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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TT7_jupiter-lighthouse-historical_Jupiter-FL.html
Designed by George G. Meade, later Federal commander at Gettysburg. First lighted July10, 1860. Dark during the War Between the States and its mechanism hidden by Southern sympathizers. Relighted June 28,1866, it has not missed a night in over 100…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TT6_jupiter-inlet-shipwrecks-historical_Jupiter-FL.html
During the 17th century, Spanish galleons and merchant ships navigated the treacherous waters off the Florida coast. These vessels carried silver and gemstones from the mines of Mexico and Peru. They routinely ran a narrow gauntlet of shallow wate…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TT5_sawfish-bay-historical_Jupiter-FL.html
The waterfront location of today's Sawfish Bay Park played a major role in the prehistoric and historic settlement of the Jupiter area. First inhabited during the Archaic Period 5,000 years ago, this site provided access to an intricate transporta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SZI_l-m-davis-elementary-school-historical_Jupiter-FL.html
Education was a challenging priority for the African-American community of Limestone Creek. Denied access to Jupiter's nearby public schools by segregation laws, the community opened its own school in 1905. The "Jupiter Colored School," …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SZH_mt-carmel-missionary-baptist-church-cemetery-historical_Jupiter-FL.html
Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church, a cornerstone of Jupiter's African American community, was organized in 1902 by the Reverend J. A. Wannamaker and the pioneer families of Simmons, Campbell, Ford, Bush, and Davis. These early settlers arrive…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KJ6_dive-into-history_Jupiter-FL.html
These shipwrecked iron cannons and anchor were uncovered in July of 1987, just 2000 yards east of this spot in 10 feet of water off Jupiter Inlet.
Archives and research link these maritime remains to the Spanish "Aviso" vessel named "San Miguel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KI5_world-war-ii-u-s-naval-housing-building_Jupiter-FL.html
The U.S. Navy constructed this building (circa 1939) on land included in the Federal Jupiter Lighthouse Reservation established by President Franklin Pierce in 1854. Built as Married Men´s Quarters, the two-story wood-frame building had six two-b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9AG_jonathan-dickinson-shipwreck_Jupiter-FL.html
Three miles to the east on September 23, 1696, the British barkentine Reformation foundered off Jupiter Island. The 24 survivors included a party of Quakers bound from Jamaica to Pennsylvania. Leader of the Quakers was Jonathan Dickinson who descr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9AF_ft-jupiter-jupiter-lighthouse_Jupiter-FL.html
Fort Jupiter was located three miles west on Loxahatchee River, erected January 1838 by troops commanded by Major General Thomas S. Jessup, establishing base for operations in the Seminole Indian Wars.
Jupiter Lighthouse, approximately one mil…