by Jennifer Gihon

2015-05-19 18:30:10 UTC

Disney World

2015-05-25 22:34:16 UTC

Walt Disney bought 43 acres of farmland near Orlando. He and his company spent years trying to make a theme park. Finally in 1971 Disney World opened and he added new attractions to Disney so more people would come. Disney is now one of the biggest commercial attractions in the world.

Everglades

2015-05-26 18:31:26 UTC

The Everglades is often called the river of grass because the Everglades is a slow moving river with tall sharp edged grass called sawgrass many different plants and animals live in the Everglades. There are hundreds of kinds of birds and insects including more than 50 species of butterflies. There are fish, snakes, turtles, and alligators and much more. All of the plants and animals depend on the Everglades for water and food.

Great Depression

2015-05-27 10:10:54 UTC

As early as 1925's the land boom in Florida began to fade. During the Boom, high demand for land meant that land developers could raise their prices and still be certain of a buyer. But demand for land began to drop while prices stayed high. At the same time Miami's railroad broke so people couldn't come to Florida.

Hotel Ponce De Leon

2015-05-27 10:21:14 UTC

In 1883, Henry Flagler visited St. Augustine. He loved it's climate and beauty, but he thought the place needed a grand hotel. Wealthy tourists could stay there. In 1885 Flagler started building the Hotel Ponce De Leon. Since the builders needed supplies Flagler simply built a railroad so people could come. It ran from Jacksonville to St. Augustine. That's how the Hotel Ponce De Leon was started.

Industry of Beef

2015-05-27 11:02:30 UTC

Like oranges, cattle arrived in Florida long ago. Ponce De Leon brought the first small herd of cattle. Soon Florida ranchers started shipping cattle to Cuba for sale. After Native Americans were forced out, Florida had a lot of land for the cattle. The state's leading rancher was Jacob Summerlin. During the Civil War Summerlin gave the Confederate army beef from the cattle for food. Railroads were built after the Civil War and that helped the industry of beef grow.

Jacksonville's Railroad

2015-05-27 11:19:01 UTC

Henry Flagler built a huge railroad in Florida. It all started when Henry Flagler visited St. Augustine. He loved the climate and land area so he wanted to make a hotel there. He would name it the Hotel Ponce De Leon. Since the builders needed supplies Flagler simply built a railroad to get them. It ran from Jacksonville to St. Augustine. Over the next nine years he extended it more south. Along the railroad he made other fancy hotels. In 1894 the railroad reached Palm Beach. He planned to stop there but a big freeze hit Palm Beach that winter so he changed his mind. He wanted to make it longer. Then Julia Tuttle had an idea so she offered him some of her land (because she was a landowner) if he brought the railroad to Miami and he agreed. In 1896 Flagler's railroad reached all the way to the Miami River. In 1912 his railroad reach all the way to Key West.

Naples

2015-05-27 14:01:15 UTC

Naples is a city in Florida. Naples is by a beach.

Naples is known for the resturants,

stores, and golf. Naples is close to the florida Everglades

Orlando

2015-05-28 10:14:08 UTC

Orlando has Walt Disney World and

Universal, that is what Orlando is

famous for.Orlando has a nickname

it is "The Beautiful City" Orlando is

also the fifth city in Florida with the biggest

population.

Florida A-Z Project

2015-05-28 22:42:22 UTC

By Salvatore DiBella (A-M)

and Kiernan Vallone (N-Z)

Apalachee Tribe

2015-05-28 22:43:22 UTC

The Apalachee tribe were very successful at farming. They grew lots of crops. The Apalachee played a game it was played with a small hard ball, a goalpost and a large eagle nest at the top of the post. They tried to throw the hard ball in the nest. The men had to hunt animals and plants. Hunting game them more than just food for one thing it gave them clothes from deer skin and skirts were made from Spanish Moss.

Palm Beach

2015-05-28 22:45:27 UTC

Palm beach was built as a resort by

Henry M. Flagler Palm got it's name

from coconuts. Palm Beach became a

city in 1911. Palm Beach used to be called

Palm City.

Black Seminoles

2015-05-28 22:51:00 UTC

The Black Seminoles built log cabins for shelter. For food the Black Seminoles farmed, hunted and herded cattle and they grew small fields of corn too. The Seminoles living in wet humid areas began to make a similar type of house called a chickee. A chickee s a house with no walls, wooden posts held up its roof which is made from thatch.

Cigar Industry

2015-05-28 22:54:39 UTC

The cigar making industry started when Vicente Martinez Ybor moved to Tampa. He decided to build cigar factories and also Ignacio Haya made a cigar factory too. Tampa then became a good location for cigar factories. Tampa had railroads and ports so people could come to Tampa. Tobacco came from Cuba so that's how they got to make cigarettes.

FLorida Keys

2015-05-28 23:00:58 UTC

The Florida Keys are also part of the Atlantic Coastal Plain. This island chain curves southwest from the southern tip of Florida. The Overseas Highway connects the Keys to the mainland.

Ku Klux Klan

2015-05-28 23:11:55 UTC

Some white Floridians joined groups to terrify African Americans. One of these groups were the Ku Klux Klan. They hurt and sometimes killed African Americans, they would burn their houses down too. They did this to keep African Americans from getting the Civil Rights that they deserved to have.

Land Bust

2015-05-29 00:06:32 UTC

The causes of the land bust were the stock market crashed and railroads were broken. The effects were that people left Florida, businesses failed, and people lost their jobs and homes. People couldn't even buy food to eat. But, Theodore Roosevelt had an idea to recover from the Great Depression, it was called the New Deal. He hired 50,000 workers to do the job. Soon afterward the country was better.

Middle Florida

2015-05-29 00:08:34 UTC

Florida's best farmland was between the Apalachicola and Suwannee Rivers. This area has been known as Middle Florida because it was in the middle of the panhandle. One of the crops grown in Middle Florida was Cotton. That was Florida's most important crop. That is where we get cotton for our clothes. If Middle Florida didn't exist, then it would be hard to get cotton.

Quincy

2015-05-29 18:20:27 UTC

Quincy was named after Jhon

Quincy Adams. It was made a

city in 1828. Quincy also used to

grow a lot of tobacco. In 1996

Quincy was recognized as an All

American City.

Rainbow Springs

2015-05-30 23:51:24 UTC

Rainbow Springs is a state park.

Rainbow Springs got it's name

from producing so much fresh

water that it created a Rainbow

in the river. Rainbow Springs has

around 100 acres of land.

Satsuma

2015-05-31 14:43:09 UTC

A satsuma is a citrus fruit, it is like a orange

but sweeter and tart. Satsumas come from

a tree and are grown all year but are sold in

winter. They are part of the mandarin

orange family. and they are easy to peel.

Universal Studios Florida

2015-05-31 14:59:33 UTC

Universal Studios florida opened 1990 and it produced many famous movies

like Jaws, Jurassic Park one two and three and E.T.

Universal also made a movie called Twister and

built a ride called Twister, that helps you feel like you are in the movie.

The theme park also made a ride that is about the

movie Jaws, but it got taken down to make a Harry

Potter ride.The theme park also made a ride on the

famous cartoon The Simsons that ride is very similar

to the twister ride.

Venice

2015-05-31 18:07:49 UTC

Venice is known for white sandy beaches. Venice is in

Sarasota. It can be called the shark tooth capital of the

World, and they also have a shark tooth festival every

year.

Tampa Bay Rays

2015-05-31 18:30:27 UTC

The Tampa Bay Rays are Tampa bay's baseball team.

The team started in 1998 with Major league baseball.

They at Tropicana Field, in St. Petersburg.

Weeki Wachee

2015-05-31 21:22:40 UTC

Weeki Wachee is a National park

it is known for it's under water

performances done by "mermaids"

(Woman wearing fish tails). Weeki

Wachee means little springs or winding

river. There is also a water park named

buccaneer bay and boat rides are also a

part of the attraction.

Xeriscape

2015-05-31 21:57:56 UTC

Xeriscape is Florida friendly landscaping.

It helps home owners save water and reduce

water pollution. It started in Colorado. University

or Florida Took it to florida

Yo-yo Jam

2015-05-31 22:19:51 UTC

Yoyo jam is a company that makes long spining yo-yos.

Yoyo Jam is located in Yulee Florida. Dale bell is the owner

and designer of yoyo jam.

Zebra longwing

2015-05-31 22:37:10 UTC

A Zebra long wing is the Florida state butterfly.

It was made the state butterfly in 1996.

The butterfly has long black wings and yellow or white stripes.