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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM131T_confederate-torpedo-boat-david_Jacksonville-FL.html
TombIn Memory of my shipmates of the ConfederateTorpedo Boat DavidCharleston S.C. Oct 5, 1863Lieut. W.T. Glassell, ?????C.S.N.Pilot W.J. Cannon,??????? C.S.N.Fireman Jas.Sullivan,?? C.S.N.Chief EngineerJames Hamilton Tomb, C.S.N.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM130T_old-confederate-soldiers-and-sailors-home_Jacksonville-FL.html
(Front text)Confederate Plot Section Six is the final resting place for the Confederate Veterans who resided at the Old Soldiers and Sailors Home, a refuge for aged and disabled Veterans. The Florida Soldiers Home Association was formed in 1888 wi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVCW_spanish-pond_Jacksonville-FL.html
500 Spanish soldiers from St. Augustine marched four days through marsh, forest tangle, fierce wind, and heavy rainfall to an encampment near here. Exhausted and hungry they rested in a downpour; at dawn they attacked and captured France's Fort de…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVCV_ribault-monument_Jacksonville-FL.html
(Front):This is a replica of the marker placed on or near this spot by Jean Ribaut May First 1562 in taking possession of Florida for France.
(Back):Erected by the Florida Daughters of the American Revolution May First 1924 commemorating the fi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVCT_timucuan-preserve_Jacksonville-FL.html
Bound by the Nassau River, the Atlantic Ocean, and the St. Johns River, the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve seeks to protect much of the water and undeveloped land you see from here. Salt marsh, coastal hammock, tidal creeks, and sea and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVCS_new-france_Jacksonville-FL.html
"After... two months... Ribault made port in New France... [where] he discovered a very large and beautiful river ... Ribault erected a column of hard stone on the banks of this river ... The coat of arms of France was carved upon it."Ren? de Laun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVCR_staking-a-claim_Jacksonville-FL.html
During the sixteenth century, France was determined to expand its empire. Spain, the world's leading power, already had a foothold in the Americas, and France wanted to share of the riches the Spanish were gaining through trade and plunder. France…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVCQ_fort-de-la-caroline_Jacksonville-FL.html
"[The Spaniards] made a horrible, tragic slaughter of our forces, so great was the anger and hatred they had for our nation. They vied with one another to see who could best cut the throats of our people..."1565 la Caroline carpenter Nicolas le Ch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVCP_the-building-of-la-caroline_Jacksonville-FL.html
"Every one of us - noblemen, soldiers, workmen, sailors - worked hard to get our post ready to shelter us from the weather and protect us against enemies."Jacques le Moyne, 1564 la Caroline colonist and artist
Measuring a piece of ground in the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVCO_timucuan-friends_Jacksonville-FL.html
"[The Timucuans] brought us grains of roasted maize,... smoked lizards or other wild animals... and various kinds of roots, some for foods, others for medicine. And when they discovered that we were more interested in metals and minerals, they gav…