Pine Castle Pioneer Days, 1974

Edgewood

On April 24, 1924, the nineteen residents who lived just north of the Pine Castle area met at the home of M.O. Fuselman and voted to become an incorporated town. They named the new town "Edgewood," possibly because it was a wooded area on the edge of Lake Conway. The first mayor was Col. R.M. Shearer, and the councilmen were F.X. Langlois, J.H. Pillyaw, B.B. Prescott, S.C. Orcutt, and G.E. Nicholson.

Having prevented Pine Castle from annexing them, Edgewood did little else in the twenties. Then, with the Depression, the town meetings were stopped altogether, not to be resumed until February of 1955. At that time, B.B. Prescott was elected mayor.

In 1960, the town was declared a Bird Sanctuary. The first formal census of the town taken in 1962 showed there were 436 people living htere. The city charter was not written and submitted to the state until 1969. That same year, proprty on Larue Avenue was purchased and a town hall built. In 1973, with additional growth and an increase in population, the town became a city. They will celebrate their fiftieth anniversary during PIONEER DAYS with a special awards ceremony for former officials.