Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
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Where is Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA? Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, USA
The city was co-founded by John C. Williams, formerly of Detroit, who purchased the land in 1876, and by Peter Demens, who was instrumental in bringing the terminus of a railroad there in 1888. St. Petersburg was incorporated on February 29, 1892, when it had a population of only some 300 people.
It was named after Saint Petersburg, Russia, where Peter Demens had spent half of his youth. A local legend says that John C. Williams and Peter Demens flipped a coin to see who would have the honor of naming the city.wikipedia
Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
Heavy Traffic on the Recreation Pier, St. Petersburg, Fla. "The Sunshine City"
Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
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1906
Saint Petersburg, a banking post-town of Hillsboro co., Fla., on Tampa Bay and on the Atlantic...Read MORE...
Saint Petersburg, a banking post-town of Hillsboro co., Fla., on Tampa Bay and on the Atlantic...Read MORE...
1914 - The world's first scheduled commercial airline flight occurred in Florida on January 1, 1914.
Young aviator Tony Jannus made history when he flew the world's first scheduled passenger service...Read MORE...
Young aviator Tony Jannus made history when he flew the world's first scheduled passenger service...Read MORE...
1921 - SOUTH FLORIDA COUNTS LOSSES. Gulf Hurricane Does Great Damage. TAMPA SUFFERS MOST. Gale Wipes Out Small Obstacles in Path but Few Lives Are Lost....Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 26. - The entire waterfront of St. Petersburg was wiped out by the gulf ...Read MORE...
1922 - ATTACKED BY FISH, YOUNG LADY DIESST. PETERSBURG, Fla., June 17. — Supposedly attacked by barracuda, a species of carnivorous fish,...Read MORE...
1955 - Fall Proves FatalSt. Petersburg, Fla., (AP) – Mack HOPEEN, 37, a construction worker, rolled off a divan where he...Read MORE...
1970 - September 7 - A lightning bolt struck a group of football players at Gibbs High School in Saint Petersburg FL, killing two persons and injuring 22 others. All the thirty-eight players and four coaches were knocked off their feet.
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