Sarasota, Florida

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Travel story: Sarasota, Florida

Historians are not quite sure how Sarasota derived its name. One theory is that it was named after the daughter of Hernando De Soto, Sara. De Soto, along with Ponce de Leon and Panfilo Narvez were the first explorers to land on the Gulf Coast in search of gold and silver.



Another maintains that the name may have been derived from the Spanish "sarao sota" translated as "a place of dancing." I prefer the latter, as the feeling of dancing seems to abound all around... More