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Austyn Bolig

Austyn is a reporter for WUFT News who can be reached by calling 352-392-6397 or emailing news@wuft.org.

  • Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings’ house in Cross Creek, typical of the 19th century “cracker” farmhouses of Florida, circa 1930s.
    Environment
    Cool history
    Austyn Bolig
    From Native Chickee huts to invention of the first air conditioner, hot, humid Florida has been pivotal in the history of how humans cooled their indoor spaces.

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