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Gainesville Florida has a multitude of options to chose from. Homes for
sale, acreage, land are affordable and with low interest rates, what
better time to invest for your future. Gainesville has the feeling of a
small country town with the amenities of a large city.
Gainesville's recently renovated Oaks Malls for your shopping
needs, along with the University of Florida (Home of the Gators) for
your educational needs. Let not forget the multiple
restaurants, recreational activities along Santa Fe and
Ichnetucknee Rivers encompassing the Gainesville Fl area, making it an
ideal place to settle.
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| Throughout the sixteenth century Spanish explorers like DeSoto plundered the region, then Franciscan priests
founded missions and finally ranchers established a
large cattle ranch on Payne's Prairie. During the early
1700s the English and their Indian allies destroyed
these missions and later the Seminole Indians made
settlements around Micanopy.
Gainesville Fl in Alachua served as a major Confederate Commissary and was the site of two battles during the Civil War. Two main schools were established, the Union Academy for African Americans, and the East Florida Seminary for whites. By the end of Reconstruction, Alachua County had a population of over 18,000, while Gainesville with 1400 residents was a mercantile center for cotton and vegetable crops. During the next twenty-five years the County continued to prosper as the citrus and phosphate industries gave Alachua a secure economic base. After two major fires in the 1880s, Gainesville rebuilt with all brick structures and constructed an imposing new red brick courthouse to signify it has town from a town to a city. By the early 1900's Gainesville, the City was one of the state's largest. Gainesville now had an opera house, paved streets, city water, telephones and electric lights. East Florida Seminary expanded, becoming a military school, and a new public school was erected. Merchants like Dutton, Miller, and Baird built fine new homes near the downtown area to create fashionable districts in the southeast and along (what is now) University Avenue. New towns like Archer, High Springs, Melrose and Hawthorne, spawned by the railroad expansion and the citrus and phosphate boom, welcomed tourists, investors, and speculators. , Alachua County entered the Twentieth Century with a population of some 32,000 people, and a growing economy centered in the phosphate, cotton and vegetable industries. One of the most significant events in the history of the County occurred in 1905 when Gainesville was chosen as the site for the University of Florida. When the University opened a year later it had only 102 students, fifteen faculty and two unfinished buildings. Twenty years later the student body numbered 2000 and attended classes in thirteen Gothic-style buildings including a library, a gymnasium and an auditorium. By the 1930s the University had become the most important staple in the County's economy and helped it weather both the land boom collapse of the mid-1920s and the long depression of the 1930s. During these years before World War II the County's population remained fairly constant at nearly 40,000, but Gainesville's inhabitants soared to almost 14,000, nearly four times its 1900 size. The postwar era brought Alachua County a tremendous population growth and economic expansion. The influx of thousands of veterans seeking an education transformed both the University and Gainesville. The University expanded to over 9000 students, admitted coeds in 1947, built a medical school in the next decades, and by 1970 had a student body of 23,000. By the end of the century the University would enroll 44,000 students, be admitted to the prestigious Association of American Universities, and become one of the major research institutions in the entire south. By 1970 Alachua County had 104,000 inhabitants with three-fourths of them residing in or around the Gainesville city limits. During these years Gainesville's downtown area became a professional and government center as the retail stores and merchants moved to large malls which were constructed in the northwest and southwest areas, especially around I-75. The University is currently housing well over 60,000 students, has various Medical Buildings, Veterinarian Building and Law Building among others.. As a fitting climax to these revitalization efforts Money Magazine in 1995 named Gainesville as the most livable city in America. If you are looking for a realtor a cut above the rest, you have found her. Clara has her Broker's license and GRI-2 designation. She is an expert in the area and is concerned with finding you what you need. Call Clara - Clara cares! 386-965-48733 or Email: MCO@atlantic.net
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