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See also:LAKE See also:CITY , a See also:town and the See also:county-seat of See also:Columbia county, See also:Florida, U.S.A., 59 M. by See also:rail W. by S. of See also:Jacksonville . Pop . (1900) 4013, of whom 2159 were negroes; (1905) 6509; (1910) 5032 . See also:Lake See also:City is served by the See also:Atlantic See also:Coast See also:Line, the Seaboard See also:Air Line and the See also:Georgia See also:Southern & Florida See also:railways . There are ten small lakes in the neighbourhood, and the town is a See also:winter and See also:health resort . It is the seat of Columbia See also:College (Baptist, 1907); the Florida Agricultural College was opened here in 1883, became the university of Florida in 1903, and in 1905 was abolished by the Buckman See also:Law . Vegetables and fruits grown for the See also:northern markets, See also:sea-See also:island See also:cotton and See also:tobacco are important products of the surrounding See also:country, and Lake City has some See also:trade in cotton, See also:lumber, See also:phosphates and See also:turpentine . The town was first settled about 1826 as See also:Alligator; it was incorporated in 1854; adopted the See also:present name in 1859; and in r9o1, with an enlarged See also:area, was re-incorporated . |
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