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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.
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February 28 – Indian Wars – Agreement of 1877 (19 Stat. 254): Congress annexes Sioux Indian land, including the Black Hills. March 2 – In the Compromise of 1877, the U.S. presidential election, 1876 is resolved with the selection of Rutherford B. Hayes as the winner, even though Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote on November 7, 1876.
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2017 – Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in the United States, flooding broad swaths of Texas and Louisiana and causing tens of billions of dollars of damage, making it one of the costliest natural disasters in U.S. history. [12] 2017 – Hurricane Irma makes landfall in Florida and causes tens of billions of dollars of damage. Irma also wrecks ...
1877 - Board of Health established. [12] 1878 - Library and Literary Association formed. 1881 - Florida Daily Times begins publication. [14] 1882 Synagogue dedicated. [15] Florida Baptist Academy established. 1884 - Board of Trade organized. [16] 1885 - Park Opera House in business. [17] 1886 - Boylan Industrial Home and school established. [18 ...
1834 – Slavery debates at Lane Theological Seminary are one of the first major public discussions of the topic. 1835 – Alexis de Tocqueville 's Democracy in America published. 1835 – Second Seminole War begins in Florida as members of the Seminole tribe resist relocation.