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On a hill just west of the Village of Bagdad, Florida in Northwest Florida, in the middle of mighty live oaks, rest the people who created, with their own bare hands, notably the largest economic concerns in the State of Florida at the turn of the 20th Century.
(from Bagdad: Cemetery) -
(from Bagdad: Cemetery) -
The gravemarker is a typical style of the “Woodmen of the World”. Joseph Cullen Root founded the Woodman of the World life insurance and fraternal organization. It was reported that Root’s idea for “Woodmen” came from a speech he heard about woodsmen clearing away forests to provide shelter for their families. Others speculated that Root visualized himself as the root that would grow into a shelter, protecting members from financial disaster.
(from Bagdad: Cemetery) -
