<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>In 1844 there was a land rush to North Central Florida. Rush land was selling for forty-seven cents an acre and Horatio Elgin purchased 5600 acres of it. He was the first of four generations to steward this Garden of Eden that turned out to be a paradise for the breeding of Thoroughbred horses. This is the story of the people and the horses of Paradise!</p>