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Transcripts For CSPAN3 History Of Fort Lauderdale 20150530

Inn. And this building gave us electricity, throughout the building and the beautiful hotel, also some of the homes that were owned by mr. Bryan. This area is a campus of buildings that were built by ed king. The buildings that were built in 1904, 1905. Most of the new river inn was finished in 1908. This property was purchased by philemon bryan, who came in to put in the beds for the railroads. Bryan came from an area about 200 miles north of here. It is now called new smyrna beach. It is a big citrus growing area. He was a major figure in that area, he had been the towns first mayor. He had orange groves, citrus groves, packing houses, he owned stores, sawmills, cattle, he was a big man there. In 1895, there was a massive freeze that totally wiped out the trees in that area and totally upended the economy. People were walking away from farms. That provided the energy and the people that settled in Fort Lauderdale. Timothy certainly were no buildings here, many groves, but on the side

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