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- For what man is Hillsborough
County named?
Answer: Lord Hillsborough, the British Colonial Secretary of 1772
- In what year was the first
Hillsborough County Commission meeting held?
Answer: 1846
- In what year was Hillsborough
County officially organized by legislative act?
Answer: 1834
- How many other counties were
officially designated in Florida before Hillsborough County was formed?
Answer: 18
- In what year was the current
Hillsborough County Courthouse built?
Answer: 1955
- What Hillsborough County
Seminole Indian led the Third Seminole War?
Answer: Billy Bowlegs
- Who first discovered that
Hillsborough County and the surrounding area is rich in phosphate, creating
the basis for an important Hillsborough industry?
Answer: Francis LeBaron in 1881
- In what year did Pinellas
County secede from Hillsborough?
Answer: 1911
- For whom is the Gandy Bridge named, the
first major bridge connecting Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties, and
why?
Answer: George S. "Dad" Gandy, the man who developed the idea of the Tampa
Bay spanning bridge.
- In what year was the University
of South Florida, Florida's third state college, founded?
Answer: 1956
- What landmark formerly occupied
the University of South Florida site?
Answer: Henderson Air Field
- In what year did Hillsborough
Community College open?
Answer: 1968
- Who was responsible for
the first scheduled airline flight between Hillsborough County (Tampa)
and Pinellas County (St. Petersburg)?
Answer: Tony Jannus in 1914
- How many passengers could
Jannus initially carry and what did he charge for a one-way flight across
Tampa Bay?
Answer: One passenger at a cost of $5.00 per trip
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