This travel route explores U.S. Highway 301 northbound, between Ridge Manor and Coleman, Florida. The route follows the path of the Florida Southern Railway and the earlier Fort King Road.
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Camera: Sony Active Camera FDR-X3000
Vehicle: “Tempest” 2012 Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen
Image Credits:
Dade Monument and National Cemetery (Florida Historical Society– https://myfloridahistory.org/date-in-history/december-28-1835/dade-massacre)
Music Credits:
River Crossing/ALBIS
Vacation Uke/ALBIS
Happy Sixth/Freedom Trail Studio
Clover 3/Vibe Mountain
Distant Lands/Hanu Dixit
Walking in the Sky/Nico Staf
Liquid Time/Aakash Gandhi
Night Drive/Quincas Moreira
A Tale of Vengeance/Aakash Gandhi
Down the Way/Audionautix
Endnotes:
- Florida, A Guide to the Southernmost State; Oxford University Press, New York; 1939
- “History”; Dade Battlefield Historic State Park; Florida State Parks; https://www.floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/dade-battlefield-historic-state-park/history
- “Charlotte Harbor Division of the Florida Southern Railroad”; The Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 58, No. 3; Florida Historical Society, 1980.
“Coleman”; Sumter County Florida Online; http://www.sumtertoday.net/towns/Coleman.htm
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