Louis Riel (1844-1885) was best known for being the leader of the MÃ©tis, who lived in the Canadian Prairies. He was an advocate for French rights in Canada, and forced the fe â¦ deral government at the time to give his settlement a provincial status, becoming the province of Manitoba.
Brooksville is an incorporated city in and the county seat of Hernando County, Florida, in the United States. Hernando County. It is a suburban city included in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. Brooksville was named in 1856 for Preston Brooks, a congressman from South Carolina. Brooksville is home to historic buildings and residences including the home of former Florida Governor William Sherman Jennings and football player Jerome Brown.
Brevard County comprises the Palm Bay â Melbourne âTitusville, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is located along the east Florida coast along the Atlantic Ocean. Influenced by the presence of the John F. Kennedy Space Center, Brevard County is also known as the Space Coast.he county is unofficially divided into three sections: North County, comprising Titusville, Mims and Port St. John; Central Brevard, which includes Cocoa, Rockledge, Merritt Island, and Cocoa Beach; and South County, which includes Melbourne, Palm Bay, Grant, Valkaria, and the South Beaches.