Packet 10: Tossup 9

A man who worked in this region alongside Paul Kroegel as one of the first American game wardens was murdered by a poacher he tried to arrest. (15[3])Hamilton Disston bought four million acres of land in this region in (15[1])1881, which may be the largest land (15[1])purchase ever made by a single person. Planned communities in this region like Poinciana and Aladdin City were abandoned after one (-5[1])state’s (15[1])real estate bubble popped in the 1920s. (15[1])Conservationists (15[1])like (15[1])(*) Ernest (10[1])Coe strongly opposed a project in (10[1])this region (10[1])advocated (10[2])for (10[1])by governor Napoleon Broward. (10[2])The (-5[1])Herbert (10[3])Hoover (10[1])dike (-5[1])controlled the flooding (10[1])of a lake in this region. Marjory Stoneman Douglas (10[1])advocated protecting this natural region (10[1])in a book subtitled “River of Grass.” For 10 points, name this large swamp in (10[1])southern Florida. ■END■ (10[5])

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