Talk:History of St. Petersburg, Florida

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The following sections of the article I have found on this site (http://www.stpetehomesearch.com/History.asp) CorenSearchBot discovered,

''The city was co-founded by John C. Williams, formerly of Detroit, who purchased the land in 1876, and by Peter Demens, who was instrumental in bringing the terminus of a railroad there in 1888. St. Petersburg was incorporated on February 29, 1892, when it had a population of only some 300 people.''

''...was named after Saint Petersburg, Russia, where Peter Demens had spent half of his youth. A local legend says that John C. Williams and Peter Demens flipped a coin to see who would have the honor of naming the city. Peter Demens won and named the city after his... ...while John C. Williams named the first hotel after his birthplace, Detroit... The Detroit Hotel still exists downtown, but has been turned into a condominium''

The web page http://www.stpetehomesearch.com/History.asp is copyrighted --Rent A Troop (talk) 04:33, 15 March 2015 (UTC)


 * This article started as a split from St. Petersburg, Florida and as such isn't a copyright violation. That link is using Wikipedia content from that article without attribution, which is itself a copyright violation (but of Wikipedia).  Hut 8.5  22:58, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Timeline of St. Petersburg, Florida
If anyone has anymore information that can contribute to the Timeline of St. Petersburg, Florida that could help a lot!  A dog 104  Talk to me 21:22, 6 December 2015 (UTC)