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100 unusual facts about Florida


2010 NLL season

On August 10, 2009 it was announced that after three seasons in New York, the Titans franchise will be relocating to Orlando, Florida, where they will become the Orlando Titans.

Al Burt

He lived for many years in the picturesque historic town of Melrose, Florida, until declining health dictated a move to the larger city of Jacksonville not long before his death.

Al Rosas

Nicknamed and trademarked as The Organic Chef, he runs the Rosas Farms in Marion County, which produces and sells all grass-fed and organic foods.

Battle of Bloody Marsh

In the ensuing months, Oglethorpe considered counter-attacks against Florida, but circumstances were not favourable.

Battle of Moore's Mill

The Missouri State Militia commanders and Union Volunteers began to converge on Joseph C. Porter’s recruiters and associated guerrillas, fighting small action at Vassar Hill on July 19, Florida on July 22, and Santa Fe on July 24.

Bear Swamp Hydroelectric Power Station

Bear Swamp Generating Station is a pumped-storage hydroelectric underground power station that straddles the Deerfield River in Rowe and Florida, Massachusetts.

Bobby Gates

After leading the Buchholz golf team in scoring average during his senior year, Gates was named Scholar Athlete of the Year for Alachua County, Florida.

Caladium

Every July(the last week-end), a festival is held in Lake Placid, Florida, home to a majority of the world's caladium fields.

Callbox

U.S. highways with callboxes include most of the major highways in California, Florida's Turnpike and Interstate 185 in Georgia.

Carl Barger

Additionally, the Marlins designated the practice areas and fields next to Space Coast Stadium in Viera, Florida, as the Carl F. Barger Baseball Complex.

Chauliodes pectinicornis

pectinicornis has a wide distribution in the eastern United States, from Maine in the north-east to Alachua, Liberty and Santa Rosa counties in Florida to the south-east, and as far west as Kansas.

Chrysler Sebring

The Chrysler Sebring was named after Sebring, Florida, the site of the renowned endurance car race called the 12 Hours of Sebring.

Clark G. Reynolds

Reynolds received the Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature from the Naval Order of the United States, and the Admiral Arthur W. Radford Award for Excellence in Naval Aviation History and Literature from the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation in Pensacola, Florida.

Coton Colors

Coton Colors is a pottery and giftware design and manufacturing company based in Tallahasee, Florida.

DeLeon

De Leon Springs, Florida, a census-designated place in the US state of Florida

Delta Sigma Chi

The founding fathers include Harold Hughes of Medicine Hat, Canada; J.D. Hills of Detroit, Michigan; John Reardon of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Harry Cummings of Fort Lauderdale, Florida and S.E. Julander of Des Moines Iowa.

Dick Briefer

At the time of his death, Briefer was living in the Hollywood / Pembroke Pines area of Broward County, Florida.

Digital Juice, Inc.

Digital Juice was founded in 1992 and was originally based out of Ocala, Florida.

Drew Bundini Brown

Brown, who was born in Midway, Florida, and raised in nearby Sanford, Florida, dropped out of junior high school after the eighth grade.

Duplin County, North Carolina

He migrated to Leon County, Florida, with other North Carolinians in the 1830s-1840s and established a successful cotton plantation called Miccosukee Plantation.

Dust Tracks on a Road

It begins with Hurston's childhood in the black community of Eatonville, Florida, then covers her education at Howard University where she began as a fiction writer, having two stories published under the guidance of Charles S. Johnson.

Economy of the Bahamas

Merchants in southern Florida have found it profitable to advertise in Bahamian publications.

Edward Swann

Swann was buried at the St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery in Fernandina Beach, Nassau County, Florida.

Experimental Skeleton

These flowering locations, such as Ybor City, simultaneously became attractive to developers.

Florida State Road 407

Within the SR 528/SR 407/I-95 triangle is a swampland containing the southern unit of St. Johns National Wildlife Refuge, a popular resting area for migrating birds (the northern unit is two miles (3 km) to the north, adjacent to I-95 and SR 50), and just to the west of the triangle is Tosohatchee Wildlife Management Area, which extends from SR 50 southward to just south of SR 520 in nearby Orange County.

Florida State Road 590

Along Northeast Coachman Road, SR 590 runs northeast as it intersects another major county road known as CR 501 (Belcher Road), which runs from Gulfport to Tarpon Springs.

Florida State Road 814

Afterward, SR 816 borders the former CDP of Ramblewood East.

Freemanville, Alabama

For the black settlement in Florida see Freemanville, Florida

Fuller Warren

During his term, Warren set the foundations for the state's turnpike system, began the Florida reforestation program, instituted quality control programs on Florida's citrus crops, and signed a law that forbade cattle from wandering freely (as they damaged crops).

George W. Jenkins

He was transferred to the company's largest store in Winter Haven, which he managed for four years.

Gerardo Pelusso

Gerardo Cono Pelusso Boyrie (born February 25, 1954 in Florida), is a Uruguayan football manager.

Godfrey Darbishire

It was while living in Polk County that Darbishire died on 29 October 1889, after becoming ill from exposure while on a small boat in the sea off Key West; he was 36 years of age.

Goldsboro, Florida

Goldsboro is a community and former town Seminole County, Florida founded in 1891, and one of the oldest African-American-founded communities in the United States.

GP16

The first GP16 emerged from SCL's Uceta (Tampa) shop in June 1979 while the last was placed into service during November 1982.

Gus C. Henderson

Born near Lake City in Columbia County, Florida, Gus C. Henderson would remain in his home town for twenty years.

Hamilton University

CBS News reported in 2004 that Hamilton was operated by Rudy Marn of Key West, Florida.

Harold Trowbridge Pulsifer

Harold Trowbridge Pulsifer (born November 18, 1886 Manchester, Connecticut - 1948 Sarasota, Florida) was an American poet and magazine editor.

Henry James Thomas

Henry “Hank” James Thomas was born on August 29, 1941 in Jacksonville, Florida.

Hey Monday discography

This following is a comprehensive listing of official releases by Hey Monday, a four-piece American pop punk band, formed in 2008 in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Holly Merrill Raschein

Holly Merrill Raschein (born December 16, 1980) is a Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing the 120th District, which includes Monroe County and southern Miami-Dade County, since 2012.

Howard Thurman House

The Howard Thurman House is the historic home of Howard Thurman in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States.

Hurricane Wilma

In other areas of Central Florida, schools were closed in Flagler, Lake, Orange, and Volusia counties.

Introspection Rundown

Church parishioner Lisa McPherson had a car accident in Clearwater, Florida on 18 November 1995, while studying at Scientology headquarters.

Jaguarundi

Their presence in Florida is said to have been the work of a writer who at some point imported the animals from their native habitat and released them near his hometown of Chiefland and in other locations across the state.

Jake Raburn

In 2012, following the reconfiguration of the Florida House of Representatives districts, Raburn ran in the newly created 57th District, which was based in the rural, eastern parts of Hillsborough County.

James A. Drake

Drake and his wife, Magali (Garriga) Drake, reside in Viera, Florida.

James Horgan

James J. Horgan, PhD was a history professor at St. Leo College in San Antonio, Florida for 35 years, a historical society president, a Florida Historical Society board member, a prolific author and an NAACP chapter founder.

Jeff Faine

Faine is a 1999 graduate of Seminole High School in Sanford, Florida.

John O. Simonds

Pelican Bay, located in Naples, Florida, became one of Simonds' great large-scale projects.

John W. Holland

Holland assumed senior status on July 1, 1955, and remained on the court until his death in Coral Gables in 1969.

Joseph Bowne Elwell

Elwell ultimately became wealthy enough to own property in Palm Beach, 20 horses, 5 cars, and a yacht.

Joseph D. Pistone

Pistone was responsible for a lucrative business venture in Holiday, Florida, when he opened and operated the King's Court Bottle Club.

Joseph L. Carwise Middle School

Joseph L. Carwise Middle School is a grade 6–8 middle school in Palm Harbor, Florida.

Joseph Urban

Most of Urban's architectural work in the United States has been demolished, with the exceptions of Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida and The New School and the base of The Hearst Tower in New York City.

Kathleen Passidomo

In 2010, incumbent Republican State Representative Tom Grady declined to seek another term in the House, Passidomo ran to succeed him in District 76, which included Collier County.

Ken Dorsey

For a brief time, Dorsey was the quarterbacks coach for the Lakewood Ranch Mustang's high school football team in Lakewood Ranch, Florida.

Kilcrease Light Artillery

Headed by Captain Patrick Houston and Captain Frederick L. Villepigue, it was formed in Leon County, Florida in the spring of 1863 upon the dividing of the Leon Light Artillery.

Lippincott Mansion

The Lippincott Mansion (also known as the Melrose Hall) is a historic site in Ormond Beach, Florida, United States.

Lucien Lagrange Architects

The firm has been selected as architects of the St. Regis Resort & Residences, Bal Harbour in Bal Harbour, Florida for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide.

Luis Gil

Gil, who has partial Mexican ancestry through his father, attended the IMG Soccer Academy in Bradenton, Florida in 2008 as a youth player.

Marine current power

A 2006 report from United States Department of the Interior estimates that capturing just 1/1,000th of the available energy from the Gulf Stream, which has 21,000 times more energy than Niagara Falls in a flow of water that is 50 times the total flow of all the world’s freshwater rivers, would supply Florida with 35% of its electrical needs.

Marvin Karlins

Dr. Karlins is currently Professor of Management in the College of Business at the University of South Florida and lives in Riverview, Florida with his wife, Edyth, and daughter, Amber Nicole.

Mary Hartline

The Donohues were yachting enthusiasts and fixtures of the "old money" set in Palm Beach and Southampton, where Mary remained for many years.

Meteorological history of Hurricane Jeanne

Upon moving inland in east-central Florida, the hurricane produced a storm tide of up to 10 feet (3 m) in St. Lucie County.

MV John Hamilton Gray

The vessel was overhauled at a shipyard in Les Méchins, Quebec, and departed for West Palm Beach, Florida, in November, no longer a ferry but a casino cruise ship.

Nebahat Çehre

She also represented Turkey in the Miss Universe 1965 beauty pageant which took place on 24 July 1965 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.

Old Hernando Elementary School

The Old Hernando Elementary School (also known as the Lakeview School) is a historic site in Hernando, Florida, United States.

Paul Reinman

Reinman's sister Alice and her husband Alex Leopold moved to Boca Raton, Florida, in Palm Beach County, and Reinman, following the death of wife Dora in 1967 and his leaving comics in the mid-1970s, settled nearby with his second wife, Celia.

PBA Flight 1039

PBA Flight 1039 was an Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante that was operated by Provincetown-Boston Airline on a scheduled passenger flight from Jacksonville International Airport in Jacksonville, Florida, to Tampa International Airport in Tampa, Florida.

Peter P. McCann

Peter P. McCann, of University Park, Florida, is a philatelist who has supported the hobby of philately on a national scale.

Phi Delta Slam

Phi Delta Slam appeared with the South Florida based Coastal Championship Wrestling promotion throughout 2004.

Randy Wayne White

A resident of Southwest Florida since 1972, he currently lives on Pine Island, Florida, where he is active in South Florida civic affairs and with the restaurant Doc Ford's Sanibel Rum Bar & Grill on nearby Sanibel Island.

Reuben's Restaurant

Arnold Reuben retired to Palm Beach, where he died on December 31, 1970 at the age of 87.

Robert R. Merhige, Jr.

One of Merhige's orders in that case was overturned on appeal on June 6, 1972, but not before influencing that year's presidential primary in Miami Beach, Florida.

SENSOR-Pesticides

In February 2005, three infants were born with birth defects to migrant farmworkers within eight weeks of each other in Collier County, Florida.

Sergei Raad

He moved to the United States in 1995 after his Russian club team came to Orlando, Florida to play in a tournament; he was sponsored by a local family and obtained a student visa so he could learn English, and eventually took on the surname of his adoptive family, Raad.

Sisco, Florida

During the 1920s, there was a steamboat stop along Dunn's Creek that provided wood and water to the ships loaded with citrus and it was used also as a post office for the towns of Pomona and Cisco.

Stan Drake

He was a prolific painter and created portraits of more than 40 cartoonists, work displayed at the Comic Artist's Museum in Sarasota, Florida.

Statutory college

Starting in 2004, the Miller School began offering instruction on the campus of Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida.

Tex Maule

Hamilton Prieleaux Bee Maule, commonly known as Tex Maule (May 19, 1915 in Ojus, Florida — May 16, 1981) was the lead American football writer for Sports Illustrated in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.

The Edwardians

Through her own novel Orlando, the protagonist of which is wholly based on Vita, she inspired her to write a novel about Knole House and her childhood experiences there herself.

The Lady in the Bottle

He says goodbye, and heads for home; but he doesn't see that the girl, smoking inside her bottle, rolls it into his duffel bag and returns to Cocoa Beach, Florida with him.

The Love Doctors

Since 1994, the charity has raised over one million dollars for children and families in the listening area (Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River, and Okeechobee Counties).

The Rise of David Levinsky

The musical was performed again by the New Vista Theatre Company in Boynton Beach, Florida, in March 2007.

Tony McDaniel

On Saturday, February 6, 2010 McDaniel was arrested on the charge of domestic battery against his girlfriend which allegedly occurred in the driveway of his Broward County Florida residence.

Torbert

The original tree was grown from a seed planted on the property of Tommy Torbert in Goulds, Florida during the 1940s.

Graftwood was given to the University of Miami's Experimental Farm in Perrine, Florida as well as to individuals in the area, and several trees were planted in home gardens around Miami-Dade County.

Tour de Turtles

After departing from some of the most important nesting sites in the Western Hemisphere, typically Vero Beach, Florida and Melbourne Beach, Florida, sea turtles will be monitored using Platform Terminal Transmitter (PTT) that send signals via satellite to record their locations and the distances traveled.

Troy Gentile

Gentile was born in Boca Raton, Florida, the son of Debbie Gentile, who once worked at the advertising department of the Boca Raton News, He moved to Los Angeles with his family when he was four.

U.S. Route 1 in New York

U.S. Route 1 (US 1) is a part of the U.S. Highway System that runs from Key West, Florida, to the Canada–United States border at Fort Kent, Maine.

Unsung Zeros

Unsung Zeros was a rock band that formed in 1998 in Orlando, Florida USA.

WALQ

In October 1999, Hughey Communications, Inc., made a deal to sell the station to Progressive United Communications, Inc., of Heathrow, Florida.

Walter Gassire

Born in Florida, Gassire began playing football with the youth teams of C.A. Peñarol.

Westchase

Westchase, Florida, a census-designated place in Hillsborough County, near Tampa

WFKZ

Licensed to Plantation Key, Florida, USA, the station serves the Florida Keys area.

WGCT

WTBT-LD, a low-power television station (channel 45) licensed to serve Tampa, Florida, which held the call sign WGCT-LP or WGCT-LD from 2007 to 2012

WGPS

WGPS-LP, a low-power television station (channel 22) licensed to serve Fort Myers, Florida, United States

William R. Royal

He moved to Manatee County, Florida during the Great Depression and operated a passenger airplane service in the Bahamas and Cuba in the late 1930s.

Williford

Williford, Florida, an unincorporated community in Gilchrist County, Florida

Yamato Colony

Yamato Colony, Florida, an early 20th-century Japanese agricultural community between Boca Raton and Delray Beach


2009 Sony Ericsson Open

The 2009 Sony Ericsson Open was the 25th edition of the Miami Masters tournament and was held at Tennis Center at Crandon Park, Key Biscayne near Miami, Florida.

Aging with Dignity

Founding advisory board members include former Florida Governors Lawton Chiles, Jeb Bush, and Bob Graham, Assistant Secretary on Aging Josefina Carbonell and US Senator Bill Nelson among others.

Apalachicola Regional Airport

He was survived by his wife Donna, of Pensacola, Florida, and his mother, Mrs. Katherine Neale, of Avalon, Pennsylvania.

Austin M. Knight

Born in Ware, Massachusetts to future American Civil War veteran Charles Sanford Knight and Cordelia Cutter Knight, Austin Melvin Knight was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy from Florida on June 30, 1869, graduating in 1873.

Barend du Plessis

He also ran as the NP candidate in Florida in the same year and snatched the seat from the United Party.

Bold Alligator

Bold Alligator 2012 was held ashore and afloat, in and off the coasts of Virginia, North Carolina, and Florida, and it culminated in three large-scale operations - an amphibious assault at Camp Lejeune; an aerial assault from the sea into Fort Pickett; and an amphibious raid on Joint Expeditionary Base East.

Bronson-Mulholland House

Judge Isaac H. Bronson probably first considered moving to Palatka, Florida in 1852 when the "Palatka Tract" of about 1,220 acres was conveyed in trust to him by three prominent Palatka families - the Reids, the Carrs, and the Burts.

Broward

Napoleon B. Broward (1857–1910), the Florida governor after which the county is named

Carlos Mario Jiménez

On June 14, 2010, the Center for Justice & Accountability along with the law firm of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati instituted a civil action in the Southern District of Florida against Macaco alleging torture, extrajudicial killing, war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Citrus Hill

The launch of Citrus Hill occurred when P&G acquired Florida-based Ben Hill Griffin Inc. and created a brand to sell its juice products under, with national distribution.

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Badge

The "crab", as it is commonly known, is the only joint service badge and can only be earned upon successful completion of the 38 week course at the Naval School of Explosive Ordnance Disposal located at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.

F. aurea

Ficus aurea, the Florida strangler fig, golden fig or higuerón, a tree species native to Florida, the northern and western Caribbean, southern Mexico and Central America south to Panama

First Coast Outer Beltway

The beltway when finished will contain 13 interchanges and a new bridge across the St. Johns River near Green Cove Springs, Florida (currently known as the Shands Bridge).

Fivay High School

Fivay High School was designed by Florida-based architecture firm Harvard Jolly.

Florida State Capitol

On the northeast corner of the Capitol Complex is the Florida Sri Chinmoy Peace State Marker.

Gainesville Airport

Gainesville Regional Airport in Gainesville, Florida, United States (IATA/FAA: GNV)

Gerry Droller

During 1960 and 1961, Droller organized the setting up of training camps for Cuban exiles at Useppa Island, Florida, and at Retalhuleu, Guatemala by arrangement with Guatemalan president Miguel Ydigoras.

H. vulgaris

Hydrocotyle vulgaris, the marsh pennywort, a small creeping perennial herb species native to North Africa, Europe, Florida and west to the Caspian region

Hector MacQueen

Stetson University College of Law, Florida, appointed him Distinguished International Professor 2007-2009, and he taught European Copyright Law there.

Jacksonville Landing

The Landing hosts more than 300 events each year including Florida/Georgia Weekend Celebrations, the annual Christmas Tree Lighting, New Year’s Eve and Gator Bowl Celebrations, St. Patrick’s Day, the Jacksonville Jazz Festival and July 4th fireworks.

James Alderman

On the afternoon of August 7, 1927, Alderman and his associate Robert Weech were intercepted by a Coast Guard cutter in the waters between Florida and Bimini.

Jason Varitek

His Lake Brantley High School baseball team won the Florida State Championship his senior year in 1990 and was named the number one high school baseball team in the nation by a USA Today poll.

Least Bittern

A dark rufous morph, "neoxenus", termed "Cory's Bittern" or "Cory's Least Bittern" was originally described by Cory as a separate species in 1885, from a specimen collected on or near the Caloosahatchee River, near Lake Okeechobee, in southwest Florida; Cory stated that the specimen was "without doubt perfectly distinct from any other known species".

M. Athalie Range

Athalie Range (Born Mary Athalie Wilkinson on November 7, 1915 in Key West, Florida- November 14, 2006 in Miami, Florida) was a civil rights activist and politician who was the first African-American to serve on the Miami, Florida City Commission, and the first African-American since Reconstruction and the first woman to head a Florida state agency, the Department of Community Affairs.

Marlins Television Network

From 1993 to 2005, the Marlins Television Network aired games to homes not only in South Florida but to other parts of Florida.

MV Mercedes I

She was caught in a storm while at anchor off Palm Beach, Florida on 23 November 1984, and was driven ashore where she crashed into the seawall front of the home of Palm Beach socialite, Mollie Wilmot, who served the 12 Venezzuelan sailors caviar, finger sandwiches and freshly brewed coffee in her gazebo, offered martinis to journalists and photographers, and granted the stranded Venezuelans access to her swimming pool.

Ochrotrichia apalachicola

It is only known from a single adult male collected from a cold spring-fed stream in the Apalachicola National Forest, Florida.

Ocoee High School

The Marching Band has performed in the Cotton Bowl Music Festival, the Florida Citrus Parade, the Ikea Thanksgiving Parade, multiple Under Armour Football All-American Games that were broadcast on Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN), multiple Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parades at Universal Studios Florida, and the New York City Veteran's Day Parade.

Pam Bondi

On November 2, 2010, she defeated Democratic State Senator Dan Gelber by a 55% to 41% margin to become the Attorney General of the State of Florida.

Paul C. Donnelly

Gilruth sent Donnelly to Cape Canaveral, Florida in 1959, where he served as a capsule (spacecraft) test conductor for all Project Mercury and Gemini launches.

Phil Spitalny

Phil Spitalny (November 7, 1890, Tetiev, Ukraine (territory of Russian Empire) – October 11, 1970, Miami Beach, Florida) was a musician, music critic, composer and bandleader heard often on radio during the 1930s and 1940s.

Rembert W. Patrick

Rembert Wallace Patrick (1909–1967) was a historian, longtime University of Florida history professor, and prolific author of works on Florida's history, particularly the Reconstruction Era.

Rick Doblin

In the early 1980s, Doblin owned and operated a company called Abraxas Construction, located in the Sarasota, Florida area, which specialized in relocating houses.

Rokni Haerizadeh

Haerizadeh is in a number of notable collections globally, namely the Tate Modern, London, UK, Rosenblum Collection, Paris, France, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran, Charles Saatchi Collection, London, UK, JP Morgan Collection, NY, USA, Devi Art Foundation, Delhi, India, British Museum, London, UK, Francois Pinault Collection, Paris, France, Rubell Family Collection, Florida, USA, UCCA, Beijing.

Roy Powell

His composition "Bow Out" was adapted with a piece by David Bedford by the American choreographer Val Caniparoli to create the ballet piece "Bow Out", performed by ballet companies in Oakland, Richmond, Cincinnati and Florida.

Salsa d'Haïti

Additionally, jet-powered aircraft were to be added in 2011 to serve international destinations in Kingston, Jamaica and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

Scientology in the United States

Among these documents was a plan to frame Gabe Cazares, the mayor of the city of Clearwater, Florida, with a staged hit-and-run accident; plans to discredit the skeptical organization CSICOP by spreading rumors that it was a front for the CIA; and a project called "Operation Freakout," aimed at ruining the life of author Paulette Cooper, author of an early book critical of the movement, The Scandal of Scientology.

Seiler

Jack Seiler (born 1963), American politician and Mayor of Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Statewide opinion polling for the Republican Party presidential primaries, April 2012

Haley Barbour of Mississippi, Jeb Bush of Florida, Chris Christie of New Jersey, Jim DeMint of South Carolina, Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota, Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and John Thune of South Dakota all succeeded in leading polls in their home states at some point in 2011, although only Pawlenty actually launched a campaign.

Thomas Shea

In 2004, he was the Florida campaign director for the Democratic national ticket of John Kerry and John Edwards.

Twisted Issues

Twisted Issues is a 1988 splatter film billed as a 'psycho-punk splatter-comedy,' It featured Gainesville, Florida punk bands such as Psychic Violents, Young Pioneers, Mutley Chix, Doldrums, Just Demi-gods, Cindy Brady's Lisp, Officer Friendly, and the Smegmas, as well as local speed metal band Hellwitch avante gard incidental music by The Bill Perry Orchestra.

United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 1880

The Democrats had gained complete control of Florida's congressional delegation in 1878, although the results of the election in the 2nd district were successfully challenged, so that a single Republican represented Florida in the House for the last two months of the 46th Congress.

WFSU

WFSU-TV, a television station (channel 11 analog/32 digital) licensed to Tallahassee, Florida, United States

William V. Chappell, Jr.

The Port Orange Causeway, spanning the Halifax River, in Port Orange, Florida, was named the Congressman William V. Chappell Jr. Memorial Bridge by the Florida Legislature in 1989.

Wilson Creek Bridge

The bridge was designed by Florida-based Figg Engineering Group and built by PCL Civil Constructors Inc., a subsidiary of PCL Constructors Inc. at a cost of US$17.4 million.

Yossi Gestetner

In early 2010, Gestetner led a PR effort in a campaign asking then-Florida Governor Charlie Crist to grant a 60-day clemency to Martin Grossman to make times for a court appeal.

Zach Azzanni

He was also the wide receivers coach at the University of Florida under former Florida coach, Urban Meyer.