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Há 3 dias · Florida played a prominent role in the historic struggles of European powers to control the Americas and the Caribbean. St. Augustine, founded in 1565 on Florida’s northeastern coast, is the oldest European settlement within what were to become the boundaries of the continental United States.
- Government and Society
Florida - Politics, Economy, Society: Florida’s government...
- Statehood
Florida - US State, Sunshine State, Beaches: By 1845, when...
- Drainage and Soils
Florida - Drainage, Soils, Climate: The flat Florida...
- Choctawhatchee River
Choctawhatchee River, river in southeastern Alabama and...
- Everglades National Park
Everglades National Park’s several visitor centres have...
- St. Johns River
Saint Johns River, navigable stream of northeastern Florida,...
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Há 2 dias · The state's close proximity to the ocean has shaped its culture, identity, and daily life; its colonial history and successive waves of migration are reflected in African, European, Indigenous, Latino, and Asian influences.
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Há 3 dias · After the United States acquired Florida from Spain in 1821, Fort Dallas was built (1836) as a base during the Seminole Wars. A few settlers—among them Julia D. Tuttle, known as the “mother of Miami,” and William B. Brickell—gradually moved into the area.
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Há 1 dia · Bob Knight's Florida History Show covers Florida History in depth from conquistadors, to statehood. This is a unique and one of a kind educational experience...
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- Bob Knight Productions for FL History & Boys State
Há 4 dias · Florida Keys, island chain, Monroe and Miami-Dade counties, southern Florida, U.S. Composed of coral and limestone, the islands curve southwestward for about 220 miles (355 km) from Virginia Key in the Atlantic Ocean (just south of Miami Beach) to Loggerhead Key of the Dry Tortugas in the Gulf of.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Há 5 dias · The University of Florida ( Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member and flagship of the State University System of Florida. The university traces its origins to 1853 [12] and has operated continuously on its Gainesville campus since September 1906.
Há 3 dias · History. John S. Collins, founding developer of Miami Beach. The opening of Collins Bridge in 1913, the longest wooden bridge in the world at the time. Carl G. Fisher in 1909. An aerial view of the Flamingo Hotel, c. 1922. Roller skating waitresses at Roney Plaza Hotel in Miami Beach in 1939.
