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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. U.S. Army establishes Fort Brooke (later to become Tampa, Florida).
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 remains. Florida's written history begins with the arrival of Europeans; the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León in 1513 made the first textual records.
Salem is an unincorporated community in Taylor County, Florida, United States. The community is located on U.S. Route 19 , 19 miles (31 km) southeast of Perry . Salem has a post office with ZIP code 32356, which opened on April 16, 1915.
President Truman ordered the U.S. Army to seize all the nation's railroads to prevent a general strike. The railroads were not returned to their owners until two years later. 1951 (International) The Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949, one of the two primary labor conventions of the ILO, came into force on 18 July.
Conant built the first Salem house on what is now Essex Street, opposite the Town Market. In 1630 he was chosen as a freeman, or voting stockholder of the Massachusetts Bay Company. Conant was one of the first two Salem representatives to the colony's general court or legislature, and was repeatedly elected a selectman by the people of Salem.
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 .
This is one of the early and key pieces of the Salem Pier, which the city hopes to have completed by 2014 and is the key to eventually bring cruise ships to Salem. [ 168 ] [ 169 ] At the end of the 2011 season of the Salem Ferry, in the late fall of 2011, after the ferry season ended, contractors were to start building the first section of the ...
1626. English settlers arrive. [1]1629. Town of Salem incorporated. [2]Salem Common during the winter Brick sidewalk Salem, Massachusetts. 1636. First muster on Salem Common. This was the first time that a regiment of militia drilled for the common defense of a multi-community area, [3] thus laying the foundation for what became the Army National Guard.