[2] In 1913, the inventor of the Oldsmobile and REO Cars, Ransom Eli Olds purchased 37,541 acres in Tampa Bay.

In 1919 Ransom Olds donated a small farm house to the Woman's Club where they can establish the first library.

[4][5] In the early 1970s Orchid Rogers ran the Library and opened it to the public on Mondays and Wednesdays for a couple of hours each day.

She is still active at the Oldsmar Public Library today and teaches weekly beginner Spanish language class.

[6] In 1982, a volunteer named Estelle Riley, aka “Spike”, arranged for 10,000 books to be moved from the Annex to the State Street Center.