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Lykes Bros., Inc. vs. United States Army Corps of Engineers records, 1989-1992, Date acquired: 00/00/1992

 

Summary

Creator:
Lykes Bros., Inc.
Abstract:
Collection consists of documents regarding the Lykes Brothers, Inc. vs. United States Army Corps of Engineers, a case argued before the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
Extent:
0.21 Linear Feet
1 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Lykes Bros., Inc. vs. United States Army Corps of Engineers Records, USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL. 

Background

Scope and content:

Photocopies of documents and reports related to the ownership and navigability of Fisheating Creek in Highlands and Glades counties, Florida.  Includes affidavits, depositions, and testimonies collected in 1989 and 1992 from fifteen local residents, guides, and commercial hunters and fishermen.  Also includes a summary of  research on the history of Fisheating Creek prepared by Mildred L. Fryman.

Biographical / historical:

Lykes Brothers, Inc. vs. United States Army Corps of Engineers, argued before the United States District Court  for the Middle District of Florida, concerned the ownership and navigability of Fisheating Creek which runs through Glades and Highlands Counties.  Through sworn testimonies, affidavits, and depositions, local residents claimed the creek had been open to public use and navigable from Venus downstream to Lake Okeechobee for as long as they could remember.  Additional testimony acknowledged that Lykes Brothers Inc., which claimed ownership of the creek and adjacent property, had attempted to prevent navigation numerous times.

Acquisition information:
Unknown, ca. 1992
Arrangement:

Documents are arranged according to type and chronology.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Terms of access:

None. The contents of the collection may be subject to copyright.  Visit the United States Copyright Office's website at http://www.copyright.gov/ for more information.

Preferred citation:

Lykes Bros., Inc. vs. United States Army Corps of Engineers Records, USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

Location of this collection:
The University of South Florida, Tampa Campus
4202 East Fowler Ave. LIB122
Tampa
FL
33620-5400
USA