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Manasota Key Offshore

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Starting in 2016, archaeological investigations located a 7,000-year-old Native American ancestral burial site in the Gulf of Mexico offshore near Venice. The Manasota Key Offshore (MKO) archaeological site is unprecedented. It is located on the…

James F. Hutchinson

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James Hutchinson's lifelong passion for capturing the beauty and diversity of Florida's natural environment and heritage has won him the respect of art lovers and fellow landscape artists the world over. In the 1960s and '70s, his keen interest in…

John D. MacDonald

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At the time of his death in 1986, John D. MacDonald was the author of 78 books, with more than 75 million copies in print. Combined with hundreds of short works of fiction, MacDonald's career achievements as an American mystery writer remain…

Albin Polasek

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Regarded as one of the foremost American sculptors of the 20th Century, Czech-born Albin Polasek served nearly 30 years as head of the sculpture department for the Art Institute of Chicago before retiring to Winter Park, Florida in 1949. Polasek…

Lawrence Hankins "Hank " Locklin

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Florida native Hank Locklin was one of country music's early honky-tonk singers. A three-time Grammy finalist, Locklin saw more than 15 million copies of his songs sold worldwide before his death in 2008. In a career that spanned nearly seven…