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The Oldest House in St. Augustine By Elton Meta   On March 25, 2023, I went to the oldest house in St. Augustine. I went with my girlfriend Rosey and was invited on a tour inside the house where our tour guide told us everything we needed to know about the house. The tour took about an hour and we stayed for 30 minutes after(3-4:30)! This was one of the most fun and educating tours and a recommend to anyone in the St. Augustine area! I will begin by telling you what is so important about this house. Let's start off with who lived here. There were 4 families that lived in this house and in that span of time, it took about 180 years of people living in the house before the city of St. Augustine bought it for memorabilia. In this blog, I will discuss the wars that this house went through, who lived there, and what they used to survive.  Let's start off with the first family. The Gonzales family, who weren't wealthy because they weren't capable of doing notary. Only 8 out o...

  McCoy/AMH2070              CHAPTER ANALYSIS WORKSHEET              Name Elton Meta                                                        (40 total points)   (2) Cite your Article (in proper APA format):   Gannon, M. (2018). The Second Spanish Period in the Two Floridas. In The history of Florida. essay, University Press of Florida.   Focus Questions: (1)    Who are the authors?   Susan Richbourg Parker and William Coker     (5) Identify and discuss the issue of “perspective” with regards to Anglo writings of Spanish Government The pers...

  Cracker Cowboys Use Spaniard Cows! By: Elton Meta Jacob Summerlin: one of the richest men of Florida Jacob Summerlin: The Cowman who was king of crackers . TBNweekly. (2007, August 22). Retrieved March 18, 2023, from https://www.tbnweekly.com/pinellas_county/article_7c5bbe73-4029-57b6-a427-0ab5758c30ca.html Backstory: Back in 1700, right after the Spanish attempted to colonize Florida, Florida contained approximately 34 ranches with 20,000 head of cattle. This all came crumbling down after the British and Creek Indians raided the the land and left these ranchers with their heads spinning. These ranchers had to retreat from their land and leave all these cattle behind. Eventually, these cattle bred and were all over Florida before you could know it. As the Legends of America states it, "These cattle...were the ancestors of today’s modern Texas Longhorns" ( Legends of America ). The Cracker Cowboys Podcast says that Jacob Summerlin also known as "King of the Crackers...

McCoy/AMH2070                                 Elton Meta                                                     ( 4) Cite your Article (in proper APA format): Gannon, M. (2018). First European Contacts. In The history of Florida . essay, University Press of Florida.       Focus Questions: (1)    Who is the author?   Michael Gannon     (10) One argument presented is that Historic Accounts are not always cut & dry/ certain.   Discuss 2 examples within this chapter that supports this idea.   (pg 18.28). One account that is not always cut and dry would be the Alaminos that took a heading od west-northwest and they made landfall on the second of April. Michael Gannon says “the most recent study contends t...

My Life Blog!      Hello, my name is Elton Meta and I’m currently majoring in Civil Engineering and taking this class as a requirement for my AA. My parents are from Albania, and I was born in Brooklyn and moved to Florida when I was two years old. Since then, I've adapted to the Floridian lifestyle. I love fishing, going to the beach, and love the hot weather. I have traveled a lot in my life and I always say that Florida is one of the most incredible places in the world.   I love playing soccer, working out, fishing, skiing, and many different activities. I also love watching movies. I love hanging out with my family and going on trips with them. My passion is to be a great engineer and continue my father's construction company. He has worked extremely hard in his life so all I want is to make him proud!