The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1883-01-24
What Others Say of DeLand.

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The Editor of the Enterprise
Herald, after visit to DeLand pub
lished the following in his paper:
After a weeks trip through the
central portion of the county we are
more than ever impressed with the
fact that Volusia County is booming.
All along the ridge of high pine
that runs through this county we
saw evidence of vim, energy, deter.
mination to make an orange grove
or bust" Volusia county does move
if the sun don't. Where six years
ago there was scarcely a post office.
only one or two frame houses and
not brick chimney, only clearing
here and there, now are beautiful
residences, no end OF orange groves,
every evidence of prosperity. Wells
Spring, where the pine woods com,
mence, to Clifton Settlement you can
scarcely get out of sight OF clear.
ing and an orange grove. And OF
the places along tbe "Orange Ridge
the one that shows the most obvious
signs of rapid advancement, the
place where the most houses are go>
ing up, where most groves are being
planted, where most people are cam
ing in, where arc the liveliest mer
chants, the most far sighted and lib-
eral property owners. the place
which seems nearest like a Western
town, is DeLand Six years ago
there was no DeLand. There may
have been a house or two and Two
or three inhabitants, but practically
there was nothing. TIE start was
made from the very Foundation.
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J SdFeaslif 81. 1hek nearest was at
Berestord. There also was the store,
not only OF DeLand, but Of a large
section of Vousia County. The or-
apge lever had only reached the
North within year or two. On
the Orange Ridge now crowded with
Northerners and Westerners, hardly
one was to be found. Six miles
south, at the present Orange City,
some Wisconsin men had just started
that prosperous settlement. But
as a whole tie field was practically
open. In exactly hat way Mr.. III
Il. DeLand of Fairport, New York,
became interested in health preserv.
ing, cold avoiding, and orange grow
ing-Florida's three legs as it we're
we do not know. Mr.. DeIand had
an assured income and ample fortune
North, but his business was estab>
lished and did not require his exclu>
sive attention. To do nothing is to
rust; an active man must have exer
else tor his powers. Mr. DeLand
turnedx his attention to Florida,
fixed ON ne site of the present village
of DeLaRi and determined to build
a town there. How be succeeded,
visit there will show. The policy
adopted by Mr.. H. A. DeLand, Mr..
G. H. Wright and other land owners
and dealers has been liberal and far
sighted from the beginning, a.
striking contrast to the dog in the
manger" policy pursued by many
in other sections of Volusla county.
Their liberali.y has been rewarded,
not only by the qualification OF
seeing prosperous community grow
up, but in more material way, by
the enhanced value OF the remaining
land. We were credibly informed
that land had been sold for 81 900
an acre, and this price will IN all
probability be exceeded soon, as
situations good for business purposes
are getting rarer and rarer. We
recommend this policy TO every one
who desires to make money on their
land. III the real estate business the
ola text might well be changed to
Liberality is the best policy"
Please do not understand that the
original does not apply as well.
To describe DeLand as it is IN the
beginning OF 1883 is a task too great
tor the limits of this article. A few
salient points which caught the att
teniion of the unsophisticated Herald
man i'll a short visit will do. The