Pensacola Sentence Examples

The development of marine commerce has been retarded by unimproved harbours, but Fernandina and Pensacola harbours have always been good.

With the increase of trade between the United States and the West Indies following the SpanishAmerican War (1898), the business of the principal ports, notably of Fernandina, Tampa and Pensacola, greatly increased.

The eight in 1905 were Jacksonville (35,301), Tampa (22,823), Pensacola (21,505), Key West (20,498), Live Oak (7200), Lake City (6409), Gainesville (J413), and St Augustine (5121).

In 1527 he sailed from Cuba with about 600 men (soon reduced to less than 400), landed (early in 1528) probably at the present site of Pensacola, and for six months remained in the country, he and his men suffering terribly from exposure, hunger and fierce Indian attacks.

In the summer of 1559 another attempt at colonization was made by Tristan de Luna, who sailed from Vera Cruz, landed at Pensacola Bay, and explored a part of Florida and (possibly) Southern Alabama.

Then, jealous of the French explorations along the Gulf of Mexico, they turned their attention to the west coast, and in 1696 founded Pensacola.

Pensacola, the other centre of Spanish settlement, though captured and occupied (1719-1723) by the French from Louisiana, had a more peaceful history.

In the following year, Spain having declared war against Great Britain, Don Bernardo de Galvez (1756-1794), the Spanish governor at New Orleans, seized most of the English forts in West Florida, and in 1781 captured Pensacola.

In 1814 British troops landed at Pensacola to begin operations against the United States.

In 1818 General Jackson, believing that the Spanish were aiding the Seminole Indians and inciting them to attack the Americans, again captured Pensacola.

The important coast towns were readily captured by Union forces; Fernandina, Pensacola and St Augustine in 1862, and Jacksonville in 1863; but an invasion of the interior in 1864 failed, the Union forces being repulsed in a battle at Olustee (on the 20th of February 1864).

Through his father's relatives in South Carolina, McGillivray received a good education, but at the age of seventeen, after a short experience as a merchant in Savannah and Pensacola, he returned to the Muscogee Indians, who elected him chief.

He retained his connexion with business life as a member of the British firm of Panton, Forbes & Leslie of Pensacola.

In April 1861 he was assigned to the "Powhatan," and was sent under secret orders from the president for the relief of Fort Pickens, Pensacola, an expedition which he had urged.

In 1764 he was made secretary to General Johnstone at Pensacola, West Florida, and when he returned, two years later, to England, after a quarrel with Johnstone, he was allowed to retain his salary as a pension.

In May 1814 he was commissioned as major-general in the regular army to serve against the British; in November he captured Pensacola, Florida, then owned by Spain, but used by the British as a base of operations; and on the 8th of January 1815 he inflicted a severe defeat on the enemy before New Orleans, the contestants being unaware that a treaty of peace had already been signed.

His conduct in following them up into the Spanish territory of Florida, in seizing Pensacola, and in arresting and executing two British subjects, Alexander Arbuthnot and Robert Ambrister, gave rise to much hostile comment in the cabinet and in Congress; but the negotiations for the purchase of Florida put an end to the diplomatic difficulty.

In September, his ships being lost and his force greatly reduced in number, he hastily constructed a crazy fleet, reembarked probably at Apalachee Bay, and lost his life in a storm probably near Pensacola Bay.

Born in Pensacola, Florida to Mary and Emmit Smith Jr., Emmit Smith (there was only one "T" back then) developed a love of football -- and a taste for stardom -- early in life.

The University of West Florida is located in Pensacola, Florida and is one of the larger schools in the area.

Pensacola Christian College is an unaccredited, four-year private college located in Pensacola, Florida.

Pensacola Christian College has not applied for regional accreditation because it believes outside accreditation could interfere with the college's educational philosophy.

A weary little cat, since named "Lucky", had managed to survive a sixty mile ride from Mobile, Alabama to Pensacola, Florida before it was discovered under the engine hood of a car.

The region includes the spring break favorite, Panama City, as well as the state capital, Tallahassee, Destin, Fort Walton Beach, and Pensacola.

For small businesses and organizations in Pensacola, search engine optimization may include a couple of different goals.

Of course, they have to have a more wide-ranging clientele than just the Pensacola area (or else their clients would be competing with each other).

However, for a truly "BIG" list of Pensacola clients, you would need to look at the sleek website of Baybridge Idea Group, or B!G.

While a few of the clients are from other states or other areas of Florida, the vast majority are right in Pensacola.

There are many other SEO design firms that make their homes in Pensacola, and after a while they seem to have very similar aspects.

You can look at their clients, for example, and then simply put in the relevant keywords - along with "Pensacola", of course - and see where their SEO work has brought their clients.

When the colonists found protests at Paris unavailing, they turned to the idea of independence, but sought in vain the armed support of the British at Pensacola.