From the Chase Scrap Book, May 11, 1892: "De Batchelor breaks the world record in bicycling.
He made a short distance at the rate of one mile in 16 seconds, the first time he ever rode".
Written on the back of this photograph: "Dick Neil Batchelor, Louise Meriwether Batchelor, Mary Christian Meriwether atop old Seminole Hotel Winter Park, Fla."
In an excerpt from The Seminole Winter Park Florida, which is part of this collection,…
E. M. Meriwether was the father of Mrs. DeHaven Batchelor (Louise Meriwether). Originally
from Virginia, E. M. Meriwether came to Winter Park in 1894. He stayed in Winter Park fourteen
years and returned to Virginia where he was employed by…
On January 9, 2002, Eula Jenkins made an appearance at the Winter Park Woman's Club. She sang a variety of musical numbers and shared memories of her life in Winter Park.
Eulalie Osgood Grover, a local children's author, was probably best known as the creator of a series of reading primers for young readers centered around the characters known as the "Sunbonnet Babies." Miss Grover was born June 22, 1873, in…