[Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR NOVEMBER 4

[Nick Wynne]

TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY 
NOVEMBER 4   
     
1782 John Branch, the sixth territorial governor of Florida, was born today in
Halifax County, North Carolina. He died at Enfield, North Carolina, on January
3, 1863. For more information on Branch, see the “Today in Florida History”
entry for August 11.

1862 Captain Alfred T. Snell and the crew of the U.S.S. Hale today captured
the
pilot boat Wave and an unnamed schooner in Nassau Sound, Fl.

1885 Clara Louise Guild enrolled as the first student at Rollins College in
Winter Park.

1906 Mrs. Lamar Bledsoe, former Chief Clerk to the Florida House of
Representative, was born today in Apalachicola, FL.

1927 The official winter quarters for the Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey
Circus were established in Sarasota today.