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Short Description: Everglades City lies between Everglades National Park, Big Cypress National Preserve and the 10,000 Islands 25 miles from Naples. Everglades City was a bustling town in the first half of the 20th century beginning in 1889 when George Storter Jr. of Alabama bought the area for $800.00. When Collier County was first established and was owned mostly by county founder Barron Collier, Everglades City became the county seat. Then it was known simply as Everglade, as it had been since 1923. It remained the county seat until 1961, when the county offices were moved to East Naples.
Many of the landmarks and much of Everglades City's color ...read more
Short Description: Dania Beach, located in southeast Florida between Fort Lauderdale (to the north) and Hollywood (to the south) is older than Broward County where it is located.
The City is Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport is five minutes away and bounded on three sides by the City. In fact, the airport was called Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport at Dania Beach.
Fort Lauderdale 10 minutes to the north, West Palm Beach another 40 minutes further north and Miami 30 minutes to the south.
Dania Beach is a full service city with 166 full time employees and anot ...read more
Short Description: St Petersburg is located on the southern end of Pinellas Peninsula on the Gulf of Mexico. The "Sunshine City" named after one of the coldest cities of the world, Russia's St. Petersburg. The community has 102 city parks on 2,400 acres, including a seven mile preserved downtown waterfront, Pinellas Trail and a 47-mile hiking/biking trail, two municipal golf courses, five beaches, eight public pools, 30 tennis/ racquetball and handball courts (including 15 clay courts).
St. Petersburg is also home to a Major League Baseball Devil Rays located at the largest structure of its type in the world at Tropicana Field. Across ...read more
Short Description: Key West, the county seat of Monroe County is the southernmost point of the United States 145 miles south of the Miami and 90 miles north of Cuba. The city includes the northern part of neighboring Stock Island. The City initially developed because of its proximity to the Florida Straits, the abutting Florida Reef and the Gulf Stream. The entire Keys is an elongated chain of low lying islands over 220 miles in length extending from the southeastern tip of the Florida peninsula to the Dry Tortugas.
Key West is the last stop at MM-0, Overseas Highway-US-1. Tourism is the major activity for locals in this 'live and let live' commun ...read more
Short Description: Umatilla is 30 miles from Deltona and 85 miles from Tampa. The community is known as the "Gateway to the Ocala National Forest” located on its southern edge. The city reveals the "Old" Florida cracker and Victorian style houses and a daylong celebration of the Florida black bear.
William A. Whitcomb, formerly of Cincinnati, who had been in correspondence with some people in Umatilla, Oregon, suggested the name meaning “laughing waters”.
There were no roads or rails when town founder Nathan Trowell came to Umatilla in 1852. Traveling was done on sand trails that led to the St. Johns River. Trowell c ...read more
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