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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 [20] Bettie Page (1923–2008), pin-up model [ 21 ]
The Florida Department of State and the Florida League of Cities created the program in 1998 to help celebrate the approaching end of the millennium.The process dedicated a special series of commemorative panels in cities throughout the state recognizing deceased individuals who made significant contributions to the history and culture of Florida.
Caesar, later known as “Black Caesar” (fl. 1718), was a West African pirate who operated during the Golden Age of Piracy.He served aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge of Edward Teach (Blackbeard) and was one of the surviving members of that crew following Blackbeard’s death at the hands of Lieutenant Robert Maynard in 1718.
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.
In 1972, Fisher's company found the wreck of the slave ship Henrietta Marie during the search for the Nuestra Señora de Atocha and other ships of the 1622 Spanish treasure fleet that had wrecked along the Florida Keys in a hurricane. Two anchors and a cannon were found on the first visit.
Connection to Florida T.D. Allman (1944–) 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–)
Key West is the most southerly of the Florida Keys — the archipelago of islands off the state’s southern tip — and more of a state of mind than a destination, a place that is welcoming ...
John Hopkin Ashley (March 19, 1888 – November 1, 1924) was an American outlaw, bank robber, bootlegger, and occasional pirate active in southern Florida during the 1910s and 1920s. Between 1915 and 1924, the self-styled " King of the Everglades " or " Swamp Bandit " operated from various hideouts in the Florida Everglades .