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  • October 18, 1925The last day of the S.S. Comanche

    October 18, 1925

    The last day of the S.S. Comanche

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    In the last two decades of the 19th century and well into the 1930s, the best route to Florida was by sea on a ship operated by the Clyde Steamship Company. Clyde was a transportation line connecting New York City with several ports in Florida, but primarily Jacksonville. William “Bill” Clyde founded the company in…

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Anne Ross
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Is there a curse on the souvenir rocks you take out of the Petrified Forest National Park? Every year, those who have taken rocks as souvenirs mail them back with letters that tell how the curse of the rocks has affected their lives in ways quite strange. If the curse is true, postcards make better souvenirs.

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