THIS DAY IN THE HISTORY OF THE SUNSHINE STATE (Post appears one day before the actual date) JANUARY 25 1814 Petitioners representing the “Republic of East Florida” asked Congress to admit their republic, with its capital at Fernandina, into the Union. They were unsuccessful in their quest. See libcom.org/history/patriot-war-florida-manifest-destiny-slavery-covert-intervention-us-imperialism 1834 Hillsborough County, the state’s eighteenth county, was created today by the Florida Legislature. It is named for Wills Hills, the Earl of Hillsborough. Hillsborough, who owned a large land grant in Florida, dispatched the surveyor Bernard Romans to explore the east and west coast of Florida. He described Tampa Bay as a body of water well-suited for large ships and which could supply them from the surrounding countryside. County Seat: Tampa See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough_County,_Florida 1842 Company B, K, and part of Company G of the 2nd U. S. Infantry, commanded by Major Joseph Plympton, were attacked today at Haw Creek, a branch of the Wahoo Swamp. One enlisted man was killed and two others wounded. Two Seminole warriors were captured. See flaglerlibraryfriend/holden/Haw%20Creek/Haw%20Creek.htm 1851 John Beard was sworn into office as Florida’s Comptroller today. 1895 James J. Corbett knocked out Charley Mitchell to retain his heavyweight boxing title in a bout fought in Jacksonville today. The fight lasted three rounds. See boxrec/media/index.php/James_J._Corbett_vs._Charley_Mitchell 1963 Flagler College, located in the old Ponce de Leon Hotel built by Henry Flagler, was chartered today in St. Augustine. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagler_College 1984 NASA scientists and engineers were delighted with President Ronald Reagan’s announcement today that he fully endorsed the development of a permanently manned U.S. space station. The development of such a space station would mean hundreds of new jobs at the Cape Canaveral launch facility in Brevard County.
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