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One of the most popular attractions at the Hotel Ormond was the
large tally-ho coach pulled by four or six horses, (capable of carrying
up to 22 passengers) that took hotel guests for sight-seeing rides
along shell-covered roads and along the beach between Daytona and
return to Ormond.
This advertisement is titled
"FOR FLORIDA, THE ONLY
NAPHTHA LAUNCH, GAS
ENGINE AND POWER
COMPANY", published in
"Harper's
Weekly" November 1894.
A naphtha launch, the Tomoka, with a gay canopy colored white and
orange, carried guests on sight-seeing trips up the Halifax and
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