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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CJG_union-cypress-sawmill_Melbourne-FL.html
The Union Cypress Co. was Melbourne's first big industry, bringing employment, growth and development to the region. Their big cypress/pine sawmill was a three-story, all-steel structure about 50 by 150 feet. Five, 150-horsepower boilers provided …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BZN_st-marks-episcopal-church_Cocoa-FL.html
On June 2, 1878, the Right Reverend John Freeman Young, bishop of Florida, and Dr. William H. Carter of Holy Cross Church of Sanford, Florida, held the first meeting of St. Mark's Episcopal Church at a nearby Rockledge residence. The mission was o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BZM_valencia-historic-district_Rockledge-FL.html
The Valencia Historic District was developed during the Florida Land Boom of the 1920s. The Valencia Homes Company was formed in 1924 by local businessmen C. Sweet Smith, Charles D. Smith, L. S. Andrews and Horace R. Bruen. The company acquired a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BR0_port-canaveral-historic-milestones_Port-Canaveral-FL.html
1953 - First military ship, USS McClelland, visited Port1956 - Naval Ordnance Test Unit (NOTU) established1976 - New U.S. Coast Guard Station dedicated1978 - Trident I Submarine Basin project completed
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BQZ_complex-14_Durham-FL.html
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"? one of the most complex tasks ever presented to man in this country — the achievement of manned flight in orbit around the earth." - John F. KennedyThirty-Fifth President of the United States
This marker co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BEJ_possible-vicinity-of-juan-ponce-de-leons-landing_Melbourne-Beach-FL.html
While there is disagreement among scholars, it is believed that this site may be in an area where Juan Ponce de Leon made landfall in April 1513. It has long been thought that this event took place near St. Augustine, based upon studies of de Leon…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B31_karricks-grocery_Melbourne-FL.html
Karrick's Grocery opened in 1918 in a small 16x30 ft. building with an inventory worth $800. Sugar was selling at 28 cents a pound, butter 60 cents a pound, rice 15 cents a pound, and flour $2.35 for 25 pounds. The U.S. was engaged in World War I.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B30_downtown-eau-gallie_Melbourne-FL.html
Lansing Gleason, a descendant of the pioneer Gleason family, recalled that downtown Eau Gallie had numerous fish houses, each with a barrel of whiskey set up at holiday times. A tin cup was provided on a help yourself basis. Things got pretty rowd…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A3T_titusville-negro-school_Titusville-FL.html
Following temporary sites on Washington Avenue in 1883 and Dummitt Avenue in 1886, the Titusville Negro School was located on this site in 1915; it housed grades 1-8. The original building was burned in 1931, and a new eight-classroom frame buildi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19HI_lincoln-hotel_Melbourne-FL.html
The south side of this building was originally built in 1923 as the home for the Ernest Kouwen-Hoven family. During the year they lived in it, it was the scene of many spectacular parties, as well as more down-to-earth "crab-boils" held on the spa…