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The Sponge Divers of Tarpon Springs: A Dodecanese Village on the Gulf Coast
β John Cocoris, from Hydra, Greece
When John Cocoris arrived on the Gulf Coast of Florida in 1905, he brought with him a technology, a workforce, and an entire way oβ¦
The Sponge Capital of the World: Greek Divers of Tarpon Springs
β Greek Sponge Divers of the Dodecanese Islands, from Kalymnos, Symi, Halki β Dodecanese Islands, Greece
In 1905, Greek sponge divers from the Dodecanese islands of Kalymnos, Symi, and Halki arrived in a small Florida coastal town andβ¦
The First Greeks in America: From New Smyrna to the Revolution
β Greek Colonists of New Smyrna, Florida, from Greece, Minorca, and the Mediterranean
Greek immigrants did not arrive with the great waves of the 1890s. The first Greek settlement in what would become the United Statβ¦