When youthink of sunshine, beaches, spring break, partying, Disney and all the otherbright and shiny pastimes of Florida, only certain people think about theghosts. Florida is the oldest occupied state in America. The Spaniards were thefirst to set foot here way back in 1513 when Ponce De Leon first discoveredthis Land of Flowers. The French and English would soon follow. Nativepopulations had been here 12,000 years. The factremains if there is a lot of life, there is a lot of death and sometimes it’snot just ghosts of people, but of the past as well. Crimes never solved, wrongsnever righted, wrongs that never could be righted… The ghosts of those thingswill haunt forever. TheBeginning In 1564Rene Laudonniere was commissioned by the French king to continue where JeanRibault left off and establish a colony and fort in Florida. Fort Caroline wasbuilt just north of the city of Jacksonville close to the St. John’s. 300people were brought there to help get the settlement going, just barely a yearlater nearly everyone was dead or had disappeared. Sickness, starvation andNative attacks were the main causes. This was bad news as the French had thefull attention of the Spanish now. Pedro Menendez was a monster compared toJean Ribault… Bloodyground from the get go, we have all kinds of supernatural creatures and talesaround the Sunshine State. Thousandsupon thousands of bones in Lake Okeechobee. War ghosts, plague ghosts,hurricane ghosts. Old ghosts, new ghosts, famous ghosts and ghosts that youwould never guess were there… Cemeteries where children giggle all night,haunted dolls, ghost towns, ghost ships, a ghost dog and entire cities wherethere really are more dead than living. That’sright, from the super haunted drug store to the downtown Pizza Hut, good luckgetting a good night’s rest anywhere in St. Augustine. It does have the ghostsof 500 years… but it’s not the only place where there is more ectoplasm thanflesh. Pine Level.A ghost town in South West Florida. Once the site of a booming cattle town, itboasted that it had more saloons than any town in Florida. In 1866 people werepromised land if they could settle it, amid Seminole Indian attacks. Manypeople did, but those people were not the best people per say… Their ghostsstill linger in a place that has only a church, a dead tree, and a signproclaiming what was once there... Ah, onecould go on and on… So many stories, so little time… Check out more on 13Beez.Com… This little set is the perfect gift for your ghost hunting sweetheart. Imagine how special your first ghost hunt will be when you hand them this spooky but fabulous French Hook Earrings and Pendant Set. Black rubberized cord.