The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-04-10
INTERLACHEN AND KEUKA.
Rolling Lands and Beautiful Lakes.

KEUKA, FLA, April ., 1880.
DEAR NEws-Herewith / send a long
list of the names of the good people of
this beautiful and desirable sectionsof
Florida, who will in future be constant
readers of the DAILY and WEEKLY News.
By the kindness of Squire Lott Allen,
Ienjoyed l most delightful drive around
Interlachen and through the section
known here as Pleasant Valley" yester-
day. Within circle of about two miles
are ten lakes, rangingin size from one to
an hundred acres, surrounded by high,
rolling pine lands which has made this
section famous for good health and desir
able orange and truck land. Young
groves are to be seen on every hand,
among the more notable being those of
Messrs. Lott Allen, Francis, Brown, the
Longs, Grill, Erskine, Young and Gail
lards but these constitute only a part
of the groves that are noticeable on ae-
count of their fourishing appearance.
The hillsides and the banks of these nu-
merous lakes, Judging from the large
tracts of land now being cleared, will
soon be one vast orange grove, separated
only by the boundary lines of the land
owners.
Interlachen appears to be fourishing
as well as an ambitious little place. Three
years ago there was hardly a house "be-
tween the lakes, while now many ele-
CANT homes grace this beautiful spot, and
by actual count fifteen houses are being
erected or are just receiving their finish
ing touches. including an imposing hotel
building of forty-five rooms, which is be-
ing erected by the Winter Resort Com
pany. under the superintendent of Mr..
G. w Hastings. Mr.. r. l.. Wall is
erecting a new two-storey store building,
the second floor to be used as a hall for
public entertainments, etc, and Mr. l..
S. Hall will have his wood factory and
general jobbing establishment in opera
ton by the 1st of May. There are eight
business houses open now, being Messrs.
Moler & Caillard C. c. Barbour, B. Gil
lett, w. S. Hall, j. F. Woodberry, J.
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NJ. NJ. Erskine and c. A. Brush, all of
whom carry very good stocks of goods.
DIR. o. S. Whipp, in connection with his
practice, is also proprietor of a neat lit
tie drug store, which he is constantly
enlargng
Keuka, like Interlachen, is rapidly
coming to the front, and within the
past year vast improvements have been
made and a large number of young
groves put out Several new houses are
now being erected in the town and
around Keuka Lake, which, by the way,
is beautiful and picturesque sheet of
water. Among the large groves are
those of Messrs. Trefether, Germond
and Captain Morse. Mr.. Ed Rumley-
who Iregret not having time to call on
learn is making considerable improve
ments about his home, which will soon
be one of the most beautiful and desira-
bic places to be found in East Florida
Joe Reid, popular with every one, and j.
! D. Teetor, compose the mercantile firms
here, each of whom carry sheavy stocks
of general merchandise, and are doing a
! good business.
Driving and walking over these rolling
lands of the Lake Region" reminds the
writer more than has any section he has
/ yet visited in Florida of his native ''old
red hilis"-with the ''red" left out-for
ION hill or in dale" here all is sound, an
hundred fold more productive than its
appearance indicates. And it is this
last fact that is causing all these five
and ten acre lots to be cleared and put
into cultivation or in groves, that prom
ise ere long to make of this section a
city, with every town lot as big as a
/ farm. w w. r.