Photo Gallery

Bowling Green, Florida

Chapter One & Two

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Battle of Okeechobee, December 25, 1837

Chapter Three

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First Fire Station. In use from 1914 to 1921.

Second Fire Station. Built in 1921. Used until 1927.

Left to right: “Dutch” Kutz, Harry Kline, Chief Allen Altvater, Eph Sidders.

Arson - Chapter Six

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Billy Bowlegs and Albert DeVane

Chapter Seven

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Hon. J. Hardin Peterson

Chapter Ten

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Rex Beach, ca. 1930’s

Chapter Eleven & Twelve

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Main Street of Moore Haven after the flood had receded following the September 1926 Hurricane.

Chapters Fourteen & Fifteen

Railroad tracks to Moore Haven after the Hurricane.

The Sebring Rescue Crew – Moore Haven Hurricane 1926

Left to right, Upper row: “Red” Cleaver, N. N. Vann, Ed Spear, George Wyandt, O. C. White.

Lower Row: Ernest Roberts, Glen Skipper, Allen Altvater, Dr. J. W. Mitchell, Mike Kahn, H. G. Eastwood.

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Chapter Sixteen

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First Sebring Power Plant

Chapter Seventeen

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Highlands Hammock State Park

Chapter Eighteen

Turn-off to County Road, ca. mid. 1930’s

Altvater Trail

Taken after the Dedication of Allen Altvater Trail

From left to right: Allen C. Altvater, Allen III, Allen Jr., Andrew Charles

Left to right: James McFarlin, Botanist; Robert Mann, Engineer; Fred Ley, Clerk; J. P. Lightiser, Mechanic;

Allen C. Altvater, Superintendent; Wm. Norris, Foreman; Wilbur Cornell, Architect; Lamont Wolff, Foreman;

Tom Bass, Blacksmith. Not shown: George Hicks, Foreman; and Clara I. Thomas, Landscape designer.

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The Race - Chapter Twenty

1955 Sebring Grand Prix races

Aerial views are of the 1966 races.

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