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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSXE_the-wiggins-store_Bradenton-FL.html
Restored on the original building site, the Wiggins Store was built by King Wiggins in 1903. The fact that it was one of the areas first brick buildings is significant because, prior to the arrival of the railroad, brick could only be brought in b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSXD_the-stephens-house_Bradenton-FL.html
A prime example of the "Cracker Gothic" style, this home was built in 1912 by the Will Stephens family. It is an excellent representation of a Florida rural frame house during the period between the 1870's and World War I. This third home on the S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSXB_the-fogarty-boat-works_Bradenton-FL.html
In 1866, three brothers, John, Bartholomew, and Bill Fogarty, settled in Manatee County and established a ship building and coastal trading schooner base on the shore of the Manatee River. In the years before automobiles and railroads, Manatee Cou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSX9_the-1887-church_Bradenton-FL.html
Construction of this historic church was started in 1887. Completion was delayed until 1889 due to a yellow fever epidemic which claimed the lives of the pastor and many members of the congregation. Used to house the first Christian congregation s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSX8_floridas-earliest-courthouse-building_Bradenton-FL.html
Manatee County's first Courthouse was built in 1859-1860, and is the oldest remaining building constructed as a county courthouse in the State of Florida. It was built on the original Courthouse Square at 15th Street East and Fourth Avenue, two bl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSX7_william-bassett-chapter_Bradenton-FL.html
The Manatee Village Historical Park was created as a gift to the people of Manatee County by the Historical Commission and the HOME Committee in remembrance of our Nation's Two Hundredth Birthday in the year 1976. Two historical buildings, Manatee…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSWM_the-florida-cracker-trail_Bradenton-FL.html
This point is the western terminus of the Florida Cracker Trail designated by the Florida State Legislature in 1987. The Cracker Trail follows an east/west route across the State of Florida that has existed since approximately 1850. This trail was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSCK_snead-island-seventh-day-adventist-school_Palmetto-FL.html
Snead Island Snead Island takes its name from Edward Snead, who homesteaded 128 acres o the end of this 740-acre island in 1843. A federal project opened a navigable channel in 1898 through the shallow flats on the eastern end of the island connec…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLNQ_the-town-of-manatee_Bradenton-FL.html
Side AThe Town of Manatee was officially chartered on June 19, 1903. This intersection of Central Street (present day 9th Street East) and Manatee Avenue became the heart of the town's business district after the arrival of the Florida West Shore …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGN2_duette-school_Parrish-FL.html
This five-room school was built in 1930 by volunteer labor when three smaller rural schools, Albritton, Bunker Hill, and Duette were consolidated. It is the only one-teacher school remaining in the state of Florida. For many years, it was a "straw…