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Leesburg, Florida, USA - Main Street

Leesburg, Lake, Florida, USA

Leesburg is known to be Lake County’s oldest city.



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Main Street

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Lake View Hotel and Main Street, Leesburg, Fla., 1908

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Residence, Main Street, Leesburg, Fla., 1909

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Bird's-eye View of Leesburg, Fla., showing Main Street, 1910

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Methodist Church, 1910

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Country Club, Silver Lake

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Leesburg State Bank, 1929

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Hotel Magnolia, Open All Year

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City Hall

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City Hall and Business District, Seen from Pond

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High School, 1945

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Venetian Gardens, Lake Harris in Background, Leesburg, Fla.

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McCabe's Fruit Stand, 6 Miles North of Leesburg, Fla., on U.S. Hwys. 441 and 27, postmarked 1954

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photo of Asa Sleath HARDMANAsa Sleath HARDMAN (23 January 1839, Freeport, Indiana, USA - 19 February 1920, Leesburg, Florida, USA)
female ancestorSarah Jane HUEY (14 October 1839, , Ohio, USA - April 1934, Leesburg, Florida, USA)
female ancestorMary Ann WARD (20 November 1843, , Alabama, USA - 18 April 1918, Leesburg, Florida, USA)
male ancestorJohn Wiley BUTTLER (4 February 1844, , Georgia, USA - 16 April 1918, Leesburg, Florida, USA)
male ancestorGeorge WASHINGTON (4 July 1846, , South Carolina, USA - 5 September 1929, Leesburg, Florida, USA)
female ancestorEliza Jane PEARSON (20 December 1847, Orange Springs, Marion, Florida, USA - 23 April 1918, Leesburg, Florida, USA)
male ancestorWilliam Thomas FOLSOM (13 August 1847, , Mississippi, USA - 11 January 1919, Leesburg, Florida, USA)
male ancestorGeorge C. BARRINEAU (25 March 1848, Caro, Georgia, USA - 17 March 1929, Leesburg, Florida, USA)
male ancestorStewart WARREN (20 August 1850, Madison Co., Florida, USA - 29 September 1923, Leesburg, Florida, USA)
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