🌟 [ 3 ] SUMICA (Florida) Ghost Town [ @ ]
( 696 viewed : 77 like : 3 comments ) The area was once part of a booming sawmill and turpentine community in the early 1900’s. Today the place is a scenic nature preserve with an array of wildlife to observe along with a scenic wilderness. There are several trails to explore. SUMICA, east of Lake Wales, is the largest of Polk County’s Environmental Lands and it’s an excellent place to take nature pictures or to ride your bike. Boasting an expanse of pine flatwoods, the land also supports a diversity of marshes and a picturesque oak hammock. If you climb up to the former railroad bed that runs through the SUMICA property, and rises six feet above the landscape, you’ll have a great shaded vantage point of the countryside. This 4,031-acre tract sits on the shore of Lake Weohyakapka. Polk County and the South Florida Water Management District acquired this property in February 1999 to preserve its important ecological resources and its cultural history. SUMICA is home to at least 12 species of rare plants and animals. In addition to hiking and biking, there’s a horseback riding trail and a primitive camping site. Part two of this video will be out soon stay tuned!
SUMICA ghost town “SUMICA” stands for Societe Universelle Mining Industrie, Commerce et Agriculture, a French company that had timber rights to the land. The town of SUMICA, established in 1917, thrived on lumbering and turpentine. After the pines were harvested, the town vanished in 1927 after all of the resources were used up. It was located in Polk County close to other turpentine and logging communities back in those days. Which were the largest industries in Florida then. Now apart of a preserve nature has reclaimed much of the area though some traces of the past still remain. I enjoyed roaming throughout the woods here on the path to discovery you can just sense the history all around. *As always I left all artifacts undisturbed. It is prohibited and illegal to dig or metal detect here for artifacts or remove them.* Please be respectful of the history that still remains. Thank you and enjoy the adventure!
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