Photogallery of Jacksonville, USA

There are many large cities in Florida, and Jacksonville is one of them. In modern times, this is a rapidly developing urban center, and this fact has a beneficial impact on the prosperity of local people, and, naturally, on the size of Jacksonville’s population. Tourists also enjoy visiting this city because of the gorgeous old districts of Jacksonville that still have many historical buildings, an interesting location on the St. Johns River, beautiful waterfronts, and a large number of museums. The territory of modern Jacksonville was one of the earliest settlements in the territory of the United States. The first settlement in the area, Ossachite, appeared approximately 6,000 years ago. At that time, the Timucua people lived there. Europeans appeared in this part of the American land only in the 60s of the 16th century. This is when French Huguenot explorer Jean Ribault landed on the bank of the St. Johns River. After that, the river appeared on the map. Two years after this event, the first European settlement on the river – Fort Caroline – was established. This territory became a part of the United States only in the first part of the 19th century. This is when the city got its current name. Jacksonville got its name after the seventh President of the United States of America. During the Civil War period, in 1864, the biggest battle in Florida, the Battle of Olustee, took place near Jacksonville. Even though the city remained safe and didn’t get any … Read further