History of Florida
Treasure Coasts
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Not until the 1880s would the peninsula to the south begin to reveal its tremendous treasures. At this time, two millionaires with dreams as grand as Ponce de Leon’s made accessible the sea-surrounded paradise and set in motion a land development that, though it has had some tough moments of hesitation, has steamrolled through the 20th century.
Steady Growth
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In 1845, Florida became a state with a plantation-type economy and a population centered mostly in its northern regions.
Statehood
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In the early days of its existence, the fledgling United States government carried out a policy of displacement and extermination against the American Indians in the eastern US, systematically removing them from the path of “white” settlement.
Resettlement
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Around 1700 the lands vacated by the original inhabitants attracted native indian people from Georgia and Alabama. They came to Florida to avoid the European intrusion into their homelands.Many were Maskókî speakers,
Modern Times
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In less than a century, a land “unfit for human habitation” has been turned in to the permanent home of over a million people and the winter residence of tens of thousands more.
