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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DKB_the-old-senator_St.-Augustine-FL.html
The Old Senator. . This magnificent LIVE OAK is one of the most remarkable trees in North America, reputed to be well over 600 years old, and thus surviving as though silent witness to that dramatic moment in 1513 when Juan Ponce de Leon finally d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DEK_the-first-baptist-church-of-boca-grande_Boca-Grande-FL.html
The First Baptist Church of Boca Grande is the oldest church building on Gasparilla Island and housed one of the island's two oldest congregations. In the early 1900s, phosphate companies decided to use the port of Boca Grande as a primary shippin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DEJ_pioneer-hole_Boca-Grande-FL.html
Pioneer Hole. . On November 28th, 1905, the steamboat Mistletoe of Tampa with the engineer corps and a force of sixty laborers landed on the beach directly opposite this spot, and the initial work of surveying and constructing the Charlotte Harbor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DEI_hickory-bluff-cemetery_Port-Charlotte-FL.html
Hickory Bluff Cemetery. . The Hickory Bluff Cemetery was established in the late 1800s, adjacent to land purchased on June 2, 1884 by July Roberts, an early African-American settler. Initial burials began following the Civil War when freed African…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DE4_indian-mound-park_Pompano-Beach-FL.html
Indian Mound Park. . Bird Sanctuary This mound was constructed as a place for ceremonial burial by prehistoric Indians about the year 1300 A.D.- It is believed that they were ancestors of the tribe known as the "TEQUESTA INDIANS" Given to the pe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DDX_lemon-city-cemetery_Miami-FL.html
Lemon City Cemetery. . By the 1870s, nearly 1,000 African Americans were living in and around the unincorporated community of Lemon City, located just north of the Miami city limits. Most of the black community were Bahamian immigrants who worked …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DDW_gasparilla-inn-club_Boca-Grande-FL.html
Gasparilla Inn & Club. . The Gasparilla Inn, built by the Boca Grande Land Company, subsidiary of a national phosphate company that was an early major island land holder, opened in 1911. Under the leadership of company principal, Peter Bradley (18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DDD_st-margarets-episcopal-church-and-cemetery_Fleming-Island-FL.html
St. Margaret's Episcopal Church and Cemetery. . Hibernia Plantation was founded in 1790 by Irish immigrant George Fleming on a 1,000-acre grant from the Governor of Spanish East Florida. George died in 1821 and his son Lewis inherited Hibernia. Le…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DDC_coach-alonzo-jake-gaither-home_Tallahassee-FL.html
Coach Alonzo "Jake" Gaither Home. . This brick house was the home of legendary Florida A&M University (FAMU) football coach Alonzo "Jake" Gaither and his wife, Sadie, a FAMU English professor. The couple regularly hosted sports and publi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DD2_st-lucie-village_Fort-Pierce-FL.html
St. Lucie Village. . Located on the Indian River opposite a natural inlet which shoaled about 1911. Pre-Columbian AIS Indians left numerous middens and mounds. After the Second Seminole War, settlers homesteaded the area under the Armed Occupation…