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the island. A group of locals began a grassroots protest, collecting hundreds of signatures of boycotting customers. They held a regatta protest in which twenty or so boats showed up. This was the day the ground war started in the first Gulf War, so their protest action was lost in the news out of Iraq. They ultimately prevailed and the plans for developing
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In 1989/1990 a Fort
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The island is small, about 200 yards (200 meters) by 100 yards (100 meters) with a maximum elevation of six feet (under two meters). It is at the southern end of the along-shore movement of sand that feeds the barrier islands to the North (such as Key
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1219:Categories
985:Barracouta
980:Big Mullet
975:Joe Ingram
892:Boca Chica
820:Summerland
733:Lower keys
694:Long Point
612:Islamorada
575:former CDP
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363:2006-09-15
337:27 October
280:References
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187:Miami-Dade
124:80°09′40″W
121:25°35′25″N
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835:Sugarloaf
592:Tea Table
560:Tavernier
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248:limestone
241:Geography
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660:Duck Key
522:Islandia
372:cite web
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