This page traces some of the archival newspaper evidence for the drainage district that improved farming in the Lake Ashby-Samsula area. The transcriptions are from the New Smyrna News unless otherwise noted. Transcriptions are from newspapers viewed through the NewspaperARCHIVE® database. In some cases I use brackets to signify that some text is missing or illegible in the original document, and I have entered what sounds most logical where appropriate for the sake of readability.
This story appeared on page 1, Friday, June 25, 1915.
Petition to Form Lake Ashby Drainage District
A little over a year later, this article appears on the front page of the Friday, July 28, 1916 paper:
Next Step Is Being Taken in Drainage District Work
The land developed for farming was originally purchased and platted by an agency out of Chicago, Howe & Currier. For further information, check out these links: