Kunyumba kwa Florida Citrus Tower
Mphindi yayitali kumadzulo kwa Orlando ndi Clermont, komwe zaka zambiri zapitazo zimapezeka mumsewu waukulu ndipo Florida Citrus Tower inali yotchuka kwambiri ku Central Florida. Pamene nsanja yokongola ikudalipo - ili pafupi zaka makumi asanu ndi limodzi (60) - sichikoka makamu omwe adachitapo kale, koma akadali ofunika. Mukangomaliza kukwera pamwamba, mutha kuona mamita pafupi; koma, zomwe mukuwona zasintha.
Mitengo yambiri ya citrus yatsitsimutsidwa ndi malo ogulitsira malo. Clermont akuyandikana ndi Disney World akuyiyika mu njira ya chitukuko ndikusintha midzi kwamuyaya.
Mbiri: Ndiye ndi Tsopano
Mzinda wa Lake County, womwe umatchulidwa kuti uli ndi nyanja zoposa 1400, Clermont ankakhulupirira kuti akukhazikitsidwa kuyambira 1868 ndi Herring Hooks. Grove yake ya maekala 40 akukhulupilira kuti ndi ana oyambilira oyamba malonda ku Florida. Gulu lina la amuna linanyamuka kuchoka ku Vineland, NJ ndipo mu 1884 linayambitsa zomwe adatcha polojekiti. Bungwe lomwe iwo adapanga - Clermont Improvement Company - adatchulidwa kwa mtsogoleri wamkulu wa bungwe ndi msungichuma yemwe malo ake obadwira anali Clermont-Ferrand, France. Cholinga cha amuna chinali kumanga "tauni yachitsanzo." Mu 1891, mzindawo unaphatikizidwa kuti "Town of Clermont, Lake County." Zaka zambiri pambuyo pake maloto awo anafika pamene mzinda unadziwika kuti "Gem of the Hills" chifukwa cha nyumba zake zabwino zokhala ndi udzu wosungidwa bwino komanso misewu yowongoka bwino, nyanja zamchere komanso malingaliro abwino - makamaka malo amodzi okongola kwambiri.
M'zaka zambiri za m'ma 1900, makampani a citrus anakula ku Clermont. Asanayambe kulowera zipatso zamitengo, komanso monga kutentha kozizira kwambiri kunali kukakamiza mitengo yatsopano kuti ikafalikire kummwera, Disney World inabwera ku Central Florida. Zinali kusuntha komwe kungasinthe kwenikweni malo a Clermont.
Sizinatengere nthawi yaitali kuti chiwerengero cha nthaka chikhale chokwanira kuti anthu opanga mavitamini akule bwino. Ngakhale kuti Downtown Clermont sankakumbukirabe zaka zambiri, kumidzi ya Clermont inasintha kwambiri. Mapiri okwera omwe kale anali odzaza ndi mitengo ya citrus tsopano ali ndi zigawo za masamba. Ndi kukula kwa chiwerengero cha anthu kunabwera kukula kwachuma komwe kunakopa ogulitsa akulu ndi ang'onoang'ono kudera; ndipo, iyo inabweretsa malo aakulu kwambiri ogulitsa misika ku Lake County kupita ku Clermont.
Walt Disney sikuti anangobwera kumene ku Central Florida. Mu 1989, pamtunda wa makilomita 127 pamtunda wa makilomita angapo kumpoto kwa Clermont, pakati pa mitengo ya citrus ya Central Florida, Gary Cox ndi gulu la anthu ochita zamalonda anatsegula Lakeridge Winery ndi Mphesa Zamphesa. Lero, patapita zaka zozizwitsa, Lakeridge ali ngati chipinda chopangira chimanga chapamwamba ku Florida ndipo amakhala mpainiya pakukula kwa tebulo ndi vinyo wonyezimira kuchokera ku mphesa zosakanizidwa.
Otsatsa alibe njira yawo ndi nthaka yonse yokongola ku Clermont. Makilomita ochepa kum'mwera kwa Clermont, boma la Florida lakhazikitsa maekala 4,500 omwe amachititsa kuti dera lonselo liziyandikana ndi nyanja ya Luisa, Lake Hammond, ndi Lake Dixie.
Malo otchedwa Lake Louisa State Park ali ndi malo ogona, malo osungirako zisasa, makampu oyendetsa sitima komanso maulendo apanyumba amakono. Ntchito zikuphatikizapo kuyenda maulendo ndi mahatchi, kukwerera bwato, kukwera picnic ndi kusambira.
Mwayi ndi, ngati mukuyenda kuchokera kumpoto ndi galimoto kupita ku Disney World , mukhoza kudutsa ku Clermont. Zili kwenikweni pamsewu wa boma - kudutsa pakati pa State Road 50 (yomwe imayambira kummawa ndi kumadzulo kudutsa boma) ndi US Highway 27 (yomwe imayambira kumpoto ndi kum'mwera kudutsa pakati pa boma). Clermont ili pafupi makilomita 25 kumadzulo kwa Orlando ndi makilomita 25 kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Disney World ndi pafupi makilomita khumi kumwera kwa Florida Turnpike Exit No. 285.