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Welcome to Fort Lauderdale. Ft Lauderdale is on Florida's east coast right above Miami. When traveling down the east coat of Florida on their way to Key West Fl, many tourists make a stop here. We produce the worlds best virtual tours for you to plan your vacation. Your Fort Lauderdale Vacation can be filled with Things to do. The easiest way to set up your stay may be to purchase Fort Lauderdale Vacation Packages which include Fort Lauderdale Hotels or maybe Fort Lauderdale Condos, which can be a way to bring the whole family down to Florida for big events. Now everyone in the party can visit our site and get their own Fort Lauderdale Hotel and some may prefer to stay in their own Fort Lauderdale Accommodations that can easily be found here. You may love our sunshine state paradise so much a look at Fort Lauderdale Real Estate might just be in order. The entire market has been literally booming for many years. If you're looking for a great place to add your URL link for free we offer great reciprocal link exchange program for increased link popularity with Fort Lauderdale Link Exchange. A lot of vacationers actually purchase Fort Lauderdale Vacation Rentals to use part of the year and rent out the other times of the year. Many fishing captains are available for charters and some will pick up from your Fort Lauderdale Resorts and take you right to the boat. Our Fort Lauderdale Attractions are great, and most are very close to nice Fort Lauderdale Restaurants or your favorite Fort Lauderdale Bars. Everything you ever wanted to know about the entire state can be found on our network of websites. At the time of initial European contact, the area was occupied by the Tequesta Indians. Disease, wars and displacement led to the demise of the Tequestas, who were later replaced by the Seminole Indians, who came to the area in the 18th and 19th centuries. The first American settlements started in the 1820's (Florida became a U.S. Territory in 1821). The main personality of the (approx.) 70 people living around the New River (present day Fort Lauderdale) was William Cooley, who acted as local Sheriff. He reportedly released three white settlers who had allegedly murdered an Indian chief for lack of evidence. Since this incident coincided with the start of the Second Seminole War in 1835, the Indians took revenge and murdered Cooley's family on January 6, 1836. This triggered the departure of all the white settlers from the area. During the Second Seminole War, Major William Lauderdale led his Tennessee Volunteers into the area and in 1838 erected a fort on the New River at the site of the modern city of Fort Lauderdale, where SW 9th Avenue meets SW 4th Court. Major Lauderdale left after one month but his name remained. The Seminoles destroyed the fort a few months later and two more forts were built later on, closer to the ocean. It would take until he 1890's to see a new meaningful arrival of settlers. In 1893, a young Ohioan named Frank Stranahan arrived and built a house that served as the first trading post, post office, bank and first hotel of the area. He built three different houses on the original site along present day U.S. 1 highway, the last one in 1901. That house still stands today as a museum and is Broward County's oldest standing structure. Fort Lauderdale was officially incorporated as a town in 1911 and began as a predominantly agricultural community, raising dairy cows and citrus groves. The city and its surrounding suburbs have experienced tremendous growth since the end of World War II. Today, it is a major tourist destination, the yachting capital of the world, and a financial center. Fort Lauderdale's nickname, "the Venice of America," derives from its extensive network of waterways and canals, which extends for over 200 miles. In one of the city's worst traffic disasters, on March 17, 1993, an Amtrak passenger train collided with a loaded Hess gasoline truck at the Cypress Creek Road crossing of the CSX Railroad track in north Fort Lauderdale. The truck was unable to move due to heavy rush hour traffic. The collision and fire killed the truck driver and as well as five motorists that were stopped at the crossing. Nobody on the train was seriously injured.

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