Ikhaya laseFlorida Citrus Tower
I-short drive eseceleni entshonalanga ye-Orlando yiCermont, lapho eminyakeni eminingi edlule i-citrus groves yakha umgwaqo omkhulu futhi iFlorida Citrus Tower yayiyindawo ethandwayo e-Central Florida. Ngenkathi umbhoshongo ophawulekayo usalokhu ukhona - manje sekuyiminyaka engaba ngu-60 ubudala - awudonseli izixuku okwake wakwenza, kodwa usafanele ukuyeka. Uma usuthatha ukuphakama kuya phezulu, usengakwazi ukubona amamayela azungezile; kodwa, lokho okubonayo kushintshile.
Eziningi ze-citrus groves ziye zatshwalwa yiziqephu nezigcawu zezitolo. I-Clermont isondelene ne-Disney World ikubeke endleleni yokuqhubeka futhi ishintshe umphakathi kuze kube phakade.
Umlando: Khona-ke futhi manje
Ezindaweni zaseLake County, ebizwa ngamachibi angaphezu kuka-1400, uClermont yaqala ukukholelwa ukuthi ixazululwe ngo-1868 yi-Herring Hooks. I-Grove yakhe engama-40 acre ikholelwa ukuthi yi-nursery yokuqala yokudayisa yaseFlorida. Iqembu elincane lamadoda lisuka eVineland, NJ futhi ngo-1884 laqala lokho ababekubiza ngokuthi "ikoloni". Inkampani eyakhayo - i-Clermont Improvement Company - yabizwa ngokuthi imenenja jikelele yenhlangano kanye nomgcinimafa ogama lakhe lokuzalwa laliyiCermont-Ferrand, eFrance. Umgomo wamadoda kwakungukwakha "idolobha lomfanekiso." Ngo-1891, idolobha lahlanganiswa ngokuthi "Idolobha laseCermermont, Lake County." Eminyakeni eminingi kamuva amaphupho abo aqaphela njengoba idolobha laziwa ngokuthi "iGem of the Hills" ngenxa yamakhaya ayo amahle anezitshalo ezigciniwe kahle kanye namigwaqo aqoshiwe, amachibi amancane nemibono emihle - ikakhulukazi enye yezindawo ezinhle kakhulu zombuso.
Phakathi nekhulu lama-20 leminyaka, imboni ye-citrus yakhula eCermermont. Ngaphambi kokuba kutholakale ama-citrus engcupheni, futhi njengoba nje amazinga okushisa avame kakhulu ayephoqa ama-grove amasha ukuba atshalwe ngaseningizimu, iDisney World yafika eCentral Florida. Kwakuyisinyathelo esasizoshintsha ngempela isimo se-Clermont.
Akuzange kuthathe isikhathi eside ukulinganisa umhlaba kumaprosesa asetshenziselwa ukukhuphula izindlela zokuthuthukisa abathuthukisi. Nakuba iDowntown Clermont yahlala ingakapheli iminyaka eminingi, izindawo zasemaphandleni zaseCermont zashintsha kakhulu. Amagquma ase-Rolling ayevele egcwele imigqa yemithi yase-citrus manje enezinhlu ezihlukaniswe ngemigqa yamapheshana. Ngokukhula komphakathi kwavela ukukhula komnotho okwakudayisa abathengi abancane nabancane endaweni; futhi, kwaletha indawo enkulu yokuthenga e-Lake County kuya eCermermont.
UWalt Disney akayena kuphela owayefika kule ndawo yaseCentral Florida. Ngo-1989, emahektha angu-127 engamakhilomitha ambalwa enyakatho yeCermermont, ephakathi kwama-citrus aseCentral Florida, uGary Cox kanye neqembu labatshalizimali lavula i-Lakeridge Winery neMivini. Namuhla, emva kweminyaka yokukhula okuphawulekayo, iLakeridge ihamba njenge-winery enkulu kunazo zonke futhi ihlala iphayona ekuthuthukiseni itafula kanye newayini elikhanyayo kusuka kumagilebhisi ashubile.
Abathuthukisi abazange babe nendlela yabo nawo wonke umhlaba omuhle eCermermont. Emakhilomitha ambalwa eningizimu yeClermont, uMbuso waseFlorida uye wabeka eceleni amahektare angama-4 500 alondoloza indawo ezungeze uchungechunge lwamachibi afaka uLake Louisa, iLake Hammond neLake Dixie.
I-Lake Louisa State Park inendawo yokuhlala egcwele indawo yokuhlala, amakamu okuqala, amakamu okulingana namakamelo okuqashisa amanje. Imisebenzi ihlanganisa imigwaqo yokuhamba ngezinyawo nezamahhashi, ukuhamba ngemikhumbi, ukuhlanza izithombe nokubhukuda.
Kungenzeka ukuthi, uma uhamba ukusuka enyakatho ngemoto kuDisney World , ungadlula eCermermont. Kuyiqiniso ngempela emgwaqeni wombuso - isigaba se-State Road 50 (esigijima empumalanga nasentshonalanga ngaphesheya kombuso) nase-US Highway 27 (egijima enyakatho naseningizimu phakathi nendawo kahulumeni). I-Clermont itholakala cishe ngamamayela angu-25 entshonalanga ye-Orlando namamayela angu-25 enyakatho-ntshonalanga yeDisney World kanye namamayela angaba ngu-10 eningizimu yeFlorida Turnpike Exit No. 285.