| After our interesting visits to the Orange
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| | role in the defense and aerospace
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| County Regional History Center and the
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| | industry: during World War II bomber
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| Well's Built Museum of African-American
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| | pilots were trained here. A missile
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| Culture and History, we decided to
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| | factory was built by in 1956 by a
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| continue our explorations of downtown
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| | forerunner of the Lockheed Martin company,
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| Orlando and its surrounding historic
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| | which still serves as the backbone of the
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| neighbourhoods. After driving through
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| | area's technology industry today.Tourism
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| beautiful residential areas, framed by
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| | became Central Florida's main draw. From
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| majestic oak trees adorned by Spanish
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| | an early entertainment park in 1895, to
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| Moss, we decided to take a stroll around
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| | the creation of the Cypress Gardens
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| beautiful Lake Eola, which is just minutes
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| | Adventure Park in 1936, the opening of
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| from downtown's Heritage Square, home of
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| | Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom in 1971
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| the Orange County Regional History Center,
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| | really laid the foundations to Central
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| and every second, third and fourth
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| | Florida's tourism boom. Other Disney
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| Saturday of the month is also home to a
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| | attractions followed, including Walt
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| lively farmer's market. By this time, the
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| | Disney World Resort, Epcot, Disney-MGM
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| sun was starting to set and Lake Eola and
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| | Studies, and Animal Kingdom. Universal
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| the surrounding highrises were bathed in
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| | Studios Florida opened in 1990, followed
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| the golden hues of sunset.Lake Eola is one
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| | by Islands of Adventure in 1999 and
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| of Orlando's more than 300 lakes and is
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| | Universal City Walk, an entertainment
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| surrounded by established residential
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| | complex.Indeed tourism is Central
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| areas and highrises ringing the downtown
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| | Florida's main industry today, with more
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| core. The park extends over 43 acres (17.2
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| | than 50 million visitors annually and
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| hectares) and provides generous sidewalks
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| | yearly revenues of $28 bllion. Tourism
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| around the lake on a 0.9 mile (1.4 km)
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| | combined with high-tech and the citrus
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| loop around the water, which is
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| | industry are the three dominating economic
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| enthusiastically used by walkers and
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| | sectors in Central Florida.After our walk
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| joggers. The lake itself can be explored
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| | around historic Lake Eola we strolled back
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| on paddle boats, and other facilities
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| | into downtown and grabbed a table on the
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| include a playground, a small outdoor
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| | street patio of "Tijuana Flats", a Mexican
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| cafe, gondola rides, and the Walt Disney
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| | restaurant located right on Heritage
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| Amphiteatre for special events.Lake Eola
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| | Square, and just one of many diverse kinds
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| is intricately connected with Orlando's
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| | of eating establishments in the downtown
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| history. Even the origin of the name
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| | core.While savouring some tasty and very
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| Orlando may be connected to Lake Eola: the
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| | filling Mexican food, we watched the early
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| first European settlements in the Orlando
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| | evening street life in Orlando's downtown.
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| area grew around an old army post: Fort
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| | We reflected on how different the downtown
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| Gatlin. According to one story, a U.S.
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| | area is in comparison to the newer and
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| soldier by the name of Orlando Reeves, was
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| | very spread out tourist-oriented hotel and
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| killed by an American Indian's arrow while
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| | resort areas, which often seem rather
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| on sentinel duty in what is today Lake
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| | devoid of character. Here in the downtown
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| Eola Park and may have given name to this
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| | area you really get a feel for the history
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| town. Originally, Orlando had been called
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| | and the community that started developing
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| Jernigan after a Georgia settler, Aaron
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| | in the first half of the 19th century. The
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| Jernigan, who settled in the area in 1843.
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| | downtown and Lake Eola areas, all of which
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| The origin of the town's name Orlando is
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| | are on an easily walkable scale, have a
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| not certain, however: another popular
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| | much more authentic ambience to them which
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| story claims that a certain Judge Speer
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| | we thoroughly enjoyed.For more information
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| named the settlement after the Shakespeare
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| | about Orlando contact the Orlando
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| Character "Orlando" in the play "As you
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| | Convention and Visitor Bureau. The Orlando
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| Like it."Be that as it may, the town was
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| | Regional History Center can be found at
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| named "Orlando" in 1857 and was centered
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| | Pacher is the publisher of a website
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| around the cotton and cattle industry.
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| | called Travel and Transitions ( Travel and
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| Demand for beef was fuelled by Cuba while
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| | Transitions deals with unconventional
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| cotton plantations thrived until the Civil
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| | travel and is chock full of advice, tips,
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| War, which stole away the area's
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| | real life travel experiences, interviews
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| workforce, compounded by a devastating
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| | with travellers and travel experts,
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| hurricane in 1873. "Orange fever" hit
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| | insights and reflections, cross-cultural
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| Central Florida in the 1870s, aided by the
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| | issues, contests and many other features.
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| completion of the South Florida Railroad
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| | You will also find stories about life and
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| in 1880.The Great Freeze of 1894 to 1895
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| | the transitions that we face as we go
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| destroyed Florida's citrus industry and it
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| | through our own personal life-long
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| took 15 years to recover. Florida's citrus
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| | journeys.Submit your own travel stories in
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| industry peaked in the 1950s with more
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| | our first travel story contest ( and have
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| then 80,000 acres (32,000 hectares) of
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| | a chance to win an amazing adventure
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| plantations.Orlando's first airport opened
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| | cruise on the Amazon River."Life is a
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| in 1922. Orlando also plays a significant
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| | Journey Explore New Horizons".
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