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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y0C_palma-sola-community-church-historical_Bradenton-FL.html
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This historic non-denominational church, first known as "The Church in the Wildwood" because of location, was established and constructed in 1886 when Asa Pillsbury, Sr. donated land for a church, cemetery and school to trustees A.T. Ada…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XNC_rubonia-womens-club-historical_Palmetto-FL.html
For the first twenty years, the Silver Leaf Club, also known as the Rubonia Women's Club, met in member's homes. In time, the Club grew and began a search for an affordable larger building. Following World War II, Mead Smith of Palm View purchased…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XNA_lincoln-memorial-high-school-historical_Palmetto-FL.html
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Lincoln Memorial High School was established in 1949 and served as the only public high school in Manatee County to allow colored children to attend until it closed in 1969 in order to complete the desegregation of Manatee County's publi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XN8_parrish-historical_Parrish-FL.html
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The first documented settlers in present-day Parrish in early part of 1850 were William B. Hooker and William H. Johnson. Here they found the ideal climate, fertile soil and a nearby river, all suitable for establishing a plantation for …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XN7_camp-weatherford-historical_Bradenton-FL.html
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With baseball suspended for the duration of WWII, present-day McKechnie Field was closed between 1941-48 and taken over by the U.S. Army and named Camp Bradenton. Under command of Maj. Joseph H. Dunlap, it was designated a Signal Corps b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WKO_florida-highway-patrol-school-historical_Bradenton-FL.html
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In 1939, the Legislature created the Department of Public Safety and Florida Highway Patrol. Governor Fred P. Cone appointed W.F. Reid director in September. On October 1, Major H. Neil Kirkman was appointed Commandant of the Highway Pat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WKN_bealls-centennial-historical_Bradenton-FL.html
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In April of 1915, twenty-two year old Robert M. Beall opened a simple dry goods store on this block of Old Main Street. Pricing nothing over a dollar, he named it the Dollar Limit. Beall invested his money in merchandise so when the good…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WKM_courthouse-square-historical_Bradenton-FL.html
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In 1892, John Crews Pelot deeded this 200 x 400 square foot parcel of land to Manatee County for the sum of $200.00. The land was cleared at a cost of $62.50, and a new courthouse, the first in "Braidentown" and the county's third county…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WK1_palmetto-baptist-church-dr-m-b-harrison-historical_Palmetto-FL.html
Palmetto Baptist Church
The Palmetto Baptist Church was organized on January 5, 1892, and a few months later its first building was erected on this site. The Reverend R.H. Whitehead, under whose leadership the church was constituted, became its…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WK0_whitfield-estates-on-sarasota-bay-historical_Sarasota-FL.html
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The southern portion of Whitfield Estates was developed on land originally owned (1876-1912) by Fannie and General John Riggin Jr., an aide-de-camp of General Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War.
In 1924 a corporation led by Louis B…