Brevard County, Florida - #1-Trivia Facts or Myths?
from:
Brevard County, Florida: A Short History to 1955

1. Henry Titus is known as the founder of Titusville, Florida. As recorded by local historians, he won the right to name the town "Titusville" after winning a game of dominoes.






2.
The Ais tribe was noted by Alvara Mexia on his 1605 map of the Indian River Lagoon as Province of the Ais. The Seminoles did not arrive until the 1700s.
The first native American tribe known to live along the Indian River Lagoon in present-day Brevard County was this tribe...





3.
The 1855 Colton Map of Florida shows Brevard county from the Atlantic to the Kissimmee River.
Some of the earliest maps of Brevard County encompassed as much as _________ square miles?





4.
The Bumper 8 rocket was German technology. German scientists were in charge of many aspects of early space flight at the Cape.
The first rocket launched at Cape Canaveral was technology funded by_____.





5. The father of the famous Indian River Citrus brand of orange was___________.





6.
Earliest settlers knew of two natural inlets: Mosquito and Indian River. Matanzas Inlet is natural and also Jupiter. All early inlets except Matanzas were known to be open or closed depending on weather and sand drift.
The earliest settlers arrived in east Florida be means of the St. Johns River, old Army trails, and on steamers and ships on the Atlantic coast. Steamers accessed the Indian River by natural inlets. What were the historic natural inlets on Florida's east coast?




7.
The so-called purchase was negotiated so that a 5,000,000 lien by the U.S. for Spanish debt was cancelled in exchange for the rights and transfer of Spain's East and West Florida to the U.S.
Florida was purchased from Spain for approximately________ dollars in 1822.




8. These rivers were already mapped and named by the year ______ when Col James Gadsden explored Florida's east coast: Tomoka, Spruce, Elbow, Crane, Turkey, St. Sebastians, and St. Lucie.





9. The "Indian" River was named after what Indian tribe?





10.
Vero is the site of a major debris field from the 1715 Spanish ship wrecks.
Gold was discovered in Florida near the present-day city of _________ by Kip Wagner.





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