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Century, Florida. Counties or equivalents associated with this area: Escambia. Associated ZIP codes: 32535.
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Century is in Escambia County, Florida.
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The craft brewery’s closure aligns with an increasing trend of similar taproom closures throughout Tampa Bay.
Republicans on Tuesday night swept the races for attorney general, chief financial officer and agriculture commissioner.
This iconic Florida critter appears to have swallowed an Xbox just a couple of weeks before the release of GTA 6.
Century's name marks the moment it was born: the turn of the 20th century. The town was founded in 1900 to house workers for the Alger-Sullivan Lumber Company, established that year by General Russell A. Alger, a former governor of Michigan and Secretary of War under President McKinley, and Martin H. Sullivan of Pensacola. In 1901 the company built one of the largest and most advanced southern pine sawmills east of the Mississippi River here, along with company housing, schools and churches for its workers.
The mill ran on longleaf pine. A company logging railroad stretched about 90 miles from Century into Alger-owned timberlands in Alabama, hauling virgin longleaf logs to the mill. Logging crews lived in camp cars on railroad sidings, and oxen dragged logs through the woods to the tracks. The railroad operated until 1942. Edward A. Hauss led the company from 1901 to 1957 and pioneered reforestation to keep the timber supply going. The mill stopped production in 1957, and the company sold its facilities. The town's government has a history of its own. A Town of South Flomaton was incorporated in 1945, taking its name from Flomaton, Alabama, just across the state line, and in 1979 it changed its name to the Town of Century. Today the Alger-Sullivan Historical Society keeps the story of the mill, its railroad and the people who worked them alive. Sources Florida Department of State, Florida Historical Markers: Alger Railroad / Century, Florida Town of Century: History of Century Alger-Sullivan Historical Society
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