Orange Park History

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RF00706 - Residents of Moosehaven retirement community on July 2, 1961. Moosehaven, "City of Contentment," was a retirement community created and operated by the Loyal Order of Moose, a fraternal society created in 1888 in Indiana. It was located at 1700 River Road in Orange Park. In 1922, the order purchased 22 acres to create an elderly home for its retired members (many of which were living at Mooseheart Children?s Home in Chicago). That fall, its first 20 residents arrived. It later was expanded to 63 acres and over 400 residents.

Moosehaven retirement community worker with company car in 1959. Courtesy of the State Archives of Florida; Florida Memory; httpfloridamemory.comitemsshow167366

F.W. Truex and his horse, Red Eagle. Courtesy of the State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/66909

Ulysses S. Grant visiting Orange Park in January, 1880. Courtesy of the State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/153265

Kingsley Avenue during the 1880s. The road was named for planter Zephaniah Kingsley, who owned large amount of property in Orange Park in the early 1800s. Courtesy of the State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/6503

An Orange Park street scene in 1929. Included in the picture are George Shumeyer, George Austead, (?) Elmore. Courtesy of the State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/6504

The largest Sign in America, at 200' long x 15' high, during 1890s. Courtesy of the State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/6506

clark House - http://www.townoforangepark.com/town-government/town-history/