| LC control no. | n 2003033618 |
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| Personal name heading | Stranahan, Frank, 1864-1929 |
| Found in | The Stranahans of Fort Lauderdale, 2003: CIP galley (Frank Stranahan) Everglades Information Network, Reclaiming the Everglades, Everglades biographies on WWW, Apr. 14, 2003 (Frank Stranahan was born in Vienna, Ohio on Aug. 21, 1864; he relocated for health reasons to Florida in 1890, settling in Melbourne; in 1893, Stranahan moved to Fort Lauderdale to assume management of the overland mail route from Lantana to Coconut Grove; he estab. the first post office in Fort Lauderdale, along with a trading post and a ferry service for crossing the New River; due to his extraordinary early efforts in the area, Stranahan is known as the founder of Fort Lauderdale; he died in the city on June 23, 1929) |
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