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Deep Lake, Florida
Deep Lake is an uninhabited unincorporated area in Collier County, Florida, Collier County, Florida, United States. It is located between Immokalee, Florida, Immokalee and Everglades City, Florida, Everglades City along Florida State Road 29, State Route 29. The area is named after Deep Lake (Florida), Deep Lake, a deep naturally occurring sinkhole, which is the deepest lake south of Lake Okeechobee. History Around 1901, Walter Langford and John Roach acquired a tract of land in the Deep Lake area, known as "Deep Lake Hammock," with plans to develop the land into a grapefruit growing and packing enterprise. After years of laborious work, 200 acres of the hammock (ecology), hammock had been cleared and seeds were planted. Deep Lake Railroad To facilitate the process of transporting the grapefruit to market, the partners needed to build their own rail system. The Deep Lake Railroad was built in 1913 and spanned from Everglades City to Deep Lake. Barron Collier, friend of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unincorporated Area
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as the military). There are many unincorporated communities and areas in the United States and Canada, but many countries do not use the concept of an unincorporated area. By country Argentina In Argentina, the provinces of Chubut Province, Chubut, Córdoba Province (Argentina), Córdoba, Entre Ríos Province, Entre Ríos, Formosa Province, Formosa, Neuquén Province, Neuquén, Río Negro Province, Río Negro, San Luis Province, San Luis, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, Santa Cruz, Santiago del Estero Province, Santiago del Estero, Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, and Tucumán Province, Tucumán have areas that are outside any municipality or commune. Australia Unlike many other countries, Australia has only local go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Okeechobee
Lake Okeechobee ( ) is the largest freshwater lake in the U.S. state of Florida. It is the List of largest lakes of the United States by area, eighth-largest natural freshwater lake among the 50 states of the United States and the second-largest natural freshwater lake contained entirely within the Contiguous United States, contiguous 48 states, after Lake Michigan. Okeechobee covers and is exceptionally shallow for a lake of its size, with an average depth of only . Not only is it the largest lake in Florida and the largest lake in the southeast United States, it is also too large to see across. The Kissimmee River, located directly north of Lake Okeechobee, is the lake's primary source. All of Lake Okeechobee was included in the boundaries of Palm Beach County when it was created in 1909. In 1963, the lake was divided among the five counties surrounding the lake: Glades County, Florida, Glades, Okeechobee County, Florida, Okeechobee, Martin County, Florida, Martin, Palm Beach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghost Towns In Florida
In folklore, a ghost is the soul or Spirit (supernatural entity), spirit of a dead Human, person or non-human animal that is believed by some people to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely, from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes to realistic, lifelike forms. The deliberate attempt to contact the spirit of a deceased person is known as necromancy, or in Kardecist spiritism, spiritism as a ''séance''. Other terms associated with it are apparition, haunt, haint, phantom, poltergeist, Shade (mythology), shade, specter, spirit, spook, wraith, demon, and ghoul. The belief in the existence of an afterlife, as well as manifestations of the spirits of the dead, is widespread, dating back to animism or ancestor worship in pre-literate cultures. Certain religious practices—funeral rites, exorcisms, and some practices of Spiritualism (beliefs), spiritualism and ritual magic—are specifically designed to re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Cypress National Preserve
Big Cypress National Preserve is a United States National Preserve located in South Florida, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) west of Miami on the Atlantic coastal plain. The Big Cypress, along with Big Thicket National Preserve in Texas, became the first national preserves in the United States National Park System when they were established on October 11, 1974. In 2008, Florida film producer Elam Stoltzfus featured the preserve in a PBS documentary. Big Cypress borders the wet freshwater marl prairies of Everglades National Park to the south, and other state and federally protected cypress country in the west, with water from the Big Cypress flowing south and west into the coastal Ten Thousand Islands region of Everglades National Park. History Archaeology at Platt Island in the preserve shows humans settled there more than two thousand years ago. The Calusa people had an extensive presence in the area when Europeans arrived. Big Cypress was historically occupied by va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Florida
Central Florida is a Regions of the United States#Florida, region of the U.S. state of Florida. Different sources give different definitions for the region, but as its name implies it is usually said to comprise the central part of the state, including the Tampa Bay area and the Greater Orlando, Greater Orlando area, though in recent times the Tampa Bay area has often been described as its own region, with "Central Florida" becoming more synonymous with the Orlando area (most notably, this is what the local news channels in each respective metro area call their region). It is one of Florida's three directional regions, along with North Florida and South Florida. Under the previously mentioned "usual" definition, it includes the following 13 counties: Brevard County, Florida, Brevard, Citrus County, Florida, Citrus, Hernando County, Florida, Hernando, Hillsborough County, Florida, Hillsborough, Lake County, Florida, Lake, Orange County, Florida, Orange, Osceola County, Florida, Os ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haines City Branch
The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad's Haines City Branch was a railroad line running from their main line in Haines City, Florida south through southern Central Florida. Track would stretch as far south as Everglades City, Florida, Everglades City upon its completion in 1928, which would be the southernmost point the entire Atlantic Coast Line Railroad system would ever reach. The Haines City Branch was one of the Atlantic Coast Line's major additions to its Florida network, much of which was previously part of the Plant System. Route description The Haines City Branch began at a junction with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad's main line in Haines City, Florida, Haines City. It then headed south running through southern Central Florida, passing through Lake Wales, Florida, Lake Wales, Avon Park, Florida, Avon Park, Sebring, Florida, Sebring, lake Placid, Florida, Lake Placid, and Palmdale, Florida, Palmdale. Just south of Palmdale at Harrisburg, the line split with one route run ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad was a United States Class I railroad formed in 1900, though predecessor railroads had used the ACL brand since 1871. In 1967, it merged with long-time rival Seaboard Air Line Railroad to form the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad. Much of the original ACL network has been part of CSX Transportation since 1986. The Atlantic Coast Line served the Southeastern United States, Southeast, with a concentration of lines in Florida. Numerous named passenger trains were operated by the railroad for Florida-bound tourists, with the Atlantic Coast Line contributing significantly to Florida's economic development in the first half of the 20th century. At the end of 1925, ACL operated 4,924 miles of road, not including its flock of subsidiaries; after some merging, mileage at the end of 1960 was 5,570 not including A&WP, CN&L, East Carolina, Georgia, Rockingham, and V&CS. In 1960, ACL reported 10,623 million net ton-miles of revenue freight and 490 million passen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barron Collier
Barron Gift Collier (March 23, 1873 – March 13, 1939) was an American advertising entrepreneur who became the largest private landowner and developer in Florida, as well as the owner of a chain of hotels, bus lines, several banks, newspapers, a telephone company, and a steamship line. History Collier was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He quit school at 16 to work for the Illinois Central Railroad. He founded the Consolidated Street Railway Advertising Company of New York City within four years. In 1907, Barron Collier married Juliet Gordon Carnes, also a native of Memphis. In 1911, they visited Fort Myers, Florida on vacation and became interested in the area. They bought Useppa Island in Lee County, Florida, Lee County for $100,000. Over the next decade, the Colliers went on to acquire more than of land in Southwest Florida. His holdings were from Ten Thousand Islands to Useppa Island and from present-day Naples, Florida, Naples into the Everglades City, Florida, Everglades Ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deep Lake, Florida (c
Deep Lake is an uninhabited unincorporated area in Collier County, Florida, United States. It is located between Immokalee and Everglades City along State Route 29. The area is named after Deep Lake, a deep naturally occurring sinkhole, which is the deepest lake south of Lake Okeechobee. History Around 1901, Walter Langford and John Roach acquired a tract of land in the Deep Lake area, known as "Deep Lake Hammock," with plans to develop the land into a grapefruit growing and packing enterprise. After years of laborious work, 200 acres of the hammock had been cleared and seeds were planted. Deep Lake Railroad To facilitate the process of transporting the grapefruit to market, the partners needed to build their own rail system. The Deep Lake Railroad was built in 1913 and spanned from Everglades City to Deep Lake. Barron Collier, friend of Roach and namesake of Collier County, purchased the grapefruit grove and railroad in the early years of the 1920s. He would go on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hammock (ecology)
Hammock is a term used in the southeastern United States for stands of trees, usually hardwood, that form an ecological island in a contrasting ecosystem. Hammocks grow on elevated areas, often just a few inches high, surrounded by wetlands that are too wet to support them. The term ''hammock'' is also applied to stands of hardwood trees growing on slopes between wetlands and drier uplands supporting a mixed or coniferous forest. Types of hammocks found in the United States include tropical hardwood hammocks, temperate hardwood hammocks, and maritime or coastal hammocks. Hammocks are also often classified as hydric (wet soil), mesic (moist soil) or xeric (dry soil). The types are not exclusive, but often grade into each other. Unlike many ecosystems of the coastal plain of the southeastern United States, hammocks are not tolerant of fire. Hammocks tend to occur in locations where fire is not common, or where there is some protection from fire in neighboring ecosystems. Hammocks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deep Lake (Florida)
Deep Lake is a natural sinkhole in Big Cypress National Preserve Big Cypress National Preserve is a United States National Preserve located in South Florida, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) west of Miami on the Atlantic coastal plain. The Big Cypress, along with Big Thicket National Preserve in Texas, beca ... in Florida. This 90-foot-deep naturally occurring sinkhole lake is the deepest lake south of Lake Okeechobee, and one of the deepest in the entire state. It is the namesake of the community built around it, Deep Lake, Florida. See also * List of sinkholes of the United States External linksDeep Lake Landforms of Collier County, Florida Sinkholes of Florida {{CollierCountyFL-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Counties In Florida
There are 67 County (United States), counties in the U.S. state of Florida, which became a Territories of the United States, territory of the U.S. in 1821 with two counties complementing the provincial divisions retained as a Spanish territory, Escambia County, Florida, Escambia to the west and St. Johns County, Florida, St. Johns to the east. The two counties were divided by the Suwannee River. All of the other counties were created later from these two original counties. Florida became the 27th U.S. state in 1845, and its last county was created in 1925 with the formation of Gilchrist County, Florida, Gilchrist County from a segment of Alachua County, Florida, Alachua County. Florida's counties are subdivisions of the Government of Florida, state government. Florida's most populous county is Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County, the seventh most populous county in the nation, with a population of 2,701,767 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. In 1968, c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
