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A shell midden at Enterprise, Florida in 1875.. The foundation of Florida was located in the continent of Gondwana at the South Pole 650 million years ago (Mya). When Gondwana collided with the continent of Laurentia 300 Mya, it had moved further north. 200 Mya, the merged continents containing what would be Florida, had moved north of the equator.
1943 September 26: Florida's first oil well is drilled in Collier County by Humble Oil Company. [10] 1947: Everglades National Park dedicated. 1949 March 21: The first television station in Florida begins broadcasting, WTVJ. It is the 16th TV station to start broadcasting in the United States and is the oldest station still broadcasting in the ...
The Floridas (Spanish: Las Floridas) was a region of the southeastern United States comprising the historical colonies of East Florida and West Florida. They were created when England obtained Florida in 1763 (see British Florida), and found it so awkward in geography that she split it in two. The borders of East and West Florida varied.
Florida (/ ˈ f l ɒr ɪ d ə / ⓘ FLORR-ih-də; Spanish: [floˈɾiða]) is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Straits of Florida and Cuba to the south.
1859 Clear Water Harbor (later Clearwater, Florida) becomes first community on Pinellas. The first post office in Pinellas established there. [3]: 4 1861–1865 American Civil War. 1868 Anna Germain and John Donaldson are the first African-Americans to settle in lower Pinellas. [4]: 33 Road opens from Yellow Bluff (Ozona, Florida) to Tampa.
William Pope Duval became the first official governor of the Florida Territory and soon afterward the capital was established at Tallahassee, but only after removing a Seminole tribe from the land. [4]: 63–74 The new capital of Tallahassee was located approximately halfway between the old colonial capitals of Pensacola and St. Augustine ...
The first train stopped in Fort Lauderdale on 22 February 1896. [4] Further development was spurred by the construction of the first automobile bridge across the New River in 1904. [15] In 1911, Ivy Stranahan founded the Fort Lauderdale Woman's Club. [16] Fort Lauderdale was incorporated later in 1911.
The 1916 Palm Beach County Courthouse. The first census of Palm Beach County in 1910 tallied a population of 5,577. [44] On April 17, 1911, the town of Palm Beach was incorporated as the county's second municipality, a few months after it became known that West Palm Beach planned to annex the community. [45]