where is port st johns florida?
Florida
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 Some additional communities such as La Marque , adjacent to Texas City , are treated as bayside communities by some sources . 

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 Although the storm affected several Caribbean islands , the Turks and Caicos , and the Bahamas , preparations there , if any , were unclear . Residents across Puerto Rico boarded up windows and secured roofs in anticipation of damaging winds . Governor Robert Hayes Gore placed the Hurricane Relief Organization and Red Cross on standby . As the storm neared Florida , the United States Weather Bureau — later the National Weather Service — posted storm warnings between Miami and Titusville . These were later extended to include the west coast of the state from Punta Rassa to Tarpon Springs . At the time , forecasters were unaware that the storm was of hurricane status ; this unawareness extended to the storm 's passage over the Gulf of Mexico . Forecasters only issued storm warnings for part of the Texas coast , including the cities of Brownsville and Freeport . 

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 Although the Spanish had colonized Florida for two centuries , the state remained the last part of the east coast of the United States to be developed and explored . Following the Civil War , the State of Florida was too far in debt to build roads and rail lines to further its progress . Florida Governor William Bloxham in 1881 appealed directly to a Pennsylvania @-@ based industrialist named Hamilton Disston , initially to build canals to improve steamboat passage through the Caloosahatchee River , and later to drain lands in the central part of the state for agriculture . Disston was furthermore persuaded to purchase 4 @,@ 000 @,@ 000 acres ( 16 @,@ 000 km2 ) of land in central Florida for $ 1 million , which at the time was reported to be the largest purchase of land in human history . Disston was ultimately unsuccessful in his drainage attempts , but his investment sparked the tourist industry and made possible the efforts of railroad magnates Henry Morrison Flagler and Henry Bradley Plant to construct rail lines down the east coast of Florida , including a rail link between Sanford and Tampa . Disston was responsible for creating the towns of Kissimmee , St. Cloud , and several others on the west coast of Florida . 

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 A variety of people have lived on or near the St. Johns , including Paleo @-@ indians , Archaic people , Timucua , Mocama , French and Spanish settlers , Seminoles , slaves and freemen , Florida crackers , land developers , tourists and retirees . It has been the subject of William Bartram 's journals , Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings ' books , and Harriet Beecher Stowe 's letters home . Although Florida was the location of the first permanent European colony in what would become the United States , it was the last U.S. territory on the east coast to be developed ; it remained an undeveloped frontier into the 20th century . When attention was turned to the state , however , much of the land was rapidly overdeveloped in a national zeal for progress . The St. Johns , like many Florida rivers , was altered to make way for agricultural and residential centers . It suffered severe pollution and human interference that has diminished the natural order of life in and around the river . In all , 3 @.@ 5 million people live within the various watersheds that feed into the St. Johns River . The St. Johns , named one of 14 American Heritage Rivers in 1998 , was included on a list of America 's Ten Most Endangered Rivers in 2008 . Restoration efforts are under way for the basins around the St. Johns as Florida continues to deal with population increases in the river 's vicinity . 

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 A turning point came for development in the Everglades at the proposition of an expanded airport after Miami International Airport outgrew its capacities . The new jetport was planned to be larger than O 'Hare , Dulles , JFK , and LAX airports combined , and the chosen location was 6 miles ( 9 @.@ 7 km ) north of Everglades National Park . The first sentence of the U.S. Department of Interior study of the environmental impact of the jetport read , " Development of the proposed jetport and its attendant facilities ... will inexorably destroy the south Florida ecosystem and thus the Everglades National Park " . When studies indicated the proposed jetport would create 4 @,@ 000 @,@ 000 US gallons ( 15 @,@ 000 @,@ 000 L ) of raw sewage a day and 10 @,@ 000 short tons ( 9 @,@ 100 t ) of jet engine pollutants a year , the project met staunch opposition . The New York Times called it a " blueprint for disaster " , and Wisconsin senator Gaylord Nelson wrote to President Richard Nixon voicing his opposition : " It is a test of whether or not we are really committed in this country to protecting our environment . " Governor Claude Kirk withdrew his support for the project , and Marjory Stoneman Douglas was persuaded at 79 years old to go on tour to give hundreds of speeches against it . Nixon instead established Big Cypress National Preserve , announcing it in the Special Message to the Congress Outlining the 1972 Environmental Program . 
