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Crane Point Museum And Nature Center
Crane Point Museum and Nature Center is a nonprofit organization, nonprofit natural history museum and nature center located in the City of Marathon, Florida, Marathon on Key Vaca, in the heart of the Florida Keys in Monroe County, Florida, Monroe County, Florida, United States. The museum sits on a 63-acre parcel of woodland, known as the Tropical Crane Point Hammock. The stand of hardwoods is a Hammock (ecology), hammock which forms an ecological island. The facility was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021. The organization's CEO is Charlotte Quinn. Features Crane Point features several facilities: * Museum of Natural History of the Florida Keys, exhibits focus on the natural and cultural history of the Keys area, including Calusa Indians, Spain, Spanish explorers and other Keys pioneers, pirates, a diorama of a coral reef, butterflies, tree snails, sea turtles, Seashell, shells, Key deer and local tropical fish. The museum was established in 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marathon, Florida
Marathon is a city in the middle of the Florida Keys, in Monroe County, Florida, Monroe County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 9,689, up from 8,297 in 2010 United States census, 2010. History Though the area has been settled for some time, Marathon is a relatively new city, incorporated in 1999. The name Marathon dates back to the origin of the Florida East Coast Railroad. The name came from the railroad workers who were working night and day to complete the railway; due to the unrelenting pace and struggle to complete the project, workers complained that "this is getting to be a real marathon", and the word was later used to name the local railroad station. The Keys historian Dan Gallager in his book ''Florida's Great Ocean Railway'' credits New York playwright Witter Bynner for naming Marathon. According to Gallager, J.R. Parrott, then Florida East Coast Railway's President and General Manager, invited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
