The Thousand Islands

Historical marker location:

540 Ramp Road, Cocoa Beach, Florida

( Marker is on Ramp Road, 0.2 miles west of South Brevard Avenue, on the left when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 2017

Florida was once a Spanish colony for over 250 years, from 1565 to 1821, before being ceded to the United States as part of the Adams-Onís Treaty.