Welcome to Florida

Episode 131: Villainous Ed Ball & the St. Joe Company

December 20, 2022 Chadd Scott Season 3 Episode 131
Welcome to Florida
Episode 131: Villainous Ed Ball & the St. Joe Company
Show Notes

Our episode begins with a trip to Warm Mineral Springs.

Our guest is Kathryn Ziewitz, co-author of "Green Empire: The St. Joe Company and the Remaking of Florida's Panhandle." The St. Joe Company, a legacy of the Dupont empire, at one point possessed 5% of all the land in Florida along with banks and railroads. It was run from Jacksonville with an iron fist by a true Florida villain: Ed Ball.