Eduardo Peters

When Did Florida Try To Sell The Panhandle To Alabama?

1869. In 1869, the Florida Panhandle was almost sold to Alabama. The Alabama governor, David Lewis, offered the Sunshine State $1 million for everything from where the Flora-Bama Bar sits today to the Apalachicola River. And Florida almost took Alabama up on the offer. Why doesn’t Alabama have the Florida Panhandle? The answer, once you’ve …

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