SCAM ALERT: Harry Higel Murder Suspect Rube Allyn was Director of Publicity for Old Indian Trails Association Highway Scam in 1920 Out of St Pete. In June 1920 Harry Higel murder suspect Rube Allyn, from his office in the Detroit Hotel St Pete, was the Director of Publicity for the 'Old Indian Trails Association' that sought the building of a highway from west coast seaport Vancouver in British Columbia Canada to Miami Fl with part going through Tampa, St Pete, Bradentown, Fort Myers, over 4,000 miles, NEVER HAPPENED. Turns out the 4,000 mile intercontinental Old Indian Trails Association "highway" was a scam, there never was any such highway in 1920 or 1921. It was all cooked up by L. A. Whitney, Chester Val-Rez aka Valrez, and Rube Allyn, the "highway" never broke ground, it never existed, it was a scam. Chester Val-Rez and Rube Allyn were “Irish Travellers" fraudsters, swindlers, con men. In July 1920 L. A. Whitney was appointed the first Pres...

          photo credit Sarasota Times newspaper Photo above Sarasota County Times Newspaper issue Thursday June 16, 1921 after vote to separate Sarasota from Manatee County. Sarasota County Centennial will be July 1st 2021. Mayor Harry Higel Murdered on Siesta Key He Pushed hard for Separation of Sarasota County From Manatee County in 1920. Florida Governor Cary A. Hardee signs "Special Act Senate Bill 126" the creation of Sarasota County in June 1921. Harry Higel was everywhere to be seen in Sarasota, prior to his murder Jan 1921, then still a part of Manatee County but pushing hard to break away and chart its own course. He pushed for the City of Sarasota to incorporate and, when it did, Higel became mayor. Higel served on the town council in 1902, serving as Mayor of the City of Sarasota when it was incorporated.  It was no slam dunk vote in the city of Sarasota for a break from Manatee County. In an unofficial vote June 16, 1921, 406 residents were f...