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Lower Matecumbe Key is an island in the upper Florida Keys, United States, located on U.S. 1 between mile markers 75–78. All of the key is within the Village of Islamorada as of November 4, 1997, when it was incorporated. It is home to the main base of the Florida National High Adventure Sea Base.
Indian Key continued to be occupied for a while after the Second Seminole War ended in 1842. The county seat for Dade County was moved to Miami in 1844, and the upper Keys, including Indian Key, were returned to Monroe County. The 1850 Census found a few families living there, while only two families were left on the island in 1860.
On September 12, parts of the Keys were still inaccessible by causeway and some areas were closed to the public. [20] Governor Rick Scott reported devastation; most areas were without power or water. [21] The damage was the worst in the Lower Keys, though less severe in Key West; [22] parts of the Lower Keys may be uninhabitable for months. [23]
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Locations of American Indian tribes in Texas, ca. 1500 CE. Native American tribes in Texas are the Native American tribes who are currently based in Texas and the Indigenous peoples of the Americas who historically lived in Texas. Many individual Native Americans, whose tribes are headquartered in other states, reside in Texas.
Port Lavaca-based Bauer-Smith Dredging Company started construction on the first bridge in February 1949; the project was funded by $1.7 million in public bonds. [1] [2] The 4.5 mile [2] long raised roadway structure opened on 17 June 1950 as a toll road [1] and was originally called the North Padre Island Causeway; on 26 November 1963, Nueces County officials renamed it after President ...
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