Episode 131: Villainous Ed Ball & the St. Joe Company

from Welcome to Florida · host Chadd Scott

Our episode begins with a trip to Warm Mineral Springs.Our guest is Kathryn Ziewitz, co-author of "Green Empire: The St. Joe Company and the Remaking of Florida's Panhandle." The St. Joe Company, a legacy of the Dupont empire, at one point possessed 5% of all the land in Florida along with banks and railroads. It was run from Jacksonville with an iron fist by a true Florida villain: Ed Ball.

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