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This short REFERENCE PAGE is designed to provide no more than a 'glimpse' of the history of Connecticut,
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Topography: Florida consists of a peninsula stretching south for 350 miles, between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico, and of a long, narrow strip of land running along the Gulf, to a distance of 340 miles from the Atlantic coast line.

The peninsula is about 100 miles in width, and contains nearly four-fifths of the total area, which is 58,680 square miles, or 37,555,200 acres. On all sides but the north, the sea forms the boundary, and the State has 1,146 miles of coast line, but few good harbors.

The Keys and Tortugas are a chain of small coral islands south and southwest of the point of the peninsula. The most important of these is Key West, where a naval station has been established, and where there is a good harbor. The northern division of the State is generally flat and uninteresting; in the centre are many patches of higher ground, which are extremely fertile; and south of latitude 28º the everglades begin. Florida is well watered and has a number of navigable rivers, the principal ones being the St. John's, Appalachicola, Perdido, Charlotte and Suwanee.

The northern division is of limestone formation, and what is knowri as the "Back-bone Ridge," an elevation of 150 to 175 feet, runs down the centre of the peninsula, as far south as Charlotte Harbor. The southern part of a recent coral formation, similar to that of the Keys, and the process of growth is still going on.

Climate: The climate of this State is excellent. Frosts are rare in the north, and unknown in the south, and snow never falls.

The average temperature is about 72º Fahrenheit, the thermometer rarely falling below 30º or rising above 90º, while at Key West the difference between summer and winter temperature does not exceed 15º.

The atmosphere is generally dry and clear, and most of the rainfall, which is about fifty-four inches per annum, is in the summer months.

History: Although Florida has belonged to the Union little more than fifty years, its settlement by white men dates back beyond that of New England, and the quaint old buildings and forts of St. Augustine are among the oldest structures on the continent. Ponce de Leon visited Florida in search of the fabled fountain of eternal youth in 1513, and in 1526 Charles V. of Spain granted to Pamfilo de Narvaez all the territory from Cape Florida to the Rio Panuco.

In 1565 the Spaniards built a fort at St. Augustine, which they held until 1586, when it was captured by Sir Francis Drake. Many French Protestants settled in Florida in 1560-70, and conflicts between them and the Spaniards were frequent. England took nominal possession of the northern coast in 1584. In 1763 Spain ceded the whole territory to Great Britain, in exchange for Cuba, which the British had captured, but, twenty years later, it was retroceded to Spain.

The United States government occupied the principal posts in Florida west of the Perdido river in 1811, and Gen. Jackson captured Pensacola during the second war with England. In 1819 the whole province was ceded to the United States, and a considerable increase in population followed.

The war with the Seminoles, one of the hardest tribes to master that the American army ever fought with, was protracted for many years, 1835-42 being the period of greatest trouble, although the difficulties were not finally overcome until 1858, when the last of the hostile Indians were removed west of the Mississippi.

Florida was admitted as a State March 3, 1845, having been organized as a Territory March 30, 1822. On Jan. 10, 1861, it formally seceded from the Union, and the State authorities seized many of the forts and arsenals. These were captured by the Union forces in the following year, and held until the close of the war.

A provisional governor was appointed in 1865, and the ordinance of secession was repealed in the same year by a State convention held at Tallahassee.

The State was made a part of the third military district in 1867, and on July 4; 1868 - a new constitution having in the meantime been adopted, officers elected, and the constitutional amendments ratified - Florida was again admitted to membership in the Union. Considerable attention has been directed to the State of late years, and the immigration of Northern people has been large.

Population: Census of 1880: Males, 136,444; Females, 133,049; Native, 259,584; Foreign. 9,909; White, 142,605; Colored, 126,888; including 18 Chinese, and 180 Indians and Half-breeds.

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