Foxleigh is an unincorporated area in Manatee County, Florida, in the United States. Foxleigh was a 999-acre grove ranch located along Upper Manatee Road and off State Road 64 in northeastern Manatee County. It began as Eagle Fruit Farms, its more familiar name, and was operated by Eagle Fruit Company.
Eagle Fruit Company
In 1923, Sam Breadon (1876-1949), owner/president of the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team entered into a partnership with William H. Anderson (1855-1938), a Cardinals stockholder to establish Eagle Fruit Company.[2] Breadon was keen on farming and had recently chosen Bradenton as the spring training headquarters of the Cardinals. The partnership ended in 1934, when Breadon sustained a loss of $7,000 and subsequent time in court.[3] In the end, the company was dissolved in 1935.[4]
Foxleigh
Missouri-based Gertrude Fox made the ranch her private estate when she purchased it in 1939, renaming it “Foxleigh”.[5] She ran a mink farm and was the author of books on fur making.[6][7] Fox subsequently sold the property in 1945 to the Lee Company, and shortly after, a fire destroyed the farm.[8] In 1948, the now 918-acre farm was put up for sale,[9] and Eagle Fruit Farms, Inc. name was officially dissolved.[10] A portion of the former ranch was sold off in 1952, for a planned dairy and cattle ranch.[11] In 1968, a legal notice in the Bradenton Herald listed the property as abandoned.[12] Eventually, the property was developed and is now part of the fast-growing northeastern Manatee County area. As of 2021, the site is occupied by the Gates Creek subdivision.
References
- ^ a b c "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
- ^ The Bradenton Herald, June 29, 1931, www.newspapers.com
- ^ St. Louis Globe-Democrat, February 8, 1934, www.newspapers.com
- ^ St. Louis Globe-Democrat, February 14, 1935, www.newspapers.com
- ^ The Bradenton Herald, July 2, 1939, www.newspapers.com
- ^ St. Louis Globe-Democrat, May 5, 1935, www.newspapers.com.
- ^ The Boston Globe, February 24, 1941, www.newspapers.com.
- ^ The Bradenton Herald, Oct. 10, 1945, www.newspapers.com.
- ^ The Bradenton Herald, January 4, 1948, www.newspapers.com.
- ^ The Bradenton Herald, February 17, 1948, www.newspapers.com.
- ^ The Bradenton Herald, March 9, 1952, www.newspapers.com.
- ^ The Bradenton Herald, August 13, 1968, www.newspapers.com.
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