Plant City History

Plant City Observer

Plant City History

The downtown Plant City address of 208 S. Collins Street once housed the headquarters of a major player in Florida agriculture. Henry Kilgore and his wife, Flossie, founded the Kilgore Seed Company in the early 1900s. Prior to their marriage, Flossie worked in her uncle’s seed business. So, after 1905 when the couple moved from Bartow to Plant City, Flossie applied seed knowledge to the business and Henry supplied a talent to sell and long hours…