Historical Marker Search

You searched for City|State: merritt island, fl

Showing results 1 to 8 of 8
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XIX_georgianna-united-methodist-church-historical_Merritt-Island-FL.html
Georgianna United Methodist Church was built in the community of Georgiana on Merritt's Island in 1886. The ringing of the church bell still marks the beginning of worship as it has for many decades. Franklin C. Allen, Jr., a local homesteader, do…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WWM_john-h-sams-homestead-historical_Merritt-Island-FL.html
The Sams family came to Brevard County from South Carolina in 1875 to take advantage of the 1860 Homestead Act. The family consisted of John Hanahan Sams, his wife Sarah, their five children, Johns brother William Sams, and his sister, Catherine D…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WOX_bethel-african-methodist-episcopal-church-of-merritt-island-community-cemetery-historical_Merritt-Island-FL.html
Established in 1892, the Bethel A.M.E. Church of Merritt Island was the first African Methodist Episcopal church on North Tropical Trail, located on land James R. Ragan originally acquired through the Homestead Act in 1895. The wooden church sat o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WNK_st-lukes-episcopal-church-historical_Merritt-Island-FL.html
St. Luke's Episcopal Church of Courtenay was formed by the Porcher, LaRoche, Sams and other families that settled on north Merritt Island after leaving the Charleston, South Carolina area in 1875 due to the loss of their homes and plantations duri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S1Z_the-last-naval-battle-of-the-american-revolutionary-war_Merritt-Island-FL.html
The last naval battle of the American Revolutionary War took place off the coast of Cape Canaveral on March 10, 1783. The fight began when three British ships sighted two Continental Navy ships, the Alliance commanded by Captain John Barry and the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S1Y_provost-hall_Merritt-Island-FL.html
Provost Hall was originally constructed in 1910 as the Georgiana Club house on land provided by Charles D. Provost and his wife Gertrude Breese Provost. Until their grandchildren, Charles D. Provost and his sister, Mary Virginia Provost Katz, gave…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S1X_georgiana-railway-1892-1894_Merritt-Island-FL.html
In 1892, Frank Cass Allen, a Georgiana merchant, began building a 0.6-mile standard-gauge railway with steel rail and wood ties across Merritt's Island at this location, connecting docks on the Indian and Banana Rivers. It was part of his private …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DM9_ulumay_Merritt-Island-FL.html
The Ais were one of the most influential and powerful tribes in Florida when Spanish Army Lt. Alvaro Mexia mapped Ulumay Lagoon in 1605. He wrote in his diary "Here is the town of Ulumay, the first one of the province of Ais. In back of and adjace…
PAGE 1 OF 1