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Okeechobee |
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Picture Gallery |
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Page Fifteen |
My Grandfather Walter Markham had come to Florida in 1924, and Started his first Tomato Cannery at Princeton, (Dade County), Florida. This small South Florida Town is located about Twenty miles South of Miami, Florida. In 1937 he and his sons Allen & Roscoe Markham, decided to open another Tomato Cannery in Okeechobee, Florida due to the large amounts of Tomatoes being grown in this area at that time. The following pictures are of that particular part of Okeechobee's history.
Tommy Markham
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Markham Tomato Cannery |
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Picking Tomatoes for Princeton Cannery 1924 |
Walter Markham's First Princeton Cannery 1924 |
Temporary Home at Princeton, Fl 1924 |
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Road from Miami to Princeton, Fl 1924 |
U.S. Hwy 1 from Miami to Princeton, Fl 1935 |
Walter Markham's Virginia Boys Miami Beach |
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