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Sep 16, 2022 · Florida during the first half of the 20th Century experienced rapid change. The Great Migration, mass immigration, and the Land Boom of the 1920s made millions of people aware of Florida and its attractions for the first time. A booming post war economy after World War One and mass tourism greatly diversified and expanded the population of Florida.
As of 2005, 74.54 percent of Florida residents age 5 and older spoke English at home as a first language, while 18.65 percent spoke Spanish, and 1.73 percent of the population spoke French Creole (predominantly Haitian Creole ). French was spoken by 0.63 percent, followed by German at 0.45 percent, and Portuguese at 0.44 percent of all residents.
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Aug 15, 2023 · In the fourth part of our series, we’re talking about Florida's cultural history. The discussion includes how we see ourselves, and how the rest of the world sees us, and how that's changing. Community members said they like the diversity and the infusion of new cultures old and new, and how the natural environment is an integral part of our ...
Sep 13, 2023 · Swampland was drained for subdivisions across Florida in the early 20th century. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons Southern California was too arid, a writer in the Florida Dispatch claimed, a ...
By the early 20th Century, Eatonville had become what was originally envisioned, a community that gave African Americans the chance to live as they desired and independent of white society. Self-governance and independence were finally attained by the black citizens of Eatonville, making the town an inspiration for African Americans nationwide ...
Florida Memory. In Her Own Words. Women in Florida actively shaped the social and political life of the state in the 20th century. They held public office, established civic and social clubs and organized campaigns for the causes that were important to them. One of the foremost issues women faced at the turn of the 20th century was the question ...
But Mizner, who died in 1933 after turning 60, is widely credited with "inventing" the Florida style we so take for granted today. He ushered in the Spanish tiled roofs and shaded interior courtyards, the gothic windows of Venice and the patios of Seville. He threw out the white colonial buildings and overly formal East Coast manners.
