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Sarasota Highland Games & Celtic Festival
Sarasota Scot's and the History
•December 23, 1885, the Scots landed on Sarasota Bay.
•1886, John Hamilton Gillespie built the first 2-hole golf course.
•1887 John Hamilton Gillespie built streets
•1887 John Hamilton Gillespie built pier and the DeSoto Hotel
•1902 first Mayor was Scottish - John Hamilton Gillespie
•1902 first Mayor was Scottish - John Hamilton Gillespie
•In 1902 the "Sarasota Village" becomes "Township of Sarasota"
•In 1905 Mayor Gillespie builds a 110-acre, 9-hole golf course on Links Avenue
•In 1913 The "Township of Sarasota" becomes the "City of Sarasota"
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