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  2. Republic of the Floridas - Wikipedia

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    Green Cross of Florida flag, also used as flag of Poyais.. The Republic of the Floridas, also called Republic of Floridas, was a short-lived attempt, from June to December 1817, to establish an independent Florida (the plural "Floridas" refers to the separate provinces of East Florida and West Florida, then Spanish territory).

  3. Original Town of Fernandina Historic Site - Wikipedia

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    Today the Plaza San Carlos is maintained by the State of Florida as part of the State Park System. The plaza offers a space for nature study and picnicking. David Levy Yulee, one of the first United States senators from Florida, established the first cross-state railroad running from Fernandina Beach to Cedar Key, which opened on March 1, 1861 ...

  4. Fort San Carlos - Wikipedia

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    Plat of Fernandina from 1811 until 1821, showing location of Fort San Carlos, drawn by Franz Dollheimer in April 1937. On May 10, 1811, the acting Spanish governor at the time, Juan José Estrada, instructed the newly appointed public surveyor, George J. F. Clarke, [10] to plat the township [11] in accordance with the 1542 Spanish Laws of the Indies (Leyes de Indias).

  5. Gregor MacGregor - Wikipedia

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    MacGregor raised a flag showing a green cross on a white field—the "Green Cross of Florida"—and issued a proclamation on 30 June urging the island's inhabitants to return and support him. This was largely ignored, as was a second proclamation in which MacGregor congratulated his men on their victory and exhorted them to "free the whole of ...

  6. Meet the farmers who founded Florida’s first green burial ...

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  7. File:Green Cross flag of Florida.svg - Wikipedia

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    "MacGregor's flag, a green St. George's Cross on a white background called the Green Cross of Florida, was raised over Fernandina on 28 June 1817." Author Zscout370 at English Wikipedia

  8. Plant City, Florida - Wikipedia

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    Plant City is an incorporated city in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States, approximately midway between Brandon and Lakeland along Interstate 4. It is part of the Tampa Bay area . The population was 39,764 at the 2020 census .

  9. Downtown Plant City Historic Residential District - Wikipedia

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    The Downtown Plant City Historic Residential District is a U.S. historic district (designated as such on August 12, 1998) located in Plant City, Florida. The district is bounded by North Drane, Thomas, West Tever, Franklin, and Carey Streets. It contains 185 historic buildings.