The Spanish named the peninsula Punta Pinal: "point of pines." Polk (1861): James K. Polk was president from 1845 to 1849. It was one of three proposed counties signed into existence by Gov. Perry.

Tuesday will be an eventful day for many Lee County residents and not just because it's Election Day. It's Sanibel's 50th birthday! Sanibel was officially incorporated into Lee County on Nov. 5, 1974.

T. Frederick Davis’s 1925 book, “History of Jacksonville, Florida and Vicinity, 1513 to 1924,” is outdated. More recent scholarship has explored specific aspects of Jacksonville's history, but a ...

Florida's strategic importance to the British during the American Revolution is often overlooked. The America250 celebration offers a chance to broaden the historical narrative to include Florida's ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission receives more than 6,000 calls about black bears each year. Florida's black bear population has grown from under 500 in the 1970s to about 4,000 ...