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Chapter 8

Santa Lucia Plantation Expands

Upon arriving in the New
Britain colony in February,
1876 and purchasing the
eighty acre property (along
with Samuel Dow and
Charles Fox) John
Anderson spent the
following years on the land
improving it in many ways. On the acres north of the Bostrom
brothers’ plantations along the river front, long before a road or
bridge across the Halifax River existed, John Anderson began his
Santa Lucia Plantation. From humble beginnings at the original
Trappers Lodge palmetto cabin, a dream is cultivated and a legacy is
begun.

Having many times
traveled to and through
Jacksonville, Anderson
named his plantation
“Santa Lucia” after
hearing a group of
Italians in Jacksonville
singing this romantic
song as they floated up
and down the St. Johns
River at night with the
flicker of light from their
torches creating a heavenly-glow around their boat. The original lyrics
are the words of the boatman describing the picturesque view from

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