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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R3U_centennial-hall-edward-waters-college_Jacksonville-FL.html
Founded in 1866, Edward Waters College (EWC) is the oldest historically black college in Florida. The history of the college is closely tied to the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. In 1865, the Reverend Charles H. Pearch, a presiding elde…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R3N_jacksonville-and-the-movie-industry_Jacksonville-FL.html
Though originally centered around the Theater District of New York City, silent film production companies soon discovered New England winters too harsh for year-round filming. In the winter of 1908 cast and crew of the production company Kalem Pla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R3M_norman-silent-film-studios_Jacksonville-FL.html
While Jacksonville bustled with the activity of motion picture filming during the years 1908 through 1916, by the early 1920s little of the industry remained in town. However, over on Laura Street in the Springfield section of Jacksonville, brothe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R3L_frederick-w-bruce_Jacksonville-FL.html
Captain Frederick W. Bruce, for whom Bruce Park is named, was born in New Hampshire in 1856. In 1869 young Bruce was sent to live with his uncle Elisha Bruce in St. Augustine, Florida, but that same year, at age 13, ran away to sea, an adventure t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R3I_oriental-gardens_Jacksonville-FL.html
Located two miles from downtown Jacksonville, south of Craig Creek in San Marco; Oriental Gardens charmed Jacksonville visitors and residents for nearly two decades. In 1925, George W. Clark began planting overflow from his botanical collection on…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R2V_american-revolutionary-war-battle-of-thomas-creek_Jacksonville-FL.html
In May 1777, 400 soldiers from the Continental Army and 165 members of the Georgia militia organized in Sunbury, Georgia, just north of the Florida border for an expedition into British East Florida in retaliation for raids conducted by British Lo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R1I_duval-countys-first-court_Jacksonville-FL.html
Duval County, established August 12, 1822, and named for William Pope DuVal, Florida's first civil governor, held its first court on December 1, 1823. Some 200 settlers gathered at the corner of Market and Forsyth Sts. to watch the session preside…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R0M_st-joseph-missionary-baptist-church_Jacksonville-FL.html
This original sanctuary of the St. Joseph Missionary Baptist Church is one of the few remaining institutional buildings directly associated with the old community of Hansontown. Originally a farming cooperative established for black Union soldiers…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R0K_sawpit-bluff-plantation_Jacksonville-FL.html
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Sawpit Bluff Plantation, located on Black Hammock Island, was built in the 1750s by Edmund Gray. The plantation was named for the sawpit excavated to accommodate the up and down motion of a vertical saw blade. The plantation house was cons…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EKH_1914-united-confederate-veterans-reunion_Jacksonville-FL.html
On these grounds, May 6-9, 1914, the United Confederate Veterans celebrated their 24th annual reunion. Expecting no more than 25,000 reunion goers, the city was nearly overwhelmed when an estimated 70,000 visitors including 8,000 Veterans converge…