- Fort Meade, Keystone and Walk-in-the-Water Railroad
The Fort Meade, Keystone and Walk-in-the-Water Railroad Company was incorporated under
Florida state law chapter 3498, approvedFebruary 28 ,1883 , for the purpose of contracting, building, completing and maintaining a railroad from a point at or near Fort Meade, on the most practical route to the waters on the west side of Walk-in-the-Water Lake [ [http://www.hawghunter.net/Lake-Walk-in-Water.htm Central Florida Fishing on Lake Walk in Water ] ] , in Polk county, State ofFlorida , with a branch railroad from Keystone to the waters of Arbuckle lake.Land grants
The railroad was promised
land grants along its line.Owners
The company was owned by W. B. Brown, C. B. Lightsey, J. W. Hooker, Philip Dzialynski, R. C. Langford, C. C. Weson, J. F. Wilson, J. E. Robeson, George W. Hendry, Fred N. Varn and W. S. Atkins.
References
ee also
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List of defunct Florida railroads
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