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  2. History of Brevard County, Florida - Wikipedia

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    The area which today is Brevard County was probably not coastal at this period in time. The coast of Florida was about 100 miles (160 km) wider and the Indian River was simply a lower point on dry land. After a few thousand years, perhaps by around 3000 B.C. peninsular Florida resembled the land of today; in shape, climate, fauna, and flora.

  3. Charlie Blackwell-Thompson - Wikipedia

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    Charlie Blackwell-Thompson is an American engineer. Blackwell-Thompson is the launch director for NASA's Exploration Ground Systems Program, based at NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC). [1] She oversaw the countdown and liftoff of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft during its first flight test, called Artemis 1. [2]

  4. Timeline of Florida history - Wikipedia

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    July 21: Escambia County and St. John's County, Florida's first two counties are established. December 31: Andrew Jackson leaves office as the governor of Florida. 1822. March 30: Florida Territory is organized combining East Florida and West Florida. April 17: Florida's first civilian governor, William Pope Duval takes office.

  5. 1998 Florida wildfires - Wikipedia

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    Cause. Lightning. The 1998 Florida wildfires, sometimes referred to as the Florida Firestorm, was a wildfire event involving several thousand separate woodland and mixed urban-rural wildfires which wrought severe damage during the summer months of 1998. Wildfires sparked mainly by lightning threatened to converge into single, vast blazes ...

  6. Linden, Florida - Wikipedia

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    Linden has a very rich history, dating back to the mid-19th century. Linden was all owned by a family of farmers named Morgan. It went on that way for twenty years until John Morgan sold a large portion of land to unknown buyers. Over 230 acres (0.93 km 2) are still owned by the Morgans. It is the largest land ownership in Linden.

  7. List of African American newspapers in Florida - Wikipedia

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    The People's Journal [41] 1883 [42] 1893 [39] Weekly [40] LCCN sn95026045. OCLC 32633998. Published by J.W. Thompson, who formerly published the Progressive Age at Columbus, Georgia. [40] [42] Only African American paper in Jacksonville to survive the 1888 yellow fever epidemic.

  8. FSView & Florida Flambeau - Wikipedia

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    FSView & Florida Flambeau. The FSView & Florida Flambeau is a for-profit newspaper owned by the Gannett Company that covers the on-campus events, happenings, and trends of the Florida State University as well as concerts, museum and art exhibits, movies, literature and poetry readings, and other events from the larger Tallahassee community.

  9. Florida Man (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Release. April 13, 2023. ( 2023-04-13) Florida Man is an American crime drama television limited series created by Donald Todd, who serves as an executive producer alongside Jason Bateman, Michael Costigan, and Miguel Arteta. It stars Édgar Ramírez as an ex-cop who is sent back to his home state of Florida to solve a case.