[Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR NOVEMBER 12

[Nick Wynne]

TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY 
NOVEMBER 12   
     
1828 Governor William P. Duval, on behalf of the Federal government, was
presented with a receipt for $1323.00 for the U.S. government’s payment for
the
transportation of 2,412 Seminoles from their homes in the southern part of the
peninsula to reservations in central Florida and the Panhandle.  This was
according to the terms of the “Treaty of Moultrie Creek,” signed September 18,
1823.

1828 The City of Magnolia was incorporated today under the aegis of the
Territorial government.

1862 The British blockade runner, Maria, was seized today by the U.S.S.
Kensington off the coast of Florida.

1864 A Union raiding party, composed of sailors form the U.S.S. Hendrick
Hudson
and the U.S.S. Nita, attempted to destroy salt works near Tampa Bay today, but
were driven off by Confederate cavalry.  Union losses were one wounded and
five
deserted. 
    1899 - the 2nd destructive fire in City of Miami, destroyed Julia Tuttles'
Miami Hotel and Metropolis (newspaper)      building.
1921 The Jewish congregation, B’nai Israel, was incorporated in Gainesville.

1926 In public ceremonies today, Miami’s Biscayne Boulevard was dedicated.  

1981 Today the space shuttle Columbia (STS-2) was launched from Cape
Canaveral.  The crew of the Columbia experimented with the shuttle's robotic
arm.  A two-person crew consisted of astronauts Joseph Engle and Richard
Truly.