Episode 23: Turpentine Industry (A History of Central Florida Series)

[@newellbate]

Thank you.

[@FLtrailblazer]

You would enjoy my Turpentine videos and other historical finds in Florida

[@Chames_Chaikowski]

I met an old man who grew up in Osteen , FL and he said that Deltona was was nothing but tapped pine trees at one point. He also said that his grandmother told him stories about the early settlers to Osteen and how they’d have to go patrolling along the banks of lake Monroe looking for Indians because the Indians used to raid their villages .

[@g-dcomplex1609]

another major industry that shaped florida historically was phosphate/limerock mining, there are some old mines by newberry and high springs that were mined by convict labor that could rival in size and depth later mines that employed heavy machinery, you just cannot imagine these mines were dug by hand when you first see them, and it's not hard to imagine someone/s sentenced to the mines in florida back then,, dropping dead every week while these mines were being exploited

[@nicholas8479]

Thanks. I'll have to research this.

[@chip5256]

Enjoyed the video! Learned a tremendous amount. Question: I was allowed to metal detect a 100+ year old house in Hilliard Florida today and there was a turpentine mill behind it. I found a trade token for Greenwood Naval Stores Company ($1 in trade). I am trying to research the company to try and establish an age but can not find them anywhere. By any chance are you familiar with the company?

[@TheCarnivoreConnection]

Be about 1890-1910ish

[@JoseDiaz-pn3oh]

Thankyou

[@carolsloan352]

I’d like to know more about the medical purposes of Terpentine.

[@sumatrican5990]

I watched my father almost cut his hand in half. He covered it in turpentine oil and wrapped it up. A week later I could barely see the scar!

[@zoeyshoots]

I heard that if you rub Holy Water on a pregnant woman’s belly, she’ll pass a baby boy. But if you rub a little turpentine on a cats ass, it’ll pass a motorcycle!!!!

[@houseofsolomon2440]

Thank you for posting. I am a student interested in naval stores & turpentine history. What areas of central Florida have remaining artifacts / cat face cut stumps / old areas of production/harvesting/cutting ? Any information greatly appreciated. Thank you!

[@CedarSproutHomestead]

There’s cat faced trees in my neighborhood in Sarasota . It’s all over Florida. I live in a 1920 turpentine cottage that was moved from a Hillsborough camp to Sarasota in 1950 when the camps were closed down . I moved the house again 3 miles to save it from development. The history is everywhere and any big big pine may have a cat face scar .

[@CedarSproutHomestead]

And btw Selassie followed Christ and told us all we should do the same .

[@AncientFlorida]

Drive around Melrose Landing/Cue Lake Estates, there is a cat face pine in about everybody's yard including mine.

[@viewerschoice5561]

I am looking for videos to find out the methods of turpentine oil extraction because there is a lot of potential for this industry in Northern Pakistan

[@joeharris3878]

I used to have a good collection of turpentining cups and troughs. I don't know what happened to it.

[@VelveteenBippy]

Incredible example of Southern revision of history saying that slaves were treated well. Unbelievable.

[@ConquerCollin]

Slaves cost the equivalent of several hundred thousand dollars pre civil war. They treated slaves like shit but they had an economic incentive to keep them somewhat healthy

[@TheCarnivoreConnection]

This is both forms of slavery! Peonage and chatel slavery, but the point being made is not a revision that slaves were treated well. Its that they were treated so much better than these turpine camp workers. You should read from "cant til cant".

[@Carboneye7]

Slavery birthed the modern day prison system. What a disgrace to humanity!

[@williammoore2982]

Cat face cut

[@UAL320]

Awful.....one step above slavery......

[@fringestream990]

Many were slaves from what I heard

[@algator3850]

I smell BS