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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20KP_joseph-downing-price_Ormond-Beach-FL.html
Pioneer Settler & Entrepreneur
Co-Incorporator & Mayor Of Ormond Beach
Builder & Owner Of The Hotel Ormond
Organizer Of First Auto Races On Ormond Beach
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20KO_john-andrew-bostrom_Ormond-Beach-FL.html
Pioneer Settler
And
Founder Of Ormond Beach
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X2H_ormond-tomb-historical_Ormond-Beach-FL.html
Near this site lies the tomb of James Ormond II. Ormond and his father, a Scot who immigrated to Florida via the Bahamas about 1804, made "Damietta," the family plantation, one of the most productive in the Halifax region. When Florida became a U.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X2B_old-kings-road-historical_Ormond-Beach-FL.html
The Old Kings Road crossed north to south near this site. First originated as an Indian trail, later improved by the Spanish, and then constructed by the British as a road in 1763-1773 to connect St. Augustine and New Smyrna, Florida. Improved by …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RA2_the-three-chimneys_Ormond-Beach-FL.html
The Three Chimneys, originally known as the Swamp Settlement, was a British period sugar plantation established c. 1768 on a portion of 20,000 acres granted by King George III in 1764 to Richard Oswald (1700-1784), a wealthy and influential Scotti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RA1_the-three-chimneys_Ormond-Beach-FL.html
The Three Chimneys is the site of the oldest British sugar plantation, sugar mill and rum distillery in the United States. It was in operation from the late 1760's until the Revolutionary War.
The site was part of a 20,000-acre grant awarded to R…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME2N_mount-oswald-plantation_Ormond-Beach-FL.html
In 1766 Richard Oswald acquired 20,000 acres of land along the Halifax and Tomoka rivers from the British government. On this grant was established Mount Oswald Plantation which was located on this site, and produced indigo, rice, timber, molasses…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDXV_nocoroco_Ormond-Beach-FL.html
On this site was the Timucua Indian village of Nocoroco. It was mentioned in the report of Alvaro Mexia's expedition down the Florida east coast in 1605. It was the first Indian village south of St. Augustine noted by Mexia. The site was used duri…