New Smyrna Beach Florida

Dr. Andrew Turnbull determined to establish an agricultural colony, naming it "Smyrnea

Feb 1, 1763

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New Smyrna BEach Florida

Period: Feb 1, 1763 to Feb 1, 1930

1,400 people left the port city of Mahon in Minorca on eight ships

Feb 1, 1768

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Smyrna_Beach,_FloridaMost hailed from the Balearic Islands

the colony was in existence, these hard-working Mediterranean peoples suffered major losses due to malnutrition, diseases, inclement weather, harsh treatment and skirmishes with Native Americans.

Feb 1, 1777

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in 1777, the remaining disgruntled workers walked north to St. Augustine along the Old King's Highway, abandoning the “Smyrnea” colony forever

Feb 1, 1777

http://nsbfla.com/thingstodo.cfm/mode/sitesclaim mistreatment by Turnbull to the Governor of Florida, which was then a British protectorate

Soon after, St. Augustine was returned to the Spanish, and Turnbull abandoned his colony for life in Charleston, South Carolina

Feb 1, 1779

New Smyrna has stood under four flags: first the British, then the Spanish, then the American flag in 1845, followed by the Confederate Jack, and finally replaced by the Stars and Stripes again

Period: Feb 1, 1845 to Feb 1, 2013

1860s the still-standing "Stone Wharf" was shelled by Union gunboats

Feb 1, 1860

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In 1887, the Town of New Smyrna was incorporated, with a population of 150. In 1892, the arrival of Henry Flagler's Florida East Coast Railway led to an increase in the area's population and a boom in its economy, which was based on tourism, citrus, and c

Feb 1, 1887

During Prohibition in the 1920s the city and its river islands were popular sites for moonshine stills and hideouts for rum-runners coming in from the Bahamas through Mosquito

Feb 1, 1920

New Smyrna" became "New Smyrna Beach" in 1947, when the city annexed the seaside community of Coronado Beach

Feb 1, 1974