They said of Stoddard Lathrop throughout the state in which he had become a legend that he was "an island of money completely surrounded by Florida." In a way it was true, yet only in part. For Stoddard Lathrop and Florida were almost indistinguishable from each other. Builder of the fabulous Copa de Cora Club , owner of hundreds of thousands of acres of land, and with interests in almost numberless business ventures, Stoddard Lathrop was as much a living legend as Ponce de Leon's Fountain of Youth was a fabled one.
They said of Stoddard Lathrop throughout the state in which he had become a legend that he was "an island of money completely surrounded by Florida." In a way it was true, yet only in part. For Stoddard Lathrop and Florida were almost indistinguishable from each other. Builder of the fabulous Copa de Cora Club , owner of hundreds of thousands of acres of land, and with interests in almost numberless business ventures, Stoddard Lathrop was as much a living legend as Ponce de Leon's Fountain of Youth was a fabled one.