Cummer Sons Cypress Company bought up swamp land and named it Cumpressco in Central Florida in 1922. They built a mill (800+ workers) that was the most modern at the time by running on electricity. Their goal was to remove the large cypress trees in the Central Florida swamps and use a railroad to ship…
It looks like an old field never mowed, but deep in the Central Florida woods, you’ll find an old abandoned (1945) Army airstrip. It’s called the Withlacoochee Army Airfield and it was built in 1942 and was designed for chemical weapons testing. It was used by the Chemical Warfare Service Unit (Stationed at Dugway Proving…
You never know what you’ll find while out hiking off trails. This day, I came up on an abandoned Florida tractor. It may be old, rusty and abandoned but just imagine the history that goes along with it. Love finding items like these in the wild. Just wish I knew the story of it’s past….
Christopher