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2014-01-31-Trenton, FL

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Feb 16, 2014
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Newberry, Florida Town Hall (Newberry developed as a mining town after phosphate was discovered in the western part of Alachua County in 1889; and, the town was located along the route of the Savannah, Florida, and Western Railway, that in 1893 was extended southward from High Springs. A post office established in March 1894 was named Newton, but changed to Newberry in August of that year. In 1896 there were fourteen mines operating nearby, and the town had hotels, boarding houses and saloons to accommodate the area's transient and sometimes unruly population. The demand for phosphate ended abruptly in 1914 when war was declared against Germany, the principal customer for Newberry's phosphate. The community turned to agriculture and was particularly successful at producing watermelons. The Watermelon Festival, first held in 1946, continues to be an annual event. In 1987 Newberry's Historic District was officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The city is mentioned in Muddy Waters' song "Deep Down in Florida".)

Old Shop Building, Newberry, FL

Old Southern Home, Newberry, FL

First Baptist Church, Newberry, FL

Everyone should try it

Trenton, FL-An old ice hose for the early 1900s now converted to an antique shop

Trenton, FL-Georgia's destination

Georgia's destination (Trenton's first outdoor quilt festival in 2008 displayed several dozen quilts that were made by students at the Suwannee Valley Quilt Shoppe. Since that time, there have been five additional outdoor quilt festivals. 2014 will bring the seventh annual quilt festival on March 15, 2014, will showcase over thirty quilt groups and demonstrations from throughout Florida. These quilt groups will be displaying hundreds of quilts both inside and outside of Trenton's historic buildings. The Quilt Festival will also include quilting and craft demonstrations, old time crafts, antique dealers, good food and music plus a display of antique cars and tractors.)

Georgia in quilt heaven

Georgia in quilt heaven

The quilt shop owners' friendly and talkative African Gray Parrot

Hooked rug of a Christmas gator

Old Trentontrain station, no longer in use.

Compas Rose quilt motive

Several Trenton buildings had nicely painted murals

Suwannee Valley Quilt Shop, formely a Coca Cola bottling plant for 50 years

Railroad mural recallin Trenton's days as a railroad stop

WIder view-Railroad mural recallin Trenton's days as a railroad stop

Most old Florida twons have water towers like this

The City Bar-"here good friends meet"

You have to love a bar with a drive through window

An array of shops on Trenton's main street

The old Trenton Ice House

Trentons town Hall

Only stonework survived this house fire

We stopped here for lunch on our way to Pine Island

Small family run restaurants survive in rural Florida, thankfully

Georgia chows down at the Green Shutters Restaurant

Dinner at the Waterfront Restaurant on Pine Island, our destination

Tom at the Waterfront Restaurant-Good, fresh fish

Georgia at the Waterfront Restaurant-Funky, down home decor.

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