Suwannee Museum presents 100-year-old book from Florida Memorial College

Alexa Duarte [email protected] Did you know there used to be a school titled Florida Memorial College in Live Oak? Florida Memorial was in Live Oak from 1880 to 1942 and was built on 12 acres of land. Later, after the college's closing, the Suwannee County Hospital was built on the site. But, before it closed, the college boasted beautiful history, and a remnant of this was recently discovered by a Suwannee County resident. Dale Baker, who works as a volunteer at the Suwannee County Historical Museum, rediscovered an old textbook, which had belonged to the relative of a friend of his from Florida Memorial. He purchased the textbook from a used book sale at the Live Oak Pub