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Richard W. Ervin, Jr. (1905–2004), born in Carrabelle, was the Florida Attorney General from 1949 to 1964, and he served as chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court from 1969 to 1971 [14] Caroline Hall, after whom the town was named and who served as the town's first postmistress, was one of the eight founders of The Grange.
The Suwannee River is the site of the prehistoric Suwanee Straits that separated the Florida peninsula from the Florida panhandle and the rest of the continent. Spelled as "Swanee", it is the namesake of two famous songs: " Way Down Upon the Swanee River " (1851) and " Swanee " (1919).
In May 1973, the Florida Legislature passed a law restoring the former 400-year-old name, [35] [36] and the Board went along. The name restoration to Cape Canaveral became official on October 9, 1973. [37] [38] Senator Ted Kennedy had stated in 1970 that it was a matter to be decided by the citizens of Florida. [34]
Hurricane Milton live updates: What’s happening in Florida right now with weather, roads. Howard Cohen, Devoun Cetoute. October 8, 2024 at 10:28 AM ... “Looking at how big this storm is, there ...
It's hard to imagine a coral reef this size going largely undetected until now, but it's a sign of just how much of the ocean remains unmapped. World's largest deep-sea coral reef mapped 100 miles ...
Most of the state's highest named points are in Holmes, Walton, and Washington counties, in the sub-Piedmont highlands of northern Florida. The highest points in peninsular Florida are found along the Lake Wales Ridge , running through the central portion of the peninsula, and the Brooksville Ridge , which parallels the northwestern coast of ...
In 2023, the coastal waters off South Florida heated up earlier than usual, got hotter than they ever have in recorded history, and stayed that way for longer than they have in 30 years.
At 345 feet (105 m) above mean sea level, Britton Hill in northern Walton County is the highest point in Florida and the lowest known highpoint of any U.S. state. [3] Much of the state south of Orlando is low-lying and fairly level; however, some places, such as Clearwater, feature vistas that rise 50 to 100 feet (15 to 30 m) above the water.