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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TW7_whitaker-family-gateway-2000-executive-committee-historical_Sarasota-FL.html
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Whitaker Family
William Henry Whitaker arrived in Sarasota Bay in the early 1840s. He built a cedar log cabin at "Yellow Bluffs," part of nearly 200 acres he would acquire along the bay between Hog Creek and today's Indian Beach…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TW6_landing-of-the-scots-historical_Sarasota-FL.html
On December 23, 1885 a number of Scottish families came ashore on or near this spot to settle land they had purchased for their homes in a new country. They met wilderness and hardship instead of the established town promised them; causing many to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TW4_cedar-point-sunset-park-cedar-point-golden-gate-point-historical_Sarasota-FL.html
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Cedar Point/Sunset Park
Cedar Point, a hook of land on Sarasota Bay, was platted in 1899 and recorded as an addition to the Town of Sarasota in 1900. Split into north and south sections by North Gulf Stream Avenue, Cedar Point was home to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TW3_the-circle-at-st-armands-historical_Sarasota-FL.html
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Decades after conception, St Armands Circle has fulfilled John Ringling's dream of a premier shopping district. Conceived during Florida's real estate boom, St Armands was part of the John Ringling Estates Development and the jewel of Ring…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TW2_methodist-church-historical_Sarasota-FL.html
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The village of Sarasota's earliest church was chartered in 1891 as the Sarasota Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Manatee Village circuit rider Rev. E. F. Gates brought recently ordained Rev. William B. Tresca to be founding minister. 'Wi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TVQ_st-martha-mission-church-historical_Sarasota-FL.html
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Beginning in 1889, circuit-riding Jesuit priests served the pastoral needs of Sarasota's small, but devoted Catholic community. In 1912, after years of meeting in various homes, the congregation built a small wooden mission church at Adeli…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QYI_avondale_Sarasota-FL.html
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In December 1913, Oscar and Alice Burton joined real estate developer and future Sarasota mayor Arthur B. Edwards (1914-1915 and 1920-1921) and his wife Fannie in selling the land south of Hudson Bayou to the Sarasota Improvement Company…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QYH_oaklands-woodlawn-cemetery_Sarasota-FL.html
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The Florida Mortgage and Investment Company deeded five acres in 1905 to Trustees John Mays, Willis G.P. Washington, Lewis Colson, Campbell Mitchell and J.P. Carter for a "colored" cemetery. The land was platted in 1910 as Oaklands Cemet…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QXJ_the-wallendas_Sarasota-FL.html
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The Wallenda circus troupe originated in Germany, where its members developed a daring highwire act. Early in their careers they achieved some fame touring with different circuses in Europe, but Karl Wallenda became convinced that circus…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NZR_kentucky-military-institute_Venice-FL.html
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During Florida's Boom Period, 1922-1928, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (BLE) purchased 30,000 acres in Venice, believing it was a sound investment where "rail, trail, and water meet." They hired r…