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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JK3_indialantic-casino_Indialantic-FL.html
The Indialantic Casino was constructed on this site in 1923. The two-story Mediterranean Revival style building was designed by architect William Christen and developed by Herbert Earle. It opened on December 22, 1923, and boasted shops, an Oympic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FOD_the-hernandez-capron-trail_Melbourne-FL.html
The Hernandez-Capron Trail parallels I-95 here in Brevard County. Laid out in 1838 by U.S. Army during Second Seminole war, it linked King's Road in St. Augustine and forts along St. John's River with Ft. Capron, 4 mi. north of present Ft. Pierce.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DZB_site-of-first-permanent-log-cabin_Melbourne-FL.html
Richard W. Goode, wife Jessie Goode and three small children arrived in the area of Crane Creek in 1877. They came here from Evanston, Illinois. Goode explored the area, on foot and by boat, while his family remained in the small settlement of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DZ0_carleton-hotel-idlewylde-hotel_Melbourne-FL.html
The first Carleton Hotel was built on this site about 1887, under the ownership of Jennie and Emma Strawbridge, sisters, who were natives of Sharon, PA. That hotel burned in 1904. At the same time, the Idlewylde Hotel to the north, also burned.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DY4_billy-wallace-house_Melbourne-FL.html
This house was built circa 1898-1900 by William O. Wallace from Indiana, who lived here with his wife, May Bell and their four children. An expert fisherman and musician, Wallace kept backyard pens filled with live alligators, turtles and fish for…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DPN_olivers-camp_Titusville-FL.html
This site derives its name from the Oliver family who migrated from Missouri and homesteaded this area of Turnbull Hammock in the early 1870's. They owned large tracts of timberland and citrus groves, and the main "camp" was located on this proper…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DMC_hernandez-trail_Cocoa-FL.html
One half mile to the west ran the Hernandez Trail used during the Seminole War. It connected forts along the east Coast to Ft. Dallas in Miami and across from Ft. Pierce and Ft. Capron to Ft. Brooke near Tampa. Brig. General Joseph M. Hernandez, b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DM9_ulumay_Merritt-Island-FL.html
The Ais were one of the most influential and powerful tribes in Florida when Spanish Army Lt. Alvaro Mexia mapped Ulumay Lagoon in 1605. He wrote in his diary "Here is the town of Ulumay, the first one of the province of Ais. In back of and adjace…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CS0_breckenridge-landing_Melbourne-FL.html
Following the Civil War, Confederate Secretary of War, John C. Breckenridge, and his entourage came down the Indian River in a sailboat on their journey to Cuba where Breckenridge knew he would be safe from prosecution by the United States Governm…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CRZ_hodgson-home-and-drugstore_Melbourne-FL.html
The Hodgson Brothers (John, Alexander and Henry) settled in Eau Gallie in 1883, coming here from Canada. They operated a general store and boat ways at the south end of Houston Street and at one time ran a small steamboat line. This building was e…
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