winner winner winner: Florida was the original lone star state. the eastern half was entered as a state. the west from the Apalachacola and David rivers. the latter of which is now a barely distinguishable dry gulley remained as an independent republic. and was offered to Alabama for one million dollars, they refused the offer considering it largely un inhabitable. The mosquito population was such that cattle could not even be grazed they would be bled to death by the mosquitoes. The flag of the republic of west Florida, the Bonnie Blue was the first flag of the confederacy.
I believe it was in 1903 when the west Florida Republic was un ceremoniously accessed into the east Florida state with out the consent of either province or vote of the relativity few residence.
The state is divided loosely in 3 population categories. west of the Swanie river the people are much like you see in the area of Tennessee/Kentucky, area. From the Swanee east to the Atlantic and south to about Ocalla maybe a little farther south, the populis is similar to the Midwestern farmer/rancher, what I believe is still the largest operating cattle ranch in the U.S. is located in this area.
From this point on the farther south you go the more New york you find. Sooo to get to the south you have to go north to Georgia, or Alabama.
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