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Florida City | Homestead | Real Estate Speculation

Orville Whitford Calkins

Bymzhpt May 31, 2015March 28, 2018

by Jeff Blakley I subscribed to Genealogy Bank the other day, at the suggestion of Larry Wiggins, and I’ve found it to be an invaluable source of information about the early days of this area. As I was reading newspaper clippings about Detroit, I was intrigued with the incessant boosterism tone of the articles and…

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  • Home
  • Articles
  • Digital Collections
    • South Dade High School Integration
    • Hardy Family Scrapbook
  • Finding Aids to Collections
  • Town Hall History
  • Resources
    • Automobile Owners in 1923
    • Dr. John B. Tower’s Birth Records
    • Florida City Speedway
    • Lest We Forget, by Annie Mayhew Fitzpatrick
    • Naranja Cemetery Indices
    • Township – Range Maps
  • State Archive Resources
  • Directories
    • School Directories and Yearbooks
    • Business Directories
    • Church Directories
    • Telephone Directories
  • Historic Homestead Newspapers
  • Contact
  • Volunteering