FLORIDA
- Origin of name: Named on Easter 1513 by Ponce de Leon for Pascua Florida – “Flowery Easter”
- Capital: Tallahassee
- Largest city: Jacksonville
- Population: 19,552,860 (2013 est) Ranked 4th in the US
- Nicknames: The Sunshine state
- Highest point: Britton hill, 345 ft.
- Admission to union: March 3rd, 1845 (27th)
- State motto: In God we trust
- State song: Florida, my Florida; Swanee river
- State tree: Sabal Palmetto Palm
- State flower: Orange blossom
- State bird: Mockingbird
- Area: 65,755 sq mi. Ranked 22nd in the US
Did you know……...
1) Orlando attracts more visitors than any other amusement park destination in the United States.
2) Pelican Island was the first federal wildlife refuge in the US. It was established by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1903.
3) The Saint John's River is one of the few rivers that flows north instead of south.
4) The first graded road built in Florida was Old Kings Road in 1763. It was named for King George of England.
5) When first completed in 1989 the Dame Point Bridge became the longest cable-stayed span in the United States, the longest concrete span of its type in the Western Hemisphere, and the third longest cable-stayed bridge in the world.
The Little Bridges series was started by Stanthews in 2009 to highlight small footbridges in remote parts of Wiltshire. Since then the series has been expanded by others all over the country and starting to spread fast, Damian from Winter Foxes has created and updates a list of cachers who has found 10 or more little bridges and can be found here, if you would like to add to the series, please contact Stan here and he will give you a number for your bridge, to qualify, the bridge must be a foot bridge too small for vehicles, please make sure your title exactly matches “Little Bridges # xx then name” including spaces so it will get picked up and added to Damian’s list.