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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11HU_the-bailey-house_Gainesville-FL.html
This is one of the oldest houses in the city of Gainesville. It was constructed about 1850 by Major James B. Bailey, a prominent citizen of Alachua County. Bailey was a leading proponent of moving the county seat away from Newnansville to a new pl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11H8_josiah-t-walls_Gainesville-FL.html
Born in 1842 to slave parents in Winchester, Va., little is known of Josiah T. Walls' early life. After a short term of Confederate service, he enlisted in the Third Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops in 1863. Transferred to Picolata on the St. Johns R…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM118G_gainesvilles-railroads-past-railroads-of-gainesville_Gainesville-FL.html
Gainesville's Railroads The coming of the Florida Railroad opened up the interior of Florida for both settlement and trading and helped establish Gainesville. On February 1, 1859 the Florida Railroad entered town and connected Fernandina Beach wit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM117L_confederate-soldier-memorial_Gainesville-FL.html
(North face) In Memory Of TheConfederateDead1861 1865
(East face)"They Fell For Us and For ThemShould FallThe Tears Of A Nation's Grief."
(West face)They Counted The CostAnd In Defence Of RightThey Paid The Martyr's Price."
(South face) E…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM117K_alachula-county-courthouse_Gainesville-FL.html
The Alachua County Commission, by authority of the Florida Legislature, selected this site for a courthouse in 1854, moving the county seat from Newnansville. The first courthouse was a frame building completed in 1856. It was demolished on the co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM115G_railroading-in-high-springs_High-Springs-FL.html
This old passenger depot, built c. 1910, is all that remains of the vast railroad complex located southwest of downtown that made High Springs a bustling railroad center for nearly 50 years. In 1895 the Plant Railroad System chose the town as the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM113H_university-of-florida-historic-campus_Gainesville-FL.html
The University of Florida Campus Historic District and two individual campus buildings were listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1989 and 1990 in recognition of their architectural and cultural significance and the coherence of th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10Z7_rochelle-vicinity_Gainesville-FL.html
(Front text)Colonel Daniel Newnan led a troop of the Georgia militia on a raid into the area in September 1812 in an attempt to annex Florida to the United States in the War of 1812. The raiders engaged a force of Seminole Indians under the comman…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10PY_micanopy_Williston-FL.html
Founded after Spain relinquished Florida to the United States in 1821. Micanopy became the first distinct American town founded in the new US territory. Originally an Indian trading post, Micanopy was built under the auspices of the Florida Associ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10PW_lacrosse-florida_La-Crosse-FL.html
The LaCrosse area was settled before the Civil War. Cotton was the chief crop. John Eli Futch was a cotton buyer who built a warehouse for cotton, a store to serve the growers, and his home near the store. This store became the first post office a…