Monday, September 22, 2014
STOP 16 FLORIDA: FRANKLIN COUNTY
Stop 16: Franklin County Florida
County Seat: Apalachicola
Formed from Gadsden and Washington Counties.
***This county is on the panhandle part of Florida along the Gulf of Mexico.
*** Industries important here are commercial timber and fishing.
*** Creeping up in importance with those just mentioned are tourism and retirement due to several rivers and state parks and islands.
*** Native Americans inhabited here for 12,000 years!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_County,_Florida
*** It was named for Benjamin Franklin.
*** During WWII areas of this county were used for jungle training by the military and the coast was used for amphibious training.
*** This county includes part of Tate's Hell State Forest.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tate%27s_Hell_State_Forest
*** The word Appalachicola comes from the tribe with that name which includes in the word's meaning "people" and "on the other side of the river".
*** In 1827 the county seat was called West Point. In 1831 it received its current name.
*** Tim McGraw's song Southern Voice mentions Appalachicola.
*** During the Civil War Western Florida was occupied by Union Forces.
*** More than 90% of Florida's oysters are harvested from Appalachicola Bay.
*** A major industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was the sponge trade by the Greek immigrants.
*** Dr. John Gorrie has a monument here in his memory. He was the inventor of artificial ice.
County Seat: Apalachicola
Formed from Gadsden and Washington Counties.
***This county is on the panhandle part of Florida along the Gulf of Mexico.
*** Industries important here are commercial timber and fishing.
*** Creeping up in importance with those just mentioned are tourism and retirement due to several rivers and state parks and islands.
*** Native Americans inhabited here for 12,000 years!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_County,_Florida
*** It was named for Benjamin Franklin.
*** During WWII areas of this county were used for jungle training by the military and the coast was used for amphibious training.
*** This county includes part of Tate's Hell State Forest.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tate%27s_Hell_State_Forest
*** The word Appalachicola comes from the tribe with that name which includes in the word's meaning "people" and "on the other side of the river".
*** In 1827 the county seat was called West Point. In 1831 it received its current name.
*** Tim McGraw's song Southern Voice mentions Appalachicola.
*** During the Civil War Western Florida was occupied by Union Forces.
*** More than 90% of Florida's oysters are harvested from Appalachicola Bay.
*** A major industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was the sponge trade by the Greek immigrants.
*** Dr. John Gorrie has a monument here in his memory. He was the inventor of artificial ice.
