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March 30: Florida Territory is organized combining East Florida and West Florida. April 17: Florida's first civilian governor, William Pope Duval takes office. August 12: Jackson and Duval County, Florida's first two counties are formed. 1824: Florida's first true lighthouse built in St. Augustine.
The history of Florida can be traced to when the first Paleo-Indians began to inhabit the peninsula as early as 14,000 years ago. [1] They left behind artifacts and archeological evidence. Florida's written history begins with the arrival of Europeans; the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León in 1513 made the first textual records.
The National Historic Landmarks in Florida are representations of a broad sweep of history from Pre-Columbian times, through the Second Seminole War and Civil War, and the Space Age. There are 47 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in Florida , [ 1 ] which are located in twenty-two of the state's sixty-seven counties .
The Florida Historical Quarterly; Florida land boom of the 1920s; Florida Legislative Investigation Committee; Florida Memory; Florida statewide teachers' strike of 1968; Florida tourism industry; Floridiana; Forest Capital Museum State Park
Civil War Heritage Trail—A comprehensive history of the Civil War in Florida, including a timeline of events, and a selected bibliography. There is also information on museum exhibits, 200 battlefields, fortifications, buildings, cemeteries, monuments, historical markers and other sites in Florida that are linked to the Civil War period.
1873 - Florida Circulating Library active. [10] 1875 - Windsor Hotel built. [11] 1876 Duval High School established. [12] Union Congregational Church built. [12] [13] 1877 - Board of Health established. [12] 1878 - Library and Literary Association formed. 1881 - Florida Daily Times begins publication. [14] 1882 Synagogue dedicated. [15]
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England cedes Florida to Spain. [1]: 27 1817–1818 First Seminole War. [2]: 19 1821 Spain cedes Florida to United States. [1]: 27 1823 U S Army establishes Fort Brooke (later to become Tampa, Florida.) [1]: 29 1834 Hillsborough County is formed, including Pinellas peninsula as West Hillsborough. [4]: 14