The Everglades National Park

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The Everglades National park is a place full of exotic plants and animals. The Everglades is a place with a lot of interesting facts as well as an interesting story. Even though it is a truly amazing place it had a lot of problems the last few decades. The Everglades have had a lot of history, problems, and issues facing recent attempts. To begin, the Everglades has had a lot of history to it. Some of this history might teach you something new. In passage one lines nine through twenty one state, “Seminole and Miccosukee tribes lived in the Everglades prior to 1882...Settlers from outside of Florida came to the Everglades…” it also states that they began to “convert the land” building railroad systems, canals, etc. The Everglades has had

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