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The Eudora Welty House & Garden is a recognized stop on the American Camellia Society’s Gulf Coast Camellia Trail. The flower’s season in the Welty garden runs from November to March ...
Postcard illustrating the allure of streamliner travel to Florida, along with the "citrus" paint scheme used on SAL's EMD diesel locomotives from 1939 to 1954.. The Seaboard Air Line Railroad (reporting mark SAL), known colloquially as the Seaboard Railroad during its time, was an American railroad that existed from April 14, 1900, until July 1, 1967, when it merged with the Atlantic Coast ...
The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (reporting mark ACL) was a United States Class I railroad formed in 1900, though predecessor railroads had used the ACL brand since 1871. In 1967, it merged with long-time rival Seaboard Air Line Railroad to form the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad .
Spurred by the success of Henry Flagler and his rival Florida East Coast Railway in attracting travelers, the Orange Blossom Special became famous in its own right. It was renowned for its speed and luxury. E. M. Frimbo, "The World's Greatest Railway Buff", offered this account of a dining car chef who had worked aboard the train:
After nearly 90 years, renowned camellia grower Nuccio's Nurseries is closing, but there's still time to visit one of SoCal's last family-run specialty nurseries. Where have all the camellias gone?
In a photo from 2023, Tom Nuccio's cracked, lined hands tenderly cradle a camellia known as Pink Perfection, one of dozens bred by Nuccio's Nurseries in Altadena, a 90-year-old nursery ...
Camellia bloom in February. The gardens were originally created by David C. Strother in the 1930s within the 160-acre (0.65 km 2) property around his farm house. In 1966, he donated his property to the American Camellia Society. Its headquarters building was completed in 1968 and named in his honor.
The Florida East Coast Railroad operated the train from Jacksonville to Miami until the FEC strike of 1963. By 1955 the West Coast Champion [ 2 ] began hauling thru-cars for the City of Miami and South Wind [ 3 ] streamliners to and from Chicago on its Jacksonville- Tampa / Sarasota leg via Orlando and its Jacksonville-St. Petersburg section ...