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Oscar Scherer State Park
 
Marker detail: Seaboard Air Line Railroad Map image, Touch for more information
Marker detail: Seaboard Air Line Railroad Map
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1 Florida, Sarasota County, Osprey — South Creek Trestle / Oscar Scherer History
South Creek Trestle In early 1900 Seaboard Air Line Railroad (SAL) controlled 2,600 miles of track stretching from Virginia to Florida. In 1911 SAL constructed a 16.5-mile extension from Sarasota (Fruitville Junction) to Venice. The bridge . . . Map (db m125012) HM
2 Florida, Sarasota County, Osprey — Oscar Scherer State Park
Bequeathed by his daughter Elsa Scherer Burrows 1884-1955 in memory of her father 1856-1923 "That man may last, but never lives, who much receives, but nothing gives; whom none can love, - whom none can thank, creation's blot, . . . Map (db m125017) HM
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
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Mar. 28, 2024