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Marion County Florida. Ocala. “Land of Fulfilled Promises.”... [cover title].
Marion County Florida. Ocala. “Land of Fulfilled Promises.”... [cover title].
Marion County Florida. Ocala. “Land of Fulfilled Promises.”... [cover title].

Marion County Florida. Ocala. “Land of Fulfilled Promises.”... [cover title].


Unrecorded and rare. A land development publication that promotes agricultural opportunities in Marion County, Florida through extensive copy—“Good as the Best for Fruit and Vegetables, Better than the Rest for ‘Hog and Hominy.’”

Soil quality, dairy farming, the National Highway, railroad facilities, Dunnellon’s important phosphate fertilizer industry, the Fessenden Industrial Academy, and the benefits of the county seat, Ocala, with its proposed ice cream factory, are among the topics discussed.

Other touted towns are Marion (beans), Anthony, Citra (citrus fruit), Sparr, McIntosh, Oak, Reddick, Blichton, Belleview, Lowell, Kendrick (cantaloupes), Silver Springs, and the Summerfield and Lake Weir Sections. With tables and statistics.


Description: Marion County Florida. Ocala. “Land of Fulfilled Promises.”... [cover title].

[Ocala, Florida: Marion County Board of Trade, circa 1914]. 36 unnumbered pages. Oblong, 6 x 9 inches. Printed wrappers mended at spine with expert Japanese tissue mends.

[3733113]

Price: $450.00