History
This train Station was built 1911 in Bowling Green in Hardee County.
Welcome to the city of Wauchula, in southwest Florida. With the tranquil lifestyle of a small southern town. It has charm and a calm lifestyle.
Wauchula
was named by the Florida Southern Railway when it extended south in
1886 and built a depot in the area, which still exists today. The name
was derived from the Miccosoukee Indian word Wa-tu-la-ha-kee, meaning
"call of the sand hill crane".
Wauchula was incorporated as a city on September 29, 1902, chartered
on May 22, 1907, and the historic City Hall was built in 1926.
Contributed by Norita Moss
Incorporated
Bowling Green
Wauchula
Zolfo Springs
Unincorporated
Crewsville
Ft. Green
Ona
Popash
Sweetwater
Limestone
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History
of Zolfo Springs
In the early 1800's a crew of Italian and Spanish men came down the
Peace River dredgeing for phosphate. When they arrived at the springs,
which smelled strongly of sulphur, the Italians named them Zolfo for
the sulphur water there. That is how Zolfo got its name.
The first settler in the area was David D. Mahan. He took up residence
in Zolfo in 1878.
In 1886 Florida Southern Railroad opened a depot in Zolfo. A post office
was established on May 26, 1886.
The first council meeting was held October 18, 1901. The Town was incorporated
in 1904 and held its first official Town Council Meeting on October
18, 1904.
On September 13, 1909 the name was changed to Zolfo Springs.
In 1913 the citizens of Zolfo Springs decided that the town was in need
of a water works. They believed that a supply of water could be obtained
from an artesian well. A four-inch well was drilled approximately 465
feet deep, at which depth they struck a flow of water that spouted twelve
feet
above ground level. The Cameron and Barkley Company from Tampa was authorized
to build the towns water works at a bid price of $1600.00. The town's
population at this time was around 250 people-- making Zolfo Springs
one of the smallest towns in the United States to own its own
water works.
The first sidewalks were installed in the fall of 1917 by W.C. Robertson
Campany in Bartow.
Contributed by Norita Moss