Gus C. Henderson (November 16, 1862–1915) was an influential African American in the heart of Central Florida.
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Eagle Creek Golf Club was the first golf course in Florida to use Mini Verde Grass on its greens, and the first course in central Florida to offer PrecedentGolf Cars made by Club Car.
The plant is currently known from fewer than 20 occurrences in Central Florida, within Polk, Marion, Lake, Volusia, and Seminole Counties.
Mercy Drive was a Central Florida-based Hard rock band that created entrance themes for several World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) wrestlers, most notable for Maven Huffman ("Tattoo") and Randy Orton ("Burn In My Light").
Born on July 21, 1958, Steve Overton is best known in the Tampa Bay area for his 17 years as spokesman for the WFLA-TV (NBC) signature consumer feature "Eight On Your Side," in which Steve grilled Central Florida businesses over poor customer service and fraud.
During the days leading up to the scheduled start of practice at 3pm, Thursday, July 2, 1998, concerns rose on account of the massive wildfire outbreak that was underway in central Florida; thousands of people were forced to evacuate the area, and Interstate 95, the primary north–south thoroughfare through the region, was closed.
This game was being played while central Florida, including Tampa, was being impacted by Hurricane Jeanne.
In the 2012 Championship Game Tulsa defeated the former member UCF (University of Central Florida) in overtime, 33-27 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Agave neglecta, the wild century plant, a plant species endemic to central Florida
Alachua culture, the archaeological designation of the Native American culture in north-central Florida, c.
During the summer, west-central Florida receives as much lightning as the world’s true lightning leaders such as the Lake Victoria region of Africa and the central Amazon River Basin.
Originally from Florida, Dan worked for L-3 Communications, Acusoft and Electronic Arts and was a graduate of the University of Central Florida, receiving a BS degree in computer science.
Florida Collegiate Summer League, A collegiate summer baseball league located in Central Florida, United States
The Halifax River in Central Florida, United States, is named after him.
Additionally, Perez has a regular weekly television program in Spanish, entitled TeleNoticiasExtra, on WTMO-CD the local Telemundo affiliate in Central Florida.
In other areas of Central Florida, schools were closed in Flagler, Lake, Orange, and Volusia counties.
The road in east-central Florida that became State Road 50 was named after him in 1924; portions of the road remain and are called the Old Cheney Highway.
He is noted for championing and supporting various fine arts programs in Central Florida including the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park and the Enzian Theater.
It is fed by the Saint Johns River which flows through central Florida which also feeds many of the nearby lakes such as Lake Monroe.
Machado has been the keeper coach for the Olympic Development Program (ODP) in Florida since 1998, Pine Castle Christian Academy Head Coach from 1998 to 2000, along with coaching various clubs in Central Florida area from 1997 on.
Upon moving inland in east-central Florida, the hurricane produced a storm tide of up to 10 feet (3 m) in St. Lucie County.
NAVHOSP Orlando was transferred to the Veteran's Administration as an outpatient clinic and most of SERVSCOLSCOM Orlando's complex was transferred to the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, while NAWCTSD continues to operate to this day at the separate Naval Support Activity Orlando installation to the east in the Central Florida Research Park.
Based in the Dr. Phillips Center in Orlando, the Orlando Opera performed multiple times a year in the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre and other venues in the central Florida region.
Travers has lived in central Florida for several years, and is now married with two children.
An incomplete quadrate bone and axis vertebra without a spine from a mine of the same age in Polk County in central Florida are tentatively considered to be the same species.
The Orlando Sentinel named Crotty the 2nd most powerful person in Central Florida behind Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer in 2008.
The highlight of the planting was a tree dedicated to the namesake of this Central Florida community, the "Temple" Tangor.
Under the pen name Pat Frank, his classic 1959 post-apocalyptic novel Alas, Babylon is set in the fictional Central Florida small town (stated pop. 3,500) of "Fort Repose".
Eugene Torchy Clark, American basketball head coach for the University of Central Florida (1969-1983)
In 1978, Governor Reubin Askew approved the change of name from Florida Technological University to the University of Central Florida.
Because of its signal strength, WDYZ can be heard throughout central Florida, from coast to coast, and from Sebring to Palatka, using a directional antenna to protect WMYM in Miami (also a Radio Disney station) and WGML in Hinesville, Georgia.
William C. Schwartz (1927–2000), civic leader in Central Florida and laser industry pioneer
The station can be heard not only in the Orlando area, but also as far away as the Space Coast in Brevard County, and the eastern shores of Central Florida.
In late-2008, WPOZ was granted authorization from the FCC to increase its signal strength to 100,000 watts; this was accomplished when the Central Florida Educational Foundation acquired a station in Lecanto, Florida, WLMS, from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Petersburg.
The original construction permit for Channel 45 was granted to the Central Florida Educational Television, Inc. (a now-defunct division of the Central Florida Educational Foundation, the owner of FM radio station WPOZ) in 1987.