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Date |
Event |
Details |
Story |
Mural |
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1869 |
First settler | Thomas Knight brought the first citrus trees to the area. | ||
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1891 |
First Homesteader | Josuah Lastinger | ||
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1892 |
Missionary Baptist Church founded | The Location was on the hill between Lake Stearns and Henscratch | ||
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1916 |
Town of Wicco established | Also spelled Wico or Weco | ||
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1916 |
Railroad | The Railroad comes through area | ||
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Feb. 5, 1919 |
Post Office | The First Post Office was established | ||
| Early 1920 | Lake Childs Company established | Consolidated organizes the Lake Childs Company to develop lands adjacent to and near Lake Childs. | ||
| Dec. 1920 | Consolidated organizes tour of area | Upon invitation from Walter F. Coachman about two hundred of the leading business men from every section of Florida were given a three-days trip as his guests, by special train and automobile, through this section of Florida. | ||
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Dec. 1, 1925 |
Lake Stearns chartered | The Town of Lake Stearns was chartered. | ||
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1925 |
Tropical State Bank founded | The Tropical State Bank was founded by E.C. Stuart. | ||
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1925 |
Stuart Arcade Hotel was built | E.C. Stuart builds the Arcade Hotel | ||
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1926 |
Hotel Stearns | E.C. Stuart Builds Hotel Stearns which he later sells to Melvil Dewey and becomes Lake Placid Club Loj | ||
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Aug. 30, |
Albert H. Devane donates Water Works to the town of Lake Stearns | A.H.Devane representing both Lake groves Co. and Tropical Investment Co. Donates the water works to the town of Lake Stearns at no cost. | ||
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Nov.
22, |
Telephone franchise awarded | Inter-County Telephone & Telegraph Co. wins franchise to provide telephone service to the town of Lake Stearns | ||
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Mar. 2, 1927 |
Melvil Dewey begins negotiating with Walter Coachman for land in Lake Stearns | Melvil Dewey meets with Walter Coachman, President of the Consolidated Naval Stores. Walter offered Melvil an option on 3,300 acres of land in Lake Sterns which developers called "Roof Garden of Florida". | ||
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Apr. 29, |
Lake Stearns Commissioners accept proposal to change the town's name from Lake Stearns to Lake Placid and approve attorney to submit request to State Legislature. | |||
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May 6, 1927 |
Melvil Dewey closes deal with Lake Placid Land Company | Melvil Dewey Closed Contract and started Lake Placid Club in Florida. Lake Placid Land Company provide formal contract for clear warranty Deed within 90 days on 3000 acres. | ||
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May 12, 1927 |
Melvil Dewey Buys Hotel Stearns | Lake Placid Inn Co. purchased The newly completed Hotel Stearns from E.C. Stewart at a cost of $75,000 and announced the addition of two new wings and renovations totaling $75,000. The hotel was renamed Lake Placid Club Loj. | ||
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Jun. 6, 1927 |
Lake Placid chartered | The Town of Lake Stearns becomes Lake Placid | ||
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Jun 28, 1927 |
Dewey outlines development strategy to Coachman | Melvil Dewey's writes letter to Walter Coachman outlining the development strategy. | ||
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Oct. 8, 1927 |
Kirkpatric wins injunction suite | Judge W. J. Baker permanently enjoined the commissioners of the Town of Lake Placid from issuing municipal bonds for the purchase and improvement of the tract of land on which the municipal golf course was being constructed. | ||
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1928 |
Lake Placid Women's Club is Founded | Lake Placid Women's Club Organized. | ||
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Feb. 16, 1928 |
Lake Placid Country Club Grand Opening | The Grand Opening of the club house on the north shore of Lake June in Winter | ||
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Apr. 24 1928 |
Melvil Dewey relinquishes control of the Lake Placid Club Loj. back to E.C. Stuart the Mortgage. | Lake Placid Inn Co. declares bankruptcy. Lake Placid Club Loj. is returned to E.C. Stuart | ||
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1928 |
Library founded | The library was founded by the Women's club | ||
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Jan 1, 1929 |
The Town of Lake Placid officially opens the municipal golf course. | |||
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1929 |
John A Roebling arrives | |||
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Dec. 14, 1930 |
The Canal connecting Lake Placid with Lake June was dedicated | B.F. Stewart, contractor for Lake Placid Land Company completed the 12,000' canal at a cost of $20,000. | ||
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Sep. 30, 1931 |
Bank Robbery | The Tropical State bank was robbed at gun point. | ||
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Sep. 14, |
Oak Hill Cemetery is established by the town of Lake Placid | The Cemetery was temporarily named Park View Cemetery but on Sep. 28, 1931 the name was changed to Oak Hill. | ||
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Dec. 26, 1931 |
Melvil Dewey Dies | Melvil Dewey passes away at Lake Placid Club South Little Loj. | ||
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May 7, 1934 |
Tropical State Bank moves from Lake Placid to Sebring | E.C. Stuart felt so Keenly about the need for keeping Tropical in Lake Placid that he resigned as President and Director. | ||
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Late 1930's |
First caladiums | Captain T.W. Webb brings caladiums to Lake Placid | ||
| 1941 | John A. Roebling II Donates 1,058-acre Red Hill Estate to Richard Archbold | The Archbold Biological Station was founded. | ||
| 1946 | Lake Placid Women's Club Joins Florida Federation of Women's Club. | |||
| 1960 | Lake Placid Tower | The Lake Placid Tower was built | ||
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May, 1982 |
Historic Society founded | The Historic Society of Lake Placid was founded. | ||
| Feb. 15, 1991 | Main Street Fire | Fire burns historic buildings on Main Street. | ||
| May 13, 1993 | First Mural | Lake Placid Mural Society paints first in a series of murals depicting the history of the area. | ||
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