History
In 1842, shortly after the end of the second Seminolenaufstandes, more and more settlers moved to Central Florida. One of them, Aaron Jernigan, founded in the vicinity of an old army camp, Fort Gatlin, the settlement “Jernigan.” 1857, the city was then the U.S. officer named Orlando Reeves, 1835 by the Seminolen was killed. Due to the favorable climatic situation was Orlando in the following decades at the center of Zitrusindustrie par. Huge plantations have been created over the years, but in 1894 became the largest part of the harvest by the so-called “Big Freeze” destroyed.
The local economy rebounded in a long time not affected by this change. The current economic upturn to the importance of Orlando began in 1964. Since the early 60s had gradually anonymous investors and externally independently favourable marshland purchased. It turned out that Walt Disney on this whole 25,000 square meters land a new theme park wanted to build, as the successful model Disneyland in Anaheim to the limits of its growth had come. There, Disney had not bought vornhinein sufficient country. The Disney World Resort should be sufficient space for expansion. The construction of this project were already in 1971.
Competitor of Disney acknowledged the potential and hesitated not for long. In the following years settled many other big companies in the entertainment industry, and Orlando has become an unprecedented entertainment. In the region around the city there are now other than Disney World or some 50 other amusement parks. These include parks: Universal Studios Florida, Islands of Adventure, SeaWorld, Busch Gardens, Discovery Cove, Wet ‘n Wild, Orlando Water Sports Complex and Gatorland.
