Title page -- p.1 Copyright -- p.2 Advisory board -- p.3 Dedication -- p.5 Table of contents -- p.7 Foreword -- p.9 Part I: Narrative -- p.11 Chapter I: Polk county -- p.13 Chapter II: Bartow -- p.39 Chapter III: Ft. Meade -- p.74 Chapter IV: Lakeland -- p.85 Chapter V: Auburndale -- p.125 Chapter VI: Socrum and Kathleen -- p.132 Chapter VII: Winter Haven -- p.135 Chapter VIII: Davenport -- p.142 Chapter IX: Haines City -- p.146 Chapter X: Lake Wales -- p.150 Chapter XI: Frostproof -- p.154 Chapter XII: Thriving small "ridge" cities -- p.157 Chapter XIII: Mulberry and the phosphate section -- p.162 Chapter XIV: Some smaller communities -- p.165 Chapter XV: Educational -- p.167 Chapter XVI: Some early churches -- p.172 Chapter XVII: Polk county's good roads -- p.174 Chapter XVIII: The phosphate industry -- p.178 Chapter XIX: The citrus industry -- p.180 Chapter XX: The cattle industry -- p.183 Part II: Biographical -- p.187