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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBL9_oldtown_Old-Town-FL.html
Inhabited by the Upper Creeks, Oldtown, often called Suwanee Oldtown, was one of the largest Indian villages in northern Florida. In Andrew Jackson's punitive expedition into Florida in April, 1818, Oldtown was captured. Most of the renegade India…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBL7_fanning-springs-bridge_Fanning-Springs-FL.html
The Fanning Springs Bridge was built by the State of Florida.
In 1934 it was officially named the Benjamin Chaires Bridge in honor of a prominent pioneer settler of Dixie County.
Located 29 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico, it held the dist…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBL5_rosewood-florida_Cedar-Key-FL.html
Racial violence erupted in the small and quiet Rosewood community January 1-7, 1923. Rosewood, a predominantly colored community, was home to the Bradley, Carrier, Carter, Goins, and Hall families, among others. Residents supported a school taught…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBL4_john-muir-at-cedar-key_Cedar-Key-FL.html
John Muir, noted naturalist and conservation leader, spent several months in Florida in 1867. He arrived at Cedar Key in October, seven weeks after setting out from Indiana on a "thousand-mile walk to the Gulf." Muir's journal account of his adven…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB01_world-war-ii-d-day-training-site_Carrabelle-FL.html
In late 1943, Carrabelle Beach and Dog Island, while they were a part of Camp Gordon Johnston, were used by the US Army 4th Infantry Division to train for the Normandy Invasion on D-Day, June 6th, 1944. The Amphibious Training Center had been offi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAPW_billie-bowlegs-iii_Moore-Haven-FL.html
In the Ortona cemetery, eight miles west of here, lie the remains of a noble citizen of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, a faithful representative of his people and a true friend of the white man.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAPP_lone-cypress-and-everglades-drainage_Moore-Haven-FL.html
Shortly after Florida became a state in 1845. Its leaders began to consider draining the swampy areas of south Florida to create prime farmland as an inducement to settlement. In 1850 Florida received title to all swamp and overflowed lands within…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAGB_koreshan-unity-settlement_Estero-FL.html
In 1893, the Koreshans a religious sect founded by Dr. Cyrus R. Teed moved here.Communal living and a belief that the universeexisted on the inside of the earth wereamong the distinctive features of their doctrine. Living celibate lives, the indus…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAEP_tampas-first-paved-sidewalk_Tampa-FL.html
Archibald Ross. A native of Scotland. A member of the City Council. "Tampa's popular baker and the poor man's friend." Paved the walk around his brick building on the southeast corner of Franklin and La Fayette Streets with Georgia marble.
"The…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMACI_tampa-theatre_Tampa-FL.html
This property has been placed on theNational Register of Historic PlacesBy the United StatesDepartment Of The Interior