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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WOV_winter-quarters-historical_Sarasota-FL.html
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Just east of this marker was the Winter Quarters of the Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey Circus, a favorite winter attraction for tourists. Occupying what was previously the County Fair Grounds, the show spread over many acres with its "…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WOU_bispham-dairy-historical_Sarasota-FL.html
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Jackson and Katherine Bispham started a dairy in 1922 north of Sarasota with Sarasota County Dairy Permit No. 2. Later that year Bispham moved his operation to the area of present South Tamiami Trail and Fiesta Street, named it Bayside D…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WOT_first-municpal-airport-lowe-field-historical_Sarasota-FL.html
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On January 12, 1929, Sarasota dedicated its first municipal airport located on 160 acres jsut west of Oriente Avenue, now Beneva Road, and north of Fruitville Rd. Pilots performed aerial maneuvers and stunts for the crowd, many of whom f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U1P_john-d-macdonald-1916-1986-john-d-and-the-friday-liars-historical_Sarasota-FL.html
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John D. MacDonald
1916-1986
During his years in Sarasota, John D. MacDonald became one of America's great writers. He published sixty-seven novels, five nonfiction works, more than five hundred short stories, and received numerous ac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TY4_sarasotas-bayfront-historical_Sarasota-FL.html
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Sarasota Bay and its downtown bayfront have long been considered the brightest jewels in Sarasota's crown. In 1910 Bertha Palmer, who helped put Sarasota on the international map, proclaimed Sarasota Bay more beautiful than the Bay of Napl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TY3_city-of-sarasota-historical_Sarasota-FL.html
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On a bright spring morning in 1885, a surveying team from the Florida Mortgage and Investment Company cleared a ten foot area in what is today the center of Five Points. The group was led by Richard Paulson who announced: "We will lay out …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TWB_old-miakka-school-historical_Sarasota-FL.html
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The Miakka School House was built in 1914 by J.B. Rogers for $1,390. It was the first school in Manatee County to be built using school bonds authorized by the Legislature of 1913. This area was part of Manatee County until 1921.
The tw…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TWA_the-twin-motel-and-tourism-historical_Sarasota-FL.html
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Tourism has long been important to Sarasota's history and economy. Winter visitors began coming to the area in the 1880s with some staying in Sarasota's first hotel, The DeSoto Hotel, which was completed in 1887. Tourism increased in the 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TW9_bidwell-wood-house-historical_Sarasota-FL.html
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In 1882 this "handsome residence" was under construction for Alfred and Mary Bidwell on land Mary purchased from the State of Florida for one dollar an acre. Before construction the Bidwell's apparently occupied the detached kitchen-dining…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TW8_mary-wyatt-whitaker-historical_Sarasota-FL.html
Two hundred feet east of this highway is the tomb of
Mary Wyatt Whitaker
Born at Tallahassee, Florida, April 11, 1831; daughter of William Wyatt, member of the convention which gave to the state of Florida its first constitution; mother of the f…