Ikhaya laseFlorida Citrus Tower
I-short drive engasentshonalanga ye-Orlando yiCermont, apho iminyaka emininzi edlulileyo i-citrus groves yayinxibe umgwaqo omkhulu kwaye iFlorida Citrus Tower yayingumthandwa odumile waseCentral Florida. Ngelixa i-towermarkmark ekhoyo - ngoku iphantse iminyaka engama-60 ubudala - ayifaki izihlwele ezenzileyo, kodwa kulungele ukuyeka. Emva kokuba uthatha ukuphakama ukuya phezulu, usenokubona amamayela ecaleni; kodwa, into oyibonayo ishintshile.
Uninzi lweengqungquthela ze-citrus ziye zatshintshwa ngamacandelwana kunye neendawo zokuthengisa. Ukusondela kweCermont kwiDisney World kuyifake kwinkqubo yenkqubela phambili kwaye yatshintsha uluntu ngonaphakade.
Imbali: Emva koko kunye neNoku
EseLake County, ebizwa ngokuba ngamachibi angaphezu kwama-1400, iCermont yayikholelwa okokuqala ukuba ihlaziywe ngowe-1868 ngo-Herring Hooks. I-Grove yakhe ye-40-acre ikholelwa ukuba yi-nursery yokuqala yokuthengisa. Iqela elincinane lamadoda lalisuka eVineland, NJ kwaye ngo-1884 baqalisa into ababeyibiza ngokuthi "ikoloni". Inkampani abayibumbayo - iClintont Improvement Company - yabizwa ngokuba ngumphathi jikelele we-corporation kunye nondyebo yakhe indawo yokuzalwa eyiClermont-Ferrand, eFransi. Injongo yamadoda yayikukwakha "idolophu yesimo." Ngowe-1891, isixeko sasihlanganiswa njenge "dolophu yaseCermermont, iLake County." Kwiminyaka emininzi kamva amaphupha abo afikeleleka njengoko isixeko saziwa ngokuba yi "Gem of Hills" ngenxa yamakhaya abo amahle aneentlanti ezigcinwe kakuhle kunye nezitalato ezibethekileyo, amachibi amancinci kunye nemibono emihle - ngokukodwa enye yezona ndawo zintle kakhulu kwiindawo.
Ngexesha elininzi lekhulu lama-20, i-citrus shishini yahluma eCermermont. Ngaphambi kokuba i-citrus canker ithathe umonakalo, kwaye njengamaxesha amaninzi okushisa amazinga okushisa ayenzela ama-groves amasha ukuba atyalwe ngaphaya kwezantsi, iDisney World yafika kwiCentral Florida. Kwakuyimpembelelo eyayiza kutshintshisa ngokoqobo indawo yaseCermermont.
Akuzange kuthathe ixesha elide kwiimilinganiselo zomhlaba kwiindawo eziphezulu kunye nabaxhamli bezityalo ezikhulayo. Nangona iDowntown iClermont yahlala ingacatshulwa kule minyaka, yasemaphandleni iCermermont yatshintsha kakhulu. Iinduli ezijikelezayo eziye zazaliswa ngemigca yemithi ye-citrus ngoku ziphawulwe ngamacandelwana kunye neendlu zamatye. Ngokukhula kwabemi kuye kwavela ukukhula koqoqosho okubangela abadayisi abakhulu nabancinci kuloo ndawo; kwaye, kwazisa indawo enkulu yokuthengwa kuyo kwiLake County ukuya eCermermont.
UWalt Disney akayena kuphela umtsha kule ndawo yaseCentral Florida. Ngo-1989, kumahektare angama-127 nje ngeekhilomitha ezimbalwa ngasentla kweCermermont, ebekwe phakathi kwama-citrus aseCentral Florida, uGary Cox kunye neqela labatyali-mali lavula i-Lakeridge Winery neeVineyards. Namhlanje, emva kweminyaka yokukhula okuphawulekayo, iLakeridge ihamba njengeFlorida enkulu ye-premium winery kwaye ihlala isiphayona ekuphuhlisweni kwetafile kunye newayini ezikhanyayo ezivela kwiidiliya ezixubekileyo.
Abaphuhlisi abazange bahambe ngendlela yabo yonke indawo enhle eCermermont. Iikhilomitha ezimbalwa ezisezantsi kweClermont, i-State of Florida ibeke eceleni iihektare ezi-4 500 ezigcina indawo ejikeleze ikhefu lamachibi aquka uLake Louisa, iLake Hammond kunye neLake Dixie.
ILake Louisa State Park ineendawo ezihlala kuzo zonke iinkampu, iinkampu ezinqabileyo, iinkampu ze-equestrian kunye neekhenkethi zokuqashisa zanamhlanje. Imisebenzi ibandakanya ukuhamba kunye neenqwelo zeehashe, ukuhamba ngeenqanawa, ukukhanda kunye nokubhukuda.
Amathuba kukuba, ukuba uhamba ukusuka enyakatho ngemoto kwi-Disney World , ungadlula eCermermont. Kusemgangathweni ngokusemthethweni kwinqanaba likaRhulumente - umzila we-State Road 50 (osebenza empuma nasentshonalanga kuwo wonke urhulumente) kunye ne-US Highway 27 (ehambela ngasentla nakumazantsi kumbindi karhulumente). I-Clermont itholakala malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-25 entshonalanga ye-Orlando kunye neekhilomitha ezingama-25 kumntla-ntshona kweDisney World kunye neekhilomitha ezingama-10 ezantsi kweFlorida Turnpike Exit No. 285.