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  • Mayors of Longwood

    1923 / Edward Warren Henck The town founder spent many of the early years as its mayor. He was the first mayor when the city was incorporated in 1923. 1924-1929 […]

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  • Leonard Button and Button Road

    Leonard Button was born in 1867 in Birmingham, Alabama. He became a very successful publisher/owner of many newspapers and magazines in Alabama, including the Birmingham News (still the main newspaper […]

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  • Thomas Shepherd

    Longwood’s founder, Edward Warren Henck, recruited workers from Georgia and South Carolina to move to Central Florida to help construct his South Florida Railroad. This was the first rail line […]

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  • George Jones

    One of the pioneers families of Longwood. The Jones family settled in West Longwood and owned land on both sides of 434 near Rangeline Road. George Jones was the patriarch, […]

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  • Saul Grant

    Born into slavery near Alachua in 1858. Came to Longwood in the 1880s

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  • Adrienne Perry elected to Longwood City Commission

    Adrienne Perry was elected to the Longwood city commission in 1989, winning her district with 77% of the vote. She served a second term, running unopposed in 1991. After the […]

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  • Herman and Lucille-Jean

    Herman and Lucille Jean

    Herman and Lucille Jean came to Longwood in the early 1930s. Herman became the manager of the Longwood Service Station on the southwest side of Molnar Ave (434) and East […]

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  • Tom Milwee, Oral History

    Tom Milwee on September 17, 2023 presentation at the Longwood Historic Society member meeting and potluck at the Historic Civic Center in Longwood, Florida.

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  • Kathleen Kent Chenet, Oral History

    Kathleen Kent Chenet and Tom Milwee presented on September 17, 2023 at the Longwood Historic Society member meeting and potluck at the Historic Civic Center in Longwood, Florida.

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  • Nathan J. Fogg

    Nathan J. Fogg was one of the earliest full-time residents of Altamonte Springs. Reports put the family’s arrival between 1882 and 1884. He was originally from Maine and Massachusetts. Fogg […]

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