427. Mike Bunn. West Florida

<div>427. We <a href="http://archive.org/download/427-mike-bunn-west-florida/427--Mike_Bunn--West_Florida.mp3" target="_blank">interview</a> Mike Bunn about his book on West Florida, <a href="https://www.mikebunn.net/" target="_blank">Fourteenth Colony: The Forgotten Story of the Gulf South During America's Revolutionary Era</a>. “Mike Bunn has written the first thorough history of West Florida, a British colony in America during the era of the American Revolution.<span><a name='more'></a></span> Fourteenth Colony is good history and a good read, and it adds significantly to our knowledge of colonial America and the Revolutionary War.” — John Ferling. The British colony of West Florida—which once stretched from the mighty Mississippi to the shallow bends of the Apalachicola and portions of what are now the states of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana—is the forgotten fourteenth colony of America's Revolutionary era. The colony's eventful years as a part of the British Empire form an important and compelling interlude in Gulf Coast history that has for too long been overlooked. The colony's history showcases a tumultuous political scene featuring a halting attempt at instituting representative government; a host of bold and colorful characters; a compelling saga of struggle and perseverance in the pursuit of financial stability; and a dramatic series of battles on land and water which brought about the end of its days under the Union Jack.<br /> <ol type="a"> <li>This week in Louisiana history. July 24, 1769. Alejandro "Bloody" O'Reilly reclaimed New Orleans for Spain. </li> <li>This week in New Orleans history. Disnelyland's New Orleans Square opened in July 24, 1966. New Orleans Mayor Victor H. Schiro participated in the dedication ceremony. Schiro announced Walt Disney had been made an honorary citizen