History The City of Bradenton is the seat of Manatee County, Florida. The earliest human settlement in Bradenton dates back thousands of years ago before Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto arrived...
History The City of Bradenton is the seat of Manatee County, Florida. The earliest human settlement in Bradenton dates back thousands of years ago before Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto arrived...
History Tocobagan Indians first inhabited Clearwater long before the Europeans came and settled in the area in the 1830s. Dr. Odet Philippe, a French surgeon was the first European settler in...
History Immigrants, mostly composed of the Greeks, came around in the 1880s and settled in Tarpon Springs. The seabed has a lot of sponges which caught the attention of the Greeks, whose occupation...
History St. Petersburg was founded by John Williams of Detroit and Peter Demens. General John Williams bought over 2,000 acres of land on Tampa bay and envisioned a city of parks and broad streets...
History Panfilo de Narvaez was the first Spanish explorer to land in Tampa Bay area in 1528. No permanent habitats had been made, but in 1824, the US federal government established for the Seminole...
History Punta Gorda or “Fat point” in English is the oldest city in Charlotte County. Originally named Town of Trabue, after the city’s first settler, founder and developer, Punta Gorda is a...
History Pine island is a 17 mile long island, off Florida’s coast with vibrant history and rich natural treasures. Calusa Indians were the first known inhabitant from 300 AD to 1513. The Calusas...
History In the late 1880s, the former Confederate general and Kentucky U.S. Senator John Stuart Williams and Louiseville businessman Walter Haldeman instituted Naples. From the 1870s to the...