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Lake City, Florida: A Sesquicentennial Tribute (2009) H. Morris Williams, Dr. Kevin M. McCarthy
Chapter Nine: 1890 - 1899
Chapter Nine: 1890 - 1899
Lake City became the first Florida city to have electric lights,
when the Lake City Water and Light Company, a private company
owned by local attorney and real estate broker William Bush, began
operating in 1891. The 1890s were an important decade for Lake
City for education and for agriculture. For example, the devastating
1894 - 1895 freeze effectively ended the growing of citrus in north
Florida and forced farmers to rely on other crops.
Lake City’s Rexall Drugstore in 1890
The Florida Agricultural College
In 1891, Professor Peter
Henry Rolfs began the Herbarium
at FAC by collecting Florida
specimens and receiving similar
specimens from other institutions.
Today that entity is part of the
Florida Museum of Natural History
at the University of Florida.
Prof. Rolfs
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