Gamble Place Port Orange Florida

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Gamble Place, Port Orange, Florida

Enchanting Floridian woods. And nearby, a southern musical treat
of banjo, guitar and violin music was being played. (images later)
    They were were playing, "Summer Time, and the Living is Easy".
      But as one lady remarked to me,
         "How did they live down here before electricity?"

One Hundred Years Celebration - April 14, 2007

Description

150-acres of native flora and fauna, including beautiful cypress trees, alligators, pileated woodpeckers and osprey. Historic buildings such as a "cracker-style" house built in 1907 by James Gamble (of Proctor and Gamble), the Snow White House, modeled after the Walt Disney animated film, and a citrus packing house are located on the grounds

http://www.planetware.com/port-orange/gamble-place-spruce-creek-preserve-us-fl-muss.htm

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                         Gamble Place
                                                                            Packing house
                                                                         Snow White’s house
                                                                           Lookout building
                                                                              Fishing dock
                                                                             Canoe launch
                                                                              Scenic Trails

                                                                                175 acres
                                                                     Taylor Road west of I-95

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Gamble Place, Port Orange, $72,200. Restoration of Florida Cracker-style bungalow, citrus packinghouse,
and several life-size replicas of structures from the movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
www.orlandosentinel.com

See related web sites at

http://www.echotourism.com/cultural/gamble.htm

Click on images to enlarge

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The Florida Strings

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The Daytona Beach Amateur Radio Association helps
celebrates 100 years of Gamble Place, Port Orange, Fl. April 14, 2007.
At the time I was there, Germany was being received on their Kenwood radio

www.dbara.org

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Ray Scory was our guide on the bird walk tour.
http://www.halifaxriveras.org/

A red shoulder hawk flew over us, but I missed the picture shot.

Earlier today, a red shoulder hawk flew over the area
holding on to a snake.

See images of red shoulder hawks at
http://www.fotosearch.com/photos-images/red- shouldered-hawk.html

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