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describe his experience in writing up the Exposition on the way to
New Orleans, only to find upon arrival that the Exposition was not yet
in any shape certainly in no shape to be written up. However, he and
Mr. W. S. Hawks of Hawks Park, Florida (now known as Edgewater,
Florida), who partnered with him in the enterprise, set to work to
straighten out their part of the display and soon had their exhibits in
good form.

One of 3 medals won at the 1886 New Orleans Cotton Exposition
When the awards were made, Mr. Anderson was found to have taken
three medals for Ormond (declining to have any of them in his own
name), one for the Best Collection of Ten Varieties of Oranges in the
Unites States, one for the Best Fifteen Varieties of Oranges in the
United States and one for the Best Five Varieties in the World. As the
Exposition was a failure financially, he received word that the medals
had been awarded him but that owing to lack of funds they could not
be sent unless he would forward the money to pay for having them
struck off. Without hesitation, John sent the money.
Anderson’s property was located just north of the Bostrom brothers’
160-acre plantation and early boarding house known as Bosarve.
John Anderson stayed on and improved the property throughout the

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