The Forgotten Relics of Polk County Florida - Finding All The Hidden Citrus Center Monuments & MORE
A visit to Polk County Florida to hunt down all the Citrus center monuments originally erected in 1930 .
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welcome everyone Adam is uh whoo here
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you can hear the traffic but fret not
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even though I am standing directly in
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the middle of the road this street has
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no danger to us no vehicles we'll be
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driving to and fro down this piece of
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pavement because blocked at both ends
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this former highway sits desolate and
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forgotten which is a nice tie-in in
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today's episode Polk County Florida is
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just right over there a few feet a short
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Stones Throw the citrus industry plays a
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big part in to this neck of the woods
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we're gonna hunt down some artifacts and
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some monuments some might know I mean
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right yeah yeah shall you as you can see
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those concrete barricades hinder a lot
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from happening through here pretty much
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pedestrians and maybe a bicycle or two
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are really the only ones that are going
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to gain access
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located at the corner of a much busier
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intersection this is not only the
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starting point but we're going to come
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back here a little bit later for
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completion they go full circle as the
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day continues
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heading over to the complete opposite
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side of the county about an hour away to
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a community called Lumberton look
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closely you can see some cows grazing
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out there amongst the trees and fields
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way over there you look closely enough
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you can see them here at the corner of
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us 98 and County Road 54 is the first of
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the three 15-foot tall structures that
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we'll be seeing in our travels October
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of nineteen thirty it was stanchion deer
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glancing past a chip base you can see
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the new sign has just been placed in
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recent years does it have the same
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historical significance but does serve
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the purpose of displaying that prominent
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fruit on the tree
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its predecessor just looming over there
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in the shadows a lot of love bugs out
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here too I'm noticing protruding out of
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the circular area up top is a metal pole
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could have been a lightning rod
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perhaps tough to say for certain but
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that's my best guess
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the folks in this area back in those
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days clearly wanted the world to know
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that this area of Florida was the center
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of fruit-filled
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goodness there was a plaque placed right
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here on both sides no longer around
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either been stolen taken down or maybe
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maybe never even place there you can see
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where it would have been stuck there
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against the concrete this thing is
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pretty dang tall I'm 6 foot 3 and barely
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cover half of it not even perched above
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at what has become a makeshift step the
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third went up at the plateau
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the size of this thing does provide some
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impressive shade not so much over there
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if the Sun is beaming down but where I'm
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just hanging out is nice and cool the
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breeze is blowing but I have to have to
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keep moving commute must continue to
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Lakeland fifteen or sixteen miles away
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is the second Monument the bug almost
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went in my mouth it didn't this Plus as
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I depart this particular one I'm
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noticing chips and scratches and
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indentations
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I bet a few vehicles over the years have
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careened didn't do a lot of damage to
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this the same probably cannot be said of
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the cars this thing solid
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and whenever possible heading to
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destinations I try to take the back
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roads not always possible but when it is
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I do it the road less traveled it's a
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little more peaceful to just kind of
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move along at a slow pace like this
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probably going too slow for effect
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reasons I want to give you the full
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effect of how few automobiles on this
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path light hey I'm gonna speed up a
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little now just gonna speed up just a
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little so the effect is enhanced I had
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to pull over for a second this corridor
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of trees is pretty spectacular how
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beautiful is it right through here
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there's a cow both of you got the right
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idea
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peacefulness serenity good views lots of
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shade
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another Road another cow what's
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interesting about this particular
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section tree is split around the
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powerlines didn't cut the tree down they
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didn't reroute the lines it just kind of
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goes around it on its own accord much
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more populated interchange for this one
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corner of 92 and County Line Road a lot
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of traffic through here
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wedge between a petroleum pipeline and
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an electrical box the base of this one
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sets flush to the ground much lower than
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the previous one but nonetheless still
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stands very tall
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probably don't want to reach out and
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touch those items yeah stay away
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lots of times things go completely
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unnoticed and everyone that's passing by
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probably have gone through this
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intersection a number of times and I am
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now drawing more attention building in
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front of this we're now they're probably
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paying attention but before we've just
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gone right by but because of holding a
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camera here
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in a populated area and ER was staring
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at me in turn helping draw attention to
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stop number two my job is done here
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about 40 miles or so to the third and
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final spot I've already made it a little
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bit of a distance but stopped off here
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to get a view of this water tower which
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is in correlation with the subject
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matter is hanging out underneath this
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tree
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from here on it's not pavement it's
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brick
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very bumpy brick road that's seen better
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days
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a few potholes that have been filled in
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it's out here somewhere I'm positive
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it's out here somewhere
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it does however lead to what oh you can
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see a little ribbing it there
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of the brick pave the top of it take a
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look at this dented and dad
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back in 1930 when this was built at this
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site a lot busier down this street not
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anymore
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a couple residents live close by but
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other than that no traffic goes through
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here you wouldn't even know that this
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was here unless you were looking for it
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once you see it it's hard to miss plain
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as day right here
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no rod at the top of this one it's the
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only one that doesn't have a metal pole
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sticking out the top portion also no
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proofreader the misspelling citrus CIT
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urs
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always enjoy finding these relics
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someone places this here a group of
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people will place this here or any
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object for that matter and as time goes
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on they pass away their memory is
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forgotten but what they left to honor
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still exists 1930 October of that year
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citrus center Polk County Florida three
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monuments still holding strong one in a
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semi populated area one in a very busy
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crossroads and the third this last one
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really have to hunt it down pretty much
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forgotten by most the world
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nevermind the dog beware of owner I'm
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just reading that that's what I'm just
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reading that off that's gonna do it for
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