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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKZF_volusia_Astor-FL.html
Volusia, on the east bank of the river St. Johns, is the birthplace of Volusia County and the oldest settlement. The United States Courts confirmed Horatio Dexter's 1815 Spanish title and Joseph Rattenbury's 1817 title to the 17,000-acre Volusia t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKZ8_fort-butler_Astor-FL.html
Located on the west bank of the St. Johns, Ft. Butler was built in 1838 during the Seminole Wars. It consisted of a crude log stockade and barracks for the garrison. The Fort was one of the military installations designed to protect the St. Johns …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKHF_war-memorial_Tampa-FL.html
(Front face, left side)Dedicated tothe memory of those Americans who valiantly fought anddied in the service of their countryduring the great World WarApril 6, 1917 - November 11, 1918—·—It is hoped that the generations to follo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKCE_b-f-marcos-building_Tampa-FL.html
This structure has beenrecorded by theHistoric AmericanBuildings Surveyof the United States Departmentof the Interior for its Archivesat the Library of Congress
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJS9_gadsden-county_Quincy-FL.html
Gadsden, Florida's fifth county, was formed in 1823. It once ran from Georgia to the Gulf of Mexico, from the Suwannee River to the Apalachicola River. Quincy, the county seat, was incorporated in 1828. Previously known as Middle Florida, the new …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIVL_old-spanish-quarries_St-Augustine-FL.html
Marker Front:About 200 yards south-east of this point are the remains of the King's Coquina Quarries. (Coquina, a type of limestone composed of mollusk shells and sand, is found along the north-east coast of Florida.) Coquina was used in the build…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIUU_orange-grove-hotel_Tampa-FL.html
Erected in 1859, as a residence, by Capt. William Brinton Hooker, on the northwest corner of Madison and East Streets. A Georgia native, he moved to Florida in 1830 and signed its first Constitution in 1839. In 1843 Hooker settled in Hillsborough …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIFA_historic-harlem-academy-school-2_Tampa-FL.html
(Front text)The historic Harlem Academy, known as "The Mother of African- American Schools," was the first public school erected for African- American children in Tampa.The first classes were held in 1868 in the Hillsborough County Courthouse. In …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMICR_oaklawn-cemetery_Tampa-FL.html
This hallowed ground set aside as a town burial site in 1850 "for whites & slaves alike" is the resting place for many of Tampa's founding fathers, mayors, and county officers. A governor of Florida, two Supreme Court Judges, framers of all five F…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI9Z_fort-brooke-mass-grave_Tampa-FL.html
To the 102 unknown soldiers and settlersreburied here from the old U.S.Army cemetery at Fort Brooke, Mar. 24, 1981. Rest in eternalpeace.
Through the efforts of the city ofTampa and Tampa Historical Society.