| 词条 | Muse, Florida |
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Muse, misspelled on federal maps as Muce,[1][2] is an unincorporated community in Glades County, Florida, United States. HistoryMuse, originally spelled, Meuse, was owned and homesteaded by John Browning, Will Ballard, Dallas Douglas, Mr. Wills, Mr. Thompson, Jim and John Dese, Cornelius Poole, Crisp, F.W. Coker, and the Langford family, Berry Summerall family, and Harley Altman family.[3] Land is still owned by heirs of the original settlers through U.S. Government patents.[3][4] Settlers used to call mosquitos, "gallenippers."[3] An acre was donated for a cemetery by Harley Altman, which was originally a private cemetery for her son, Hoyt Altman.[3][4] Considered to be a local mystery, Alice Grace Long, who died in 1912, was found at the Carson Scrub Cemetery and not the Muse cemetery.[3] Forty acres was homesteaded by Cornelius Poole.[3] For business, the Deese family was known to have walked from Muse to Arcadia and LaBelle.[3] Farming and moonshine were the original businesses in Muse. The authors of Glades County: Florida History remarked that "hopefully the Gallenippers didn't disturb the workers in either occupation too much," on page 121.[3] Muse's school and post office shutdown during the Great Depression.[3] Before burning down in 1980, church services were held in the old local schoolhouse, belonging to M.S. Hayes. Miss Nelosi, Faye Allison, Mr. Fanning, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Taylor, Mrs. O.C. Head, Nell Jackman, and Mrs. Alice Bailey. Bailey rode from LaBelle to Muse, on horseback, every day to teach.[3] In 1985, large amounts of property were known to be owned by the 6-L Company, run by the Lipman Brothers.[3] Lipman Produce is the "largest field tomato grower in the United States."[4] Owning tree farms and cattle ranches, the Lykes Brothers Inc. offers deer, quail, and turkey hunts and fishing tours, on its 1,867-acre Silver Lake Preserve. Dr. Howell Tyson Lykes founded the company in 1900 and is owned by the descendants of his seven sons.[4] Jeff Freeman's Rainbow Farms bred and raised Thoroughbred horses, racing thirty of them nationally, in 1985. Muse also featured a plant nursery, rottweiler kennel and training center.[3] William D. and Joy McCordale owned and operated Mac's General Store and Joy's Ceramic and Gift Shop. It reopened in 2017.[3][4] Residents raised money for their own local volunteer fire department.[3] Awards
Honey Festival
Memorials
GeographyLocated directly north of LaBelle, between the Babcock-Webb Wildlife Management Area and State Road 29, along County Road 720, fifty-three miles east of Punta Gorda, and twenty-nine miles east of Babcock Ranch. Muse is also located near the intersection of Charlotte, Lee, Glades, and Hendry counties, at {{coord|26.8275|-81.4961|type:city_region:US|format=dms|display=inline,title}} (26.8275, -81.4961).[8] Education
References1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.myglades.com/residents/communities/muse.php|title=Glades County’s official website|last=|first=|date=|website=Glades County’s official website|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} 2. ^{{gnis|295469}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 {{Cite book|title=Glades County: Florida History|last=Wright & Ratzlaff|first=|publisher=Rainbow Books / Betty Wright|year=1985|isbn=|location=2299 Riverside Drive, P.O. Box 1069, Moore Haven, Florida 33471|pages=}} 4. ^1 2 3 4 {{Cite web|url=http://swflorida.blogspot.com/2012/09/glades-countys-forgetten-muse.html|title=Southwest Florida Online - Sunday Morning News: Glades County's Forgotten Muse|last=Browne|first=Don|date=2012-09-15|website=Southwest Florida Online - Sunday Morning News|access-date=2018-10-13}} 5. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.questia.com/newspaper/1G1-96989406/pool-effort-makes-a-big-splash|title=Pool Effort Makes a Big Splash|last=Kinner|first=Derek L.|date=January 25, 2003|work=The Florida Times Union|access-date=}} 6. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.visitglades.org/event/muse-honey-festival/|title=Muse Honey Festival|last=|first=|date=|website=VistGlades.org|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} 7. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMZ2NB_Jim_J_Greer_Muse_Florida_USA|title=Jim J. Greer - Muse, Florida, USA - Specific Veteran Memorials|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}} 9. ^{{Cite web|url=http://wgs.gladesedu.com/|title=West Glades School|last=|first=|date=|website=West Glades School|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} 10. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.gladesedu.org/|title=Glades County School District|last=|first=|date=|website=Glades County School District|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} External links
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