Sanford was once the celery capital of the world. Seriously. Walking the bricked downtown, I easily picture this environment rife with celery farms, with a small railroad running stalks and stalks to Orlando, Tampa, and points beyond. Celery, actually, was Sanford’s second crop — at one point, this small(ish) city grew more than 140 varieties of citrus until a freeze in the winter of 1895 destroyed the crops. The town used the artesian wells literally popping up all over the place to turn from orange riches to green.