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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DZW_port-leon_Saint-Marks-FL.html
Port Leon, located three miles south of St. Marks on Apalachee Bay, was founded in 1838 and incorporated in 1841. It was developed by and became the terminus of the Tallahassee Railroad Company. It was a prosperous port for a few years and was the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27FS_bo-lynns-grocery_Saint-Marks-FL.html
(front side) In 1936 J. T. "Bo" Lynn founded Bo Lynn's Grocery market to serve the community of St. Marks. A wide variety of goods, including groceries, clothing, gasoline, automotive and boat parts, and fishing supplies were made available. W…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26CV_princess-malee-milly-francis_Saint-Marks-FL.html
In Grateful Remembrance for a heroic and humanitarian act of courage in saving the life of an American soldier in March, 1818 Princess Malee "Milly" Francis (c1803-1848) Woman of the Creek (Seminole) nation, recipient, pension in 1844 an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X7C_wakulla-springs-archaeological-historic-district-historical_Crawfordville-FL.html
This location is significant as it represents relationships between human culture and natural resources from the settlement systems of the Paleoindian period to the recent historic past, a period of nearly 15,000 years. There are 55 recorded archa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WPX_old-sopchoppy-high-school-historical_Sopchoppy-FL.html
Constructed in 1924 and accredited in 1928, this was the first high school built in Wakulla County. The original stucco section, an "H"shaped design with one central area and three classrooms on each side, was made possible when Sopchoppy citizens…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19SI_port-leon_St-Marks-FL.html
(front) The former town of Port Leon, once the terminal for the Tallahassee-St. Marks Railroad, was located across the St. Marks River about two miles south of here. (back) Port Leon, A Ghost Town Two Miles South1838-1843 The Tallahass…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19OI_san-marcos-de-apalache_St-Marks-FL.html
This is the site of the original Spanish fortifications. The first fort was a flimsy wooden fort started in 1678 and completed in 1679. The second fort, also of wood was built in 1718 on this site. A hurricane flooded this fort in 1758 and forty m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19OH_fort-st-marks-military-cemetery_St-Marks-FL.html
Here are interred the remains of 19 soldiers of the 4th and 7th Regiments of the United States Infantry and the 4th Battalion of the United States Artillery. These men were members of the garrison of 200 stationed here during the United States occ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19OG_san-marcos-de-apalache_St-Marks-FL.html
FrontWooden stockades were built here by the Spanish in 1680 an 1758. In 1758, these were destroyed by a hurricane which drowned the garrison. A masonry fort was begun in 1759 but was soon abandoned to the Indians for a trading post and Indian ren…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19OA_st-marks-lighthouse_La-Joya-FL.html
Noted lighthouse builder Winslow Lewis began work on the Saint Marks structure in 1829. Eroding shores forced relocation a short distance inland in 1842 to its present location. The adjoining keeper's house is not original having been rebuilt on s…
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