First Road to Orlando: The Mellonville to Orlando Road (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781508551638)

FIRST ROAD TO ORLANDO: Second Edition. A 28 mile dirt trail was rendered obsolete the day South Florida Railroad (SFRR) departed Sanford, Florida, heading south to Orange County's Seat at ORLANDO. One trail had served American Indians, the US Military, government surveyors, and the earliest settlers for nearly 40 years before the first trains began running. FIRST ROAD TO ORLANDO, a true story of how the earliest Central Florida towns came to be: Mellonville, Fort Reid, Rutledge, Maitland, Orlando, Fort Gatlin, and of how each town, including mysterious Orlando, got its name.

Author: Richard Lee Cronin
ISBN-10: 1508551634
ISBN-13: 9781508551638
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 02/19/2015
Pages: 172
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.37d