Cedar Key Florida - The Ultimate Getaway!

The Marigold house was the first of seven homes built together called "The Sisters" located on 1st Street in the heart of town and is a great get away for those of you who love the peace, serenity, fantastic views and old world style of Cedar Key. The house is a beautiful single family home comprised of a separate 1 bedroom, 1 bath upstairs and a 1 bedroom, 1 bath downstairs.

If you're searching for a great 1st or 2nd home with room for guests or family then search no further. You are within 1 to 2 blocks from all the services in town and the City Boat Marina where you can launch your boat in just minutes. Hurry and inspect this unique home for yourself while this exceptional value lasts.

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15 Acres... Way Down Upon The Suwannee River...

That's right... the historical and much-sung-about "Suwannee River" in Levy County, Florida. Over 1100 feet of river frontage and 15 acres of undeveloped land... Oh My!!! Think "BIG" because this property has much potential and a lot of river frontage. Presently zoned for 1 home site. Mostly wetland area to the river with approximately 2+ acres of highland area at road access.

Platted road access to this unique piece of property makes it even more desirable. We say this because many of the properties located on the Suwannee are land locked. If you like gorgeous sunrises and sunsets with animal life abounding everywhere then you're sure to "LOVE" this location. Quiet, serene and just downright "Good Ole Southern Livin" at its best. Mint Julep anyone???... Call for your private showing and/or more information TODAY!!!*

Reasonably Priced at $177,000

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Yes, We're Still Here In Beautiful Cedar Key Florida!

...Living The Good Life
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Well, right now the real estate market is totally in your purchasing favor.

That's right...Your favor, because right now it's a "BUYERS MARKET"... real estate prices and "Your Great Timing" couldn't be better than today... April 9, 2008. Don't take our word for it, look around our glorious state and find out for yourself, that what we say is correct. Do YOUR Due Diligence... Do The Due!
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Outdoor Fun In The Sun And Adventure? Do You Like to Fish Where World Records Are Held? Are You A Water Sport Enthusiast? How About Snorkeling or Scuba Diving and Spear Fishing? Do You Like Boating On National Geographic Type Waterways and Meandering Tributaries? Are You A Stargazer?...Then Welcome To One Of The Best Gazing Area's In The Whole State. What About Nature And All That Wild Animal Watching? How About Sailing, Kayaking or Canoeing? ...and Guess What?... We're Just Minutes From The Historical Suwannee River!... and I Mean... "WAY DOWN UPON THE SUWANNEE RIVER" ...LOOK NO FURTHER!

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Cedar Key Florida

Do YOU like history?... well this place is laced with so much history that we'll just have to whet your appetite a little more...

1542 - First map of islands published in Spain
1790 - Pirates (the likes of "Jean Lafitte" and "Captain Kidd") utilize the Cedar Key area as a sanctuary and hideaway from other scoundrels and the law.
1812-1816 - British agents secure the Indians in the area as allies.
1816-1818 - First Seminole War, British agents occupy Atsena Otie Key.
1835-1842 - "Second Seminole War". U.S. Army establishes a military depot on Atsena Otie Key (then known as Depot Key). A detention camp for Indians is established on Seahorse Key.
1839 - Congress authorizes construction of the "Cedar Key Lighthouse" in hopes to bring settlers to the area and help drive the Indians away.
1842 - First permanent settlement established on Atsena Otie Key.
1853 - Island of Cedar Key deeded to "Judge Augustus Steele".
1854 - The Cedar Key Lighthouse is finally built on Seahorse Key.
1855-1859 - The "Faber Pencil Mill" is established on Atsena Otie Key. This is followed by additional lumber-dependent factories and mills. Commercial fishing is started in the Cedar Key area. Construction begins on Railroad from Fernandina Beach to Cedar Key. Present site of the Town of Cedar Key is laid out.
1861 - The "Florida Railroad" (from Fernandina Beach to Cedar Key) is completed on March 1st. War Between the States begins and Florida secedes from the Union.
1862 - Union blockade of Cedar Key begins January 16th.
1865 - War Between the States ends.
1867 - "John Muir" the naturalist, walks a thousand-miles from Indiana to the Gulf of Mexico and Cedar Key.
1869 - 1879 - Prosperity returns to Cedar Key. Fishing Industry expands. New and bigger sawmills and pencil factories are located on Atsena Otie Key and Cedar Key. Shipbuilding becomes a major industry (located at Piney Point). Land sells for 50 cents an acre. Tourism becomes a major industry.
1880 - Florida Railroad becomes known as the Atlantic Gulf and Western Indian Transit Company. Yellow Fever breaks out--Snake Key Quarantined.
1881 - Ice plant moves from Tampa to Cedar Key but is forced to close down due to insufficient fresh water.
1884 - Only Customs House in Florida, besides Key West, locates in Cedar Key.
1886 - Mr. "Henry Plant" completes a railroad from the Atlantic Coast to Tampa and invests three million dollars to build and furnish The Tampa Bay Hotel.
1890 - Timber and seafood resources in the Cedar Key area are depleted.
1896 - On December 2nd, a hurricane preceded by a "tidal surge" hits the Cedar Key area and Atsena Otie Key. This is followed by a fire which destroys half of the Cedar Key business district. Within the next 10 to 15 years, the island of Atsena Otie Key is largely abandoned.
1900 - The existing railroad becomes known as the "Seaboard Airline Railway".
1909 - Oyster beds are exhausted. Fiber plant begins operations.
1923 -1924 - A paved road is constructed to Cedar Key.
1932 - The railroad is removed from Cedar Key to Archer. Bridge numbers 2, 3, and 4 are built.
1935 - Fire destroys the wooden dock (the Big Dock). A hurricane hits Cedar Key.
1939 - The "George T. Lewis" airstrip is constructed for military use.
1962 - "St. Claire Whitman Museum", opens. Tourism becomes major industry.
1965 - New concrete dock (the Big Dock) is built.
1966 - A new water system for the city is completed.
1974 - A new bridge is completed over the Number Four Channel.
1990 - City adopts Growth Management Plan.
1992 - We move from California to Cedar Key.
1997 - "Charles R. Nelson Mortgage, Inc.", opens for business on Dock Street.
2000 - "EZ Properties", opens for business on Dock Street.
2007 - Charles R. Nelson Mortgage, Inc. and EZ Properties move from Dock Street to new business location on State Road 24 in the Cedar Haven area of Cedar Key.
Present - YES, we're still here TODAY on the beautiful island of Cedar Key Florida

...Living The Good Life
What about YOUR GREAT TIMING?
...that is, the elusive "Timing is Everything"... RIGHT?

Well, right now the real estate market is totally in your purchasing favor.

That's right...Your favor, because right now it's a "BUYERS MARKET"... real estate prices and "Your Great Timing" couldn't be better than today... April 7, 2008. Don't take our word for it, look around our glorious state and find out for yourself, that what we say is correct. Do YOUR Due Diligence... Do The Due!

Cedar Key Florida In A Time Capsule

The Cedar Keys, with some evidence of native cultures dating back to the Deptford Period, about 500 B.C., was first mapped in 1542 by a Spanish cartographer and called "Las Islas Sabines", The Cedar Islands. But it was not until 1839, when a command under General Zachary Taylor established a military depot on Atsena Otie Key, that the area began to attract settlers.

The Town of Cedar Key was first established on the barrier island of Atsena Otie in the 1840's. Augustas Steele, who had purchased the island, was named postmaster of the new town. It was the same year that Florida became a state and Levy County was created and named for David Levy Yulee, the first U.S. Senator from the state.

Senator Yulee was responsible for bringing the first cross-Florida railroad from Fernandina Beach to Cedar Key in 1861. The War Between the States interrupted progress and the Cedar Keys became a major location for blockade running and salt production. After the war, in 1869, the town was incorporated as "The City of Cedar Key".

Lumber was the primary industry, although fishing and cotton shipping were also important. Sawmills and pencil factories dominated the town in the 1880's. Shipping by rail and sea made Cedar Key an important port city until 1886, when the port of Tampa began to draw shipping away from Cedar Key. The town began to decline. About 2500 people lost their jobs when the mills closed and an 1896 hurricane and tidal surge devastated the area.

At the turn of the century fishing, sponge hooking, and oystering had become the major industries and remained so until the mid-twentieth century when the tourism industry began to grow as a result of interest in the historic community.

The Florida Site Master File lists 139 buildings and archaeological sites. These are on the National Register of Historic Places as an Historic District. These sites range from Indian middens and an aboriginal cemetery to residential and commercial structures, primarily from the last quarter of the nineteenth century. There is a significant concentration of "tabby", or poured shell reinforced concrete, buildings in the historic district as well as a number of historic sites ranging from a railroad trestle and dock to sawmills, pencil factories, and boat wrecks.

Because of its isolation and history of decline after the railroads opened to Tampa and Miami, the town has been "physically frozen in time" and offers a rare glimpse of the architectural development of 19th and early 20th century Florida coastal towns.

The Cedar Key Historical Society has prepared a "walking tour" guide and capsule history of 36 of the 139 historical site locations.

Today, tourism and the commercial clam industry are the number 1 economic means for the area.