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The Florida East Coast Railway reached Boca Raton in 1895, the same year that railroad agent and surveyor Thomas Rickards became the first white settler in Boca Raton. Another significant event in 1895 was the completion of the first railroad across Lake Worth, linking Palm Beach and West Palm Beach to allow guests at Flagler's hotels direct ...
The first people arrived in Florida before the extinction of the Pleistocene megafauna. Human remains and/or artifacts have been found in association with the remains of Pleistocene animals at a number of Florida locations. A carved bone depicting a mammoth found near the site of Vero man has been dated to 13,000 to 20,000 years ago.
First Baptist Church of Boca Grande. December 2, 2009 : 421 4th Street West ... Fort Myers Beach School. July 8, 1999 ... Roughly bounded by Bay and Lee Streets ...
Gonzalez left his home in Asturias Province, Spain in 1846 and traveled to America where he became a naturalized U.S. citizen in May 1859, in Key West, Florida. [4] During the Seminole Indian War and American Civil War, Gonzalez assisted the Union Army by delivering mail and other supplies to troops stationed at a federal garrison in Southwest Florida known as Fort Myers. [5]
As a result, many of the settlers returned to Japan or moved elsewhere in the United States. The remnants of the colony were dispossessed after the entry of the United States into World War II, when their land was purchased to create a U.S. Army Air Corps training base (now the site of Florida Atlantic University and the Boca Raton Airport). [2]
1564: Fort Caroline north of Jacksonville is established by the French. 1565: Pedro Menéndez de Avilés establishes the city of St. Augustine. 1565 September 20: Spanish attack Fort Caroline and kill most of the French, some escape. 1571 December: Pedro Menéndez wrecks at Cape Canaveral and meets hostile natives thought to be of the Ais ...
Fort Lauderdale – Venice of America [21] Fort Myers – The City of Palms [22] Fort Pierce – The Sunshine City [23] Fort Walton Beach. Billfish Capital of the World [24] Emerald Coast [25] Gainesville. Hogtown [26] The Tree City [27] Rainesville [28] Gator Country [29] Haines City – The Heart of Florida [30] Hialeah – City of Progress ...
First imprisoned at Fort Marion, he died of malaria at Fort Moultrie in South Carolina less than three months after his capture. The war ended in 1842. The war ended in 1842. The U.S. government is estimated to have spent between $20 million ($631,448,276 in 2023 dollars) and $40 million ($1,262,896,552 in 2023 dollars) on the war; at the time ...