Bradenton is a city in and the county seat of Manatee County,Florida,United States. As of the 2020 census,the city's population is 55,698. Downtown Manatee is along the Manatee River and includes the Bradenton Riverwalk. Downtown Bradenton is also home to the Bishop Museum of Science and Nature.
Key West is an island in the Straits of Florida,within the U.S. state of Florida. Together with all or parts of the separate islands of Dredgers Key,Fleming Key,Sunset Key,and the northern part of Stock Island,it constitutes the City of Key West.
The Conch Republic is a micronation declared as a sarcastic secession of the city of Key West,Florida,from the United States on April 23,1982. It has been maintained as a tourism booster for the city. Since then,the term "Conch Republic" has been expanded to refer to "all of the Florida Keys,or,that geographic apportionment of land that falls within the legally defined boundaries of Monroe County,Florida,northward to 'Skeeter's Last Chance Saloon' in Florida City,Dade County,Florida,with Key West as the micronation's capital and all territories north of Key West being referred to as 'The Northern Territories'".
The Florida Keys are a coral cay archipelago off the southern coast of Florida,forming the southernmost part of the continental United States. They begin at the southeastern coast of the Florida peninsula,about 15 miles (24 km) south of Miami and extend in a gentle arc south-southwest and then westward to Key West,the westernmost of the inhabited islands,and on to the uninhabited Dry Tortugas. The islands lie along the Florida Straits,dividing the Atlantic Ocean to the east from the Gulf of Mexico to the northwest,and defining one edge of Florida Bay. The southern part of Key West is 93 miles (150 km) from Cuba. The Keys are located between about 24.3 and 25.5 degrees North latitude.
The Great Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 was the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record to make landfall in the United States,and in the Atlantic as a whole. For several decades,the powerful storm was the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record in terms of barometric pressure,until surpassed by Hurricane Gilbert in 1988,the strongest Atlantic hurricane on record in terms of 1-minute sustained winds,until surpassed by Hurricane Allen in 1980,and the strongest at landfall by 1-minute sustained winds,until it was tied by Hurricane Dorian in 2019. The fourth tropical cyclone,third tropical storm,second hurricane,and second major hurricane of the 1935 Atlantic hurricane season,it is one of four Category 5 hurricanes on record to strike the contiguous United States,along with Hurricane Camille (1969),Hurricane Andrew (1992),and Hurricane Michael (2018).
Gulf Islands National Seashore is an American National seashore that offers recreation opportunities and preserves natural and historic resources along the Gulf of Mexico barrier islands of Florida and Mississippi. In 2022,it was the eighth-most visited unit of the National Park Service.
James F. "Jimmy" Weekley is an American politician,who served as mayor of Key West from 1999 to 2005. Prior to his election as mayor,he served fourteen years as a member of the City Commission and was elected three times as mayor pro tem. He was re-elected to the city commission in 2009.
Richard A. Heyman was an American mayor who was mayor of Key West,Florida from 1983 to 1985 and from 1987 to 1989. He was one of the first openly gay public officials in the United States.
The Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States National Wildlife Refuge System,located in north Key Largo,less than 40 miles (64 km) south of Miami off SR 905. The 6,686 acre (27.1 km2) refuge opened during the year of 1980,under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 and the Endangered Species Act of 1973. It was established in order to protect critical breeding and nesting habitat for the threatened American crocodile and other wildlife. This area also includes 650 acres (2.6 km2) of open water in and around the refuge. In addition to being one of only three breeding populations of the American crocodile,the refuge is home to tropical hardwood hammock,mangrove forest,and salt marsh. It is administered as part of the National Key Deer Refuge which is also located in the Florida Keys.
The Ernest Hemingway House was the residence of American writer Ernest Hemingway in the 1930s. The house is situated on the island of Key West,Florida. It is at 907 Whitehead Street,across from the Key West Lighthouse,close to the southern coast of the island. Due to its association with Hemingway,the property is the most popular tourist attraction in Key West. It is also famous for its large population of so-called Hemingway cats,many of which are polydactyl.
Morgan McPherson was the mayor of Key West,Florida. He was elected in 2005 and defeated for reelection in 2009.
The Deptford culture was an archaeological culture in southeastern North America characterized by the appearance of elaborate ceremonial complexes,increasing social and political complexity,mound burial,permanent settlements,population growth,and an increasing reliance on cultigens.
The 1941 Florida hurricane was a compact but strong tropical cyclone that affected the Bahamas,Florida,and the southeastern United States in October 1941. The fifth known storm of the 1941 Atlantic hurricane season,it was first observed to the north of the Virgin Islands on October 3. The storm tracked generally westward,reaching peak winds of 120 miles per hour (193 km/h) before passing through the Bahamas. After weakening somewhat,the storm later passed across southern Florida with winds of 100 mph (161 km/h). The hurricane then emerged into the Gulf of Mexico as a tropical storm,but regained hurricane intensity and made another landfall along the Florida Panhandle. Turning northeast,it crossed Georgia and South Carolina,and entered the Atlantic Ocean on October 8.
William Marvin was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida and the 7th Governor of Florida.
Livingstone Wellesley Bethel was an American lawyer,judge,politician,and the seventh Lieutenant Governor of Florida 1881 to 1885.
Stubbs was a cat who was the honorary mayor of Talkeetna,Alaska,from July 18,1997,until his death in 2017.
Holly Merrill Raschein is an American politician from Florida. A Republican,she served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2012 to 2020,representing the 120th District in Monroe County and southern Miami-Dade County.
Wilhelmina Celeste Goehring Harvey was a philanthropist and the first female mayor of Monroe County,Florida. A "grand dame of Keys politics",she was frequently a public face of the Conch Republic. Outside of politics,she was a science teacher and scuba diver.
Teri Johnston is an American politician. In November 2018 she was elected the mayor of Key West,becoming the first openly lesbian woman to be elected as a city mayor in Florida history. Johnston is the second woman to serve as mayor of Key West.
