Car Rental Clearwater, Florida, United States of America.

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Clearwater is a city in and the county seat of Pinellas County in the state of Florida. It is located on Florida's central Gulf coast thirty-five minutes west of Tampa and thirty minutes northwest of St Petersburg. Clearwater is the smallest of the three principal cities in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metropolitan area.

The US Army arrived in the area now known as Clearwater in 1835 and built Fort Harrison, named after William Henry Harrison, as an outpost during the Seminole wars. During the civil war, Clearwater was repeatedly raided by the Union gunboats. In 1842 the Federal Armed Occupation Act offered 160 acres to anyone who would bear arms and cultivate the land thus reducing attacks, increasing the population and building a strong agriculture base. The first passenger railroad line into the city was completed in 1888 founding Clearwater’s popularity as a vacation destination. Clearwater was reincorporated as a city on May 27, 1915, and was designated the county seat for Pinellas County.

Clearwater became a major training base for US troops destined for Europe and the Pacific during World War II. Hotels including the historic Belleview Biltmore and the Fort Harrison Hotel were temporarily remodelled into barracks for new recruits. Dan's Island, now the high-rise-dominated Sand Key, was used as a target by U.S. Army Air Corps fighter-bombers for strafing and bombing practice.

Attractions of note in and around Clearwater include the Clearwater Fine Arts Show, The Clearwater Marine Aquarium, The Dunedin Fine Art Center and David L. Mason Children's Art Museum, The Florida Botanical Gardens, The Gulf Coast Museum of Art, The Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, Moccasin Lake Nature Park, sunsets over Pier 60 and the Clearwater Beach. Festivals in Clearwater include the Imagine International Film Festival, Fun N Sun Festival, Clearwater Celebrates America, Clearwater Jazz Holiday, Hispanic Heritage Festival and the Foster Grant Ironman World Championships.

Places of interest:

• City of Clearwater
• Clearwater Beach
• The Clearwater Marine Aquarium

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