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Jacksonville Florida

The history of Jacksonville Florida

• The year 1821 marks Florida’s entry to be a U.S. territory. • The city is named after Andrew Jackson, who never set foot in the

town, but went on to become the seventh U.S. President. • Jacksonville exported cotton, lumber, oranges, and vegetables and

received manufactured goods from the North.• Jacksonville was the center of commercial activity in the territory by

the time Florida gained statehood in 1845.

Jacksonville Today• Jacksonville is nearly 900 square miles, and the largest city in land

area in the United States.• In 1993, a major dream was realized when the city was awarded an

NFL franchise, the Jacksonville Jaguars. • Almost 1,000,000 citizens • Sits on the St Johns River • Jacksonville is the leading transportation and distribution hub in the

state of Florida.

Jacksonville Beach

St Augustine Florida

About St Augustine St. Augustine was founded forty-two years before the English colony at

Jamestown, Virginia• Fifty-five years before the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock in

Massachusetts • It is the oldest permanent European in North America• King Phillip II of Spain named Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles, Spain's

most experienced admiral, Governor of Florida, and instructed him to explore and to colonize the territory. • Menendez arrived off the coast of Florida, August 28, 1565, the Feast

Day of St. Augustine..

Castillo de San Marcos

About the Fort • The oldest masonry fort in the continental United States, the Castillo

de San Marcos is a large Spanish stone fortress built to protect and defend Spain's claims in the New World. • It's a National Monument• It is over 315 years old• It's the oldest structure in St. Augustine.

Ponte Vedra Florida

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