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Publications/Reports

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Includes links to handbooks for political organizations and candidates, compilation of election laws, and other key publications and reports.

Notices

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Tables of information on current and past notices (we keep notices online for one year)

Heritage Trails

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Designed to raise awareness of the state's cultural and historical resources, the Florida Heritage Trail publications are popular educational and travel resources for residents, students, historians and visitors to the state.

The Grove

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The mission of The Grove Museum is to preserve and interpret the Call-Collins House, its historical collections, and its surrounding acreage, in order to engage the public in dialogue about civil rights and American history.

Staff

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Contact a member of staff to assist you.

State Shell

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Horse Conch

Territorial Period

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As a territory of the United States, Florida was particularly attractive to people from the older Southern plantation areas of Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia, who arrived in considerable numbers.

Florida Development

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During the final quarter of the nineteenth century, large-scale commercial agriculture in Florida, especially cattle-raising, grew in importance.

The Great Depression in Florida

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Florida's economic bubble burst in 1926, when money and credit ran out, and banks and investors abruptly stopped trusting the "paper" millionaires.

World War II and Post-War Boom

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World War II spurred economic development in Florida. Because of its year-round mild climate, the state became a major training center for soldiers, sailors, and aviators of the United States and its allies.

Florida's Historic Flags

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Many flags have flown over Florida since European explorers first landed here in the early sixteenth century. Among these have been the flags of five nations: Spain, France, Great Britain, the United States, and the Confederate States of America.…

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…

Research

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Folklife programs are grounded in knowledge about Florida's traditional culture. In order to maintain and expand our information base, the Florida Folklife Program undertakes annual surveys on selected topics to identify and document folklife.

A. E. "Bean " Backus

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Largely self-taught artist A.E. "Beanie" Backus painted and sold realistic scenes of his native state for 54 years. Considered the "dean" of Florida landscape art, Backus exhibited a style that inspired—and was emulated by— hundreds of artists. His…

Jacqueline Brice

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Jackie Brice, a native Floridian, has been painting since 1967. In her forty-five year career as an artist, Brice who lives in Jupiter has focused on painting rivers, back country and wetlands of the state she loves. Brice's paintings capture the…