From the WGHF Archives 01.29.15

Paul Jackson shared this 1948 photograph of his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Lemley. They are standing in the Hurley vegetable field, located in the fertile growing area between Lake Apopka and the South Lake Apopka Citrus Growers Association packinghouse in Tildenville. At the far right is the little “depot” where trains stopped to pick up produce being shipped by the area’s growers. Small structures stand nearby, and the SLACGA water tower rises in the background. At the far right stands a Tilden packinghouse. While the repurposed SLACGA packinghouse still stands, the little depot and its outbuildings are long gone. At the Tilden site, today’s bicyclists on the West Orange Trail will encounter the parking lot for the nearby butterfly garden and the stone piers that once supported the Tilden enterprise. 

The Winter Garden Heritage Foundation, which seeks to preserve our heritage and architecture while creating new cultural experiences, is celebrating its third decade with the debut of its new History Research and Education Center.