. It was not until the 1950s that US 541 was eliminated and US 41 was moved onto the former US 541 south of Tampa; US 301 ran along what had been US 41. more
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Deed - Hamilton Disston Land Purchase 1881
Type: Still Image
Year: 1881, 1881
Member of: South County - Miscellaneous
Contributors: Disston, Hamilton
Description: In 1881 Hamilton Disston negotiated with the Internal Improvement Fund of Florida to purchase, outright from the State, four million acres of overflowed lands at 25 cents an acre. Some of that land was in South County. On page 15 of this deed, find specific references to the location in Townships 30 and 31. Almost all of Township 31S, Range 19E is included in the purchase, which encompasses… more
Full Text: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ …
History of Cargill Fertilizer: 70 Years of Achievement and Growth
Type: Still Image
Year: 1995, 1995
Member of: South County - Miscellaneous
Contributors: Brenda Menendez, Jeff Karon
Publisher: Cargill Fertilizer, Inc.
Description: 70 history of Cargill Fertilizer for the period of 1924-1974 of Cargill Fertilizer. In telling this story there are considerable references to general South Hillsborough County history and many photographs. August.
Full Text: Cargill Fertilizer, Inc. … http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/ …
Railroad Bridge Over Little Manatee River
Type: Still Image
Member of: South County - Miscellaneous
Description: Photo of the abandoned railroad bridge over the Little Manatee River (SW of Wimauma, Hillsborough County). Bridge was constructed in 1902 and abandoned in 1986. Originally, it was built by the Seaboard Airlines in their Turkey Creek to Bradenton route that opened up much of eastern and southern Hillsborough County (then called Braiden Town). It is a trust style steel bridge. The bridge "… more
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1936 Map South of Alafia River
Type: Still Image
Year: 1936, 1936
Member of: South County - Miscellaneous
Description: This map shows the western portions of South County below the Alafia River to about where today's Big Bend Road is today. Note the location of Gibsonton, Gardensville and Adamsville. It is also interesting to note that today's US 301 is label State Route 5 and US 41. Today's US 41 is labeled SR 23 and US 541. US 541 was commissioned in 1932, a few years after the US route… more
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