melbourne fl: Patrick AFB Relocation: A Trip To Historic Downtown Melbourne
- 05/12/08 05:37 AM
This article is part of "The Patrick AFB Online Relocation Package". The Village of Melbourne was officially created in 1888, although it was know as "Melbourne" eight years earlier, when the area needed to establish a post office. The first postmaster, Cornthwaite John Hector, spent most of his life in Melbourne, Australia and it appears that the name finally was decided by the drawing of straws.Until 1893, when the railroad arrived, most of the commerce in the area was done by boat, but after the arrival of the railroad, many businesses moved away from the lagoon and closer to the train … (1 comments)
This article is part of "The Patrick AFB Online Relocation Package".
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