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CHAPTER SIX
that the first settlement, not on the lake sh
and that had been at Okeelanta, four mil
on the North New River Canal. In Octob
THE CHOSEN PLACE 33
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CHAPTER FOUR
SIX
The Chosen Place
The Glade Chosen Crest
Place
I can't tell you about Belle Glade without including
Home of J. R. Leatherman at Chosen, 1927.
Chosen. In one manner of speaking, Chosen is now a part
of THE Belle CHOSEN Glade, yet PLACE in another way it's not. While the first 51
until he was appointed to tend the locks. Here he cleared
people were settling in the Belle Glade area, another
elders from lake bottom and the bed of Democrat River
colony was starting nearer to the lake. Unlike Belle Glade,
where they had sprung up after the lake went down. Th
Chosen Like had an active promoter, and for a while it even
head high elders were pulled by hand and burned
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I can't I've tell been you a-telling about you Belle folks, Glade Belle without Glade including is now
then not
Home of J. J. R. R. Leatherman at at Chosen, 1927.
the seemed Chosen. biggest that In town one Chosen manner in the might whole of be speaking, blamed the leading Everglades Chosen town. is now Believe and a since
part me
bothering to plow, he disced the land, using a Ford car
it's brother, jealousy was keen. Yet now, Belle Glade is a
with tractor attachment until he bought a Fordson tractor
of on Belle the Glade, Hillsboro yet in Canal, another I reckon way it's you'd not. natu;ally While the think first
until he was appointed to tend the locks. Here he cleared
that fair people it sized was were city, the settling while first settlement Chosen in the still Belle there is not as Glade incorporated. well. area, (Of course,
another Those
with elders an from Oliver lake No. bottom 3 plow. and He the was bed one of of Democrat the first River men
you folks colony understand sure was as starting heck that don't nearer at one want to time the to be everybody lake. city Unlike slickers. lived Belle beside
Glade,
on where the they lake to had own sprung a Caterpillar, up after the which lake marked went down.
him as
Th Th Th Th
a
a Chosen canal,
While
that had the
is, an people
if active they
down
didn't promoter, the
live
canal
on and the
were for lake doing a shore while about
itself.)
it even
capitalist
and
head high for elders sure.
were pulled by hand and burned 1
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then not
Well, seemed getting
more'n that organized,
likely Chosen you
Hans might never
Stein, be heard the the leading tell
original
of this town. settler
first Believe settlement,
lake brother, end but of jealousy it the had canal already was was keen. reached busily Yet tending its now, wobbly to Belle his peak own Glade affairs, while
is a
and with daughter tractor attachment Eleese, he until had plenty he bought of help, a Fordson but after tractor the
at the
me
bothering With his to boys plow, Hans he disced (Hamp), the Fritz land, and using Emil a
Ford (Tony)
car
Belle locking fair sized Glade boats city, and through while Chosen Chosen from were still the getting lake is not started. with incorporated. one Glade hand Crest
Those while
war with he an was Oliver one No. of the 3 plow. first He to use was negroes one of the on his first farm.
men
was he folks this
cleared sure settlement's as up heck elder don't name.
land want with
It was to the be only
other, city a slickers. mile
until
and
he
a
became
half
They on the weren't lake to hired own a hands. Caterpillar, They were which sharecroppers, marked him as and
a
below one of Six the Mile big Bend, farmers in the on the pure shore. old sawgrass Stein, originally Everglades.
from
that capitalist was a for good sure.
While the people down the canal were doing about and
deal for both parties. The white farmer
getting Courland, The first organized, on settler the Baltic Hans here, sea, Stein, a Canadian had the come original named from settler Wisconsin Slade at had
the to
furnished With his land, boys mule, Hans seed (Hamp), and equipment Fritz and and Emil then (Tony) took
arrived Manatee lake end in of where November the canal he was 1913, was trying and busily in to tending raise December celery, to his he until was own Wagner
jined
affairs,
half and daughter of the crop Eleese, - if he any. had plenty Now to of be help, sure, but those after lake
the
by persuaded locking another boats Canadian, him through to try J. his W. from luck Bissell. the at share lake By January with cropping one there hand on Kreamer
he Island. cleared people Moving up Home living elder of his here. J. land R. family Leatherman with
were
while
farmers war he was at first one of didn't the first own to their use land.
negroes They on his squatted
farm.
twenty by the
wagon at other, Chosen, to until 1927. Lakeport, he became
then
where They weren't they pleased, hired hands. clearing They a few were acres sharecroppers, here and there
and
by one barge across the lake, farmed on Kreamer in 1916
wherever it might suit their fancy. So now you're saying
Not of only the was big this farmers the first on the settlement shore. Stein, on the originally canal it came
from
that was a good deal for both parties. The white farmer
until he was appointed to tend
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the locks. Here he cleared
they had not right to rent the land to negroes, but pardnr,
mighty Courland, blamed on close the Baltic to being sea, the had first come in from all the Wisconsin swgrass to
furnished land, mule, seed and equipment and then took
elders from lake bottom and the bed of Democrat River
Everglades.
Manatee where
It had
he
been
was
only
trying
a month
to raise
before
celery,
Slade
until
arrived
Wagner
half of the crop - if any. Now to be sure, those lake
where they had sprung up after the lake went down. Th
that persuaded the first him settlement, to try his not luck on the at share lake shore, cropping was on started, Kream­
farmers at first didn't own their land.
They squatted
head high elders were pulled by hand and burned 1
then not
and
er
that
Island.
had
Moving
been at
his
Okeelanta,
family by
four
wagon
miles
to
from
Lakeport,
the lake
then
where they pleased, clearing a few acres here and there
bothering to plow, he disced the land, using a Ford car
on by the barge North across New the River lake, Canal. he farmed In October, on Kreamer five men,
in and 1916
wherever it might suit their fancy. So now you're saying
with tractor attachment until he bought a Fordson tractor
pardnr,
they had not right to rent the land to negroes, but pardnr, pardnr, pardnr,
with an Oliver No. 3 plow. 3350
He 50 was one of the first men
on the lake to own a Caterpillar,
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which
BELLE
marked
GLADE
him
FROM
as a
SW AMP TO SUGAR BOWL
capitalist for sure.
and never even by Indians . . . The axes and machete are
With his boys Hans (Hamp), kept busy Fritz until and 2 Emil o'clock (Tony) cutting trees and slashing vines.
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