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The Today, when most of us hear about the state of Florida, it almost always is quickly followed

by some quirky story about someone acting incredibly and hilariously stupid.

We're talking about Florida man.

But amidst that light and lively sensation,

it can sometimes be difficult to remember that it hasn't always been the case.

It wasn't that long ago, and for some people still within living memory,

that Florida was a hotbed of radical and racist ideology that led to

countless deaths.

This was the case for Rosewood in the 1920s, and it was a community that would never be the

same again.

In 1847, settlers arrived in Rosewood to harvest cedarwood. Up sprouted two pencil mills, several

turpentine mills, and a sawmill, and out of that grew a pocket of a civilization in the swampy

Floridian wilderness. Then followed farms, a post office, and even a train depot and a dock.

This was the burgeoning beginnings of Rosewood, and what promised to be a profitable, industrious

community without racial segregation.

This is the key thing to note, especially given the times.

Racial tensions had eased a bit since the Civil War, even though they weren't gone entirely,

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