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Clearwater, Pinellas, Florida, USA
The United States city with the highest rate of lightning strikes per capita is Clearwater.
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Clearwater Nostalgia: Vintage Photos, Ads, and Postcards
Clearwater, Florida, USA
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 - Fort Harrison Avenue looking North, 1907)
Fort Harrison Avenue looking North, 1907
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 - 2 1/2 Mile Bridge, connecting Clearwater Fla., with the Gulf.)
2 1/ 2 Mile Bridge, connecting Clearwater Fla., with the Gulf.
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 - Public Dock and Cleveland St., from Ft. Harrison Ave.)
Public Dock and Cleveland St., from Ft. Harrison Ave.
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 - Coachman Building, Cleveland and Fort Harrison Street, Clearwater, Fla.)
Coachman Building, Cleveland and Fort Harrison Street, Clearwater, Fla.
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 - Memorial Presbyterian Church)
Memorial Presbyterian Church
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 - Clearwater Beach)
Clearwater Beach
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 - Pinellas County Court House)
Pinellas County Court House
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 - Clearwater Library)
Clearwater Library
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 - Calvary Baptist Church, Clearwater, Fla., "The Springtime City")
Calvary Baptist Church, Clearwater, Fla., "The Springtime City"
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 - Cleveland Street, Looking East)
Cleveland Street, Looking East
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 - Gray Moss Inn, Clearwater, Fla.)
Gray Moss Inn, Clearwater, Fla.
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 - Municipal Auditorium from Causeway, Clearwater, Fla., 1933)
Municipal Auditorium from Causeway, Clearwater, Fla., 1933
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 - New Clearwater Beach Hotel Apartments
Directly on the Gulf of Mexico)
New Clearwater Beach Hotel Apartments
Directly on the Gulf of Mexico
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 - Clearwater Marina, Clearwater Beach)
Clearwater Marina, Clearwater Beach
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1846 - A hurricane hits Clear Water Harbor
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1888 - The first narrow gauge railroad was built in Clear Water Harbor.
There were 18 families living there at that time.
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1895 - Clear Water Harbor
Clear Water Harbor, an incorporated post-village of Hillsborough co., Fla., on the Gulf of Mexico, 90 miles S. of Cedar Keys. It has 4 churches, a public school, and a newspaper office.
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott
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1914 - The first hospital was built in Clearwater
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The city of Clearwater was incorporated on May 27, 1915.
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1916 - Clearwater Public Library was built in Clearwater
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The Philadelphia Phillies professional baseball team began spring training in Clearwater in the 1940s.
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1978 - "I STILL SEE WINDOWS COMING AT ME" - CLEARWATER SCHOOL HORROR LINGERS IN WAKE OF TWISTER KILLING 2; 95 HURT.
Clearwater, Fla. (UPI) - MATTI RAMSEY had her bingo card almost full when the lights went out and she saw the shadow of the tornado zip past, hurling the top of an oak tree into her fifth grade classroom.
"Everything started coming in through the windows -- wind, rain, wood and stuff. The roof blew right off. It slung me up against the wall. I threw my arms up in front of my face," MATTI, 12, said, pointing to the rows of glass sliver cuts from her wrist to her shoulder.
Within 2 or 3 minutes at 11:40 a.m. Thursday, a howling tornado demolished High Point Elementary School, killing two children and injuring 95 other students and teachers.
The dead were identified as JOHN TIMOTHY DUVAL, JR., who was celebrating his sixth birthday, and 5-year-old GARY STALY.
(Transcriber's Note: Another child, SCOTTY WILMOT, aged 6, passed away in a hospital 9 days after the disaster.)
"The teacher told us to crouch down against the blackboard and keep our heads down. Everybody was hollering... Read MORE...
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2022 - Pinellas County, Florida bans books
This book has been banned:
Gender Queer: A Memoir" by Maia Kobabe
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The Ledger
Lakeland, Florida
April 26, 2022
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Ancestors Who Were Born or Died in Clearwater, Florida, USA
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Kenneth Davies CHILDS (14 July 1899, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA (Florence) - 9 February 1974, Clearwater, Florida, USA (Clear Water Harbor))
Marie Regina Lilian BRAULT (29 July 1903, Bedford, Québec, Canada (Saint-Damien) - 6 May 1988, Clearwater, Florida, USA (Clear Water Harbor))Helen MASON (26 February 1905, Providence, Rhode Island, USA - 23 July 1993, Clearwater, Florida, USA (Clear Water Harbor))
Mark Joseph CONE (6 December 1907, Clearwater, Florida, USA (Clear Water Harbor) - 23 June 1984, Miami, Florida, USA)Cecile Laurette BRAULT (12 February 1907, Winooski, Vermont, USA - 19 January 1987, Clearwater, Florida, USA (Clear Water Harbor))Inez E HOOKS (26 December 1908, Dunedin, Florida, USA - 16 September 1981, Clearwater, Florida, USA (Clear Water Harbor))Wilson Winefred NIGELS (7 May 1908, Dunedin, Florida, USA - 15 June 1987, Clearwater, Florida, USA (Clear Water Harbor))Louis Phillippe Raymond BRAULT (15 March 1909, Colchester, Vermont, USA (Malletts Bay) - 19 February 1995, Clearwater, Florida, USA (Clear Water Harbor))Edwin Arthur ZARN (4 June 1913, , Illinois, USA - 26 November 1993, Clearwater, Florida, USA (Clear Water Harbor))
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