Remembering Suwannee: Live Oak in 1905, Part 6

Eric Musgrove Contributor Today is the sixth of seven articles from a 1905 newspaper describing Live Oak when it was Florida’s fifth-largest city. “Two banks with a combined capital of $125,000 take care of the financial part of the city’s business. The First National Bank has Chas. H. Brown for its president, and Des. E. Horn as cashier. The Live Oak Bank is under the management of H. F. Dexter as president and C. D. Blackwell as cashier. The reports of these banks at various times indicate the great amount of business transacted in this busy little city. “Other business firms which are important factors in the city’s business are the two commission houses, Live Oak Br