Ponce de León's reception in the New World : Melbourne, 1513 -- Osceola betrayed : St. Augustine : 1838 -- Dr. Gorrie makes ice : Apalachicola, 1842 -- Barefoot mailmen : Palm Beach to Miami, 1887 -- A question of courage : Coconut Grove, 1895 -- Henry Flagler's divorce : St. Augustine, 1901 -- Tampa nurse builds a hospital : Tampa, 1908 -- A Chinese man's faith in America : DeLand, 1911 -- Flying on schedule : St. Petersburg, 1914 -- Carl and his elephant : Miami Beach, 1921 -- Marjory's poem : Miami, 1922 -- Saving Betty Mae : Indiantown, 1928 -- Nazis invade Florida : Ponte Vedra Beach, 1942 -- A small patch of Cuba : Ybor City, 1956 -- Cuban missile crisis : all of Florida, 1962 -- Philanthropist solves a mystery : Palm Beach Gardens, 1965 -- Dr. Cade wins the Orange Bowl : Gainesville, 1967 Tired housewife from Micanopy : Micanopy, 1971 -- How the mouse got his kingdom : Orlando, 1971 -- The last straw : Coral Gables, 1974 -- Give kids the world : Give Kids the World Village, 1986 -- Travis McGee Day : Fort Lauderdale, 1987 -- A granny goes on trial : Flowersview, 1988 -- Art deco queen fights city hall : South Beach, 1988 -- Driving Miss Diamond : Tallahassee, 1990 -- Andrew blows into town : Dade County, 1992 -- Right stuff, wrong gender : Cape Canaveral, 1999 -- Butterflies and ballots : Palm Beach County, 2000 -- Space chimps retire : Fort Pierce, 2001 -- Marino, hero off the field : Weston, 2008 -- Long live the Conch Republic : Key West, 2008 -- Florida facts and trivia.