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2 unusual facts about West Florida


West Florida

The capital of the Republic of West Florida was St. Francisville in present-day Louisiana, on a bluff along the Mississippi River.

The Republic of West Florida Historical Museum is located in Jackson run by the Republic of West Florida Historical Association.



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Florida Parishes

The flag of the Republic of West Florida, which is often identified with the Bonnie Blue Flag of the Civil War era, flies on many public buildings in the Florida Parishes.

Hemingway House

Ernest Hemingway House, Key West, Florida, NRHP-listed, also known as Hemingway House & Museum

John McKee

Folch had in the meantime rescinded his offer to surrender West Florida to the United States, having received money and orders from Veracruz.

José Masot

He was West Florida's governor through much of the First Seminole War, until he was deposed by American general Andrew Jackson and replaced with William King.

KAAY

Its nighttime signal extended well beyond Little Rock and Arkansas, covering much of the Great Plains, North Central, and mid-south regions of the United States, leading to its sobriquet "The Mighty Ten Ninety." KAAY could be heard clearly at night in Key West, Florida, and as far to the northwest as Jamestown, North Dakota.

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.

Paul Hardin, Jr.

He was Bishop of the Alabama-West Florida Annual Conference of the Methodist Church in 1963 when he joined seven other white clergymen to write the letter A Call For Unity, making a thinly veiled reference to Martin Luther King, Jr. King replied to this letter with his Letter from Birmingham Jail.

Republic of West Florida

In the meantime, American settlers established a foothold in the area and resisted Spanish control, and the British settlers who had remained after Spanish takeover also resented Spanish rule, leading to a rebellion in 1810 and the establishment of the independent Republic of West Florida, with its capital at St. Francisville, in present-day Louisiana, on a bluff along the Mississippi River.

WAVQ

WYBX, a radio station (89.3 FM) licensed to serve Key West, Florida, United States, which held call sign WAVQ from September 2002 to January 2006

WAZQ

WYBX, a radio station (88.3 FM) licensed to serve Key West, Florida, which held the call sign WAZQ from 2006 to 2009

WGEN

WGEN-TV, a television station (channel 8) licensed to serve Key West, Florida, United States

WKEY

WKEY-FM, a radio station (93.5 FM) licensed to serve Key West, Florida, United States

WOZN

WCNK, a radio station licensed to Key West, Florida that formerly used the callsign from 1984-1996