[DOC] [TLE] Peter Demens, founder of St. Petersburg, Florida [PAR] Peter Demens was an entrepreneur from Russia who founded Saint Petersburg 
... The founder of the city of St. Petersburg, Florida, Peter Demens was born Pyotr 
... In 1880, Dementyev was exiled from Russia, possibly for his political beliefs, ... 
on the railway reached Tampa Bay, where a train station and a hotel were built. [DOC] [TLE] The Green Bench History Lesson - Green Bench Monthly [PAR] Sep 10, 2016 ... The famous green benches at St. Petersburg, Florida. circa 194- Photo ... After 
the completion of his rail line, Plant did everything he could to ... He named it 
Disston City. ... Disston tried unsuccessfully to have Peter Demens, who was ... 
named the area St. Petersburg in honor of his hometown in Russia. [DOC] [TLE] Peter Demens - Wikipedia [PAR] Peter Demens born Pyotr Alexeyevitch Dementyev (Russian:   
) was a Russian immigrant to the United States who became a railway 
owner and one of the founders of the U.S. city of St. Petersburg, Florida. ... 
Demens named the location of his terminus St. Petersburg, Florida, after Saint... [DOC] [TLE] A tour of the other side | The Oracle - usforacle [PAR] Oct 29, 2009 ... A trained storyteller guides groups through the city. ... that are also in our book, '
Ghost Stories of St. Petersburg, Florida,'" he said. ... Before the hotel was built, 
Peter Demens, an immigrant who named St. Petersburg after his hometown in 
Russia, owned the Orange Railroad that extends from North Central... [DOC] [TLE] On this day in Florida history - June 8, 1888 - First train rolls into ... [PAR] Peter Demens was so proud he named the terminus St. Petersburg, after Saint 
Petersburg, Russia, where he had spent half his youth. ... Demens also built the 
city's first hotel, The Detroit, but both ventures failed and .... April 24, 1965 - 
Orlando honors hometown astronaut with John Young Day  April 25, 1966 - Gov. 
Haydon... [DOC] [TLE] History of Railroads in Pasco County, Florida [PAR] It was called the Orange Belt Railroad, named for the original railway system that 
came ... worth of crossties from Russian immigrant Peter Demens at his sawmill 
in Longwood. ... It was at that time that San Antonio changed its name to the City 
of Lake Jovita. .... Williams then named his new hotel after his hometown, Detroit. [DOC] [TLE] How did the city of Saint Petersburg, FL get its name? - Quora [PAR] According to the Page on stpete.org. "Saint Petersburg still retains much of the 
resort-town ... Demens named the city after his birthplace, St. Petersburg, Russia. 
... The city of St. Petersburg was founded by Peter Demens, a Russian railroad 
tycoon who named the city in honor of ... What is the history of Saint Petersburg, 
FL? [DOC] [TLE] Then and Now: St Petersburg, Florida - Peter Greenberg [PAR] Mar 22, 2012 ... According to local lore, St. Petersburg, Florida got its name as the ... and Peter 
Demens (originally Pyotr Alexeyevitch Dementyev), a Russian immigrant who 
brought his small-gauge Orange Belt Railroad to the ... Demens won, and he 
named the city St. Petersburg after his ... The rest, as they say is history. [DOC] [TLE] Orange Belt Railroad [PAR] Jun 17, 1991 ... Peter Demens: named St. Petersburg for Russian hometown ... the Russian 
immigrant who not only named our city for his hometown, but who put our city on 
the map. ... His company built station houses and supplied railroad ties for the 
Orange Belt Railroad, which was then under construction in Florida. [DOC] [TLE] Hodgepodge Of Pioneer Railroads Helped Central Florida Roll On A ... [PAR] Dec 5, 1993 ... An 1884 railroad advertisement called the South Florida Railroad ''The DeSoto ... 
because Henry Sanford had dubbed his town ''the Gate City of Florida. ... Peter 
Demens, an expatriate Russian nobleman, used his profits from ... A contract to 
build station houses for the Orange Belt Railroad (later renamed... [DOC] [TLE] It's

Question: Peter Demens, who built a railroad to this Florida city, named it for his hometown in Russia
Answer: St. Petersburg