by Jennifer Gihon

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2015-05-18 18:36:53 UTC

St. Augustine is the oldest fort in the

U.S. and in Florida. It is a big tourist attraction.

It is also a important part of Florida's history. Many battles

were there but no ever beat the fort. The big walls were a big protector. It was fouded 1565.

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2015-05-18 18:44:07 UTC

The Everglades are a big home to animals.

They are home to alligators and crocodiles.

It is mostly swampy there. People can go and

seenature in action. It is also very pretty.

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2015-05-18 18:45:16 UTC

Fish are all around Florida. There are all kinds of fish in Florida. A famous one is the mahi mahi dolphin.

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2015-05-18 18:53:22 UTC

Gators are found in Florida. They are mostly

live in the Everglades. They like swampy places.

When you think of Florida you think of gators.

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2015-05-19 18:43:24 UTC

Hurricanes where really bad when

people moved to Florida. They didn't

know about them. They wipped out millions of people.

Many went with out homes.

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2015-05-19 19:02:28 UTC

lots of immigrants mostly come from

Cuba. They bring lots of different kinds of cultures to Florida.One of there culture dances is the conga.

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2015-05-21 14:32:27 UTC

Juan ponce de Leone is the one who found

Florida. when he found it he named it ''La

Floreda.'' he didn't know it was the time of Easter

that is why it was so beautiful.

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2015-05-21 14:37:48 UTC

Kennedy Space Center is a space museum

in Florida. It holds the first space ship in space.

it is a important part of Florida and the U.S

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2015-05-21 14:42:16 UTC

A land boom is when a sudden increase for both demand for and the price of the land. A land boom happened after the end of world war 1. After the war things were great and people started to stay here in flordia and buy land. That is how the land boom happened.

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2015-05-21 14:54:05 UTC

NASA is a program that sends space shuttles

In 1986 a space shuttle broke after 73 sec. after

being launched. They closed NASA was closed for 3

years.

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2015-05-21 17:27:25 UTC

Manatees have been around in Florida

forever. They migrate very far in the winter.

You can see them in springs. When they

migrate they go all around Flordia.

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2015-05-21 18:54:49 UTC

Oranges are a big thing in Florida. When you see a

license plate on a car you might see a orange. They are a big citrus in

Florida. Many people how could not get oranges got it from Florida.

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2015-05-21 18:56:46 UTC

Henry Plant was a important person in

history. He built many railroads for Flordia.

He helped us get more tourist in Flordia. He also built steam boats that brought supplies to people working in buildings.

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2015-05-21 20:54:57 UTC

Alan Shepard was the first american to travel to space.The Mercury flight was designed to enter space. He was the commander of the Apollo 14 mission. After he became the fifth and oldest person to walk on the moon. He walked on the moon 2 times.

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2015-05-21 21:35:40 UTC

Tallahassee is Florida's capital.

It was discovered in1823. Both St. Augustine

and pensacola competted to become the

state capital. They couldn't agree, so it was decided

to locate the capital in between the 2 cities. The capital

was Tallahassee.

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2015-05-21 22:55:27 UTC

Vero beach is a great place to relax. It is also a beutiful beach. Lots of people go there every day. Lots of beaches are a nice tourist attraction especially in florida.Lots of people like our beaches because they are nice and hot. If you want to come and relax or play in the sand either way you'll still get what you want.

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2015-05-21 22:55:55 UTC

Walt Disney World is a huge tourist attraction. People come

all over the world to go to it. everyday there is more then 100,000,000

people go to it every year.

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2015-05-21 22:56:03 UTC

Xylophanes tersa is a a moth found in florida. It can also be called Tersa Sphinx. it is box the Sphingidae family.

The adults feed on the nectar of flowers.

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2015-05-21 22:56:20 UTC

Yellow Fever epidemic struck 40%

of Jacksonville population in 1888.The disease is caused by the yellow fever virus

and is spread by the bite of the female mosquito. It killed 450 people. It infected 4700 more.

The outbreak was so bad it prompted nearly every city in the south to band

jacksonville residents from seeking refuge.

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2015-05-21 22:56:29 UTC

General Zachary Taylor commanded

forces against seminoles at lake

okeechobee in 1837. He was the 12 th

president of the United States. He also fought

in the Mexican American War. Before he was president,he was rising to a rank of a

major general.

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2015-05-26 14:38:00 UTC

Beaches are all over Florida. People come all over

to go to them. beaches are huge tourist attraction in Florida. Lots of people from the north like to come and warm up at are beaches.

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2015-05-26 14:39:55 UTC

Culture makes Florida different. With culture you can discover different things. Others can share their culture with others. Culture helps florida have different foods and traditions.

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2015-05-26 14:42:37 UTC

The Daytona 500 is a tourist attraction in Florida.

People come all over to see the races in Daytona. The Daytona 500 is a 500-mile-long motor race held annually at Daytona International Speed way in Daytona Beach Florida.

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2015-05-28 00:46:55 UTC

Railroads are all over Florida from Henry Flagler. Also from other railroad makers. Henry Flagler made railroads all the way to Miami and Palm Beach.

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2015-05-29 18:49:08 UTC

Universal is another great tourist attraction. It is like Disney but has more roller coasters. Opened on June 7, 1990. In 2013, the park hosted an estimated 7.06 million guests, ranking it the eighth-most visited theme park in the United States, and ranking it sixteenth worldwide.

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2015-05-31 15:10:21 UTC

Quartz is a type of crystal found

in Florida.The word crystal comes from a Greek word "krystallos", meaning frozen light. Crystals may be totally clear or they could have streaks, lines, rainbows and many more things. Quartz sand can be used to make glass and it can also polish things.