Agriculture Industry in White Springs
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Markerman62
N 30° 19.792 W 082° 45.510
17R E 330947 N 3356648
Located on US 41 near FL 136
Waymark Code: WMZ2JG
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 08/31/2018
Views: 4
Native Americans grew crops for their own consumption for generations before white settlers immigrated here in the 1830s seeking farmland, fortunes, and homesteads.
Farmers found the soil rich and the climate favorable for growing the famous Sea Island cotton. Cotton was brought by local farmers into town to the Adam's Brothers Store where it was weighed while still in the wagon on this scale. A cotton gin in town prepared the cotton for shipping by rail to larger markets. Cotton farmers enjoyed favorable conditions until the boll weevil infestation. With the advent of the boll weevil, King Cotton took a back seat to flue-cured tobacco, introduced to the area in the late 1920s. Orange groves flourished around White Springs until a disastrous freeze in 1898. Farmers found niches in dairies, vegetable crops, and livestock husbandry, supplying the burgeoning resort town of White Springs with locally grown foodstuffs.
Marker Number: None
Date: None
County: Hamilton
Marker Type: Plaque
Sponsored or placed by: City of White Springs
Website: Not listed
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