The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-11-29
INTERESTING
'fL0R|DAFACTS
.,,o,v Of the Discovery and
'' st,ooIoration of the State.
lRfA1 WINTER RESORT
. s;so;f;csnt of florida's Marvellous
w. ,A,nfement as an Agricultural
and Commercial State.

-, ALLOWING article giving interest,
!, historical, agricultural industrial
,imstic facts about Florida, is re-,
y ul si from western agricultural
s~al Of wide circulation:
.T",ida is the most southern and
n s State in the United States,
N .SSsd on the east by the Atlantic, on
~ ,s ~e.t BIZ the gulf, famed both by
= Atlantic and gulf breezes. its eli
wa i warm in the winter and cool in
y simmer, and for this reason, If no
Ss Florida is noted for its health
s" ,,. and retreat for invallds.
Years ago Florida was conceded by
n medical department of the United
S,,ss as the healthicSt State in the
i'nn according to the vital statistics
Jhp army of occupation for many
IAN in the Seminole war. one OF the
,ndest Indian wars in the history OF
s United States.
~gbrjda was discovered ON Easter
Snday, 1872, by Ponce de Leon, a
Sarish nobleman and adventurer.
Men he and his men first came in
aht Of Florida, the faint white streaks
Iand between the calm blue heavens
Nj the Quvering, flashing waters of
h gIf, broke like Il new dawn Of par
Mise.
The superstitouS Spaniards looked
ION the new discovery hardly less
ban the symbol of the holy spirit.
lNe de Leon, aged and broken in
kth, in search Of the fountain of
Mth behOlding the evergreen and con-
ltuNls life of this wonderful peninsula,
nasned the fountain within his grasp
I'd scattered wonderful reports and
Mres of this new and promising land.
fernando DeSoto asked his govern
iS permission to conquer Florida in
vi, and landed with go chosen men
Nay, l639, in what is now known as
Tampa bay, but there was nothing to
nqlor. The country was sparsely
Nlled, little more than a wilderness.
hse Spaniards dnfted more to the
| Mh discovered the Mississippi river,
There DeSoto died, May. 1912. accom-
Fishing little and reaping less for his
tOyeries.
"twas in 1868 before any new at
knpt was made to invade Florida for
SOhlStion, and this by the French
Hasenots The Spaniards, ever ag-
TssTe and hlood.thirSty, made war
lhese notlcnslyc people and massa-
90 them, capturing Fort Carolina on
Neast coast and founded st. Angus
tine IN 1868.
florida from then on changed its
shership rapidly, claimed by the
lAneh IN 1928, toy England in 1929,
10 nnaly coded to England in 1862 by
" y treaty of Paris, The population of
'@ y, was then less than 5000 souls.
n u l,79 the Spaniards conquered
y, 'gInaa' declared var against England
w hna|y held Florida us II Spanish
sssesSon until coded to the United
Mss in lSl9-lS2l.
.,i florida was admitted to the Union
atA0' Florida possesses IS, $50 square
S Sss population in 1900. 52S, 5i2. The
WY Is divided into forty-siX counties,
Ss ,s Alachua, Baker. Bradford.
'"I; Calhoun, Citrus, Clay. Col !
" %'' a Dade, DeSoto, Duval, Escam-
~ w., rankin, Gadsden, Hamilton, Her
ro, tlllsbOrough, Holmes. Jack son,
II .as Lafayette, Lake. Lee, Leon.
i IL b.. Liberty, Madison, Orange. Osce-
\ Itasco, Polk, Putnam, Santa Rosa.
:. 'V INNS, st. l.ucie, Sumpter, Suwan-
M nv VI taylor, Volusia, Wakulla, Wal
'" NV MaShlngton and Manatee.
lhs sV'aDle rivers in Florida are the
Ss Ia' anclote, Apalachicola, Caloosa-
A. "se Escambia, Hillsborough. In
h Io%sanatee, Miakka, Miami, Peace,
Nj , rv,.lS, Yellow, ever picturesque
'sT TSV,"antlc Suwannee and Oklawaha.
,ls .ae sl oasis of wealth of Florida, like
NJ me- 'osutnen states, Is agriculture,
\ We rs ma the cultivated acreage at
Irssp present time about one million
Nh ' !, devoted sa.e to field crops and princi-
NJ W FRUITS and vegetables.
q,ro "s peculiar position of Florida,
aitv vI !" &c almost by salt water, prox-
n ;Lvw me warm gulf stream, trOpi,
Sh,ss ana warm sea breezes, all con.
'ntss e 70 70 an even temperature both
heal w; aau summer, makes Florida an
,ro,""Ver resort. This has long been
tst k"'f Sel and the largest and most
ounst, "O o. catering to the winter
slsIs S a.. are evident in Florida. The
Ior1 ore g, considered the finest in the
email ,, put this is not all. This con.
.stanc ,,mate, light soil, timber pro-
D,'rih nth agalnst the cold north winds
nil ona also to the early Growth of
a,es Guy, ~ vegetables for the United
pqse hue markets. The expensive hot
Inc VIVID %Ut oed for forcing vegetable.
Ne n " .h months up north Is avail
p,is IT, 'ne Florida farmer without cos
ysd Tr h ,,i VINO has not seen and en-
lges = . m,'uwlnter Florida's sweet or.
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