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* Mullet Key, a historic island near Crystal River, Florida
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Construction of Fort De Soto, on Mullet Key facing the mouth of Tampa Bay, was begun in 1898 during the Spanish-American War to protect Tampa Bay from potential invading forces.
In 1848 Robert E. Lee, then a lieutenant colonel in the U. S. army, recommended that Mullet Key be used for coastal defense in Florida.
During the Spanish – American War of 1898, Fort De Soto was built on Mullet Key.
In 1948 the federal government sold Mullet Key to Pinellas County for park and recreation facilities, now Fort De Soto Park.
This park, operated by Pinellas County, is made up from five offshore keys, or islands lying to the city's south-southwest: Madelaine Key, St. Jean Key, St. Christopher Key, Bonne Fortune Key and the main island, Mullet Key.
Hillsborough County established a quarantine station on the eastern side of Mullet Key in 1889.
It became known as Mullet Key Quarantine Station.
The main operation on Mullet Key, however, became Fort De Soto in 1900, named for Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto.
In September 1938 Pinellas County bought the areas on Mullet Key for $ 12, 500.
Two years later the War Department decided it wanted Mullet Key back for use as a bombing range by the U. S. Army Air Corps.
In 2003, a portion of the Marvel comic-inspired film " The Punisher " was filmed on Mullet Key and Fort Desoto as a mock-up of Puerto Rico.
Mullet and island
The heritage centre has a large amount of unique locally gathered research material and books on local history available so that the visitor can research aspects of Mullet local history and archaeology, island life and the Legend of the Children of Lir for themselves while enjoying the facilities the centre offers, such as soup and sandwiches, coffee and tea.
Mullet and near
The town sits on the River Deel near the northern shore of Lough Conn. Crossmolina is about 9 km west of Ballina, on the N59 Road as it travels west through Erris to Bellacorick and Bangor Erris Glencastle, Belmullet and the Mullet peninsula.
Mullet and River
* Mullet River, a river in Wisconsin
* Mullet Creek – A stream entering the St. Lawrence River at Fishers Landing.
Glenbeulah is a village in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States, along the Mullet River.
Glenbeulah is located on the Mullet River.
Image: GlenbeulahWisconsin MulletRiver. jpg | Looking east at the Mullet River in Glenbeulah
The Mullet River crossed the trail and would become their source of water power.
People born in Arundel are known locally as Mullets, due to the presence of Mullet in the River Arun.
Plymouth is a city in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, along the Mullet River.
Sheboygan Falls is located at ( 43. 730444 ,-87. 821078 ), along the Sheboygan River between its confluences with the Mullet and Onion Rivers.
The Sydney to Newcastle section, Homebush to Waratah, had difficult topography to overcome, including crossing the Hawkesbury River, traversing the Mullet Creek bank and constructing the Woy Woy Tunnel.
Progress in the construction of the last section between Hawkesbury River and Gosford occurred when the Woy Woy Tunnel opened in 1887, then Mullet Creek to Gosford in 1888 and finally Hawkesbury River to Mullet Creek in 1889 when the original Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge was built.
The Sydney to Newcastle section was connected with the conclusion of the final 2 stages, Mullet Creek to Gosford ( opened 16 January 1888 ) and Hawkesbury to Mullet Creek ( opened 1 May 1889 ), of the Homebush to Waratah line, these final 2 stages required the construction of the Woy Woy Tunnel and the original Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge.
Six km southwards downstream, Mullet Creek flows into the Hawkesbury River.
At Sheboygan Falls it collects its two largest tributaries, the Mullet River and the Onion River.
The Mullet River is a tributary of the Sheboygan River, 40 miles ( 64 km ) long, in eastern Wisconsin in the United States.
Mullet and Florida
* Mullet Festival, annual event held in Niceville, Florida
Key and historic
Permanent historic occupation of the islands began in 1839, when the United States Army, led by General Zachary Taylor, established " Fort No. 4 ", which served as a depot and included a hospital, on Depot Key ( later known as Atsena Otie Key ) during the Second Seminole War.
The naturalist John Muir visited Cedar Key in 1867 on his historic walk from Kentucky to Florida.
The attempt will take place at the historic site of the Christ of the Abyss at Key Largo Dry Rocks.
After this historic flight, Meridian's public airport was renamed Key Field in the brothers ' honor.
Fort McRee, was a historic military fort constructed by the United States, on the eastern tip of Perdido Key, to defend Pensacola and its important natural harbor.
* Old Town, Key West, the historic section of the city of Key West, Florida
Sloppy Joe's Bar is a historic U. S. bar in Key West, Florida.
The Skeleton Key was filmed at the historic Felicity Plantation, actually located on the Mississippi River in Saint James Parish, Louisiana, not the coastal, swampy Terrebonne Parish.
The historic church was built in 1769 by George Washington, George Mason, and George William Fairfax, among others, and restored after the War of 1812 by President Martin Van Buren, John Quincy Adams, and Francis Scott Key, among others.
Key and island
* Key Largo, an island in the Florida Keys
He establishes that Strangways had been investigating Dr. No, a Chinese operator of a guano mine on the Caribbean island of Crab Key ; Bond travels to the island to investigate further.
Bond is briefed that Strangways had been investigating the activities of Dr. Julius No, a reclusive Chinese-German who lives on Crab Key and runs a guano mine ; the island is said to be the home of a vicious dragon with a colony of Roseate Spoonbills at one end.
The colony was one hundred mile square of inaccessible mangrove swamp and salt flats, home to flamingos, egrets and roseate spoonbills: the location became the background for Dr. No's island of Crab Key.
The Studios of Key West was founded in 2006, at America's Southernmost point, with a new genre approach and a mission of working with creative people to engage the island community at-large.
A priest would come up from Key West on occasion to provide for the Catholics on the island.
Some of the earliest European settlers of the area ( notably the Alvarez, Fernandez, Johnson, and Soto families ) were fishing families that lived on Mound Key, a mangrove-ringed island that dominates Estero Bay.
In following years, structures were rebuilt on Way Key, a more protected island inland, but the damage was done.
Longboat Key is a town in Manatee and Sarasota counties along the central west coast of the U. S. state of Florida, located on and coterminous with the barrier island of the same name.
The United States Postal Service operates a Post Office on Longboat Key, with the entire island serviced within ZIP Code 34228.
Currently Longboat Key is located within two Florida counties, Manatee County in the north and Sarasota County in the south, but there have been calls for the Florida Legislature to pursue an initiative to create a 68th county, " Longboat Key County ," to simplify governance of the island.
Key Biscayne is a town in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States on the island of Key Biscayne.
While there had been earlier schemes to develop a town on Key Biscayne, it wasn't until the opening of the four-mile ( 6 km ) long Rickenbacker Causeway from Miami to Virginia Key and on to Key Biscayne in 1947 that the island was opened up to large scale residential development.
Key Biscayne Magazine is a lifestyle magazine based on the island.
Prior to this date, Islamorada was only considered to be on the island of Upper Matecumbe Key.
Big Coppitt Key is a census-designated place and an unincorporated community in Monroe County, Florida, on an island of the same name in the lower Florida Keys.
Big Pine Key is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Monroe County, Florida, on an island of the same name in the Florida Keys.
Several bars and restaurants are available along the US-1 corridor, and the No Name Pub is located near the bridge to No Name Key in the NE part of the island.
The Big Pine Key island is home to the National Key Deer Refuge, where the majority of the Key Deer population can be found.
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