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| |  | | | Acron was a town in eastern Lake County, Florida, established during the late 19th century, near Sorrento. It is best known as the town where Flora Call and Elias Disney, the parents of Walt Disney, and Roy O. Disney lived for a short time after they were married in nearby Kismet on New Years Day, 1888. The location, probably at or near 29°0.1N 81°31.2W which is just northeast of Lake Akron, is about forty miles (65 Km) due north of what is now the Walt Disney World Resort. Acron is now a gho... |
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| |  | | | Hamilton Disston (August 23, 1844 � April 30, 1896), was an industrialist and real-estate developer who purchased four million acres (16,000 km²) of Florida land in 1881, an area larger than the state of Connecticut, and reportedly the most land ever purchased by a single person in world history. Disston was the son of Pennsylvania-based industrialist Henry Disston who formed Disston & Sons Saw Works, which Hamilton later ran and which was one of the largest saw manufacturing companies in the... |
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| |  | | | DeLand station is a train station in DeLand, Florida, United States served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. It is located several miles west of downtown DeLand, at the location formerly known as DeLand Junction. DeLand Station was originally built in 1918, and stood across from the former Volusia County Fairgrounds. When the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railroad (and later the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad) ran passenger service along the line, they also ran local passenger ... |
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| |  | | | The Museum of Art - DeLand, Florida (formerly the Museum of Florida Art) is a 501(c)3 organization incorporated in the State of Florida and is a member of the American Alliance of Museums and the Florida Association of Museums. It is a community visual arts museum dedicated to the collecting, preservation, study, display and educational use of the fine arts. In addition to the permanent collection, the museum is host to exhibitions, gallery talks and receptions, educational programming, master a... |
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| |  | | | Stetson University is a private, nonprofit university with four colleges and schools located across the I-4 corridor in Central Florida, United States, with the primary undergraduate campus located in DeLand. In the 2015 U.S. News and World Report���s guide to Americas Best Colleges, Stetson ranks as the 6th best regional university in the South and is the only college in Florida on list for best undergraduate teaching in the South. The Stetson University College of Law ranks No. 1 nationa... |
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| |  | IUCN Category VI, Ocala National Forest, National Forests of Florida, Protected areas of Lake County, Florida, Protected areas of Marion County, Florida, Protected areas of Putnam County, Florida, Protected areas of Seminole County, Florida, 1908 establishments in Florida, Protected areas established in 1908, Hidden categories:, Coordinates on Wikidata, All articles with unsourced statements, Articles with unsourced statements from February 2013, Wikipedia articles needing style editing from Jul... | | The Ocala National Forest ls the second largest nationally protected forest in the U.S. State of Florida. It covers 607 square miles (1,570 km2) of Central Florida. It is located three miles (5 km) east of Ocala and 16 miles (26 km) southeast of Gainesville. The Ocala National Forest, established in 1908, is the oldest national forest east of the Mississippi River and the southernmost national forest in the continental U.S. The word Ocala is thought to be a derivative of a Timucuan Indian term m... |
| |  | | | Hontoon Island State Park is a 1,648-acre (6.67 km2) Florida State Park located on Hontoon Island between the St. Johns River and the Hontoon Dead River in Volusia County. It is six miles (10 km) west of DeLand, off SR 44, and can only be reached by boat or park-operated passenger ferry. No motorized vehicles, other than wheelchairs, are allowed to be brought onto the island and there is no swimming. The island has pine flatwoods, palm and oak hammocks, bald cypress swamps and marshes. Hontoon I... |
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| |  | | | The Stockton-Lindquist House (SLH) is the oldest historic home in the small town of DeLand, Florida and one of the oldest Historic Sites in Volusia County, FL. SLH was built in 1870. It is located at 244 East Beresford Avenue. SLH has been designated four times, each time highlighting its important aspects and contributions to Volusia County, FL. On June 22, 2004, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. SLH has also being designated a Florida Archaeological Site under the ... |
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| |  | | | Blue Spring State Park is a state park located west of Orange City, Florida in the United States. The park is a popular tourist destination; available activities include canoeing, SCUBA diving, kayaking, fishing, camping, hiking, wildlife watching, and swimming. The spring is the largest on the St. Johns River and serves as the winter home of many Florida manatees that come up the St. Johns to bask in the relatively warm waters (constant 72 Fahrenheit- 21 Celsius) of the springs. Over 100 millio... |
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| |  | Timucua, St. Johns culture, Mounds in the United States, Native American history of Florida, Archaeological sites in Florida, National Register of Historic Places in Putnam County, Florida, Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Florida, Florida Native American Heritage Trail, North Central Florida Registered Historic Place stubs, Hidden categories:, Articles sourced only to NRIS from November 2013, All articles sourced only to NRIS, Coordinates on Wikidata, Commons ... | | |
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| |  | | | WKSG (89.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an jazz format. Licensed to Cedar Creek, Florida, USA. The station is currently owned by Daystar Public Radio, Inc. After 15 years as one of Ocala�s Contemporary Christian Music stations, WKSG-FM 89.5, known as Daystar Radio 89.5, changed formats New Year�s Day to a carefully researched and blended mix of big band, smooth jazz and select AAA (Adult Album Alternative) music now calling itself The Boulevard. The Boulevard can be heard over the air... |
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