5 Historical Facts You Didn't Know About Pensacola

5 HISTORICAL FACTS YOU DIDN'TKNOW ABOUT PENSACOLA

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5 HISTORICAL FACTS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT PENSACOLA LAMBERTPENSACOLA.COM

WE’VE PICKED A FEWFACTS FROMPENSACOLA'S PASTTHAT EVEN MOSTNATIVES PROBABLYDON’T KNOW. LET’S DOTHE RUNDOWN.


HOW PENSACOLA GOT ITS NAME

Panzacola is a name ofNative Americanorigin given toPensacola Bay.



Subsequently,the Spanishsettlements were builthere in the 17th and 18thcenturies, specifically thePresidio San Miguel dePanzacola.



The San Miguelpresidio was officiallynamed "Panzacola"by royal decree in 1757.


THE STREETCAR TROLLEYS WERETHE WAY TO GET AROUND TOWN

The Pensacola streetcartrolley system was apublic transportationsystem that was operatedby various entitiesbetween 1884 and 1932.



The trolley sytstem wasfounded by ConradKupfrian, a Germanimmigrant who drewinspiration from thehorsecars in St. Louis tosetup Pensacola'sstreetcars.



The trolley fare costfive cents – about$1.50 in today’sdollars.


THE FIRST CATHOLIC MASS IN THE NEWWORLD WAS ON SANTA ROSA ISLAND

The first CatholicMass in the UnitedStates was held onPensacola Beachshortly after theSpanish arrived inthe Summer of 1559.



The cross on SantaRosa Islandcommemorates thefirst Catholic Masscelebrated in thecontinental UnitedStates on August 15,1559.



It was in 1559 thatTristan de Luna, witheleven ships and 1,500people, including fiveCatholic Dominicanpriests, landed on theshores of PensacolaBeach.


AMERICAN PIONEER DANIEL BOONEWANTED TO SETTLE IN PENSACOLA

Daniel Boonecame throughPensacola duringthe British periodin 1763.



According to afamily story, Boonepurchased land nearPensacola, butRebecca refused tomove so far awayfrom her friendsand family.



The Boones movedto a more remotearea of the YadkinRiver Valley, andBoone began to huntwestward into theBlue RidgeMountains.


PENSACOLA WAS THE CAPITAL OF A STATETHAT STRETCHED TO NEW ORLEANS

The calm andwinding PerdidoRiver currentlyserves as Florida'swestern boundary,but that hasn’talways been thecase.


PENSACOLA WAS THE CAPITAL OF A STATETHAT STRETCHED TO NEW ORLEANS

Two centuries ago,Florida’s territoryextended all the wayto the MississippiRiver, touching thethriving port city ofNew Orleans.

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5 Historical Facts You Didn't Know About Pensacola