Hollinswood Ranch Oral History Project

Interviewee

Dixie Hollins

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Interviewer

Marilyn Polson

Publication Date

2024

Date

2023-03-31

Abstract

A continuation from the March 9, 2023, interview and tour of the Hollinswood Ranch. Hollins showed Christine's Pasture, Christmas Tree Lane, the Gomez Bend, Florida Power Transmission Line, and Salt Creek while providing the property's history and sharing anecdotes of his childhood on the ranch. Dixie discusses the changes to the ranch, including lease acquisitions by the state of Florida and Duke Energy, landscaping, and roadwork built by O.H. Hopkins.

Keywords

Roadwork, Timber, Landowners, Forests, Farm equipment, Mining, Cows, Horsemanship, Hunting, Real estate, Agriculture--Florida, Hollinswood Ranch, Oscar Hopkins (1921-2004), Andy Hines (1923-2021), William Crozier Priest Jr. (1916-1973)

Extent

01:02:11; 23 page transcript

Subject: geographic

Citrus County (Fla.); Pinellas County (Fla.); Inverness (Fla.); Crystal River (Fla.); St. Petersburg, (Fla).

Language

English

Digital Date

2024

Media Type

Oral histories

Format

Digital only

Identifier

hollinswood-ranch-009-hollins-dixie

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