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Early Days in Daytona Beach, Florida – How a City was Founded, Part 1

May 7, 2008 by Renata 1 Comment

“Early Days in Daytona Beach, Florida - How a City was Founded,” Part 1 This article is compliments of Mrs. Marian Tomblin. I was doing some research on Daytona Beach’s founding father Mathias Day and was stumbled upon this story and my new favorite local writer in Daytona Beach. “Early Days in Daytona Beach, Florida - How a City was Founded,” written in 1951 by Fred Booth to commemorate the city’s (then) 75th anniversary, takes us back to the beginning. “Seventy five years ago today ... Read more »

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Daytona Beach Florida – The Birthplace of Speed – Pt 1

February 8, 2008 by Renata Leave a Comment

Daytona - The Birthplace of Speed - Pt 1 When you get to Daytona International Speedway, you will see some seating sections identified by these names:: Oldfield, DePalma,Weatherly, Earnhardt, Campbell, Segrave, Petty, Roberts, Lockhart, Keech. We can imagine where Earnhardt came from, but who are all of the others?? Long ago, in the 1900-1907 era the Ormond Hotel in Ormond Beach Florida was the winter home or favorite vacation haunt to some of this country's early automotive pioneers. John ... Read more »

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