Major north-south highway in Sarasota County. It is the high-speed connection with other cities such as Tampa, Florida and Fort Myers, Florida. Interstate 75 heads east in Southern Sarasota County through North Port, Florida to cross Charlotte Harbor at a more manageable length.
... in the year 1521 the Italian Antonio Pigafetta (nice name) discovered pineapple in Brazil on his circumnavigation of the globe. Being homesick he made pizza and not having tomatoes and cheese added pineapple and tuna.  In 1493, Columbus first brought the pineapple back to  Renaissance Europe that was largely devoid of sweet foods,  including fresh fruit. The pineapple's exotic nature and sweetness  soon made it an item that soon acquired both popularity and  curiosity for centuries after its European arrival.
PINEAPPLE IN THE UNITED STATES AND HAWAIIâ19TH CENTURY. The date that pineapple was introduced into Hawaii is lost in history, but the first record of pineapple in Hawaii was a 21 Jan. 1813 note in Don Francisco de Paula MarÃ­nâs diary stating âThis day I planted pineapples and an orange treeâ (Collins, 1960).