Show florida had wild towns in early phosphate days jacksonville flathe fla Fin The golden west of another day when each man was a law unto himself and the sheriff was the ina to all of them only by the strength of his arm and the accuracy of 0 his hi six shooter was waa not the only part of the united states to enjoy the rough and ready boom community florida too had its halcyon days back before the turn of the century when the phosphate mining industry was first started on the path to its present importance herbert D Mende of tallahassee fla told the american society of civil engineers here dunnellon donnellon Dun nellon one of the towns where hard rock phosphate source of an important fertilizer had all the aspects of oan a pioneer gold mining town mr mendenhall whose father farther was justice of the peace in the town recalled only the primitive law of the frontier held the rabble in check everyone black and white carried a pistol and coroners in quests were hold held every monday i morning over the victims and culprits of the saturday night and sunday fes tivIt les |