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.
Some historians think Ponce de Leon chose the name because his arrival in Florida occurred at the time of the Easter feast (in Spanish, Pascua Florida). By the way, Ponce de Leon never did find the youth-restoring fountain. In 1521, he returned to Charlotte Harbor to attempt a colony. That didn't turn out so well.