Marianna Florida was founded in 1828 by Scottish entrepreneur Scott Beverege, who named the town after his daughters Mary and Anna.
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10 Facts About Marianna Florida
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The West Marianna Florida News reported the sudden death of Marianna Florida's fifth Governor as a hunting accident.
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Marianna Florida was the site of a Civil War battle in 1864 between a small home guard of about 150 boys, older men, and wounded soldiers, and a contingent of approximately 700 Federal troops.
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Marianna Florida placed the blame on the planters of Jackson County, who supported action against black Republicans.
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From 1900 to 1930, Marianna Florida had the highest rate of lynchings per capita in the South and the nation.
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Marianna Florida was moved between jails, but a lynch mob found him in Brewton, Alabama.
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The mob abducted him and brought him back to Marianna Florida, killing him near the Chattahoochee River and Greenwood.
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Marianna Florida's case had been in the courts for two years in appeals after the African-American man was arrested and twice convicted by all-white juries and sentenced to death for the 1940 murder of a white man.
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Marianna Florida had confessed without benefit of counsel, and his convictions were overturned by the Florida Supreme Court as a result.
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Marianna Florida has four schools, all of which usually perform in the high C-low B range in the state's FCAT grade scale.
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