DeSantis confirms Alligator Alcatraz is shutting down
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Jun 25, 2026Open source
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Ochopee, Florida. Counties or equivalents associated with this area: Miami-dade. Associated ZIP codes: 34141.
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Alligator-Shaped Xbox Will Be Snapped Up by One Gamer
This iconic Florida critter appears to have swallowed an Xbox just a couple of weeks before the release of GTA 6.
Nov 4, 2026Open source
Tampa-born Florida Avenue Brewing Co. permanently closes its Seminole Heights location
The craft brewery’s closure aligns with an increasing trend of similar taproom closures throughout Tampa Bay.
Nov 4, 2026Open source
GOP sweep: Uthmeier, Ingoglia, Simpson win Florida Cabinet races
Republicans on Tuesday night swept the races for attorney general, chief financial officer and agriculture commissioner.
Nov 4, 2026Open source
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Ochopee is in Miami-dade County, Florida.
Region: South Florida
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34141
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Alligator-Shaped Xbox Will Be Snapped Up by One Gamer
This iconic Florida critter appears to have swallowed an Xbox just a couple of weeks before the release of GTA 6.
Nov 4, 2026Open source
Tampa-born Florida Avenue Brewing Co. permanently closes its Seminole Heights location
The craft brewery’s closure aligns with an increasing trend of similar taproom closures throughout Tampa Bay.
Nov 4, 2026Open source
GOP sweep: Uthmeier, Ingoglia, Simpson win Florida Cabinet races
Republicans on Tuesday night swept the races for attorney general, chief financial officer and agriculture commissioner.
Nov 4, 2026Open source
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According to local tradition, Ochopee got its name when a visitor at the general store asked what the place was called. The owner asked a Native man trading in the store for the Seminole word for farm, and he answered "O-Chopp-ee."
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Ochopee began in the early 1920s as a one-family tomato farm. James Gaunt bought 240 acres along U.S. Highway 41, the Tamiami Trail, at $100 an acre and started out in army tents. After the original post office burned, residents moved the mail into an old storage shed, now the Ochopee Post Office, described as the smallest in the nation. The federal government gradually took over the farm and settlement to conserve the Everglades, and the headquarters of Big Cypress National Preserve is there. A marker recalls the 1936 Seminole Conference. Sources Wikipedia: Ochopee, Florida The Historical Marker Database: 1936 Seminole Conference; Big Cypress National Preserve
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25.9811110, -81.1211110
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