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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WWN_gainesville-regional-airport-historical_Gainesville-FL.html
The City of Gainesville began construction of this airport in April of 1940 as a project of the depression era Works Progress Administration. With WWII looming, construction was taken over by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1941. Initial const…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UB6_matheson-house-historical_Gainesville-FL.html
Side 1: The Matheson homestead dates from 1857, when Alexander Matheson brought his family from Camden, South Carolina to establish a home on the Sweetwater Branch at the eastern edge of the new town of Gainesville. The present one and a half sto…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U6H_david-levy-yulee-and-cotton-wood-plantation-historical_Archer-FL.html
Side 1 David Levy Yulee was born at St. Thomas, West Indies, in 1810. He attended school in Virginia from 1819 until 1827 when he went to Micanopy to work on one of the plantations of his father, Moses Elias Levy. He studied law and was admitte…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RNF_evergreen-cemetery_Gainesville-FL.html
Evergreen Cemetery, known locally as "This Wondrous Place," began with the burial of a baby girl in 1856. The infant, Elizabeth Thomas, was the daughter of wealthy cotton merchant James T. Thomas and his wife, Elizabeth Jane Hall Thomas. The baby …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RNE_moses-elias-levy_Williston-FL.html
Moses Elias Levy (1782-1854), a Moroccan born Jewish merchant, came to Florida after its cession from Spain to the United States in 1821. Before his arrival, Levy acquired over 50,000 acres in East Florida. In 1822, Levy began development on Pilgr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RND_jesse-johnson-finley_Gainesville-FL.html
Jesse Johnson Finley was born in Wilson County, Tennessee, November 18, 1812 and educated in Lebanon, Tennessee. After service as a captain in the Seminole War of 1836, he studied law and was admitted to the bar. During a ten year period he served…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RN7_florida-extension_Gainesville-FL.html
Since the early 1900s, the University of Florida has been sharing research discoveries and education programs with the people of Florida through its Extension Service. Faculty from the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station organized farmers' ins…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RN4_lacrosse_Gainesville-FL.html
Settlement in the LaCrosse area started in the 1840s with the arrival of John Cellon, a young French immigrant. Other early settlers were Thomas Green, Abraham Mott, Richard H. Parker and family, William Scott and Thomas Standley. The town was bui…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RAP_1824-the-bellamy-road-1952_Alachua-FL.html
The construction of this road was authorized by the 18th Congress and approved February 28, 1824. The section from Tallahassee to St. Augustine was built be John Bellamy and followed the Old Spanish Road.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R5B_alachua-general-hospital_Gainesville-FL.html
Historic Alachua General Hospital (AGH) stood on this site for nearly 82 years. A county or community-supported venture for much of its history, the hospital served the needs of Alachua County citizens for generations as a respected health care re…
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