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Diana Nyad (born 1949), author, journalist, motivational speaker, long-distance swimmer; famous for being the first person to swim from Cuba to Key West without the aid of a shark cage [21] Bettie Page (1923–2008), pin-up model [ 22 ]
Following Spain's secession of Florida to the United States in 1819, the first permanent colonization of Key West began with American possession in 1821. [6] Legal claim of the island occurred with the purchase by businessman, John W. Simonton, in 1822, in which federal property was asserted only three months later with the arrival of U.S. Navy Lieutenant Mathew C. Perry.
Exposed CIA secret involvement with the war in Laos and interviews with world figures; historian author of Finding Florida: The True History of the Sunshine State and Miami: City of the Future: Born in Tampa [citation needed] Kristen Arnett (1980–) Fiction author and essayist; her debut novel, Mostly Dead Things, was a New York Times bestseller
Florida counties (clickable map) There are more than 1,900 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Florida. They are distributed through 66 of the state's 67 counties. Of these, 42 are National Historic Landmarks.
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 .
The Florida Keys is one of the state’s best tourist destinations for visitors who want to soak up Florida’s natural beauty and laid-back island lifestyle.
550 BCE – Historic Everglades, southeast Florida and Florida Keys: Manasota culture: 550 BCE – 800 CE central peninsular Gulf coast of Florida St. Johns culture: 550 BCE – Historic east and central Florida Caloosahatchee culture: 500 BCE – Historic Charlotte Harbor to Ten Thousand Islands: Deptford culture – Gulf region 500 BCE–150/ ...
After life in New York, Fort Lauderdale, Namath found peace in Tequesta. His personal history in the area goes back three decades. Namath has called the Jupiter/Tequesta area home for nearly 33 years.