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OCALA (a Seminole word for green or fertile land) , a city and the county-seat of Marion county, Florida, U.S.A., in the N. central part of the state, about too m. S.W. of Jacksonville. Pop. (1900) 338o, (19o5) 4493, of whom 2467 were negroes, (1910) 4370. It is served by the Seabord Air Line and the Atlantic
Coast
Spring , the largest and best known of the springs of Florida. Its basin is circular, about 600 ft. in diameter ; it is about 65 ft. in depth, and its waters are remarkable for their transparency and refractive powers
spring discharges more than 300;000,000 gallons of water daily, its outflow forming what is known as Silver Spring Run, 9 M. long , emptying into the Oklawaha river and navigable by small river steamers. For the drainage and sewerage of the city a subterranean river whose source and mouth are unknown is utilized. The city is the seat of the Emerson Memorial and Industrial Home (Methodist Episcopal) for negro girls. Ocala was settled in 1845, but its development dates
meeting -place of the National Convention of the Farmers'Alliance, which promulgated a statement of political principles generally known as the " Ocala Platform." (See FARMERS' End of Article: OCALA (a Seminole word for green or fertile land) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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