The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-04-22
Booster
Edition
No. 3

sion of the Atlantic Coast Line from
Jacksonville to St. Petersburg. Trains
make all connections at the Union
Station at Jacksonville and arrive at
the Union Station in Ocala. Other
railroads in the county are the OckIa-
waha Valley. ocala and Southwestern.
and the Tampa and Jacksonville.
ocala is also reached in the winter
season by boats from Palatka where
steamer and rail connections are Made
from Jacksonville to New York.
Amazingly Fertile Section
If you leave the Dixie Highway at
Mcintosh. taking the road to the west.
around by Flemington, Irvine and
Fairfield, you will encounter one OF
the most interesting sections. noted
for its amazing fertility and tremen-
dous production in all lines of agri-
culture and meat raising. Going south
from Ocala the motorists has the
choice of three routes. You may fol-
low the Dixie Highway around the
east and north shore of Lake Weir.
the most beautiful clear water and
sand bottom lake in the state, with
its surrounding orange and grapefruit
groves and attractive summer and
winter homes. You may leave the
Dixie Highway at BelIeview. the "city
of Oaks" and go down through Sum
merfeld. or take the paradise loop"
which runs down the West Coast.
leaving Marion county at Dunnellon,
where hard rock phosphate was dis
covered by Albertus Vogt, in 1888.
Blue Springs. in the southwestern
part of the county, are the second
largest springs in the United States.
Other beautiful and interesting waters
besides Lake Weir and Orange Lake,
are Salt Springs, Lake Bryant, Lake
Kerr, withIacoochee River, and hun
dreds Of smaller sand bottom lakes.
There are many delightful places for
camping out, and this part of Florida
offers splendid hunting for large and
small game, fishing, boating, bathing,
golfing and motoring. You may know
the possibilities for hunting when you
learn that several seasons ago noun
tain lion was killed in the forests OF
Marion county. The animal measured
more than nine feet from tip to tip.
Now, as Jeff would say, II am
goin' to lay off the scenery for awhile,
and take up the producing end OF
Ocala and Marion county, which no
less an authority than our own Edgar
Allan Wright. high potentate of the
Grower. refers to as 'one of the rich
est bodies of lard under cultivation
in America" This was called forth
by an inspection OF those rich muck
beds lying in many sections of the
county. Philosophically speaking, rich
lands are the foundations Of all sue
cessful municipalities. and are sure
means of success IN all lines Of agrf-
culture and stock raising. This latter
has been such demonstrated suc-
cess that it has gone beyond the
realms of possibility and is now an
actuality. Note this clipping from our
own pages: ~Ocala has brand new
industry-the Ocala Stock Yards. own
ed by Chambliss & Co, weIl-known
bankers and stockmen. They have
built stock pens at their shipping
track to accommodate fifteen carloads
of livestock On October 20th they
opened cash market for hogs. This
county is very generally acknowledge
ed to be the best year-'round agrieEI-
tural county in the state. It's supre-
macy has been prosen time and time
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