Polk County Historical Assocation

A Historical Association exists...and I'm reading their books. Two especially are required reading for Chiles research.

Historian Canter Brown, Jr. wrote both; they're hard to obtain but Amazon.com has them for sale used:

None Can Have Richer Memories: Polk County, Florida 1940-2000

In the Midst of All That Makes Live Worth Living: Polk County, Florida, to 1940