January 1959 photograph of the Ruskin area. The river at the bottom of the picture is the Little Manatee River. Ruskin lies on the north shore of the River and the Ruskin Inlet. The developing area, in white, at the extreme left of the picture is Paul Dickman's Bahia Beach area, then under construction.

Flowing well at Paul Dickman Farm in Ruskin, FL. Dickman drilled many artesian wells on his farm properties, and heavily advertised those wells in his 1920's advertising for lots. These wells were also the source of irrigation to supply water to his considerable farm holdings. The field pictures, appears to be tomato fields, given the staking of plants.

Photo of Paul B. Dickman with boat on the Ruskin Inlet. Dickman, as a land developer, created many of the lots on the NW side of the Ruskin Inlet through a dredge and fill technique.

In 1934, H. B. Woolf and Son, a major tropical fish farmer and supplier, established a large hatchery first in Gibsonton, but quickly relocated to Adamsville where it supplied tropical fish, by air, to market around the United States. This article, by Robert Sims, details the establishment of this South HIllsborough County industry and highlights the tiny community of Adamsville. Sims, Robert E. (2018) "Of Fishes and Men," Sunland Tribune: Vol. 15 , Article 10.
Available at: https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/sunlandtribune/vol15/iss1/10

The small town of Adamsville, once stood just south of Gibsonton off US 41. Settled by the Adams family in the late 1800s, the small community, south of Bullfrog Creek, was a small farming community and also home to one of the largest tropical fish farms. Today, Adamsville is included in the town of Gibsonton.

Photo is of Clint Roberts, head cowboy at the Dickman Cattle Ranch. The ranch, known as the Bar-D-Bar ranch, was located south of Ruskin between the town and the Little Manatee River. Cattle were also grazed on the land that is now occupied by Apollo Beach.

WWI Service Record of Paul B. Dickman. From Florida Memory Project

This replica of the Willow Train Station, a small train stop in southern Hillsborough County near today's US 301, stands on the Parrish Railroad Museum site in Parrish, Fl.

This document, prepared by the Hillsborough County Planning and Growth Commission, is a history of Wimauma.

This collection includes photographs of Wimauma history.