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The Land
Central Florida history — the phosphate era, the lakes, the families who built it and those who live here now.
Orlando Can Keep Walt Disney. We've Got George Jenkins.
George Jenkins arrived in Florida at seventeen with nine dollars and built something Lakeland still lives inside. The story of Publix, told from the city that never let him leave.
April 25, 2026
The Land: What the Buzzards Knew
In May of 1918, H.G. Browning came to return a horse he believed belonged to Isham Stewart — and knew something was wrong before he got to the door
April 24, 2026
Bone Valley: The Ground Beneath Polk County
A history of phosphate, reclamation, and the land that became home — what the draglines found, what the mines built, and what's underneath the lakes and neighborhoods of Polk County today.
April 15, 2026