Talk:Cayo Costa State Park

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The island was settled by the Padilla clan in the mid 18oo's. The clan immigrated from The Canary Islands and Cuba and were led by Teribio Padilla and his wife Juanita. Along with their family and associates, they operated a "pescadora" or fish ranch by which they netted, packed and shipped fish (mullet) by schooner to Havana and Tampa. The Padilla's are one of the oldest non-native American residents of the Charlotte Harbor area. During the 1970's several of the settlers graves were desecrated by northern transplants who believed the foolish stories of buried treasure and "pirate booty" on the islands. The graves were subsequently moved to unmarked locations. Many descendants of the Padilla's still live in the area and devote a fair amount of time to debunking the myths and manufactured history that non-Florida natives tend to dream up and/or believe in.

This needs a reliable source, and needs to be written in a neutral point-of-view. -- Donald Albury 16:53, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

I would add that Spanish-Cuban fishing stations, called "ranchos", were common along the southwest Florida coast from before the transfer of Florida from Spain to the United States in 1821, although the operation of many of them was disrupted when the workers of Indian and Spanish-Indian descent were gathered up and shipped to Indian Territory during the Second Seminole War. -- Donald Albury 17:00, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

Padilla Citizen

How did Padilla become a US citizen in 1862 while in Key West when at that time Florida and hence Key West, had seceded and were part of the Confederacy? WhoAmIYouDoNotKnow (talk) 22:14, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

If I'm not mistaken, you could still become a citizen in the CSA, but I may be wrong. Poxy4 (talk) 01:13, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

For the record (since the OP has been blocked), Key West remained under Union control throughout the Civil War. - Donald Albury 12:46, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

Oh, thanks. Poxy4 (talk) 14:52, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

Didn't Hurricane Charley of 2004 also hit here?

On Charley's page, it says, "It continued to strengthen as it turned more to the northeast, and made landfall near the island of Cayo Costa, Florida as a 150 mph (240 km/h) Category 4 hurricane with a pressure of 941 mbar (941 hPa; 27.8 inHg) at approximately 1945 UTC on August 13." If Ian's on this article, Charley should be too. Poxy4 (talk) 01:11, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

Hurricane Ian was posthumously upgraded to a Category 5 storm. https://www.wfla.com/weather/tracking-the-tropics/ian-posthumously-upgraded-to-category-5-hurricane/ 204.16.161.40 (talk) 19:05, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

For the record, Ian still made landfall at a Category 4. That upgrade applies to its peak intensity only. Poxy4 (talk) 10:42, 19 October 2023 (UTC)