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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WY2_birth-of-the-florida-trail-historical_Paisley-FL.html
On October 29, 1966, Jim Kern, founder of the Florida Trail Association, and like-minded hiking enthusiasts began building the Florida Trail at the entrance to Clearwater Lake Recreation Area in the Ocala National Forest. The first 26-mile section…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RAO_montverde-academy_Montverde-FL.html
Montverde Academy was founded by Hermon Palestine Carpenter in 1912 as the Montverde Industrial School for students of limited means. A native of Boyle County, Kentucky, Carpenter (1877-1958) came to Florida in 1912 and decided to found a school a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JKH_attorney-virgil-darnell-hopkins_Okahumpka-FL.html
Attorney Virgil Darnell Hawkins
1906-1988
Florida and Okahumpka's
Civil Rights Pioneer
May his personal sacrifices
witch desegregated
Florida's universities
and provided legal assistance
to those in need,
inspired future generations
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J0L_atlantic-coast-line-train-depot_Mount-Dora-FL.html
The first railway line was opened in Mount Dora in 1887 by the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West
Railway (JT&KW) The 29.5 mile branch ran from Sanford to Tavares with a morning and evening stop at the Mount Dora Depot. In 1902, the Atlantic Coast…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DQR_john-p-donnelly-house_Mt-Dora-FL.html
John P. Donnelly, a native of Pittsburg, came to Mount Dora in 1879. In 1881, he married Annie McDonald Stone, a prominent landholder in the community. Successful in a number of real estate and business ventures, Donnelly built this imposing Queen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DQK_witherspoon-lodge-of-free-and-accepted-masons-no-111_Mt-Dora-FL.html
The Witherspoon Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, No. 111, is one of Florida's oldest functioning African American lodges. Established in 1898, it followed the tradition of Prince Hall (1735-1807), who opposed racial oppression in Colonial New En…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DQ3_milner-rosenwald-academy_Mt-Dora-FL.html
Milner-Rosenwald Academy served African-American school children from 1926 to 1962. When fire destroyed the old school in 1922, parents and community leaders, led by Mamie Lee Gilbert (1886-1976) and Lula Butler, raised money for a new one. Seed m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DMT_holy-trinity-episcopal-church_Fruitland-Park-FL.html
Founded in 1886 by a group of young English men who came to this area to plant citrus groves, this church was opened in December, 1888. Earlier services were held at a barn on nearby Lake Geneva, midway between Fruitland Park and Chetwynd, a town …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19MB_the-history-of-groveland-high-school_Groveland-FL.html
(Side 1)Constructed in 1937 during the Great Depression, Groveland High School, home of the Greenbacks, was built as part of the national Work Progress Administration (WPA) projects. The original building contained first through twelfth grades. La…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19MA_villa-city_Groveland-FL.html
On this site in 1885, George Thomas King, founder of Villa City, built an estate that was the showplace of the area. By 1895, the town had a post office, school, church, hotel, photographic studio, dispensary and 35 homes. The citrus based communi…