Saturday, September 24, 2016
STOP #10: FLORIDA: ORANGE COUNTY: DISNEY, MOSQUITO COUNTY AND ORANGES...
SWOOSH.!!!!!...HERE WE ARE! STOP #10 OF OUR ALL U.S. 3007 COUNTIES IS:
FLORIDA: ORANGE COUNTY.
ORANGE COUNTY...USED TO BE CALLED MOSQUITO COUNTY TIL 1845.
ITS COUNTY SEAT IS ORLANDO.
IT WAS FORMED IN 1824 OUT OF ST. JOHNS COUNTY.
THE AREA TO THE SOUTH OF ST JOHNS BECAME MOSQUITO COUNTY IN 1824 AND ENTERPRISE BECAME ITS COUNTY SEAT.
IT WAS RENAMED ORANGE COUNTY IN 1845.
*** Named for its main product : oranges...but severe cold in recent winters and diseases have destroyed a majority of orange groves . Orlando population growth has moved into a lot of what was orange groves.
*** This county is located along the Interstate 4 corridor which is the "swing part of the state" in elections.
*** Orlando was nicknamed "The City Beautiful"
*** Tourism...Tourism...Tourism:
Disney, Universal, Sea World, Gatorland, Wet'n Wild, ...conferences...conventions to name a few.
*** Orlando is the 7th of 10 most visited theme parks in North America.
*** Many notable athletes and famous other people were born here or have lived here during their lives: Shaquille O'Neal, Wayne Brady , Warren Sapp to mention a few.
*** Metro Orlando has 19 or now maybe more skyscrapers.
*** The University of Central Florida is here. It was the 2nd largest university campus in 2012 in terms of enrollment according to Internet statistics.
OK...Laziboy.tourists...time to buckle up and swoosh on off to our next county Stop 11...of our 3,007 United States counties we are visiting.
FLORIDA: ORANGE COUNTY.
ORANGE COUNTY...USED TO BE CALLED MOSQUITO COUNTY TIL 1845.
ITS COUNTY SEAT IS ORLANDO.
IT WAS FORMED IN 1824 OUT OF ST. JOHNS COUNTY.
THE AREA TO THE SOUTH OF ST JOHNS BECAME MOSQUITO COUNTY IN 1824 AND ENTERPRISE BECAME ITS COUNTY SEAT.
IT WAS RENAMED ORANGE COUNTY IN 1845.
*** Named for its main product : oranges...but severe cold in recent winters and diseases have destroyed a majority of orange groves . Orlando population growth has moved into a lot of what was orange groves.
*** This county is located along the Interstate 4 corridor which is the "swing part of the state" in elections.
*** Orlando was nicknamed "The City Beautiful"
*** Tourism...Tourism...Tourism:
Disney, Universal, Sea World, Gatorland, Wet'n Wild, ...conferences...conventions to name a few.
*** Orlando is the 7th of 10 most visited theme parks in North America.
*** Many notable athletes and famous other people were born here or have lived here during their lives: Shaquille O'Neal, Wayne Brady , Warren Sapp to mention a few.
*** Metro Orlando has 19 or now maybe more skyscrapers.
*** The University of Central Florida is here. It was the 2nd largest university campus in 2012 in terms of enrollment according to Internet statistics.
OK...Laziboy.tourists...time to buckle up and swoosh on off to our next county Stop 11...of our 3,007 United States counties we are visiting.
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