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A startup company in North Central Florida, Fracture was founded by two graduates of The University of Florida, Alex Theodore and Abhi Lokesh. [4] [5] They began selling their product in December 2009. [6] Theodore and Lokesh raised $1.5 million in funding from outside investors, [7] including Tamiami Angel Fund I in 2012. [8]
In 1951, Volt Information Sciences started as a tech doc company in New York City. [4] William Shaw and Jerome Shaw [5] created tech manuals for the United States Armed Forces for the Korean War, for items such as maintenance and operation of equipment, creating pictures and tracking parts. In 1957, the organization was incorporated as Volt ...
The Florida Keys Eco-Discovery Center is a natural history museum in Key West. [1] Its exhibits cover the plants and animals of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary . It is operated by Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary , NOAA , the South Florida Water Management District , Everglades National Park , Dry Tortugas National Park , the ...
The Keynoter did not come into its own, however, until Hurricane Donna ravaged the Florida Keys in September 1960. In the wake of the destruction caused by the hurricane, and to better provide coverage of the devastation, the Keynoter temporarily merged resources with the Florida Keys Sun, a weekly newspaper located in Islamorada. The two ...
Plantation Key is an island in Monroe County, Florida, United States. It is located in the upper Florida Keys on U.S. 1 (or the Overseas Highway), between Key Largo and Windley Key. All of the key is within the Village of Islamorada as of November 4, 1997, when it was incorporated.
Stock Island is located at (24.570075, -81.737376 [4]U.S. 1 (or the Overseas Highway) crosses the key near mile markers 4–6, immediately east of Key West.. The northern side of stock island is home to the Key West Golf Course, Monroe County Detention Center, and the main campus of Florida Keys Community College.
The Bahia Honda Rail Bridge is a derelict railroad bridge in the lower Florida Keys connecting Bahia Honda Key with Spanish Harbor Key.It was originally part of the Overseas Railway, but the state of Florida purchased it from the Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) after the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane and converted it for automobile use as part of the Overseas Highway in 1938. [3]
Before the Key West extension of the Overseas Railroad was completed, Knights Key was the end of the line and a major seaport existed there. A U.S. Post Office was established there in 1908, and operated until June, 1912. [2]