The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-11-23
DeLand.

manufacturer or airport, IN l. con-
tains tour general stores owned by
Messrs. G A Dreka q Co., who are
said to carry the largest stock in
South Florida, and at which every
thing needed by old and new settlers
can be procured. Mr. A H Stockton
has an excellent assortment, to which
he is daily adding Revd. J D Bob
annon has a good stock and does a
good business. Mr.. r Rollins has
also a store. Mrs. n Anthony has a
millinery establishment, where la
dies can be found at all times. The
drug store and post.ofice are con.
Quoted by MIR. P S Bennett, assisted
by his father, who is an eminent
physician, both OF whom aie much
respected in the community.
Messrs MCNEIL Is Zumwalt have
lately erected a large two story
building as q furniture store, and
are doing a good business. They
have large variety and full stock,
at New York or Jacksonville prices,
freight added. Families settling in
our village or county will do better
to buy of them than to ship from the
North
A very handsome Baptist Church
is nearly completed. and prepare
lions are being made to erect a
Northern Methodist Chuch; South
ern Methodist Church is now being
erected two miles north of the city.
The Rev Mr. Gordon, Presbyterian
Minister also holds services every
other week. The Episcopalians also
intend to erect Church. We have
a handsome school house, and a first
class school, the instructess, Miss
Steadman Itrom New York State,
being we'll qualified. The town
is we'll supplied with beef by
Messrs. Moses MARSH and John Rol-
Inns, and venison, fish, poultry and
vegetables are brought in by farmers
in the vicinity. The town will ex-
tend over large space eventually,
as most O. the settlers have lots of a
half to one acre, which are closed IN
with neat fences, whitewashed. A
Boulevard of one mile in length, on
which sour orange and oak trees are
being planted, will pass through the
centre OF the town, and along this
respectable buildings are being
erected. AS every one plants trop>
ical fruit trees on their premises, in a
short time the place will assume
quite tropical aspect. Good hotel
accommodations are furnished at the
DeI.and Grove House, o P Terry,
proprietor, family from New York;
also at ParceLand Home, leased by
- A McClelland, Of Louisville, Ky.
Mrs. L Fudger, also of Louisville,
keeps a good boarding house. The
settlers also receive boarders in their
houses; according to their capacity,
at reasonable rates. We want a
good large hotel, and are ready to
offer inducements to any person who
will erect one. Taking into consider
alton the health record of the place,
its beautiful location, its sdsptability
to the growth of the semi-troplcal
fruit and its facilities for transporta-
ton, we have every reason to believe
that it has bright future before it.
The largest land owners about De
Land are Messrs. H A DeLand, OF
Fairport, N. Y, John Rich, OF Port
Royal, S. c., and j W Howry, OF
Saginaw, Mich. Town lots sell at
| 500, and land within half mile oil
town at fifty dollars per acre, The
town lots are being taken up fast by
resident settlers or as winter homes
! 1t is estimated that 100000 orange
trees are planted out in grove in this
settlement. The surrounding coun
try is last filling up with first Ga
SET of people from every State OF the
Unlcn, who are making comfortable
homes and setting out groves. Tn,
following are among the people wht
live or own property in DeLand ant
vicinity, counting from the high lane
at Beresiord. We only give tn,
, names of the heads of families.
THE COMMITTEE.
RESIDENT PROPERTY HOLDERS, WITT
FORMER RESIDENCES
A r Steadman, Owego, N Y
CP Wilcox, Macon, Ga
j L Lynch, Minneapolis, MINI
J Samuel Sweat, Lapeer, Mich
, H @ Men ell, Coloma, Iowa
i VIM Chambers, Cupola, Miss
VIM Nj Dunn, do
Lee Dunn do
J J Banta, Irvington, N
J Wayne, Red Oak, Iowa