Neighboring Cities: Altoona | Forest Hills | Paisley
Astor, a little town with a big name, is like the proverbial cat with many lives. It has thrived, died twice and lives againall in a period of 150 years. This is not to say that the community on the St. Johns River, between Lakes Dexter and George in Lake County, Florida, has become a thriving metropolis. But it has been experiencing a second rebirth as a sportsman's mecca. Ultra-modern fishing camps have sprung up everywhere and real estate, far out in the woods, is being sold. Today's tourists see little to indicate that this was once the site of ambitious dreams of two financial giants - Moses Levy, of a distinguished Portuguese-Jewish family, and William Astor, grandson of John Jacob Astor who came from Germany in 1784 with 50 cents in his pocket an died at 82 worth $30 million dollars. |