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4 unusual facts about Ocala


Biodyl

However, on April 23 a new concern emerged when a reputable pharmacy in Ocala, Florida disclosed that in compounding a preparation for the polo ponies which may have been intended to substitute for Biodyl, the pharmacy accidentally used an incorrect quantity of one of the ingredients.

Digital Juice, Inc.

Digital Juice was founded in 1992 and was originally based out of Ocala, Florida.

Halleck Tustenuggee

Halleck was severely wounded by U.S. troops at a skirmish at Fort King (in present day Ocala) in April 1840 against Capt. Gabriel J. Rains (a future Civil War Confederate General).

Muriel Vanderbilt

Bred and trained at her Ocala farm in 1970, Desert Vixen was the most famous horse she ever owned and bred and in 1979 the filly was inducted into the United States' National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.


Brocco

Bred at the LaCroix family's Meadowbrook Farms near Ocala, he was purchased and raced by Albert R. Broccoli, the producer of the iconic James Bond films.

Farmers' Mutual Benefit Association

At a general meeting of the association held at Springfield, Illinois in November, 1890, it was decided to send delegates to the Southern Farmers' Alliance convention at Ocala, Florida the following month.

Florida Western and Northern Railroad

The Florida Western and Northern Railroad was a railroad line built by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad in 1925 running from Coleman, Florida (south of Ocala) all the way to West Palm Beach via Auburndale and Sebring (near Lake Okeechobee), a distance of over 200 miles.

Kurt Kelly

Kelly serves on several leadership boards such as Children’s Alliance, Success by Six, Ocala Kiwanis, Central Florida Symphony Orchestra, and Child Evangelism Fellowship of Marion County.

Noholme

A successful stallion at Goff's Verna Lea Farm in Fayetteville, Arkansas, in 1967 he was syndicated for $1-million and moved to Robin's Nest Farm near Ocala, Florida then in 1974 to the nearby stud farm owned by Dan Lasater (now Southland Farm) where he died on 17 May 1983 at the age of 27.

Proud Birdie

Proud Birdie was purchased for $21,000 by A. Douglas Henderson's Marablue Farm of Reddick, Florida at the 1975 Ocala Breeders' Sales Company auction of two-year-olds in training.

Robbie Tice

Tice went on to score 3 goals in 14 games in all competitions for Ocala.

Steve Madden

Madden served time in the Federal Prison Camp, Eglin, at Eglin Air Force Base, and later Coleman Federal Correctional Complex, near Ocala FL.

Taylor Field

Ocala International Airport, also known as Jim Taylor Field, in Ocala, Florida, United States

WITG

WITG-LP, a low-power radio station (104.7 FM) licensed to Ocala, Florida, United States


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