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Sarasota

Sara Zota

Place Type
inhabited place
Description
Resort city in W central Florida on Sarasota Bay; around 1910 Chicago socialite Mrs. Potter Palmer promoted tourism & built a ranch here; in 1927 John Ringling chose site as winter headquarters for the Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey Circus.
Authority
Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Source
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988);

Died

Jon Corbino (American, 1905-1964)

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