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Welcome to St Petersburg, the city with the most consecutive number of days with sunshine in the united states. Home to grand pre and Indy racing in the spring, it's a hot place to be. Offshore powerboat races often travel from St. Pete to Key West Florida. We produce the worlds best virtual tours for you to plan your vacation. Your St Petersburg Vacation can be filled with Things to do. The easiest way to set up your stay may be to purchase St Petersburg Vacation Packages which include St Petersburg Hotels or maybe St Petersburg 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 St Petersburg Hotel and some may prefer to stay in their own St Petersburg Accommodations that can easily be found here. You may love our sunshine state paradise so much a look at St Petersburg 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 St Petersburg Link Exchange. A lot of vacationers actually purchase St Petersburg 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 St Petersburg Resorts and take you right to the boat. Our St Petersburg Attractions are great, and most are very close to nice St Petersburg Restaurants or your favorite St Petersburg Bars. The city was co-founded by John C. Williams, formerly of Detroit, Michigan, who purchased the land in 1876, and by Peter Demens, who was instrumental in bringing the terminus of a railroad there in 1888. St. Petersburg was incorporated on February 29, 1892, when it had a population of only some 300 people. It was named after Saint Petersburg, Russia, where Peter Demens had spent half of his youth. A local legend says that John C. Williams and Peter Demens flipped a coin to see who would have the honor of naming the city. Peter Demens won and named the city after his birthplace, while John C. Williams named the first hotel after his birthplace, Detroit. The Detroit Hotel still exists downtown. The city's first major industry was born in 1899 when Henry W. Hibbs, 1862-1942, a native of Newport, North Carolina, established his wholesale fish business at the end of the railroad pier, which extended out to the shipping channel. Within a year, Hibbs Fish Company was shipping more than 1,000 pounds (454 kg) of fish each day. Dredging of a deeper shipping channel from 1906 to 1908 opened St. Petersburg to larger shipping. Further dredging improved the port facilities through the 1910s. By then the city's population had quadrupled to 4,127. In 1914, airplane service across Tampa Bay from St. Petersburg to Tampa and back was initiated, generally considered the first commercial airline. The company name was the "Airboat Line" and the pilot was Tony Jannus. The Tony Jannus award is presented annually for prestigious work in the airline industry. There is also a very popular local music/entertainment venue named after Tony Jannus called Jannus Landing on Central Avenue in Downtown. Air service was discontinued in 1924 with the opening of Gandy Bridge, the first across Tampa Bay, which allowed automobile traffic between the two cities.

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