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Welcome
To Fort Lauderdale
The ideal place to live, to
visit and to relocate a business. The Venice of America
is a beautiful, friendly and exciting destination that
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For any family vacation,
business trip, wedding or that perfect romantic getaway,
the Lago Mar Hotel has everything you need! Staying here
puts you within walking distance of Fort Lauderdale's
charming beach front, restaurants, night clubs, museums,
galleries, fabolous shops, and a variety of other memorable
experiences. Find out more information by clicking below
or make your reservations today
 
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Immerse yourself in Fort
Lauderdale's shoreline Beach This trip puts you minutes
from golf, shops, dining, sports, and much more. |
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You can have a front-row
seat as
nature unveils each heart-pounding vista. This give you
views of ocean,
sea animals and the sky. Contact us today to book this
spectacular cruise. |
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Fort Lauderdale - The Venice of America
Just 6,000 years ago, Florida's familiar landscape took shape - an appendix resembling a hitchhiker's thumb, filled with exotic plant and animal forms. It boasts some 1,300 miles of shoreline, second to none except for Alaska. Her beaches stretch about 800 miles, more than 30,000 lakes are present - including 730 square miles of Lake Okeechobee - the fourth largest lake in the United States. Almost 15% of Florida is water. |
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Florida's earliest
inhabitants were paleo-Indians. In around the year
2000 B.C. pottery began to be created in Florida.
Approximately 800 years prior to when it appeared
in the rest of the United States. The Tequesta Indians
settled along the Gold Coast, which is now Palm
Beach, Fort Lauderdale and Miami.
Credit for the European discovery of Florida usually
goes to Spain's Don Juan Ponce de Leon. However,
it is believed that an Italian named John Cabot
may have beat him to it. No matter, the fact still
remains that these Indian tribes vanished from the
face of the earth less than three centuries after
Columbus arrived in 1492.
Fort Lauderdale, the middle of the now Gold Coast
was a swamp back in 1857. During the Seminole Wars
a wooden fort was built and named after Tennessee
Volunteer Major William Lauderdale. Then the fort
was left to rot in the midst of a mangrove swamp.
Runaway slaves and army deserters used it for a
hideout.
Tequesta Indians, Pottery, Then Columbus To transform
the swamp into prime real estate, it took a Charles
Green Rhodes to plan the dredging of parallel canals,
using the fill to create long peninsulas between
them. It was the same theory used to create Venice,
Italy, which earned Fort Lauderdale the nickname,
"Venice of America." Flagler's railroad followed
and the city was incorporated in 1911.
Prior to the spring (break) migration was the Collegiate
Aquatic Forum. A unique winter attraction that started
in 1935. The word spread about the sun and beaches
and the trickling of students coming down for spring
break peaked in the 1960s with the Connie Francis'
song "The Strip" and the beach-party movie "Where
The Boys Are", a movie that may still be scene in
theaters around Ft. Lauderdale. A few weeks of teen
chaos each spring put Fort Lauderdale, a then rather
small sleepy town, on the map.
With the value of land located on water ever escalating
and the foresight of the local government discouraging
the spring break teen migrations - Fort Lauderdale
has evolved into a mecca of sophistication.
Florida Statehood in 1911 During the 1990's Fort
Lauderdale took a turn towards the more cosmopolitan.
Fort Lauderdale today features beautifully preserved
beaches, international dining, cosmopolitan shopping,
championship golfing, rich cultural art and entertainment
centers and forever sunshine.
The diversified cultures have mixed together to
form the perfect vacation atmosphere.
(Excerpts Taken From An Article By Julie Greiner)
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