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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CQ2_the-jupiter-and-lake-worth-railway-celestial-railroad-1889-1895_Jupiter-FL.html
The Jupiter and Lake Worth Railway "Celestial Railroad" 1889-1895. . The Jupiter and Lake Worth (J. & L.W.) Railway crossed this site running 7 ½ miles from Jupiter Inlet to Juno at the north end of Lake Worth. A hack line originally operated…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20HY_trapper-nelson-interpretive-site_Jupiter-FL.html
When he arrived from New Jersey in the early 1930s, Vincent Natulkiewicz, also known as Vince "Trapper" Nelson found the area still teeming with wildlife. For decades he lived off the land, supplementing his diet of raccoon, gopher torto…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VVG_jesups-battle-historical_Jupiter-FL.html
On January 24, 1838, Major General Thomas S Jesup, commanding 1,500 men, the largest army of Second Seminole War. [1835-42], marched to the headwaters of the Loxahatchee River, where he defeated approximately 300 Red and Black Seminoles in the las…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VVF_powells-battle-historical_Jupiter-FL.html
On January 15,1838,during the Second Seminole War.The Seminoles met and defeated U.S. forces in the first battle of the Loxahatchee River.Trying to end the war,Maj. Gen. Thomas Jesup brought several columns of troops to south Florida, including Wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TVU_military-trail-historical_Jupiter-FL.html
After the second Battle of the Loxahatchee (January 24, 1838) during the Second Seminole War (1835-1842), Maj. Gen. Thomas S. Jesup directed Maj. William Lauderdale, Commander of the Tennessee Battalion of Volunteers to cut a trail south from Ft. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TVT_historic-jupiter-school-historical_Jupiter-FL.html
This building was constructed in 1927 to serve the town's approximately 100 white students from grades one through twelve. Prior to its construction, students were transported by boat to attend schools along the Loxahatchee River including the 189…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TTT_tennessee-volunteers-and-militia-camp-historical_Jupiter-FL.html
During the 2nd Seminole Indian War and after the Battle of Loxahatchee Jan 24, 1838, the Tennessee Volunteers and Militia camped on this site. One mile east, the U.S. Army Regulars established Old Fort Jupiter.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TTA_jupiter-inlet-midden-i-historical_Jupiter-FL.html
Jupiter Inlet Midden I is an ancient shell mound built by Indians known as Jeaga. A description of these Indians by Jonathan Dickinson was first published in 1699. This shell mound is the site of the village of Hobe where the Dickinson shipwreck v…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TT9_u-s-jupiter-life-saving-station-historical_Jupiter-FL.html
To mark the location of the U.S. Jupiter Life Saving Station 1886-1896 and as a memorial to those gallant men who manned it, of which the following remained and founded families in this locality: Captain John R. Carlin John H. Grant Charles …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TT8_united-states-life-saving-station-historical_Jupiter-FL.html
In 1885, the only United States Life Saving Station on the Florida East Coast was built at this site. Charles R. Carlin, a former British sailor and Assistant Keeper at the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse, oversaw construction and served as the Station's…
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