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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DM8_illahaw_FL.html
Illahaw was a small turpentine operation located near here on the Florida East Coast RR owned by Henry Flagler. It had a post office in 1923 which closed in 1935. Once the pine trees were all cut down, the mill closed. RR services ended in 1947. O…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DM7_nittaw-station_FL.html
Nittaw Station. . Once part of Henry Flagler's Florida East Coast Railway, Nittaw was a stop on the railroad that ran from Wewahootie to Okeechobee. Nittaw became a sawmill town, maintaining a small population and post office. The closing of the O…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM249R_grand-army-of-the-republic-building_Saint-Cloud-FL.html
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The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was a nationwide organization founded in 1866 for Union veterans of the Civil War. The town of St. Cloud was founded in 1909 as a community for Union veterans. The L.L. Mitchell Post #34, named for th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y0B_veterans-memorial-library-historical_Saint-Cloud-FL.html
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The Ladies Improvement Club of St. Cloud organized in 1910 for the betterment of the community through civic projects and the advocacy of literacy. The club established a small area in the Sugar Belt Railway depot for books and magazines…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TTC_first-national-bank-st-cloud-chamber-of-commerce-historical_Saint-Cloud-FL.html
St. Cloud's First National Bank opened in 1910. This narrow, two story Masonry Vernacular structure was built from locally produced sand brick, wood beams, and concrete block. St. Cloud residents subscribed over $100,000 of capital stock, twice as…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TTB_sugar-belt-railway-vfw-post-historical_Saint-Cloud-FL.html
The Sugar Belt Railway Line, built in 1889 by Hamilton Disston, transported sugar and citrus between the town of Narcoossee and Kissimmee. The train made the return trip after being reversed on a turntable at Narcoossee operated by muscle power. T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DMS_hamilton-disston-sugar-plantation_St-Cloud-FL.html
In 1885, Hamilton Disston, Pennsylvania industrialist and pioneer Florida promoter, established an extensive experimental sugar plantation on the drained lands around St. Cloud. The enterprise, part of Disston's promotional scheme, prospered for s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DMI_kenansville-school_Kenansville-FL.html
This building was constructed in 1917 on five acres of land with $6,000 donated from the estate of Mrs. Mary Lily Kenan Flagler Bingham, (1867-1917), wife of Henry Flagler, the owner and promoter of the Florida East Coast Railroad. Kenansville Sch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10JP_the-thunderstorm-project_St-Cloud-FL.html
On a typical summer afternoon thunderstorms will be seen in the skies surrounding this site. So common they are often ignored, thunderstorms are nevertheless vital to the State's economy. They provide most of Florida's annual rainfall, but lighten…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10JJ_osceola-county_Kissimmee-FL.html
Marker Front:Osceola County was created in May, 1887 from portions of Orange and Brevard Counties. One of its sponsors was Senator J. Milton Bryan, who suggested the new county be named for Osceola, the great Seminole warrior. The new county was F…