Tag: Pine Castle

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Louis Rotundo Presents The X-1 Story at Orlando Remembered, March 2024
Well, thank you, it's a pleasure to be here. I don't get to talk about this book much anymore. The book obviously has been around for quite some time. The story never gets old in my opinion, but I don't get to do it very often. The book itself was a fort ... Read more
Events
Pine Castle Pioneer Days Local History Presentations on February 22, 2020
Pine Castle Pioneer Days, February 2020, magazine featuring cover art by local artist Mark Baird. As noted in the magazine, his original artwork depicts Will Harney's original Pine Castle on the shores of Lake Conway... Enjoy these speaker highli ... Read more
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Oral History Interview with Realtor Pete Vogt
Pete Vogt is the owner of George A. Vogt, Inc. and the current Director of Orlando Regional Realtor Association, Inc. My name is Pete Vogt and I was born in Wauchula, Florida in 1944… My father was in the service and my grandparents and great grandp ... Read more
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Barbara Mayo Stansbury
Oral history interview with Barbara Mayo Stansbury at the Pine Castle Historical Society's Second Annual "BBQ, Beer and Bluegrass" event on Friday, October 6, 2017, speaking about life in Pine Castle. We just loved growing up there. There were lakes an ... Read more
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Oral History Interview with Sarah Lou Harkey
When I was ten years old in 1935 my mother she had what, I guess, you call Florida sand in her shoes. They had come down here earlier on just a camping trip and stayed in motels. So she came down here that summer of 1935 and she bought this place in Taft, ... Read more
Organizations
Pine Castle Historical Society
The Pine Castle Woman's Club was organized as a 501(c)(3) non-profit service organization in 1940. For many years one of its primary objectives was the preservation of local history. In 2014, they decided to formalize this effort by organizing the Pine Ca ... Read more
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Alice Morgan Oral History Interview
My name is Alice Macy Morgan, I'm from Pine Castle, Florida. I'm was actually born in Conway. I was born in my grandmother's home, but we lived in Pine Castle. Hilda Arnett. I'm named after both grandmothers. They were early settlers. My grandfather was a ... Read more
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James Doyle Mallory Oral History Interview
My name is James Doyle Mallory and I was born in the Conway area and grew up in the Taft area. I started to school in Concord Park Elementary School over on the corner of '50 and the Orange Blossom Trail which is now McNamara Pontiac; no longer Concord El ... Read more
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Alice Morgan Oral History Interview
My name is Alice Macy Morgan, I'm from Pine Castle, Florida. I'm was actually born in Conway. I was born in my grandmother's home, but we lived in Pine Castle. Hilda Arnett. I'm named after both grandmothers. They were early settlers. My grandfather was a ... Read more
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Bobby Bandy Oral History Interview
My dad bought the place up on Orange Avenue in 1934. He paid $800.00 for it. Ten dollars down and ten dollars a month. And at that time it was the only road to Miami and Tampa. Orange Blossom Trail hadn't even been built yet and I-4 wasn't even thought ... Read more
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James Doyle Mallory
My name is James Doyle Mallory and I was born in the Conway area and grew up in the Taft area. I started to school in Concord Park Elementary School over on the corner of '50 and the Orange Blossom Trail which is now McNamara Pontiac; no longer Concord El ... Read more
People
Marie Toye Oral History Interview: Pine Castle Pioneer Family
I remember Halloween gatherings and it was just a lot of fun. We'd all get together for Halloween night. It wasn't any big deal, but we just enjoyed being  with each other. And where the women's club is now there was a big gazebo and that's where we all ... Read more