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HISTORY: When Florida almost sold the Emerald Coast to Alabama

Following the American Civil War, a cash-strapped Florida entertained selling the Western Panhandle to Alabama for $1 million in bonds. Supported by nearly two-to-one margin by local voters in 1869, the annexation deal ultimately failed when post-war economic strain forced Alabama Governor William Hugh Smith to reject the transfer.

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