26．The Sunshine Skyway Bridge is a cable－stayed concrete bridge．Opened in 1987the bridge coasts through the clouds at 190feet above water．Its bright yellow support cables spread from the two center pillars．The structure gives drivers unobstructed view of the water during the 4．1mile trip over Tampa Bay．
27．Nearly 80percent of the states intake（（水管、煤气管等的）入口，进口）of sweet Atlantic white shrimp（小虾）is harvested in Amelia Island waters．Two million pounds of shrimp are delivered to Fernandina docks annually．
28．A swamp such as the Fakahatchee Strand in the Everglades functions in three major ways．First，its vegetation serves as a filter（过滤器，滤光器）to clean the water as it makes its slow journey southward．Secondly，it’s a major habitat（（动植物的）生活环境，产地、栖息地，居留地，自生地，聚集处）for wildlife and plant life．Finally，it actually prevents flooding by slowing down the flow of water after heavy rains．
29．DeFuniak Springs is home to one of the two naturally round lakes in the world．
30．The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens at Delray Beach is the only museum in the United States dedicated exclusively（排外地，专有地）to the living culture of Japan．
31．Fort Lauderdale is known as the Venice of America because the city has 185miles of local waterways．
32．Fort Meade is the oldest settlement in Polk County．It dates back to 1849when a settlement grew up around the United States Cavalry fort during the Seminole Indian Wars．
33．The Fred Bear Museum in Gainesville is a tribute to the accomplishments of Fred Bear a promoter of proper wildlife management and the founder of Bear Archery Company．
34．The Hawthorne Trail a part of Florida’s Rails to Trails program and attracts many outdoor enthusiasts to walk，cycle，or ride horseback（马背，隆起的条状地带）through its 17－mile length．
35．Just north of Haines City is the Baseball City Stadium the spring training home of the Kansas City Royals．Haines City is known as The Heart of Florida．
36．The city of Hypoluxo’s name comes from the Seminole expression water all round—no get out．
37．Islamorada is billed as the Sports fishing Capital of the World．
38．Key Largo is known as the Dive Capital of the World．
39．Marathon is home to Crane Point Hammock，a 63．5acre land tract that is one of the most important historical and archaeological（考古学的）sites in the Keys．The area contains evidence of pre－Colombian and prehistoric Bahamian artifacts，and once was the site of an entire Indian village．
40．Fort Zachary Taylor in Key West was built between 1845and 1866．Controlled by the Union during the Civil War，the fort was the home base for a successful blockade（阻塞）of Confederate ships that some historians say shortened the conflict by a full year．The fort also was active during the Spanish－American War，World War I，and World War II．
41．The first graded road built in Florida was Old Kings Road in 1763．It was named for King George of England．
42．During the 1991Gulf War the busiest military port in the country was Jacksonville．From this location the military moved more supplies and people than any other port in the country．
43．When first completed in 1989the Dame Point Bridge became the longest cable－stayed span in the United States，the longest concrete span of its type in the Western Hemisphere，and the third longest cable－stayed bridge in the world．
44．The longest river sailboat（帆船）race in the world is the Annual Mug Race．The event runs 42miles from Palatka to Jacksonville along the St．Johns River．
45．The Olustee Battlefield State Historic Site commemorates（纪念）the largest battle fought in Florida during the American Civil War．
46．Venice is known as the Shark Tooth Capital of the World．Collecting prehistoric sharks teeth has been a favorite pastime（消遣，娱乐）of visitors and residents of the Venice area for years
47．The Florida Museum of Hispanic and Latin American Art in Coral Gables，is the first and only museum in the United States dedicated to the preservation（保存），diffusion（扩散，传播），and promotion of Hispanic and Latin American Art．
48．The Pinellas Trail，a 47mile hiking／biking trail connecting St．Petersburg with Central and north Pinellas County，is the longest urban linear（直线的，线性的）trail in the eastern United States．
49．Titusville，known as Space City，USA，is located on the west shore of the Indian River directly across from the John F．Kennedy Space Center．
50．Florida is the only state that has 2rivers both with the same name．There is a Withlacoochee in north central Florida（Madison County）and a Withlacoochee in central Florida．They have nothing in common except the name．
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