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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23D1_palmetto-riverside-bed-and-breakfast_Palmetto-FL.html
This Historic Landmark residence, recognized by the Department of Interior for the National Register, was constructed in 1913. Built for Julius Lamb, a prominent Manatee County pioneer, the home was purchased as a mail order kit from Sears, Roebuc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23CZ_the-great-chime-bell_Palmetto-FL.html
This bronze bell was forged by the E.W. Vanduzen Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio, at the Buckeye Bell Foundry in 1893. Originally placed in St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Indianapolis, Indiana, this was the largest of 9 bells. A musical collection of 9 bel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XNC_rubonia-womens-club-historical_Palmetto-FL.html
For the first twenty years, the Silver Leaf Club, also known as the Rubonia Women's Club, met in member's homes. In time, the Club grew and began a search for an affordable larger building. Following World War II, Mead Smith of Palm View purchased…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XNA_lincoln-memorial-high-school-historical_Palmetto-FL.html
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Lincoln Memorial High School was established in 1949 and served as the only public high school in Manatee County to allow colored children to attend until it closed in 1969 in order to complete the desegregation of Manatee County's publi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WK1_palmetto-baptist-church-dr-m-b-harrison-historical_Palmetto-FL.html
Palmetto Baptist Church
The Palmetto Baptist Church was organized on January 5, 1892, and a few months later its first building was erected on this site. The Reverend R.H. Whitehead, under whose leadership the church was constituted, became its…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WJU_the-old-palmetto-cemetery-historical_Palmetto-FL.html
The 'old' Palmetto Cemetery was established prior to 1888 and was used until 1910. The cemetery comprises one acre of land donated by Samuel Sparks Lamb, recognized founder of Palmetto. It is known as the Yellow Fever Cemetery because of the inter…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WJT_the-plymouth-historical_Palmetto-FL.html
This historic property was the site of the Levi Jones homestead. The original house, constructed in 1900, is no longer standing, but had similar architectural details as the current structure. Jennie Jones Melman was born on this site August 23, 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WJS_palmetto-historical_Palmetto-FL.html
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S.S. Lamb came here with his family from Mississippi in a covered wagon and barouche and purchased this property on February 3, 1868. Lamb laid out and named Palmetto. The Lamb home, which stood about 100 yards west of here, was built by…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19O4_gillette-community_Palmetto-FL.html
This area, known originally as Frog Creek, received its first American settlers before the Civil War. Many of them came from Alabama, northern Florida, and Georgia. Among the Georgians was Daniel Gillett, who brought his family to Frog Creek in th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19O3_gamble-sugar-cane-mill_Palmetto-FL.html
In 1842, as the Second Seminole War drew to a conclusion, Major Robert Gamble, Jr. established a sugar cane plantation along the banks of the Manatee River, as did others including Hector and Joseph Braden, William Craig and William Wyatt. By 1850…