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A Historic Family Homestead in Sumter County Florida

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A Historic Family Homestead in Sumter County Florida

This home was built lovingly- quite literally, for the Fussell Family in the late 1800s.

[Sumter County, FL]

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Forgotten Florida Frontier House

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Forgotten Florida Frontier House

This home was built by the first white settler to come to this area of Florida.

[Sumter County, FL]

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