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George W. Storter, Jr.
George Washington Storter Jr. (July 1, 1862 – October 26, 1931) was a trader and founder of Everglades City. His grandfather George Sr. migrated in a covered wagon to Platt, Florida, from Eutaw, Alabama in 1877, making his first trip to the Everglades in September 1881 to farm with one William S. Allen. George Jr. purchased large tracts of land further south along Chokoloskee Bay and founded the town of Everglade, later to become Everglades City, in 1893. From there the family shipped American sycamore, buttonwood, cane syrup, and grapefruits to Tampa, FL, Tampa. They also operated a trading post where Seminoles came to barter or sell deer hides and alligator skins. George Storter Jr. became famous for the sugar cane he grew. His main competition came from Ted Smallwood of the Ted Smallwood Store. Settlements start in Chokoloskee Bay of Collier County, Florida, along the Barron River. The American Civil War saw many Union refugees flee the Confederate state of Florida for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eutaw, Alabama
Eutaw ( ) is a city in and the county seat A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish. The term is in use in Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, Taiwan, and the United States. The equivalent term shire town is used in the US st ... of Greene County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 2,937. The city was named in honor of the Battle of Eutaw Springs, the last engagement of the American Revolutionary War in the Carolinas. History Eutaw was laid out in December 1838 at the time that Greene County voters chose to relocate the county seat from Erie, Alabama, Erie, which was located on the Black Warrior River. It was incorporated by an act of the state legislature on January 2, 1841. As the county seat, Eutaw also developed as the trading center for the county, which developed an economy based on cultivation and processing of cotton, the chief commodity crop in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
