Co-operative Land and Improvement Company Leroy, Marion County, Florida [8 Page Promotional Tract]

Leroy, Marion County, Florida : Co-operative Land and Improvement Company SCARCE 8 page promotional newspaper, illustrated. Very Good, light soiling, small tears at fold edges. No date circa 1888-1891, the only copy located at WorldCat at the University of Virginia gives a date of 1888, and last date found in articles in the paper is 1887. However the article on subscribing to the Leroy (Florida) News notes that it started publishing April 15, and Library of Congress shows that the paper was only published in 1891. Adding to the credibility of an 1891 date, the UVA copy notes a map illustration, and the illustrations in this copy are all of buildings. "The former town of Leroy seems to have a checkered past. Some say it was only a "paper town." Others maintain it was a land fraud deal perpetuated by northerners and marketed across the US and abroad. Historical documents point to a thriving community with a post office, businesses, a school, farms and more. The fact is, Leroy was all of those things before it disappeared. (Ocala StarBanner, Dec. 3, 2016, Annabelle Leitner, Correspondent). Newsprint. Very Good. 11" w x 14" h.