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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E3A_cosson-family-tragedy_Defuniak-Springs-FL.html
In 1936, James Marvin Cosson Sr. moved his family to this location about one-half mile east of the Eglin Army Airfield to have more land to farm and to provide for his wife, Annie Bell Cosson, and their four children. During World War II, Eglin Ai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14X6_walton-defuniak-library_Defuniak-Springs-FL.html
The Walton-DeFuniak Library opened during the first decade of the existence of the town of DeFuniak Springs. This community originated in the early 1880's as a station on the new Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad. The town was named for Frederick de…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM112S_euchee-valley-presbyterian-church-and-cemetery_Defuniak-Springs-FL.html
This is the site of one of Florida's oldest organized Presbyterian Church which was the largest Presbyterian Church in Florida until 1885. On May 27, 1827, the Reverend Murdoch Murphy of the Alabama Synod presided with one Elder, Donald McLean, Sr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQLG_walton-county-confederate-monument_Defuniak-Springs-FL.html
ObeliskTo the memory of the Confederate Dead of Walton Co. Florida. Erected by the Ladies of the Walton County Female Memorial Association.
BaseSouthwest faceAngus D. McLean, Col., 6th Fla. Vols.Murdoch M. Gillis, Capt. 6th Fla. Vols.Daniel D. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQLF_floridas-first-confederate-monument_Defuniak-Springs-FL.html
Shortly after the Civil War, the women of Walton County organized a "Ladies' Memorial Association," with Jeannett I. McKinnon as president, to erect a marble monument honoring Walton County's Confederate dead. The Association raised $250, and the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQLE_the-chautauqua-hall-of-brotherhood_Defuniak-Springs-FL.html
The original Chautauqua Institution was founded in 1874 on Lake Chautauqua in western New York state as a vacation school for Sunday school teachers. The idea of providing a retreat for improving religious and secular education for the general pub…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQLD_florida-education-association-the-beginning_Defuniak-Springs-FL.html
Florida teachers and administrators numbering 700 met here in Chautauqua Hall for a "teachers institute" called the Florida Chautauqua. The meeting was called to order by J.A. Graham, City Superintendent of Schools, Key West, at 12:30 p.m., on Thu…