SEE MARVELOUS MCINTOSH, FLORIDA
The village of McIntosh dates to the early 1800s, when John H. McIntosh "squatted on property here" and thus would lend his name to a town not yet born, according to Beverly Dodder, secretary to Friends of McIntosh. In 1830, Nehemiah Brush bought 4,000 acres from an old Spanish land grant. Early settlers came by boat up the St. Johns River to Palatka, about 60 miles away, and gradually drifted to this lakeside spot. But as with many rural towns, it was the railroad that brought settlers and then development. The Brush heirs donated land for creation of the narrow-gauge Florida Southern Railroad; later the Seaboard Railway Co. established a depot.
Today, this small town of just over 400 residents lures thousands of guests each year to the shores of Orange Lake, north of Ocala. With its quaint antique shops and fishing camps, it presents a vision of the Sunshine State as it was, plus an extraordinary opportunity to enjoy it today.
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