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Podcast: Small Town News
Episode: Live Oak, FL - The Legend of Rock Cop
Description: Welcome to Live Oak, FL, A Caring Community! First named Live Oak Station in the early 1860s, the town was named for the tree under which railroad workers rested and ate lunch during the construction of the Pensacola & Georgia Railroad in the area. Live Oak was officially incorporated in 1878 and grew to be the largest inland and 5th largest city overall in Florida due to the proximity of nearby sulphur springs, whose supposed health benefits were thought to cure everything from arthritis to "female problems".  It soon lost its status as southern Florida exploded as a vacation area and the...