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Punta Gorda
On the southern banks of the Peace River and the shores of...
Arcadia
The county seat of DeSoto County, Arcadia is one of the ol...
Sebastian
Sebastian, located in an area of prehistoric Ais Indian cu...
Winter Haven
Located in eastern Polk County, Winter Haven is a small, h...
New Smyrna Beach
New Smyrna Beach, situated between Cape Canaveral to the s...
Cassadaga
The town of Cassadaga, located approximately ten miles sou...
DeLand
The county seat of Volusia County, DeLand is located in an...
Flagler Beach
The sands of Flagler Beach stretch like a blanket for six ...
Micanopy
Founded shortly after Spain relinquished Florida to the Un...
Gainesville
The county seat of Alachua County, Gainesville is best kno...
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Punta Gorda
On the southern banks of the Peace River and the shores of Charlotte Harbor is the city of Punta Gorda, meaning "wide point" in Spanish. A site of early European contact with resident Native Americans, white settlers began settling to ...
Arcadia
The county seat of DeSoto County, Arcadia is one of the oldest towns in the South Florida interior. Situated along the banks of the Peace River, it was originally home to a scattering of Native Americans in the sixteenth century, ...
Sebastian
Sebastian, located in an area of prehistoric Ais Indian culture, emerged as a fishing and agricultural community and a trading post in nineteenth century Florida. The first white settler to arrive to this stretch of the Indian River was a ...
Winter Haven
Located in eastern Polk County, Winter Haven is a small, historic community founded in the nineteenth century. Columbus Thornhill, a Confederate veteran, arrived in the region with his family in 1865, eventually settling along the shores of Lake Howard. Several ...
New Smyrna Beach
New Smyrna Beach, situated between Cape Canaveral to the south and Daytona Beach to the north, may be a part of Florida's "Space Coast," but the city is hardly "new," as its name suggests. The city's long history dates back ...
Cassadaga
The town of Cassadaga, located approximately ten miles south of DeLand, is home to the oldest Spiritualist community in the Southeastern United States. Prevalent in the nineteenth century, Spiritualists professed a belief that the dead could communicate with the living ...
DeLand
The county seat of Volusia County, DeLand is located in an area first known as Persimmon Hollow, so named for the abundance of persimmon trees that surrounded natural springs. The name changed in 1876 when Industrialist Henry DeLand, a baking-soda ...
Flagler Beach
The sands of Flagler Beach stretch like a blanket for six miles between the Atlantic coast and historic State Road A1A-Florida's version of Route 66. The beach is named in honor of Henry Flagler, the oil tycoon who spent his ...
Micanopy
Founded shortly after Spain relinquished Florida to the United States in 1821, Micanopy became the first distinct U.S. town in the new Florida territory. Named in honor of a Seminole chief, the town traces its origins to an Indian village ...
Gainesville
The county seat of Alachua County, Gainesville is best known as the home of the University of Florida Gators and the birthplace of Gatorade. But the city has much more to offer visitors. It is home to a rich array ...
