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Word: twistier (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Beginning at the mouth of the St. Johns on the Atlantic it would follow that river inland to Jacksonville and south 64 miles to Palatka at the head of navigation. A few miles south of Palatka, the waterway would turn westward along the Ocklawaha, a St. Johns tributary twistier than the famed Meander. From this stream near Ocala the canal would cut west across dry land for 30 miles to a point about 20 miles from the Gulf. There it would pick up the Withlacoochee, follow its course down to the Gulf at Port Inglis. Total length of the canal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FLORIDA: Sore Thumb | 2/17/1936 | See Source »

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