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The museum was opened June 24, 1967, as Pioneer Park Museum. The Peace River Valley Historical Society opened it. Over the years local residents donated articles for display in the museum. In June 1988 the Historical Society disbanded and the museum closed. Hardee County reopened the museum in September 1988 and was renamed the Cracker Trail ...
The Florida Cracker Trail today includes parts of State Road 64 and State Road 66 through Zolfo Springs. [1] [8] In 1886, transportation improved through Zolfo when the Florida Southern Railway (later the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad) was built through the town on its way from Bartow to Punta Gorda. [9]
SR 64 from just east of Bradenton to Zolfo Springs was once the western segment of a cattle trail running from Bradenton to Fort Pierce, now known as the Florida Cracker Trail. [3] The road was added to the state highway system in the 1920s with various designations.
On November 20, 2000, the Florida Cracker Trail was selected as a Community Millennium Trail. The Millennium Trails is a partnership among the White House Millennium Council , the Department of Transportation, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy , the National Endowment for the Arts and other public agencies and private organizations.
Zolfo Springs: 0.000: 0.000: US 17 to SR 64 – Arcadia, Wauchula: Western terminus; continues as 6th Street West for two blocks: Highlands 18.745: 30.167: CR 635 north – Highlands Hammock State Park 25.024: 40.272: US 27 / US 98 (SR 25 / SR 700) – Sebring, Lake Placid, Okeechobee, West Palm Beach: Eastern terminus; continues as southbound ...
The commercial zoning that has lined US 27/98 since Avon Park begins to diminish south of Sebring, but doesn't completely disappear. US 98 and hidden SR 700 leaves US 27 at the eastern terminus of State Road 66, thus joining the Florida Cracker Trail in the process, while US 27/SR 25 continue southbound towards Miami.
Cracker Trail Museum: Zolfo Springs: Hardee Central History Located along the original Florida Cracker Trail, Florida pioneer history Crane Point Museum, Nature Center & Historic Site: Marathon: Monroe Florida Keys: Natural history Includes museum of natural history, children's museum, bird rehabilitation center Crealdé School of Art: Winter ...
Here, it returns to a four lane divided highway with a 65-mile-per-hour (105 km/h) speed limit. It continues to the cities of Zolfo Springs (where it crosses the Peace River) and Wauchula. At Fort Meade, it joins with US 98, which follows it northward (westward on US 98) until Bartow. While US 98 goes northwest, US 17 goes northeast.