1926 MANATEE RIVER PARK ESTATES FAILED DEVELOPMENT - FLORIDA - DEED AND LETTERS for Sale

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1926 MANATEE RIVER PARK ESTATES FAILED DEVELOPMENT - FLORIDA - DEED AND LETTERS For Sale

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1926 MANATEE RIVER PARK ESTATES FAILED DEVELOPMENT - FLORIDA - DEED AND LETTERS:
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We are offering a 1926 deed to a lot in Manatee River Park Estates, Manatee County, Florida and two 1926 letters from Manatee River Park, Inc. to a buyer.
1.) Letter dated April 26, 1926, to W. R. Jones, Marshfield, Massachusetts. Letter is from E. F. Hall, President of Manatee River Park, Inc., thanking him for his check of $105.00 [as a deposit, we assume].
2.) Deed dated May 1, 1926, conveyed to W. R. Jones for his purchase of a lot in Manatee Park Estates of the Manhattan sub-division. The deed has the Manatee River Park, Inc. embossed seal and is signed by E. F. Hall, President and James C. Bowie, Secretary of the corporation.
3.) Letter dated May 4, 1926, to W. R. Jones - stating they have enclosed the deed conveying to him Lot 6, Block K.
**NOTE** - SOME INTERESTING INFO ON MANATEE RIVER PARK ESTATES- During the infamous Florida Real Estate Boom of the 1920s, E. F. Hall and one other developer purchased 14,000 acres in northeastern Manatee County that was intended to be an agricultural community. They held a picnic and barbeque event to encourage prospective buyers, with 2,000 people in attendance. The development consisted of 65 blocks containing 24-38 home sites on each block. They offered five and ten-acre lots for use as small family farms for the raising of poultry, vegetables or citrus. As buyers were investing their money, the site was enlarged to 158 blocks, with land set aside for a future school. A hotel was constructed to house prospective buyers. An abrupt end to the project occurred when severe hurricanes struck the area in 1926 and again in 1928, causing investors to leave the state, and likely many people to lose either their homes or at the very least money they had invested.