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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WOW_la-floridas-el-camino-real-historical_St.-Augustine-FL.html
In the 1600s, Spanish Florida's Royal Road connected St. Augustine with the missions of North Florida.
From the time St. Augustine was established in 1565, Spanish military and religious authorities began extending their reach beyond the town lim…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WJD_nelmar-terrace-historic-district-historical_St.-Augustine-FL.html
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The Nelmar Terrace area has been the site of portions of a Timucuan Indian village, a plantation under British Governor James Grant in the 1770s, and parcels of Spanish land grants after 1784. From 1844-1869 the area was the southern par…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WG6_st-augustine-on-anastasia-island-historical_St.-Augustine-FL.html
St. Augustine, the oldest European-settled city in the United States, was located on Anastasia Island from 1566 until 1572. Spanish settlers had founded the city on the west shore of the Matanzas River on Sept. 8, 1565. They built homes and a fort…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WG5_remnant-of-rodriguez-arsian-house-historical_St.-Augustine-FL.html
These low stone walls are the remnants of a building constructed during the First Spanish Period (1513-1763) from native rock known as coquina. The building belonged to Antonio Rodriquez Arsian, a soldier whose family lived in St. Augustine for se…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WED_anderson-cottage-historical_St.-Augustine-FL.html
By the year 1870, a widowed Clarissa Fairbanks Anderson had built on her property, known as "Markland," a gable-roofed, frame "winter cottage" for guests.
In 1885, her son, Dr. Andrew Anderson, Jr., sold part of the property…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WEC_the-powder-house-lot-st-johns-county-historical_St.-Augustine-FL.html
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The Powder House Lot
In 1797-1800, the Spanish built on this site a coquina structure with tile roof and masonry fence, to store 100,000 pounds of gunpowder. A smaller structure was also built to serve as guard post. Each redoubt …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R5A_robert-l-ripley_St.-Augustine-FL.html
Robert L. Ripley was an internationally famous artist, writer, radio personality, movie maker, and world explorer.
Mr. Ripley visited over 200 countries, and during his travels amassed an eclectic collection of artifacts, curiosities and odditi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R20_mission-of-nuestra-senora-del-rosario-de-la-punta_St.-Augustine-FL.html
From the late 1720s to the early 1750s the green space just beyond this wall was the site of the church and cemetery for the mission community of La Punta (FL Site #8SJ94). This mission was home to refugee Yamassee and Apalachee Indians who had fl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R1Z_the-boat-basin_St.-Augustine-FL.html
A Boat Basin at the east end of the Plaza was constructed as part of the new coquina seawall of 1840. This Basin was important to St. Augustine residents who depended on the river and harbor for their livelihood, travel, and recreation. This photo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IBJ_fountain-of-youth-archaeological-park_St.-Augustine-FL.html
The Fountain of Youth Park commemorates the 1513 arrival of Juan Ponce de Leon in Florida and the legend of the Fountain of Youth.
People have lived on this site for over 3,000 years, since the Archaic Period of Florida's history.
In 1565 Span…