MARCO ISLAND, Fla. -. Over 15,000 people on Marco Island were without power for more than seven hours Sunday morning. Violent storm winds Saturday night caused the main transmission line feeding the island to go down, leaving many businesses and homes in the dark.
How did Florida get its name? It got its name by the Spanish words Pascua Florida meaning flowery easter. Juan Ponce De Leon, the Spanish Explorer named it this. florida received its name from when in 15 â¦ 27 DeVaca came over with Narvaez and they were looking for gold, when they just happened to stumble across this beautiful land that was bountiful with plant-life.
On Easter Sunday in 1513 de Leon named the new land âLa Floridaâ in honor of Pascua Florida, the Spanish Feast of the Flowers at Easter time. Georgia- Georgia was founded in 1733 by James Oglethorpe, who had been granted a charter by King George II in 1732 to found a colony named after the king. Hawaii- Captain James Cook named the islands he discovered in 1778 the Sandwich Islands in honor of his patron the Earl of Sandwich.