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The Early Twentieth Century

Hunter of Ellisville who was recognized as the “champion bar­
beque cook” of the county.56
The Olustee monument dedication was fitting symbolism in a
county which has traditionally respected patriotism. In many ways
all seemed well in the county in 1928. The decline in the county's
population of the previous decade had been checked and would
show a modest increase for the 1920’s. Although Columbia County
was an important junction in the automobile flood which de­
scended upon the state during the 1920’s, northern Florida, in
general, did not share in the land boom of South Florida. For­
tunately, it did not suffer the reversals of that area when the
bubble broke in 1926. Columbia County would, however, share
with other Floridians in the Great Depression of the 1930’s.

56Lake City Reporter, January 6, 20, 1928; Patricia Ives, “151 Who Died in
Battle,” Lake City Reporter, December 13, 1974.
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