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West Orange Times & Observer | History

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

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

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  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • February 19, 2025
1926-2025: Curtis Massey served as the first black mayor of Oakland

Massey led the Town Commission for three years at a time when Oakland had few paved roads, a two-person police department and no town taxes.

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  • Sam Albuquerque
  • February 14, 2025
State Senator Geraldine Thompson dies at 76

The Florida state Senator for District 15, which includes Ocoee, Oakland and part of Winter Garden, has passed away, according to her family.

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  • February 12, 2025
HISTORY: West Orange County of yesteryear for week of Feb. 13, 2025

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

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  • February 12, 2025
1932-2025: Educator Sherman Harding shared love of history for 39 years

The history buff also served as a Civil War consultant for National Geographic and Time Life.

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