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1943 September 26: Florida's first oil well is drilled in Collier County by Humble Oil Company. [10] 1947: Everglades National Park dedicated. 1949 March 21: The first television station in Florida begins broadcasting, WTVJ. It is the 16th TV station to start broadcasting in the United States and is the oldest station still broadcasting in the ...
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.
October 9 – Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key as a Category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of 120 mph (195 km/h), becoming the second major hurricane to strike Florida in under a two-week period. [221] The storm brought significant flooding and damaging winds to much of the state.
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 .
1845 - Florida becomes part of the United States. 1846 - October 12: Gale. [6] 1857 - City Park created. 1858 - Florida, Atlantic & Gulf Central Railroad begins operating. [7] 1862 - Town occupied by Union forces. 1869 - St. James Hotel built. [8] 1871 - Furchgott, Benedict & Co. dry goods store in business. [9] 1872 - Cookman Institute ...
History tour takes participants to sites of racial violence in Florida’s past. ‘We need to hear it.’ This tour explores Florida’s horrific history of racial violence
A storm surge of 10-15 feet from south of Venice to Cape Coral and Fort Myers, Florida, and 6-10 feet possible in Naples and Marco Island, Florida. However, even at these levels, great risk to ...
1877 (United States) Cigar Makers' International Union occurred. [18] 1877 (United States) San Francisco Anti-Chinese Riots occur. [18] 12 February 1877 (United States) The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 [18]-- U.S. railroad workers began strikes to protest wage cuts. It started in Martinsburg, West Virginia, and then spread to many other states.