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Delving into Sarasota's Past Longboat Key Club & Resort is located on Longboat Key, a small island off the coast of Sarasota, Florida. A city rich in history, Sarasota offers our Florida Resort guests an intriguing look at our country's past. The presence of people, possibly Paleo-Indian, along the west coast of Florida dates back to around 8,000 B.C. There is evidence that native Americans lived along the waterfront of Sarasota and southwest Florida – right near our Resort in Florida– more than 3,000 years ago. In the 1500's, the first Spanish explorers, including Ponce de Leon, landed on the Gulf Coast, where you'll find our Florida Resort. They came in search of gold and silver. The territory of Florida was not acquired by the United States until 1821. In 1824, the Armed Occupation Act allowed people private ownership of land along Sarasota Bay. Only incoming settlers were allowed a piece of the Florida pie. The native Seminoles, who inhabited the land where our florida beach resort rests now, were not allowed to become citizens or own land. They were pushed even further south. Then in 1855, the settlers defeated the Seminoles – the original inhabitants of the land. Despite the settlers' success, it wasn't until the 1880's that development in the region began. Over a century later, our Florida Resort came into existence. |
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