Cooley's Landing Park, Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Discussion
Anonymous
· Oct. 30, 2025, 8:23 p.m.
Discussion thread for Cooley's Landing Park, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
William Cooley was an early settler in East Florida. He moved to the New River area (later to become Fort Lauderdale) in 1826 and started an arrowroot plantation. Eventually he became involved in local administration, and in 1835/6 he was involved in adjudicating a case in which white settlers...
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