What to see in America . ation. The oldest place in the northwest section of the state isPensacola, begun by the Spaniards in 1696, destroyed bythe French in 1719, and rebuilt by the Spaniards threeyears later. Old Hickory marched on and captured theplace in 1812, because the harbor was made a rendezvousfor a British fleet, and the town a base of supplies forhostile Indians. He captured it in 1818 again for similar reasons. The harbor issaid to be the finest oneon the Gulf, and Pensa-cola has developed intoa stirring modern city. After Florida passedinto American hands Tal-lahassee was picked
What to see in America . ation. The oldest place in the northwest section of the state isPensacola, begun by the Spaniards in 1696, destroyed bythe French in 1719, and rebuilt by the Spaniards threeyears later. Old Hickory marched on and captured theplace in 1812, because the harbor was made a rendezvousfor a British fleet, and the town a base of supplies forhostile Indians. He captured it in 1818 again for similar reasons. The harbor issaid to be the finest oneon the Gulf, and Pensa-cola has developed intoa stirring modern city. After Florida passedinto American hands Tal-lahassee was picked outfor the seat of govern-ment, because of thegeneral beauty of the sit-uation, and the noblegrowths of live oaks andmagnolias there. It oc-cupies seven hills, andis sometimes called theHill City. Anothername it has acquired isthe City of are gardens, and the people are rivals in theirambition to surpass each other in the floral adorning of theirhome surroundings. Prince Murat, oldest son of the famous. Picking Orange;- Florida 201
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