803:- Born in 1844, Lewis Colson came to Sarasota as a surveyor with the Florida Mortgage and Investment Company in 1894. Colson was a former slave, a fisherman, a landowner, and a Reverend in early Sarasota. He and his wife Irene, a midwife, settled in the neighborhood then known as Black Bottom (later known as Overtown). During his early years, Colson worked for engineer Richard E. Paulson. He later donated property to build the city's first African American Church, Bethlehem Baptist Church. Colson was its reverend from 1899 to 1915. Historian Annie M. McElroy describes Colson as "one of the most respected black men in Sarasota during his lifetime". In the early years of Overtown, black residents developed a thriving community with businesses, shops, churches, and social centers. The Colson Hotel, constructed in 1926, was named in Lewis Colson's honor, and catered to African American tourists up until the 1950s when it was renamed the Palm Hotel. Colson Avenue is also named in his honor. A historical marker at Five Points Park in downtown Sarasota, credits Colson as the "former slave respected community leader... who drove the stake that marked the center of Five Points." Colson, who died in 1922, and his wife Irene, are the only African Americans buried in Rosemary Cemetery.
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October 2, 1955, after several years of requests by Black residents for a beach they could use. After the protest occurred, a majority of local residents and the city and county commissions voiced a preference for creating a beach for African Americans. However, neither the city commission nor the county commission could identify a location for it on Longboat Key, Siesta Key along Big Pass, or an artificial beach on the Siesta Key side of Midnight Pass. Both Siesta Key locations were determined unsuitable as a beach site because of either the fast currents or a need for dredging. At the Longboat Key and Siesta Key sites significant opposition from local residents in those areas was expected. Longboat Key residents held meetings as a way to protest a Black beach location there and they decided to incorporate into a municipality as a way of avoiding the placement of the designated beach there. Protests occurred in Sarasota on a weekly basis until all of the beaches were desegregated.
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Chamber of Commerce in 1931 found that jobs that already were rare, were going to non residents. As a result, it distributed pledge cards in June to employers asking them to hire as many employees as possible for the last two weeks of June and the first week of July. Transient workers were another issue in the city as well as the state. Transient workers cut wood in exchange for a cup of coffee or for food and afterward, they were asked to leave the city with a police escort to city lines. Throughout the Great Depression the city relied on tourism as one of its primary economic drivers. Sarasota would start to recover starting in 1935 mirroring a pattern seen in other resort cities in Florida like St. Petersburg. During 1936 the city would see the most building permits given since 1927.
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their own local schools. Much tension resulted from Black students going to predominantly white schools. A local meeting held at the
Newtown Community Center on May 3, 1969, to take action against the school district's integration plan. By the end of the meeting attendees agreed to attend local "Freedom Schools" established outside of the school district in order to protest. It began the next day and lasted for another five days. On May 9, the school district decided to keep both Booker Elementary School and Amaryllis Park Primary School open and to take action against the students who missed class and their parents. Booker Elementary School became a magnet school in order to encourage white students to enroll voluntarily. Booker High School and Booker Junior High School made the same change in 1970.
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African American residents wanted to be able to go to the beach. Also during 1957, the NAACP asked the Sarasota County school board to desegregate the public schools, but it did not do so. In 1961, the NAACP filed a lawsuit against the school board for failing to desegregate its schools. The same year, the federal government threatened to withhold its anti-beach erosion funding if the municipal government of Sarasota continued to segregate its beaches.
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during the early 2000s. Once the values of the properties began to fall the mortgages purchased with consideration of "equity value" derived from the rapid speculative increases in property values, became problematic. The properties were no longer worth the value of the mortgages, some by great differences. This occurred nationwide and in other countries as well.
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Manatee County at the time), as well as south to Venice, east to Miakka, and south east to Bee Ridge (all nearby communities). Construction continued until World War I, when cutbacks in labor and materials limited what could be accomplished. The work that was completed proved to be shoddily done. For example, the bridge to
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Sarasota and Southgate to Sarasota's south that covered 1,240 acres. Downtown Sarasota would start to become less of the city' center in the 1950s as other developments started to emerge and the city became more decentralized. Less of the county's
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is an artificial island that was created during this period. Starting in 1914, an 8 foot (2.4 m) deep channel was dredged with the intent of creating a port at Payne
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Sarasota City Hall would be demolished in 1967 as it was looking for a more modern city hall. Hoover Arcade was built in 1913 and was located alongside Sarasota Bay but
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Tamiami Trail was rerouted during this time period as well, in an attempt to make traffic flow more efficiently. This resulted in the creation of the Bayfront Drive area between what now is Bayfront Drive and Gulfstream Avenue that was created with fill gathered from dredging Sarasota Bay. Those who
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Mary Louise and Charles N. Thompson platted Shell Beach in 1895 on land that had been homesteaded by the Edwards family. The Thompsons built their residence on the property near what now is Bay Shore Road. Their property extended from what now is Sun Circle almost to Bowlees Creek. From 1911 onward,
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Booker Elementary and Amaryllis Park Primary School closed in 1969. The local NAACP sent a resolution to the county school board asking for busing of white students to the Booker schools, but the board rejected the plan. Many local Black residents supported integration, but felt a sense of pride in
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power station in June 1920. During the early 1920s a bond issue was approved to pay for improving the existing plant, extending power lines and constructing two new power stations. However, only one new power station was built. Thanks to increasing dissatisfaction with leadership of Manatee County,
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On November 10, 1915, a group of local leaders formed a committee to work on and develop the local roads and bridges. They planned to "create thirty-four miles of well-paved roads" and bridges to help facilitate travel, especially between Sarasota and northern Manatee County (Sarasota being part of
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In 1913, two sisters Katherine McClellan and Daisietta McClellan became real estate developers creating the McClellan Park subdivision. In their plat filed from that year, the design was unique in the way that it deviated from the typical grid system used for large developments. It provided a yacht
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As war in Europe threatened, Bertha Palmer touted the beauty of Sarasota and its advantages to replace the typical foreign destinations of her social peers. Palmer made her winter residence on the land that the Webb family had homesteaded. She built a resort intended to appeal to these new visitors
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Union parties would occasionally raid in the Sarasota area. These raids were meant to sap the locals' willingness to continue supporting the Confederate cause as well as deprive the southern armies of potential supplies. A.K. Whitaker, grandson of Sarasota settler William Whitaker, kept most of his
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Starting in 1927, the circus began to be headquartered in Sarasota between December and March of every year, which continued until the headquarters was moved to Venice in 1959. That helped to mitigate the effects of the Great Depression in Sarasota, as it provided tourists to the area and seasonal
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to remove all people at a public beach in city limits if there were two racial groups present at the same time. After failing to designate a Black beach, the city commission proposed creating a pool in Newtown instead. The pool opened in November 1957. During construction of the pool the protests
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Despite the bad economic situation, the population of Sarasota increased by close to fifty per cent. Those who lived in Sarasota got through the Great Depression by growing their own food and doing bartering as there was close to no money in circulation. A committee on the unemployment situation
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began dredging what would eventually be known as the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (ICW). The Gulf ICW is the many natural deep water sections as well as humanmade cuts, canals, and channels that connect the entire Sarasota Bay system. The original intention of the waterway was to connect Southwest
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and remained for the rest of his life. He became the largest landowner in the city, founded a bank, promoted the development of other businesses, and built its bridges, landmark buildings, and mansions. He dredged the harbor and created new bay front points with reclaimed soils. He created novel
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neighborhood on bay front land homesteaded earlier by his parents who settled in the area soon after the Civil War. His parents died when he was fourteen and he became the sole supporter of his siblings. Eventually, he became a major contributor to the attraction of migrants to and developers of
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of the 1950s and 1960s. The community was similar to many other places in the United States having racial segregation in it. Any African-American resident going outside of Overtown and Newtown had to receive a work permit or permission from their employer. The Sarasota NAACP chapter organized a
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Also arriving in 1910, Owen Burns closely followed Bertha Palmer to Sarasota and, with two purchases, he quickly became the largest landholder within what now is the city, therefore many of the huge Sarasota properties she owned are in what now is Sarasota County (which did not exist during her
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to Florida, looking for a place to settle. After arriving in Key West, the pioneer family met a Spanish trader. He told them about a high bluff of land on Sarasota Bay that would make a good location for a homestead. When the Webbs arrived in Sarasota looking for the bluff, they described it to
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and he intended to sell shares on the stock exchange. The crash ended that plan. While Ringling continued to invest in expensive artwork, he left grand projects unfinished, such as a Ritz hotel on one of the barrier islands. He abandoned his plans for an art school as an adjunct to the museum.
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invested in land, developed property, and founded a bank. He participated actively in Sarasota's civic life and gave advice to other entrepreneurs starting new businesses in Sarasota. From his bank, he loaned money to fledgling businesses. He encouraged the establishment of a county government
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Charles Ringling and his wife, Edith, began building their bay front winter retreat in the early 1920s. Charles Ringling died in 1926, just after it was completed. For decades Edith Ringling remained there and continued her role in the administration of the circus, assuming many duties of her
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The Alf T. Ringling family was the first of the extended family to settle in the area and they settled in the Whitfield Estates area with extensive land holdings. The families of Charles and John Ringling followed, living farther to the south. Soon, children and members of the extended family
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was developed in the mid-1920s and a bridge built across Bowlees Creek eliminated it as a natural barrier limiting development. Shell Beach, where the Sapphire Shores and The Uplands developments are today on the highest land along the bay, became the location where grand estates were built.
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Her sons continued her enterprises and remained as investors and donors in Sarasota after the death of Bertha Palmer in 1918. Aside from drawing worldwide attention to the city as a vacation destination and a chic location for winter residences, as well as being renowned for the ranching and
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lifetime). Many of its roads bear the names she put on the trails she established. She did participate, however, in speculation in the city along with others, purchasing undeveloped land in great quantities, and many parcels bear her name or that of her sons among those in abstracts.
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cattle in the eastern section of the county, farther from Sarasota Bay, in an effort to keep them safe from Union raiders. Besides going after Florida cattle, Union raiders also destroyed many salt works along the Gulf Coast. However, the Whitaker's operation was not destroyed.
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On April 14, 1913, the Woman's Club of Sarasota was founded with sixty-three charter members. The organization would promote civic works and "social improvements," such as helping to support local schools and libraries. The organization is still active as of 2022.
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from Burns at a fraction of its worth. Soon however, John Ringling, too, lost most of his fortune. Shortly after the June 1929 death of his wife, Mable, his reversal began because stock investments were affected by the stock market crash.
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located in Indian Beach Sapphire Shores, allowing Black students to enroll. It is unclear exactly when beaches in the city were desegregated as it was never formally enacted, but it is presumed to have happened when the
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climate began to advance northward. Sea levels began rising; they ultimately rose another 350 feet (110 m), resulting in the Florida shoreline of today, which provided attractive locations for human settlements.
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being sworn in as mayor and a municipal charter being created. It was later re-platted in 1912 and then incorporated as a city in 1913, with A. B. Edwards being the first mayor for her new city government.
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have all but faded from the memory of most living there now. Overtown expanded to include what now is designated as the historic Rosemary District and the boundaries of Newtown now merge with that. The
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developments such as Burns Court (located in what now is referred to as Burns Square) to attract tourists and he built commercial establishments to generate additional impetus to the growing community.
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as a town in 1902. Incorporation under the city form of government followed in the next decade. In 1921, Sarasota County was formed out of Manatee County, with Sarasota city serving as the county seat.
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in 1860. All the same, the county did begin raising a militia unit in that same year, in anticipation of secession. Over a hundred men from the county would end up serving, with some recruited to the
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to start traveling down to Sarasota. It has been reported that John Ringling helped convince the Giant's management in this decision. The Giants would use Payne Park for three years, ending in 1927.
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In September 1923, the citizens of Sarasota built a baseball diamond and grandstand on land sold to the city at a discounted rate by Calvin and Martha Payne. The facility would eventually be called
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Ringling did lend his name to an art school established by others in Sarasota, however reluctantly.
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There were several individuals and families who helped develop Sarasota, including the following.
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McDonough, Micahel (1998). "Selling Sarasota: Architecture and Propaganda in a 1920s Boom Town".
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Edge of Wilderness: A Settlement History of Manatee River and Sarasota Bay
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communities, such as Overtown, Bay Haven, Indian Beach, Shell Beach,
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2907:"A Brief History of the Struggle for Beach Integration in Sarasota"
2358:, Sarasota History Alive!, Journals of Yesteryear, December 8, 2010
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2103:"City of Sarasota – Florida Historical Markers on Waymarking.com"
1683:(1): 5–32 – via University of Florida Digital Collections.
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1698:(2nd ed.). Sarasota, Florida: Coastal Press. p. 173.
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1933:. Tuscaloosa, AL.: University of Alabama Press. p. 51.
3035:"In globe's financial crunch, ground zero is ... Sarasota?"
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1875:"A Military Post on Sarasota Bay | Sarasota History Alive!"
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Boats moored at the docks of a trailer park in January 1941
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Florida land boom crash, Great Depression, and World War II
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Bertha Palmer also owned a large tract of land that now is
3092:"Thousands turn out for Sarasota Women's Solidarity March"
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1512:"Map of Southern British Colonies Including Florida, 1776"
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Antonini, Gustavo A.; Fann, David A.; Roat, Paul (1989).
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A. B. Edwards was always in the thick of growing Sarasota
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A master plan for the city was developed by city planner
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was one hundred miles farther to the west. In this era,
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Florida's Past: People and Events that Shaped the State
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History & Preservation Coalition of Sarasota County
2979:"Visit the Newtown Historic Timeline - Newtown Alive"
1904:"Battle Unit Details: 7th Regiment, Florida Infantry"
591:. The fort is thought to have been located in the
2247:Gulf Coast chronicles: remembering Sarasota's past
1640:Luer, George M.; Marion M. Almy (September 1981).
780:- In 1867, John G. Webb and his family moved from
1853:. Orlando: University of Central Florida Press.
965:published its first issue. It was later renamed
2127:"Preserve America Community: Sarasota, Florida"
1180:Sarasota saw extensive development during the
2797:"Bay Front Project Caused Turmoil in Sarasota"
2666:"Sarasota Goes From Boom to Bust in the 1920s"
2370:"Sewage a Pesky Problem for Years in Sarasota"
2323:Residence of Hester Ringling Lancaster Sanford
2195:Bertha Palmer's Vision: Her Impact on Sarasota
2061:Lahurd, Jeff; Herald-Tribune (16 April 2014).
1609:Luer, George M.; Marion M. Almy (March 1982).
850:He also went into a business partnership with
2624:"Sarasota: Hardship and Tourism in the 1930s"
2556:The Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts
2249:. Charleston, SC: History Press. p. 21.
969:when Sarasota split off from Manatee County.
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2691:"The Living New Deal | New Deal Sites, Map"
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1115:few ships. Most of the docks later burned.
331:lists a "Boca Sarasota" in the local area.
2716:"Sarasota County's Bombing Ranges in WWII"
2468:"Welcome to GFWC Woman's Club of Sarasota"
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946:Sarasota County History Center collection
721:Learn how and when to remove this message
642:The American Civil War and Reconstruction
2199:. Sarasota History Alive. Archived from
2024:, Sarasota Herald Tribune, July 20, 2014
1776:Florida, State Library and Archives of.
1757:Florida, State Library and Archives of.
1739:Florida, State Library and Archives of.
1488:. Sarasota History Alive. Archived from
1339:In 1951, Cecil B. DeMille shot his film
1302:In 1942, with the U.S. having joined in
16:Overview of history of Sarasota, Florida
2745:"The 1950's Were Boom Time in Sarasota"
2295:"Ashton Home | Sarasota History Alive!"
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1293:the Sarasota-Bradenton Airport terminal
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3013:"Florida at centre of US housing bust"
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1611:"A Definition of the Manasota Culture"
3080:. Wired.com. Retrieved on 2013-07-17.
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2595:John Ringling: Story of a Capitalist
2456:. No. 22, Vol 1. June 28, 1913.
2006:From Mayor to Myakka - A. B. Edwards
1991:. Pineapple Press Inc., Sarasota, FL
1803:. Gales and Seaton. pp. 107–09.
1175:National Register of Historic Places
907:National Register of Historic Places
1956:"Sarasota Bay During the Civil War"
1719:McCarthy, John (February 1, 2017).
1080:is now the center of the campus of
1033:Introduction of the Ringling family
842:had come to Sarasota for its famed
2651:Florida State University Libraries
2234:. Omni Print Media Inc. p. 7.
2169:. Sarasota History. Archived from
1823:. Old Kitchen Media. p. 343.
1482:"The Origin of the Name, Sarasota"
1002:Ringling College of Art and Design
703:Knowledge (XXG)'s inclusion policy
14:
2959:Global Nonviolent Action Database
2769:LaHurd, Jeff (November 7, 2022).
2129:. Preserve America. March 4, 2009
1563:. The History Press. p. 67.
1536:. 21 October 2013. Archived from
2091:. Black South Press. 1986-01-01.
1795:Congress, United States (1860).
1419:Emma E. Booker Elementary School
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2953:Janko, Erica (March 29, 2015).
1694:Matthews, Janet Snyder (1984).
1388:to existing all-white schools.
1325:post-World War II economic boom
1135:Post World War I expansion wave
3143:Histories of cities in Florida
2526:Lahurd, Jeff (15 March 2015).
1929:Sheppard, Jonathan C. (2012).
1851:Florida's Peace River frontier
1671:Luer, George M. (March 2011).
1588:. Pineapple Press. p. 6.
1209:Florida land boom of the 1920s
935:Sarasota Assassination Society
651:, which fought as part of the
498:second Spanish Colonial period
460:landing near the mouth of the
452:In 1539, Spanish Conquistador
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3033:Braga, Michael (2007-08-11).
2873:"The Hover Arcade on the Bay"
2622:Bauer, Ruthmary (Fall 1997).
2217:. Sarasota County Government.
2167:"Mrs. Bertha Palmer's Vision"
1797:"Land Claims in East Florida"
1070:Chicago style of architecture
649:7th Florida Infantry Regiment
2628:Florida Historical Quarterly
2592:Meter, Amanda Ellen (2009).
2299:www.sarasotahistoryalive.com
1879:www.sarasotahistoryalive.com
1382:Sarasota County school board
953:U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
526:After the conclusion of the
3011:Callan, Eoin (2007-08-09).
2348:Residence of Edith Ringling
1373:Bay Haven Elementary School
1199:but was never implemented.
664:Union occupation in Florida
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3106:"Draft Public Action Plan"
3060:audio.thisamericanlife.org
2598:. Florida State University
2009:, People: Sarasota History
1849:Brown, Canter Jr. (1991).
1821:The Fort at Prospect Bluff
1677:The Florida Anthropologist
1646:The Florida Anthropologist
1615:The Florida Anthropologist
1365:Sarasota Police Department
1341:The Greatest Show on Earth
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902:depleted its marine life.
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411:was the primary source of
120:American Revolutionary War
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3076:Van, Eliot. (2013-03-28)
2530:. Sarasota Herald Tribune
1958:. Sarasota History Alive!
621:Treaty of Payne's Landing
619:, in accordance with the
542:and after the battles of
532:Corps of Colonial Marines
470:De Soto National Memorial
468:which is now part of the
172:Constitutional convention
2472:womansclubofsarasota.com
2042:. Sarasota History Alive
2040:sarasotahistoryalive.com
2036:"Historic Spanish Point"
1561:Creating Sarasota County
1486:sarasotahistoryalive.com
1378:Civil Rights Act of 1964
1044:Ringling Brothers Circus
919:Oscar Scherer State Park
562:Treaty of Moultrie Creek
327:. A 1776 British map by
129:Spanish Rule, 1783–1821:
2929:Sarasota History Alive!
2877:Sarasota History Alive!
2851:Sarasota History Alive!
2823:Quintessential Sarasota
2801:Sarasota History Alive!
2775:Sarasota Herald-Tribune
2749:Sarasota History Alive!
2720:Sarasota History Alive!
2670:Sarasota History Alive!
2498:Sarasota History Alive!
2452:"Passed Century Mark".
2424:Sarasota History Alive!
2399:Sarasota History Alive!
2374:Sarasota History Alive!
2001:Sarasota History Alive!
1987:Burnett Gene M. (1986)
1910:. National Park Service
1559:Cassell, Frank (2019).
1458:On September 28, 2022,
1448:installed in the city.
984:John Hamilton Gillespie
973:20th and 21st centuries
923:Myakka River State Park
814:John Hamilton Gillespie
557:moved into the region.
500:(1783-1821) there were
151:U.S. Territorial Period
94:Pre-history, until 1497
3056:"Chicago Public Radio"
2645:Evans, Jon S. (2011).
2395:"The 'Velvet Highway'"
1586:Florida's First People
1453:John Ringling Causeway
1308:97th Bombardment Group
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198:Ordinance of Secession
2821:Lahurd, Jeff (1990).
2606:– via DigiNole.
2245:LaHurd, Jeff (2005).
1584:Brown, Robin (1994).
1357:Civil Rights Movement
1351:Civil Rights movement
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967:Sarasota County Times
959:On June 1, 1899, the
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428:Safety Harbor culture
372:hunting and gathering
357:Gulf of Mexico in 3-D
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258:Presidential Election
45:reflects the state's
1285:Municipal Auditorium
1018:West Indies Railroad
824:) nine-hole course.
628:Armed Occupation Act
384:Warm Mineral Springs
3090:Djinis, Elizabeth.
3037:. HeraldTribune.com
2695:The Living New Deal
1433:and co-conspirator
1386:students were bused
585:Second Seminole War
521:Spanish land grants
492:European settlement
438:Spanish exploration
166:Second Seminole War
3066:on March 14, 2009.
2442:Cassell. pp. 41-46
2354:2011-10-03 at the
2329:2011-10-03 at the
2107:www.waymarking.com
1819:Cox, Dale (2020).
1778:"Gonzales, Andrew"
1530:"Sarasota History"
1423:World Trade Center
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190:Third Seminole War
141:First Seminole War
29:History of Florida
3138:Sarasota, Florida
3112:. Sarasota County
2275:Sarasota Magazine
2173:on 3 October 2010
2153:www.owenburns.com
1741:"Godoya, Jose M."
1725:Sarasota Magazine
1480:Barth Jr., John.
1182:Florida Land Boom
929:Late 19th Century
921:and the enormous
888:Myakka State Park
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632:Florida Territory
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