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unusual facts about Bartow


Jacob Summerlin

He is known for his contributions to the early settlement of Florida, and especially for founding the county seats of Orange and Polk counties, which are Orlando and Bartow, respectively.


Adventures in Preservation

AiP volunteers have played a key role in restoration projects at the Francis Mill in Waynesville, North Carolina; the Weisel Bridge, Quakertown, Pennsylvania; Manor House in Oplotnica, Slovenia; the gardens of the Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum, The Bronx, New York; and adobe residences in Mesilla, New Mexico.

BOW

Bartow Municipal Airport - a public use airport located four miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Bartow, a city in Polk County, Florida, United States.

Citrus Connection

The system operates a fleet of 33 buses on 14 routes in the Lakeland area, including service provided for Winter Haven Area Transit to the neighboring cities of Auburndale, Winter Haven and Bartow.

Edward Bartow

Bartow saw service in World War I with the Sanitary Corps of the American Expeditionary Forces from 1917 to 1918.

Jacques Marcus Prevost

Weeks after his death his widow, Theodosia Bartow Prevost, became involved with Aaron Burr, later marrying him.

John P. Rogan

Rogan tested seven other archaeological sites in Georgia in Bartow, White, Habersham, Forsyth, Rabun, Elbert, and McIntosh counties.

Sounder

The boy hears his father may be in Bartow and later Gilmer counties but the author does not specify where the boy lives.

Stephen H. Grimes

He has also served on the boards of the Polk Public Museum, the Bartow Memorial Hospital, the Bartow Public Library, and the Polk County Law Library.

WLAS

WLAS-LP, a defunct low-power radio station (96.1 FM) formerly licensed to serve Bartow, Florida, United States

Woods Hole, Massachusetts

Notable property owners on Penzance Point at the beginning of the twentieth century included Seward Prosser of New York's Bankers Trust Company; Francis Bartow, a partner in J. P. Morgan and Company; Joseph Lee, a partner in Lee, Higginson & Co.; and Franklin A. Park, an executive of Singer Sewing Machine.


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