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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E96_waldens-live-oak_Orlando-FL.html
Walden's Live Oak. . In 1548 when I sprouted, Florida belonged to Spain. When I was 17 the oldest city in Florida, St. Augustine, was established. I was 215 years old when Spain traded Florida to Britain. When Florida became a U.S. Territory, I ha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E5S_the-council-oak_Orlando-FL.html
The Council Oak. . Nearby in the forest primeval amid unfolding history once stood in majestic beauty The Council Oak Traditional meeting place of the Indian Chiefs in the Seminole Indian War 1835-1842.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DCE_the-black-bottom-house-of-prayer_Orlando-FL.html
The Black Bottom House of Prayer. . In the summer of 1916, a few Black families from the Deep South settled in an area of Orlando called the Black Bottom, so named because when it rained, water settled in the area and remained so long that residen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29LX_tinker-field_Orlando-FL.html
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Joe Tinker (1880-1948) was an Orlando real estate developer and professional baseball player. While playing with the Chicago Cubs from 1906 to 1910, Tinker won four pennants, two World Series championships, and was part of a famous double-…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23LS_john-r-mott-house-site_Orlando-FL.html
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Built in 1920, the former house at 528 E. Washington Street was once home to Nobel Peace Prize winner John Raleigh Mott (1869-1955). As general secretary of the National War Work Council, a World War I era Young Men's Christian Associati…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23IG_site-and-home-of-francis-eppes_Orlando-FL.html
Site and home of
Francis Eppes
Grandson of
President Thomas Jefferson
Original house built 1868
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y0A_mount-pleasant-baptist-church-historical_Orlando-FL.html
This African American church was organized in 1919 and met in various locations, including a bush arbor constructed of poles covered with branches. In 1921, land was purchased at this corner for a permanent structure, which was completed in 1924. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WOR_the-english-colony-the-polo-club-historical_Orlando-FL.html
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The English Colony
A group of Englishmen known locally as the English Colony immigrated to Conway in the 1880s. They came as a result of a land and citrus industry promotion by the state and railroad corporations that promised an annu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WOQ_citrus-industry-and-red-hill-groves-conway-school-historical_Orlando-FL.html
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Citrus Industry and Red Hill Groves
Cattle ranches and turpentine stills filled the Conway landscape in the late nineteenth century, but it was the citrus industry that would predominate in most of the twentieth century. For miles, ne…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WOP_conway-first-baptist-church-fort-gatlin-historical_Orlando-FL.html
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Conway First Baptist Church
The Conway First Baptist Church was organized in 1910 and first housed in a clubhouse on Arnold Avenue and Anderson Road. In February 1911, the clubhouse and lot were sold or exchanged for five acres of lan…