Since the late 19th century, peanuts have been one of Levy County’s most vital agricultural …
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How To Use Levy County’s Favorite Crop – The Peanut
Since the late 19th century, peanuts have been one of Levy County’s most vital agricultural commodities. Four decades ago, the county even set a national record for its peanut harvest and even today peanuts are …
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Style, Sun and Self-Care this Summer in “Balmy” Florida
One way to think about summer in Florida involves piña coladas at sunset, family barbecues on Sunday afternoons and searching for seashells on the beach. If you’re slightly more cynical, though, you would also add …
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The Easy Way to Set Up Your Own Mini-Hotel in Levy County
Florida’s hospitality industry rakes in over a hundred billion dollars a year and employs well over a million people. While much of this is concentrated around Miami and in the Keys, Levy County offers a …
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How to Make Hot Florida Camplife a Little More Enjoyable
In any scenic beach town, there’s an easy way to identify the tourists: they’re the ones who are still in the ocean or going on a nature hike come rain, hail or hurricane. Local residents, …
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Some Classic Floridan Dishes – And Where to Find them in Levy County
Like many of the most exciting cuisines, Florida’s is an eclectic mix of different national flavors: settler fare, Southern staples, Caribbean and Spanish influences via Cuba, and, since the 1900’s or so, Jewish cooking as …
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Survival Tips for Disabled Individuals in Levy County
If you like getting several inches of rain in a day and trying to drive – or walk – through 100 mile per hour winds, the Mexican Gulf was the place to be in 2017. …
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Going Birdwatching in the Lower Suwannee Wildlife Refuge
Located partly in Levy County, up the coast from Cedar Key, the Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge covers 53,000 acres of some exceptional and beautiful wild land. With offshore islands, tidal creeks, salt marshes and …
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How the Seminole Wars Created Levy County
Every story’s beginning is important, and that’s true for how Levy County was established as a county. As you may know, it was named after influential Floridian David Levy, but it also has a strong …
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The 5 Biggest Hurricanes in the History of Florida
Florida is a beautiful state that’s popular with visitors for a lot of reasons. There are miles of beautiful sandy beaches and blue water. Disney World is in Florida, of course, along with the iconic …
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Everything You Need to Know About David Levy
Levy County may be a tiny little part of the state but it’s played a significant role in Florida history. It’s named after David Levy Yulee, a planter from the area that had a part …
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