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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A3S_the-gainesville-servicemens-center-thelma-boltin-center_Gainesville-FL.html
The Gainesville Serviceman's CenterThe City of Gainesville purchased the Servicemen's Center lot on December 7th 1942. The Federal Works Agency constructed a $37,000 building with a ballroom, stage, dressing rooms, second floor reading room, three…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A3R_old-stage-road_Gainesville-FL.html
The Old Stage Road, one of Alachua County's original highways, passed near here. Dating from the 1820s, it connected the county's two major towns, Newnansville (once the county seat near present day Alachua) and Micanopy to the south. The road ser…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A3Q_serenola-plantation_Gainesville-FL.html
(side 1)In 1857, David Rogerson Williams II (1822-1907) of Darlington Co., SC, purchased 1,000 acres, including this site bordering Paynes Prarie, and developed them as a plantation known as "Serenola." The 1860 census shows 120 slaves lived in 24…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18JO_newnansville-town-site_Alachua-FL.html
At the end of 1824, Alachua County was organized as a political unit of the new Territory of Florida. The Seminole inhabitants of the Alachua region had recently been ordered to a reservation, and land was available there for white settlers. Early…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18IA_city-of-alachua_Alachua-FL.html
Upon completion to Gainesville of the Savannah, Florida and Western Railway in May 1884, citizens from the former county seat at Newnansville were among those who moved to the present site of Alachua which was near the railroad. The city is locate…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18BZ_city-of-newberry-historic-district_Newberry-FL.html
The discovery of hard rock phosphate in Alachua County in 1889 sparked the appearance of boom towns wherever large deposits of the mineral were found. Incorporated in 1894, Newberry thrived until 1914 when the onset of World War I forced the mines…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18BM_william-bartram-trail_Newberry-FL.html
Blue SinkVisited by William Bartram, America's first naturalist, in 1774.Erected by Newberry Garden Club in cooperation with Dist. V. FFGC National Council of State Garden Clubs, Inc.Fla. Dept. of Transportation
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18BD_fort-clarke_Gainesville-FL.html
Near this site was located Fort Clarke, originally a U.S. Army post during the Seminole War, and afterwards a settlement. The name is preserved in nearby Fort Clarke Church. At this site crossed the early settlement and military road connecting th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1838_santa-fe-de-toloca_Alachua-FL.html
A Spanish Mission was established near here within sight of the Santa Fe River about A.D. 1606 by Franciscan missionaries. The river took its name from the mission, as did the modern town of Santa Fe. At one time, Santa Fe de Toloca was said to be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17Z3_bland-community-and-ogden-school-odgen-school_Alachua-FL.html
Bland Community and Ogden SchoolSettled in the 1840s by cotton planters from Georgia and South Carolina, Bland became a diverse agrarian area where farmers and sharecroppers raised cattle and grew cotton and a variety of fruits and vegetables. Jos…