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Marcobay Construction, Inc.
Distance: 12.2 Mi4025 S. Pipkin Rd.
33811 Lakeland -
Auburndale Senior High School
Distance: 13.7 Mi1 Bloodhound Trl
33823 Auburndale -
McKeel Academy
Distance: 14.6 Mi1810 W Parker St
33815-1243 Lakeland -
Desoto County
Distance: 45.9 MiPO Box 2000
34265 Arcadia -
Turner Agri-Civic Center
Distance: 46.0 Mi201 E Oak St Ste 201
34266-4451 Arcadia
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Bartow High School traces its institutional heritage to the one room log schoolhouse built in 1858 by pioneer Redding Blount. The community at the time was called Fort Blount after the small civilian stockade built for refuge during the Third Seminole Indian War. The primitive school served the needs of the local pioneer families. The community was also known as Peace Creek. The first professional educator was Dr. Daniel Waldron whose salary was paid for by Blount. The advent of the War Between the States interrupted the educational pace, and brought a new name to the town. Fort Blount received its own postal service and the community was renamed Bartow. Bartow was the name chosen to honor Confederate General Francis Bartow of Georgia. He was the first high ranking officer to die in battle for the southern cause.