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West Orange Times & Observer | History

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  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • April 23, 2025
HISTORY: West Orange County of yesteryear for week of April 24, 2025

These are the people and events who made headlines in West Orange County's past.

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  • April 16, 2025
HISTORY: West Orange County of yesteryear for week of April 17, 2025

These are the people, events and stories that made headlines in West Orange County's past.

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  • April 9, 2025
HISTORY: West Orange County of yesteryear for week of April 10, 2025

These are the people, events and stories that made headlines in West Orange County's past.

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  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • April 2, 2025
HISTORY: West Orange County of yesteryear for week of April 3, 2025

News of the past tells how residents of West Orange County once lived and businesses once operated.

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  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • March 26, 2025
HISTORY: West Orange County of yesteryear for week of March 27, 2025

News of the past tells how residents of West Orange County once lived and businesses once operated.

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  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • March 26, 2025
WAY BACK WHEN: Maury Tillman

Before Isleworth was one of the most affluent golfing communities in the country, it was a fertile orange grove. And it’s where Tillman spent his childhood.

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  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • March 19, 2025
HISTORY: West Orange County of yesteryear for week of March 20, 2025

These are the people and events making headlines in West Orange County's past.

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  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • March 12, 2025
HISTORY: West Orange County of yesteryear for week of March 13, 2025

News of the past tells how residents of West Orange County once lived.

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  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • March 12, 2025
1947 – 2025: Longtime Winter Garden educator Freddie Anderson dies

Freddie Anderson was the eighth of eight children, and she and her five sisters all became teachers and mentors to youth.

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  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • March 12, 2025
WGHF exhibition showcases history of hospital

Orlando Health – Health Central Hospital in Ocoee started in 1952 as West Orange Memorial Hospital in Winter Garden.

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  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • March 5, 2025
HISTORY: West Orange County of yesteryear for week of March 6, 2025

These are the people and events who made headlines in West Orange County's past.

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  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • February 26, 2025
WAY BACK WHEN: Patricia Brooks Angry, of Winter Garden

The east Winter Garden native recalls growing up in a neighborhood full of restaurants and jook joints.

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  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • February 26, 2025
HISTORY: West Orange County of yesteryear for week of Feb. 27, 2025

News of the past tells how residents of West Orange County once lived.

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  • February 25, 2025
WGHF hosting “House Calls to Hospitals” exhibition reception

The new history museum display features decades of personal care in West Orange County.

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  • February 20, 2025
WGHF presenting Florida’s space history

Brendan Byrne will share facts from the state’s involvement in space exploration.

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