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Bartow to Haines City via Winter Haven.
Miles.
0.0 BARTOW; Main street and Central avenue; court house on right, one block west on Main street, turn right on Broadway, court house on left.
0.1 Four corners; Church and Broadway, straight ahead.
0.3 Cross railroad; depot on left.
0.9 Right hand road, turn right. (Straight ahead to Lakeland, 14 miles.)
1.0 Cross railroad.
2.0 Cross steel bridge.
2.2 Cross steel bridge.
2.4 Cross steel bridge.
7.2 Curve right; Eagle Lake on left.
7.9 Sharp left curve.
8.3 Eagle Lake; straight through; depot on right. Right hand road just ahead to Lake Wales.
8.6 Straight ahead. (Left hand road to Winter Haven.)
10.0 Eloise; straight through.
11.0 Avoid left hand road, which leads into Winter Haven around Lake Howard; dangerous curve ahead.
11.1 Sharp left curve; packing houses to right.
11.5 Cross railroad; Winter Haven city limits.
12.0 Winter Haven; irregular four corners, depot to the right, bear slightly left around park, then straight ahead.
12.1 Irregular four corners, turn left.
12.2 Turn right.
13.5 Road forks, follow right fork. (Left of Lake Alfred.)
13.7 Florence Villa; depot on right, cross railroad.
13.9 Four corners; turn left. (Straight ahead to Dundee and Lake Wales.)
15.3 Cross railroad.
18.4 Lucerne Park; cross railroad.
21.5 Left hand road, turn left. (Straight ahead to Lake Hamilton and Sebring.)
21.8 Danger; sharp left curve.
22.7 Sharp right curve.
22.8 Sharp left curve.
23.3 Intersect Tampa and Jacksonville road, turn right. (Left to Lakeland and Tampa.)
23.6 HAINES CITY; depot on left. (Straight ahead for Kissimmee, Orlando, Sandford, DeLand and Jacksonville.)
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Bartow to Haines City via Winter Haven.
Miles.
0.0 BARTOW; Main street and Central avenue; court house on right, one block west on Main street, turn right on Broadway, court house on left.
0.1 Four corners; Church and Broadway, straight ahead.
0.3 Cross railroad; depot on left.
0.9 Right hand road, turn right. (Straight ahead to Lakeland, 14 miles.)
1.0 Cross railroad.
2.0 Cross steel bridge.
2.2 Cross steel bridge.
2.4 Cross steel bridge.
7.2 Curve right; Eagle Lake on left.
7.9 Sharp left curve.
8.3 Eagle Lake; straight through; depot on right. Right hand road just ahead to Lake Wales.
8.6 Straight ahead. (Left hand road to Winter Haven.)
10.0 Eloise; straight through.
11.0 Avoid left hand road, which leads into Winter Haven around Lake Howard; dangerous curve ahead.
11.1 Sharp left curve; packing houses to right.
11.5 Cross railroad; Winter Haven city limits.
12.0 Winter Haven; irregular four corners, depot to the right, bear slightly left around park, then straight ahead.
12.1 Irregular four corners, turn left.
12.2 Turn right.
13.5 Road forks, follow right fork. (Left of Lake Alfred.)
13.7 Florence Villa; depot on right, cross railroad.
13.9 Four corners; turn left. (Straight ahead to Dundee and Lake Wales.)
15.3 Cross railroad.
18.4 Lucerne Park; cross railroad.
21.5 Left hand road, turn left. (Straight ahead to Lake Hamilton and Sebring.)
21.8 Danger; sharp left curve.
22.7 Sharp right curve.
22.8 Sharp left curve.
23.3 Intersect Tampa and Jacksonville road, turn right. (Left to Lakeland and Tampa.)
23.6 HAINES CITY; depot on left. (Straight ahead for Kissimmee, Orlando, Sandford, DeLand and Jacksonville.)
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Chicago Manual of Style
Florida Times-Union. Turn-by-turn Directions from Bartow to Haines City, 1924. 1924. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/318841>, accessed 29 December 2024.
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Florida Times-Union. Turn-by-turn Directions from Bartow to Haines City, 1924. 1924. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 29 Dec. 2024.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/318841>
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(State Archives of Florida/Florida Times-Union)