Good early history of Wimauma. Clipping

In 1925, Sun City was the site selected for a planned movie colony designed to attract the movie industry to South County, Florida. The three men most responsible for this venture were ill-suited dreamers whose actions led to the demise of the colony. This paper explores this history of the planned movie colony and the men behind the effort.

Ruskin School. Undated.

1927 Photograph of the one room school in Ruskin, Fl. Teacher is identified as Frances Carothers, long time teacher and principal of the school. (Photo identified by Mac Miller). On right front is Frances Romayne Phillips, at age 14 (mother of Helen and Lucille)

Ruskin College Basketball Team. Picture is undated, but likely dates around 1916-1917, as most of the young men would have left for WW1 by mid 1917.

Ben Moody is generally regarded as the first settler, along with his six children, who moved to what is now Riverview in 1842. He was one of the original founders of the Methodist Church. His wife Sarah is picture with him.

The old school house at Picnic, originally housed in the general store, but moved to the intersection with the Road to Fort Lonesome.

Picnic was never a town. Originally called Hurrah Creek, it is believed that the name came from the fact that two wooden bridges crossed the Hurrah Creek there and it was the community place for a picnic in 1900's. Today it is an undeveloped part of Hillsborough County on SR 37.

After Al Tomaini's death in 1962, his wife, Jeanie, placed a 35 inch boot outside of their home, as a memorial. This picture is of the unrestored boot. When Jeanie died in 1999, the property was sold to Mosaic Company and shortly after that, the boot went missing. To honor the family Mosaic, with the help of Gibsonton residents, created a park on the site of Giant's Fish Camp, and today a full size replica of the boot is on site to memorialize Al.

This picture of Jones Filling Station likely post dates 1926. Note the sign which indicates this is also the Sun City Post Office. According to USPS records, Sun City's post office was established in 1927.