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In
1513,
Spaniard
Juan
Ponce
de
León
discovered
and
named
Florida
while
seeking
the
"Fountain
of
Youth".
He
claimed
it
for
Spain
but
because
of
Indian
attacks,
he
never
establish
a
colony.
It
wasn't
until
over
150
years
later
when
the
first
permanent
European
settlement
was
established
in
St.
Augustine.
Florida
became
part
of
the
U.S.
territory
in
the
early
19th
century
and
was
admitted
to
the
union
as
the
twenty-seventh
state
in
the
U.S.
on
March
3,
1845.
In
the
20th
century,
Cape
Canaveral
(John
F.
Kennedy
Space
Center)
was
established
and
Florida
becomes
part
of
the
Space
Age.
Walt
Disney
World
was
built
and
opened
in
1971.
Florida
is
one
of
the
fastest
growing
states
in
the
country.
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