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Steamboat "Lillie" Among the Palms

Great Grandad, Augustus Lanier owned 160 acres on the Kissimmee Island. The prime acerage was used for farming and capturing wild steer and hogs. The Riverboats ran down the Kissimmee River bringing staples to the wilderness family. The property today is now part of the State Riverranch Wilderness area located near the abandoned Kicco Around 1900 the family of 12, moved to Walk-In-The-Water Lake just on the Eastern side of Frostproof. In 1909, "Gus" got typhoid and had to send for the Doctor. He died later that year from a heart attack.

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