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Stretching north and south for 77 miles, Brevard County is a thin strip of land, barely 20 miles across at its widest point. Cocoa Beach owes much of its story to the vision and energy of a single man, Gus Edwards, who promoted the area as a resort to rival the communities of Miami Beach and Venice.

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