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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RNF_evergreen-cemetery_Gainesville-FL.html
Evergreen Cemetery, known locally as "This Wondrous Place," began with the burial of a baby girl in 1856. The infant, Elizabeth Thomas, was the daughter of wealthy cotton merchant James T. Thomas and his wife, Elizabeth Jane Hall Thomas. The baby …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RND_jesse-johnson-finley_Gainesville-FL.html
Jesse Johnson Finley was born in Wilson County, Tennessee, November 18, 1812 and educated in Lebanon, Tennessee. After service as a captain in the Seminole War of 1836, he studied law and was admitted to the bar. During a ten year period he served…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RN7_florida-extension_Gainesville-FL.html
Since the early 1900s, the University of Florida has been sharing research discoveries and education programs with the people of Florida through its Extension Service. Faculty from the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station organized farmers' ins…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RN4_lacrosse_Gainesville-FL.html
Settlement in the LaCrosse area started in the 1840s with the arrival of John Cellon, a young French immigrant. Other early settlers were Thomas Green, Abraham Mott, Richard H. Parker and family, William Scott and Thomas Standley. The town was bui…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R5B_alachua-general-hospital_Gainesville-FL.html
Historic Alachua General Hospital (AGH) stood on this site for nearly 82 years. A county or community-supported venture for much of its history, the hospital served the needs of Alachua County citizens for generations as a respected health care re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DU6_spanish-cattle-ranching_Gainesville-FL.html
Present-day Gainesville was the center of a large Spanish cattle ranching industry, founded on the labor of native Timuqua Indians, during the 1600s. LaChua, largest of the ranches, was a Spanish corruption of an Indian word, and in turn was corru…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C7D_gainesvilles-only-artesian-spring_Gainesville-FL.html
Located below is Gainesville's only artesian spring. Tapped directly with a pipe in 1898, the springs provided the City's only water source for many years.
In 1905, Gainesville's plentiful water supply was used to entice the University of Flori…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C7A_boulware-springs-water-works-building_Gainesville-FL.html
The Boulware Springs Water Works Building is located directly adjacent to the brick reservoir for the springs, on a site of gently rolling to steep topography at the northern edge of Paynes Prairie.
Boulware Springs, free-flowing and gravity-f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BX6_historic-haile-homested-at-kanapaha-plantation_Gainesville-FL.html
One of the oldest houses in Alachua County, the Historic Haile Homestead was the home of Thomas Evans Haile, his wife Esther Serena Chesnut Haile and 14 of their children. The Hailes came here from Camden, South Carolina in 1854 to establish a 1,5…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AKD_the-great-endurance-run_Gainesville-FL.html
On November 23, 1909, the "Autoists" participating in "The Great Endurance Run" were treated to a gala banquet and overnight stay at "The White House Hotel" which was located at this exact site. This event ended the first day of driving for the "D…