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This collection includes written histories and memoirs on Gibsonton, FL

Items relating to Apollo Beach not otherwise classified. Includes materials used in the marketing of Apollo Beach.

Historical photos of Apollo Beach

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.

Fort Lonesome, originally referred to as Boogerman's Corner, is in the extreme southeast corner of Southern Hillsborough County.

Brother-in-law to Ruskin founder, George McA. Miller. Wife was Rose Dickman. Paul and Pauline Dickman were twin children of A. P. and Rose Dickman. The house pictured is the A. P. Dickman house, still standing on Dickman Way in Ruskin, FL on a beautiful site along the Ruskin Inlet.

This collection of survey maps, most from 1843-1848, are the initial survey maps by the Territory and State of Florida to enable land sales. This town ship encompasses land including the entire Little Manatee River basin, Ruskin, Sun City, Sun City Center, Wimauma and Fort Lonesome then east to the Polk County line.

This collection of survey maps, most from 1843-1848, are the initial survey maps by the Territory and State of Florida to enable land sales. This town ship encompasses land centered north and south of today's Apollo Beach area, Riverview (South), Boyette, Balm and Picnic, east to the Polk County line.

This collection of survey maps, most from 1843-1848, are the initial survey maps by the Territory and State of Florida to enable land sales. This town ship encompasses land within the Alafia River basin, Gibsonton, Riverview (North), Progress Village, Bloomingdale, Lithia and Pinecest, then east to the Polk County line.

The first official survey of Florida was performed around 1824. The original survey notes and plats have been preserved and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection has made these General Land Office (GLO) Early Records available to the public in electronic format. If you wish to explore the records, they can all be found at this web site: http://www.labins.org/survey_data/landrecords/landrecords.cfm.