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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WWW_the-west-end-community-historical_Marianna-FL.html
As early as 1825, African Americans settled in the Jackson County area. After 1865, interconnected communities developed their own infrastructure including cemeteries, schools, and churches. From these communities, a large population came together…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WWV_fight-at-the-chipola-river-bridge-historical_Marianna-FL.html
Retreating Confederate troops reached the Chipola River after fighting pursuing Union troops from Ely Corner (intersection of Lafayette and Russ Streets) to this point. Captain Robert Chisolm's Woodville Scouts, a cavalry unit from Alabama, drove …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EQN_saint-luke-baptist-church_Marianna-FL.html
This African-American church was founded under a brush arbor on the banks of the Chipola River in August, 1867 under the leadership of Rev. Samuel Brown. Shortly after organizing, one of the members who owned a blacksmith shop allowed his shop to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EQM_the-abstract-office_Marianna-FL.html
The Abstract Office is the oldest business building in Marianna. Believed to have been built as his office in the 1840's by Dr. W.S. Wilson who died in 1868. Marianna's telephone exchange was established in 1801 and this building housed the Centra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EQJ_gilmore-academy-jackson-county-training-school_Marianna-FL.html
In 1922, Robert T. Gilmore (1879-1948), born in Monticello, founded Gilmore Academy, one of Jackson County's first African-American high schools. Trustees of Marianna's African-American community purchased this three-acre site in 1907 and raised…