One hundred, one years ago, the town of Keystone Heights was founded. For much of its history, Keystone was a sparsely populated community. The majority of the original settlers came from Pennsylvania…
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BY TRACY LEE TATE Special to the Monitor The old Keystone Inn is no more, and few, if any, residents of the area will mourn the passing of what it became over the years, but many still regret the loss…
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BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com Beginning in the 1920s, residents and visitors to Kingsley Lake noticed that among the course white sand along the lake’s beaches, thin streaks of a black, silky s…
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BY TRACY LEE TATE AND DAN HILDEBRAN Special to the Monitor Among the prominent people in Keystone Heights over the years, many can be cited as examples of various qualities and favorable traits. Still…
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BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com Worthington Springs sits quietly on the Union-Alachua County line, about 20 miles north of Gainesville on State Road 121, with a population just shy of 400. Visito…
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BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor Union County’s sheriffs have distinguished themselves among Florida’s law enforcement community with two sheriffs serving as president of the Florida Sheriff’s Associat…
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A historic marker on County Road 238 tells the story of Florida’s second oldest settlement, Providence, and reveals that the Union County village was once home to the U.S. Army’s highest-ranking offic…
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BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com Union County and Florida officials, on June 5, 2012, dedicated S.R. 100 within Union County to deputies Hal P. Croft and Ronald Jackson. Both men were killed on Ma…
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Vicent Esson, the CEO of Keystone Heights RV Resort, discussed the resort’s growth and expansion plans at the Clay County Chamber’s Lake Region Prosperity meeting on June 27 at the Keystone Heights…
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