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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DRD_bryan-hall_Gainesville-FL.html
Bryan Hall. . Nathan Philemon Bryan was born in Ft. Mason, Florida, in 1872. In 1893 he earned a bachelor's degree from Emory College, followed in 1895 by a law degree from Washington and Lee University. That year he opened a law practice in Jacks…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DRA_walker-hall_Gainesville-FL.html
Walker Hall. . Edgar Smith Walker was born June 3, 1858, in Cooper County, Missouri. He was educated in country schools and lived on a farm until the age of 18. While attending the University of Missouri, he accepted an appointment to the U.S. Mil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CMJ_devils-millhopper_Gainesville-FL.html
Devil's Millhopper. Devil's Millhopper has been designated a Registered Natural Landmark This site possesses exceptional value as an illustration of the Nation's natural heritage and contributes to a better understanding of man's environm…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29IB_gatorades-birthplace_Gainesville-FL.html
Gatorade, the sports drink that started an industry, was invented at the UF College of Medicine by a team of researchers led by Dr. Robert Cade. Gatorade was first field tested in a football scrimmage near this site and was first used in an Octobe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23II_kanapaha-presbyterian-church_Gainesville-FL.html
In 1857, a group of Sea Island cotton planters from South Carolina who settled near here called an organizational meeting to establish Kanapaha Presbyterian Church. The Reverend William J. McCormick (1821-1883) was recruited from South Carolina to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23IC_chestnut-funeral-home_Gainesville-FL.html
The Chestnut family in Gainesville has served the mortuary needs of the African American community in Alachua County since 1914. Charles S. Chestnut, Sr. was a founding member of the Florida Morticians Association in the early 1900s. The business …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23IA_mt-carmel-baptist-church_Gainesville-FL.html
The congregation of the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church first met on May 4, 1896. The church's original members worshipped in the St. Paul CME Church, and together the congregations bought a parcel of land in 1900 to build a new church. Its construction…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WWO_major-general-john-r-alison-historical_Gainesville-FL.html
John Richardson "Johnny" Alison was born in Micanopy, Florida, on November 12, 1912. He was a highly decorated flying ace and served in both theaters of World War II. Johnny Alison graduated from Gainesville High School in 1931 and the University …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WWN_gainesville-regional-airport-historical_Gainesville-FL.html
The City of Gainesville began construction of this airport in April of 1940 as a project of the depression era Works Progress Administration. With WWII looming, construction was taken over by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1941. Initial const…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UB6_matheson-house-historical_Gainesville-FL.html
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The Matheson homestead dates from 1857, when Alexander Matheson brought his family from Camden, South Carolina to establish a home on the Sweetwater Branch at the eastern edge of the new town of Gainesville. The present one and a half sto…