| 词条 | Irlo Bronson Sr. |
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|name = Irlo O. Bronson Sr. |image = Irlo Overstreet Bronson.jpg |state_house = Florida |district = Osceola County |term_start =1943 |term_end =1951 |state_senate2 = Florida |district2 =33rd |term_start2=1953 |term_end2=1966 |birth_date = {{birth date|1900|8|3}} |birth_place = Kissimmee, Florida |death_date = {{death date and age|1973|3|3|1900|8|3}} |death_place = Kissimmee, Florida |party = Democratic |spouse = Flora Belle Bass Bronson |children = Inelle Bronson Kelley Dyer (1928–1996) Irlo Overstreet Bronson Jr. (born 1936) }} Irlo Overstreet Bronson Sr. (August 3, 1900 – March 3, 1973) was an American Democratic politician, rancher and land owner in the state of Florida.[1] Bronson is perhaps best known for selling land to Walt Disney as part of the construction of Florida's Walt Disney World. BiographyBronson was born into a prominent cattle ranching family[2][2]{{refn|Includes a photo of Irlo Bronson with Henry Reaves, Charles "Shang" Bronson, and others in working attire with horses and stetsons. The party appears to be wearing brogans instead of "cowboy boots".[2]|group=n}}[2] in 1900 in Kissimmee to parents George Cephus and Spicey Vianna (Overstreet) Bronson.[3] His maternal grandfather, Eleazar Lewis Daniel (E.L.D.) Overstreet, had previously served in the Florida House of Representatives.[1] He married Flora Belle Bass, (September 21, 1907 – September 27, 1970) of Kissimmee, daughter of Walter Mann Bass and Mary Nancy Yates Bass in Clearwater, Florida on June 22, 1924.[8] He was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 1942, in which he continued to serve, until his election to the Florida State Senate in 1952. He served as speaker pro tempore in 1953.[4][10] Bronson is perhaps best known as the owner of some land which Walt Disney Productions purchased that would later become part of the grounds of Walt Disney World.[2] He sold it "without hesitation" for about {{convert|100|$/acre}}.[2] Though his family had thought he had given away the land for virtually nothing, it was said that Bronson envisioned "a future that included better career opportunities and incentives for young people to stay."[5] He also was the founder and president of the Florida Cattlemen's Association from 1946 to 1950.[10] A 1952 biography on Bronson described him as "an outstanding factor in the life of Osceola County and the state."[6] Following his death in 1973, a large section of U.S. Route 192, including the section leading to the entrance of Walt Disney World, was named the Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway in his memory.[5] He was inducted into the Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame in 1981,[7] and the Mid-Florida Business Hall of Fame on November 14, 1985.[8] His son, Irlo "Bud" Bronson Jr. served as a Democrat Florida State Representative from District 79, having been initially elected in 1982.[9] ReferencesNotes1. ^1 {{cite web |last=Kestenbaum |first=Lawrence |title=Index to Politicians: Bronson |work=Political Graveyard |publisher=Lawrence Kestenbaum |year=2006 |url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bronson.html|accessdate=May 29, 2011}} 2. ^1 2 {{cite book|author=Jim Robison|title=Historic Osceola County: An Illustrated History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XyrVQ8sYcwEC&pg=PA79|date=January 1, 2009|publisher=HPN Books|isbn=978-1-935377-02-3|pages=79–81}} 3. ^{{cite book |title=The National cyclopaedia of American biography: being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time |volume=57 |last=White |first= James Terry |publisher= |location= |isbn= |page=61 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xctWAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Bronson,+Irlo+Overstreet%22&dq=%22Bronson,+Irlo+Overstreet%22&hl=en&ei=_4DiTZvUMcTk0QHWu-ikBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA |accessdate=May 29, 2011}} 4. ^1 {{cite book |title=Florida from Indian trail to space age: a history |volume=3 |last=Tebeau |first=Charlton W. |authorlink= |author2=Carson, Ruby Leach |publisher= |location= |isbn= |page= |pages= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=24g6AQAAIAAJ&q=%22Irlo+BRonson%22+AND+%22elected%22&dq=%22Irlo+BRonson%22+AND+%22elected%22&hl=en&ei=Y4LiTYW0JOvq0QGizYGLBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA|accessdate=May 29, 2011}} 5. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news |title= Land Baron Opened Door for Disney World |author= Robinson, Jim |url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1998-07-19/news/9807190376_1_bronson-land-holdings-walt-disney |newspaper= Orlando Sentinel |date=July 19, 1998 |accessdate= May 29, 2011}} 6. ^{{cite book |title= Florida: Historic, Dramatic, Contemporary - Volume=3 |last=Dovell |first= Junius Elmore |year= 1952 |publisher= |location= |isbn= |page=61 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=I1QTAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Irlo+Overstreet+Bronson%22 |accessdate= May 29, 2011}} 7. ^{{cite web |last= |first= |title=Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame |work= |publisher=Florida-Agriculture.com |url=http://www.florida-agriculture.com/halloffame/index.htm|accessdate=May 29, 2011}} 8. ^1 2 {{cite news |title= Hall Of Fame Adds 3 Names To Roster |author=Adams, Peter |url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1985-11-15/business/0340360204_1_walt-disney-hubbard-construction-disney-world |newspaper=Orlando Sentinel |date=November 15, 1985 |accessdate=May 29, 2011}} 9. ^{{cite web |last= |first= |title=Representative Irlo "Bud" Bronson |work=MyFloridaHouse.gov |publisher=Florida House of Representatives |url=http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/details.aspx?MemberId=2974&SessionId=50|accessdate=May 29, 2011}} Citations{{Reflist|30em}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Bronson, Irlo Overstreet Sr.}} 9 : Businesspeople from Florida|People from Kissimmee, Florida|Florida state senators|Members of the Florida House of Representatives|1900 births|1973 deaths|20th-century American businesspeople|20th-century American politicians|Pork Chop Gang |
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