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  • '''Stephen Wayne Pooley''' was born in Alaska on December 3, 1960 to Wade Albert Pooley, SSGT, USAF (retired) and his wife Dorene. A fe Late on Christmas Eve night 1978, Stephen smelled smoke and saw through a small pat
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  • | date_of_birth =[[April 3]], [[1908]] ...He began working at his father's firm as an office boy at age 13. He went on to the University of Florida, where he served in the university's ROTC prog
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  • ...rges, but disappeared before being sentenced. His body was discovered on [[December 9]], [[2004]] under the home of a former employee. ...getting elected. Junior ran for the [[Escambia County District 3|District 3]] seat in [[1983]] and was elected, becoming the first black member of the
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  • ...old church building reopened as the library on [[February 15]], 1938 with 3,352 books from the old subscription library and one hundred dollars' worth ...a City Council and Escambia County entered into a similar agreement and in December of 1964 Escambia County residents were eligible for membership to the libra
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  • ...tructed for the [[1981]] [[Galvez]] Bicentennial Celebration and dedicated on [[May 9]] of that year to the memory of [[Mary Turner Rule Reed]], who help ...hood Reunion Group]] sits in front of the gazebo. It was erected on [[June 3]], [[1990]] and is "dedicated to all those who spent their youth in and aro
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  • ...2 lowered the price and profitability of salt which likely had some impact on his decision to move west. ...umberyard near Pensacola. In 1834 he bought 160 acres of land near present-day Fort Walton Beach. In 1835 he offered for sale live oak from the area. His
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  • ...the construction of a competitive business."<ref>"Saenger Continues Fight On Pensacola Auditorium." ''Boxoffice'', July 14, 1951.</ref> The Municipal Auditorium was built for $820,000 and dedicated on [[February 8]], [[1955]]. The [[Pensacola High School]] band played at the
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  • ...to the sheriff’s department. Now, officers would be on duty all day every day! <br> 1. Officers could not sit down while on duty.<br>
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  • ...etween state and federal governments. States own the sea and seabed out to 3.5 miles, except Texas and Florida which own out to 10.5 miles. The federal ...the spill, sparking a national outcry and leading to a [[1981]] moratorium on new drilling leases in the Outer Continental Shelf.
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  • ...xpanded its [[Pensacola city limits|city limits]] through '''annexation''' on multiple occasions since the original area of 9.75 square miles was laid ou ...9]], [[1949]] referendum to annex [[East Pensacola Heights]] resulted in a 3-to-1 defeat.
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  • ...f U.S. sailors into the British Navy; British occupation of military forts on the American western frontier; and finally, British encouragement of Native ...in neutral. This prompted the Proclamation of Neutrality to be established on April 22, 1793. During the same year the proclamation was established, the
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  • ...ouse gets fresh look." ''Pensacola News Journal'', March 26, 2005.</ref> A 3,500 square foot outdoor deck, featuring a fully-equipped bar and a stage fo ...df Travel Channel gets a taste of the 'bizarre'] - Pensacola News Journal, December 15, 2006.</ref>
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  • ...lve special needs children. They were both murdered during a home invasion on [[July 9]], [[2009]]. ...93]].<ref name="caring">"Caring by the dozen." ''Pensacola News Journal'', December 25, 2005.</ref>
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  • ...[Elias Durnford]] in [[1764]], which remains largely intact to the present day. Britain also introduced the slavery-based cotton plantation system to the ...hern boundary up to 32° 28′ north, absorbing the southern thirds of modern-day Mississippi and Alabama.
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  • |organized=[[December 7]], [[1821]] On [[December 7]] of that year, the Mississippi Conference of the Methodist Church, in se
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  • ..., affectionately called the "Grand Dame of Palafox," is a historic theater on South [[Palafox Street]]. Opened in 1925 as a Vaudeville performance hall, The Pensacola Saenger opened on [[April 2]], [[1925]], at the peak of Vaudeville popularity; its first perf
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  • ...d as [[Escambia County Sheriff]] from [[1847]] to [[1851]]. He also served on the city's [[Board of Aldermen]] in [[1834]], [[1847]] and [[1848]].<ref>[h ...Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates Index, 1803-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
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  • *[[1565]] – St. Augustine, on Florida's east coast, is founded by the Spanish, becoming the first permane ...e Le Moyne]] and his brother Sieur de Bienville, enter Pensacola Bay, fire on [[Fort San Carlos]], and capture Pensacola.
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  • ...od, at something and I knocked their socks off. I loved it, 16, 18 hours a day, seven days a week didn't bother me.<ref name="q&a"/>}} ...bly in the South and he had forced me into a jury trial. I wasn't planning on being a trial lawyer. I was just waiting to go to tax school. … I tried t
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  • ...ion, spoke frequently in private schools, churches, university debates and on radio and television broadcasts arguing for young earth creationism. Hovind On [[February 9]], [[1969]], Hovind converted to Christianity. He holds three
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