Oh Florida

The first Americans to spend much time in South Florida were the U.S. Army men who chased the Seminole Indians around the peninsula in the 1830s. And they hated it. Today, their letters read like Yelp reviews of an arsenic café, denouncing the region as a “hideous,” “loathsome,” “diabolical,” “God-abandoned” mosquito refuge.

Man, I love a good state history. https://t.co/HRrxHOYBgM

— Matt Ford (@fordm) September 9, 2017