TASMANIA
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TASMANIA |
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NAME: Tasmania COUNTY: Glades ROADS: 2WD GRID: 4 CLIMATE: Hot in Summer BEST TIME TO VISIT: Spring |
COMMENTS:
Home to several pioneer families. Near Rainey Slough and Fisheating Creek. The area is 10 miles west of Palmdale, four miles south of Highlands county in northwestern Glades County. REMAINS: Lucky Island School House, a few foundations. |
| Dr. J.B Ingraham homesteaded near the site of Tasmania in 1888. The town officially became Tasmania in 1916 when the community changed it's name from Fisheating Creek to Tasmania. There were two schools The Adrian School and the Lucky Island School. The Cook family opened a trading post with turpentine, cattle, and farming the main industries. Not to mention moon-shine. by the 1930's the school and the post office closed and many families moved away because of the Depression. The town eventally died completly when the railroad passed it. Now, the Lucky Island Schoolhouse is used as a barn in the middle of a cow pasture. Submitted by: Mike Woodfin |
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