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Back to EpisodesEpisode 131: Villainous Ed Ball & the St. Joe Company
Season 3
Episode 131
Published 3 years, 3 months ago
Description
Our episode begins with a trip to Warm Mineral Springs.
Our guest is Kathryn Ziewitz, co-author of "Green Empire: The St. Joe Company and the Remaking of Florida's Panhandle." The St. Joe Company, a legacy of the Dupont empire, at one point possessed 5% of all the land in Florida along with banks and railroads. It was run from Jacksonville with an iron fist by a true Florida villain: Ed Ball.